Note: Ellen G. White claimed her writings to be the lesser light
to lead us to the Bible, the greater light. Little heed is given
to the Bible, and the Lord has given a lesser light to lead men
and women to the greater light. (Colporteur Evangelism, p. 37)
When we fail in this objective and make the Spirit of Prophecy the
final word, we do a great injustice to the church and Ellen G. White
and rightfully deserve to be called a cult!
- But God will have a people upon the earth to maintain the
Bible, and the Bible only, as the standard of all doctrines and the
basis of all reforms. (The Great Controversy, p. 595)
- The words of the Bible, and the Bible alone, should be heard
from the pulpit. (Prophets and Kings, p. 626)
- ...Don’t you quote Sister White. I don’t want you ever to
quote Sister White until you get your vantage ground where you
know where you are. Quote the Bible. Talk the Bible. It is full
of meat, full of fatness. Carry it right out in your life, and
you will know more Bible than you know now. (Spaulding-Magan
Collection, p. 174)
- H.M.J. Richards Discussion with E.G. White [after she had dropped in on a
service at the West Denver, Colorado, church when he was a young pastor]: Now
Sister White, there’s something else that I’d like to find out. How should
I use your writings in preaching? She replied: Here’s the way to
use them. First, ask God to give you your subject. When you have the
subject chosen, then go to the Bible until you know for sure what
the Bible really teaches on that point. After that, turn to the
writings and see what you can find on the same subject and read
that. It may cast light on it or guide you into other Scripture, or
make some point clearer. When you go to the people, however, preach
to them out of the Bible. (Story by H.M.J. Richardss son, H.M.S. Richards,
repeated in Ministry Magazine, October, 1976, pp. 6-7)