Confrontation - Ellen G. White

Christ commenced the work of redemption just
where the ruin began. He made provision to
reinstate man in his Godlike purity, if he accepted
the help brought him. Through faith in His allpowerful
name—the only name given under
heaven whereby we may be saved—man could
overcome appetite and passion, and through his
obedience to the law of God, health would take the
place of infirmities and corrupting diseases. Those
who overcome will follow the example of Christ
by bringing bodily appetites and passions under the
control of enlightened conscience and reason.
If ministers who preach the gospel would do
their duty, and would also be ensamples to the
flock of God, their voices would be lifted up like a
trumpet to show the people their transgressions and
the house of Israel their sins. Ministers who exhort
sinners to be converted should distinctly define
what sin is and what conversion from sin is. Sin is
the transgression of the law. The convicted sinner
must exercise repentance toward God for the
transgression of His law, and faith toward our Lord
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