Selected Messages, Volume 3 - Ellen G. White

Faith and Works in Salvation—1878.—All
your good works cannot save you; but it is
nevertheless impossible for you to be saved
without good works. Every sacrifice made for
Christ will be for your eternal gain.—The Review
and Herald, March 21, 1878.
Trust in Christ Essential—1879.—Christ has
been loved by you, although your faith has
sometimes been feeble and your prospects
confused. But Jesus is your Saviour. He does not
save you because you are perfect, but because you
need Him and in your imperfection have trusted in
Him. Jesus loves you, my precious child. You may
sing, “Under the shadow of Thy throne Still may
we dwell secure; Sufficient is Thine arm alone,
And our defense is sure.”—Letter 46, 1879.
Works of Righteousness Weighed in the
Judgment—1881.—Ministers sometimes tell the
people that they have nothing to do but believe;
that Jesus has done it all, and their own works are
nothing. But the Word of God plainly states that in
the Judgment the scales will be balanced
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