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

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dedicated to God will be required to give an<br />

account of <strong>the</strong>ir stewardship. Some have selfishly<br />

grasped means because of <strong>the</strong>ir love of gain. O<strong>the</strong>rs<br />

have not a tender conscience; it has become seared<br />

through long-cherished selfishness. They view<br />

sacred and eternal things from a low standpoint.<br />

Through <strong>the</strong>ir long continuance in a wrong course<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir moral sensibilities seem paralyzed. It seems<br />

impossible to elevate <strong>the</strong>ir views and feelings to<br />

<strong>the</strong> exalted standard clearly brought to view in <strong>the</strong><br />

word of God. Unless <strong>the</strong>re is a thorough<br />

trans<strong>for</strong>mation by <strong>the</strong> renewing of <strong>the</strong> mind, this<br />

class will find no place in heaven. Those who have<br />

pursued a course of selfishness and wrong, not<br />

regarding even <strong>the</strong> treasury of God as sacred, could<br />

not appreciate <strong>the</strong> purity and holiness of <strong>the</strong><br />

sanctified in <strong>the</strong> kingdom of heaven, or <strong>the</strong> value of<br />

<strong>the</strong> rich glory, <strong>the</strong> eternal reward, reserved <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

faithful overcomers. Their minds have so long run<br />

in a low, selfish channel that <strong>the</strong>y cannot appreciate<br />

eternal things. They do not value salvation. It<br />

seems impossible to elevate <strong>the</strong>ir minds to rightly<br />

estimate <strong>the</strong> plan of salvation or <strong>the</strong> value of <strong>the</strong><br />

atonement. Selfish interests have engrossed <strong>the</strong><br />

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