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THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE COMFORTER IN SPIRIT OF PROPHESY
The reason why the churches are weak and sickly and ready to die, is that the enemy has brought influences of a discouraging nature to bear upon trembling souls. He has sought to shut Jesus from their view as the Comforter, as one who reproves, who warns, who admonishes them, saying, "This is the way, walk ye in it.”” (Ellen G. White, Review and Herald, 26th August 1890, ‘The Righteousness of Christ’)
When God's people take the position that they are the temple of the Holy Ghost, Christ Himself abiding within, they will so clearly reveal Him in spirit, words, and actions, that there will be an unmistakable distinction between them and Satan's followers. (Ellen G. White, MS. 100, 1902, Notebook Leaflets, page 79, ‘The Church school question’)
“As by faith we look to Jesus, our faith pierces the shadow, and we adore God for His wondrous love in giving Jesus the Comforter.” (Ellen G. White, MR Volume 19, No. 1405, 'Excerpts from diary July 6th – 31st, 1892')
The Saviour is our comforter. This I have proved Him to be.” (Ellen
G. White, July 16th 1892, Manuscript Releases Volume Eight No. 548, ‘How Ellen White Bore Suffering’)
The Lord is soon to come. We want that complete and perfect
understanding which the Lord alone can give. It is not safe to catch the spirit from another. We want the Holy Spirit, which is Jesus
Christ.” (Ellen G. White, Letter 66, 1894 to E. W. Prescott, April 10t1894)
“Christ is to be known by the blessed name of Comforter. “The
Comforter,” said Christ to His disciples, “which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name…” (Ellen G. White, Ms 7 1902, Typed January 28th 1902)
“I urge our people to cease their criticism and evil speaking, and go to God in earnest prayer, asking him to help them to help the erring. Let them link up with one another and with Christ. Let them study the seventeenth of John, and learn how to pray and how to live the prayer of Christ. He is the Comforter. He will abide in their
hearts, making their joy full.” (Ellen G. White, Review and Herald, 27th 1st 1903, ‘The meaning of God’s providences’)
“There is no comforter like Christ, so tender and so true. He is
touched with the feeling of our infirmities. His Spirit speaks to the
heart……. But no circumstances, no distance, can separate us from the heavenly Comforter. Wherever we are, wherever we may go, he is always there, one given in Christ's place, to act in his stead. He is always at our right hand, to speak soothing, gentle words; to support, sustain, uphold, and cheer. “(Ellen G. White, Review and Herald, 26th October 1897, ‘Words of Comfort – No. 2)
“We turn from the picture of our shortcomings to behold the atonement made for us and we rejoice as we know that we may be clothed with Christ’s righteousness. In Him all fullness dwells. He has grace and pardon for every soul. As by faith we look to Jesus, our faith pierces the shadow, and we adore God for His wondrous love * (Ellen G. White, Ms 20 1892, July 26th 1892)
*The text between the symbols < > was added by Ellen White in her own handwriting to the typewritten text after it was copied by her secretaries.
“It is not essential for you to know and be able to define just what the Holy Spirit is. Christ tells us that the Holy Spirit is the Comforter, and the Comforter is the Holy Ghost, “the Spirit of truth, which the Father shall send in my name.” [John 14:26.] “I will pray the Father, and he shall send you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him; but ye know him, for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.” [John 14:16, 17.] This refers to the omnipresence of the Spirit of Christ, called the Comforter”.(Ellen G. White, letter 7 1891 to Brother Chapman June 11th 1891)
“In giving His commission to His followers, Christ did not tell them they would be left alone. He assured them that He would be near them. He spoke of His omnipresence in a special way. Go to all nations, He said. Go, to the farthest portithon of the habitable globe, but know that My presence will be there....The assurance of His abiding presence was the richest legacy Christ could give His disciples ” (Ellen G. White, Ms 138 1897, December 2nd 1897, 'The Gospel')
“The best recommendation you can carry with you of this school and its influence is a well-ordered life and a godly conversation. Wherever you may be, maintain the principles that you have been studying here. Wherever you go, carry on the good work of searching the Scriptures, and the Lord Jesus will always be at your right hand to help you. He is a merciful high priest pleading in your behalf. He will send his representative, the Holy Spirit; for He says, "I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you. By the Spirit the Father and the Son will come and make their abode with you " (Ellen G. White, Bible Echo 15th January 1893, ‘The source of our strength’)
”The Holy Spirit, which proceeds from the only begotten Son of
God, binds the human agent, body, soul, and spirit, to the perfect, divinehuman nature of Christ.” (Ellen G. White, Review and Herald, 5th April 1906, ‘The Word made Flesh’)
“None will keep the law of God unless they love Him who is the only begotten of the Father. And none the less surely, if they love Him, will they express their love and obedience to Him. All who love Christ will be loved of the Father, and He will manifest Himself to them. In all their emergencies and perplexities, they will have a helper in Jesus Christ. That Christ should manifest Himself to them, and yet be invisible to the world, was a mystery to the disciples. They could not understand the words of Christ in their spiritual sense. They were thinking of the outward, visible manifestation. They could not take in the fact that they could have the presence of Christ with them, and yet He be unseen by the world. They did not understand the meaning of a spiritual manifestation.” (Ellen G. White, Southern Watchman, 13th September 1898, ‘Christ’s representatives’)
“The Lord encourages all who seek Him with the whole heart. He gives them His Holy Spirit, the manifestation of His presence and
favor. But those who forsake God in order to save their lives will be
forsaken by Him. In seeking to save their lives by yielding the truth, they will lose eternal life.” (E. G. White, Testimonies Volume 9, page 230, 1909)
“When he should ascend to the Father, then the Comforter which the Saviour promised to send would come. Jesus promised to manifest himself through the Holy Spirit to every individual who shall seek him and believe on him.” (E.G. White, Signs of the Times, July 23, 1896, ‘Come unto me and drink’)
”At all times and in all places, in all sorrows and in all afflictions, when the outlook seems dark and the future perplexing, and we feel helpless and alone, the Comforter will be sent in answer to the prayer of faith. Circumstances may separate us from every earthly friend; but no circumstance, no distance, can separate us from the heavenly Comforter. Wherever we are, wherever we may go, He is always at our right hand to support, sustain, uphold, and cheer. The disciples still failed to understand Christ's words in their spiritual sense, and again He explained His meaning. By the Spirit, He said, He would manifest Himself to them. "The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things.“ (Ellen G. White, Desire of Ages, pages 669- 670, ‘Let not your heart be troubled’)
“The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Christ, which is sent to all men to
give them sufficiency, that through His grace we might be complete in Him.” (Ellen G. White, Letter 11a 1894, to Captain Christiansen, January 2nd 1894}
“True faith and repose in God are always accompanied by the
illuminations of the Holy Spirit, whose temple we are. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Christ, it is His representative.” (Ellen G. White, letter 18 1895 to J. O. Corliss, September 13th 1895)
“Christ has given His Spirit as a divine power to overcome all
hereditary and cultivated tendencies to evil, and to impress His own
character upon His church.” (Ellen White, Desire of Ages, page 671, ‘Let not your heart be troubled’)
“Those who believe the truth should remember that they are God's little children, that they are under His training. Let them be thankful to God for His manifold mercies and be kind to one another. They have one God and one Saviour; and one Spirit -- the Spirit of Christ -- is to bring unity into their ranks.” (Ellen G. White, Special Testimonies, Series B No. 4 page 23, ‘The publishing work at College View’ 1905)
“Christ gave his followers a positive promise that after his ascension he would send them his Spirit.” (Ellen G. White, Review and Herald, 26th October 1897, ‘Words of comfort – No.2’) 8
“While He extends to all the world His invitation to come to Him and be saved, He commissions His angels to render divine help to every soul that cometh to Him in repentance and contrition, and He comes personally by His Holy Spirit into the midst of His church.” (Ellen G. White, Letter 2d 1892, December 23rd 1892 To the brethren at the General Conference)
"I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you." The divine Spirit that the world's Redeemer promised to send, is the presence
and power of God.” (Ellen G. White, Signs of the Times, 23rd November 1891)
“After His ascension He was to be absent in person; but through the Comforter He would still be with them, and they were not to spend their time in mourning.” (Ellen G. White, ‘The Desire of Ages’, page 277, ‘Levi – Matthew’)
“The religion of Christ means much more than the forgiveness of sin. It means taking away our sins, and filling the vacuum with the Holy Spirit. It means divine illumination, rejoicing in God. It means a heart emptied of self, and blessed with the abiding presence of Christ.” (Ellen G. White, Bible Training School, 1st October 1908, ‘True Worship’)
“God calls upon His people, many of whom are but half awake, to arouse, and engage in earnest labor, praying for strength for service. Workers are needed. Receive the Holy Spirit, and your efforts will be successful. Christ's presence is what gives power.” (Ellen G. White, The Central Advance, February 25th 1903, ‘Power for service’)
“The work of the holy Spirit is immeasurably great. It is from this source that power and efficiency come to the worker for God; and the holy Spirit is the comforter, as the personal presence of Christ to the soul. He who looks to Christ in simple, childlike faith, is made a partaker of the divine nature through the agency of the holy Spirit.” (Ellen G. White, Review and Herald, 29th November 1892, see also Ms 43 1901)
“Keep cheerful. Do not forget that you have a Comforter, the Holy
Spirit, which Christ has appointed. You are never alone. If you will listen to the voice that now speaks to you, if you will respond without delay to the knocking at the door of your heart, "Come in, Lord Jesus, that I maysup with Thee, and Thee with me," the heavenly Guest will enter…. “What saith our Saviour? "I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you." "He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father; and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him." “When trials overshadow the soul, remember the words of Christ, remember that He is as an unseen presence in the person of the Holy Spirit, and He will be the peace and comfort given you, manifesting to you that He is with you, the Sun of Righteousness, chasing away your darkness.” (Ellen G. White, Letter to Sis Wessels, March 7th 1897)
“The disciples returned to Jerusalem rejoicing, not that they were
deprived of their Master and Teacher, for this was to them a cause for personal mourning rather than joy. But Jesus had assured them that he would send the Comforter, as an equivalent for his visible
presence.” (Ellen G. White, Spirit of Prophecy Volume 3 page 256, 1878)
“The Unseen Helper. The Lord Jesus, standing by the side of the
canvassers, walking with them, is the chief worker. The Holy Guest by their side makes impressions in just the lines needed, if the
worker recognizes Christ as the one who is with him to prepare
the way. Thus the worker can move forward representing the sacred truth he is handling, in the books he is finding a home for in families." (Ellen G. White, Bible Echo, September 18th, 1899)
“Jesus comes to you as the Spirit of truth; study the mind of the
Spirit, consult your Lord, follow His way.”(Ellen G. White, Ms 8c 1891, ‘Relationship of Institutional Workers’ July 26th 1891)
“Wherever you go, carry on the good work of searching the Scriptures, and the Lord Jesus will always be at your right hand to help you. He is a merciful high priest pleading in your behalf. He will send his representative, the Holy Spirit; for He says, "I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you." By the Spirit the Father and the Son will come and make their abode with you. There is no excuse for wavering or sinning.” (Ellen G. White, Bible Echo, January 15th 1893, ‘The Source of our strength’)
“The human agent, the seen instrument, is to preach the Word, and the Lord Jesus, the unseen, agency, by His Holy Spirit is to make the
10Word efficacious and powerful.” (Ellen G. White, Letter 105, 1900 to Bro and Sis S. N. Haskell, July 4th 1900)
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