Selected Messages, Volume 3 - Ellen G. White

Spiritual things are spiritually discerned. Those
who have not vital union with God are swayed one
way and another; they put men’s opinions in the
front, and God’s Word in the background. They
grasp human assertions, that judgment against sin
is contrary to God’s benevolent character, and,
while dwelling upon infinite benevolence, try to
forget that there is such a thing as infinite justice.
When we have right views of the power,
greatness and majesty of God, and of the weakness
of man, we shall despise the assumptions of
wisdom made by earth’s so-called great men, who
have none of Heaven’s nobility in their characters.
There is nothing for which men should be praised
or exalted. There is no reason why the opinions of
the learned should be trusted, when they are
disposed to measure divine things by their own
perverted conceptions. Those who serve God are
the only ones whose opinion and example it is safe
to follow. A sanctified heart quickens and
intensifies the mental powers. A living faith in God
imparts energy; it gives calmness and repose of
spirit, and strength and nobility of character.
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