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

Chapter 44
The Unruly Member
Dear Sister S: Some things have been shown
me in reference to you. You have not a sense of
your true state. You need a deep and thorough
work of grace in your heart. You need to set your
heart and your house in order. Your example in
your family is not worthy of imitation. You come
up to a low standard, but fail to reach the standard
elevated by our divine Lord. You love to visit and
talk, and you say many things unbecoming a
Christian. Your statements are exaggerated and
frequently come far from the truth. Your words and
acts will judge you in the last day. By them you
will be justified or by them condemned. Your
education has not been of an ennobling character,
therefore there is the greatest necessity of your now
training and educating yourself to purity of thought
and action. Train your thoughts so that it will be
easy for them to dwell upon pure and holy things.
Cultivate a love for spirituality and true godliness.
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