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Testimonies for the Church, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

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committed are all registered <strong>the</strong>re.<br />

God's frown is upon you, and yet you appear<br />

destitute of feeling; you do not realize your lost and<br />

undone condition. At times you do have feelings of<br />

remorse; but your proud, independent spirit soon<br />

rises above this, and you stifle <strong>the</strong> voice of<br />

conscience. You are not happy, yet you imagine<br />

that if you could have your own way unrestrained<br />

you would be happy. Poor child! you occupy a<br />

position similar to that of Eve in Eden. She<br />

imagined that she would be highly exalted if she<br />

could only eat of <strong>the</strong> fruit of <strong>the</strong> tree which God<br />

had <strong>for</strong>bidden her even to touch, lest she die. She<br />

ate, and lost all <strong>the</strong> glories of Eden.<br />

You should control your thoughts. This will not<br />

be an easy task; you cannot accomplish it without<br />

close and even severe ef<strong>for</strong>t. Yet God requires this<br />

of you; it is a duty resting upon every accountable<br />

being. You are responsible to God <strong>for</strong> your<br />

thoughts. If you indulge in vain imaginations,<br />

permitting your mind to dwell upon impure<br />

subjects, you are, in a degree, as guilty be<strong>for</strong>e God<br />

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