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

of sanctification. Your parents have had an
unsanctified love for their children, which has
blinded their eyes to their defects. At times, when
they have been somewhat aroused, this has been
different. But you have been petted and praised
until your eternal interest is endangered.
I saw that you do not know yourself. You have
a self-righteousness which fastens you in deception
in regard to your spiritual attainments. At times
you have felt something of the influences of the
Spirit of God. But to the transformation by the
renewing of the mind you are a stranger. "Be not
conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by
the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what
is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of
God." You have not had this experience, therefore
have no anchor. You are not a Christian, and yet it
has been talked to you all your life that you were a
natural Christian. You have taken it for granted that
you were all right, when you were very far from
being accepted of God. This deception has grown
with your growth, and strengthened with your
strength, and threatens to prove your ruin. Your
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