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Phrase - Character ( 53 related phrases )
Quotations from the writings of Ellen G. White with the word . . .
| 53 Phrases related to Character |
this word appears 20,824 times in the writings of EGW
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"When the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come." Christ is waiting with longing desire for the manifestation of Himself in His church. When the character of Christ shall be perfectly reproduced in His people, then He will come to claim them as His own. {COL 69.1}
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| + Blameless character ( 10 ) > |
| + divine character ( ) > |
| + Moral Character ( 157 ) > Excellent Moral Character |
| + Noble Character ( 74 ) > Noble nature |
| + perfect character ( 101 ) > develop a perfect character ( ) ( see perfection of Christian Character ) also attaining Christian perfection { see CG 466.2 } |
| + Real Character ( 106 ) ► Real Character of . . . > Real Character of Romanism / the Papacy > Real Character of Sin |
| + strong character ( 2 ) ( see Strength of Character ) |
| + Superficial Character ( ) |
| + Symmetrical character ( 112 ) |
| + true measurement of a man's character ( 1 ) |
| + Upright Character ( ) |
| + Weak Character ( ) see Weakness of character |
| + Character is marred ( 8 ) > Thus the character is marred ( 2 ) |
| + defective in character ( 42 ) > those who are defective in Character ( 5 ) ► defective character ( 50 ) ► defects of character ( see below ) |
| + develop character ( 38 ) > Children will develop characters similar to ( 3 ) > develop characters that God will approve ( 5 ) |
| + Character is not transferable ( 9 ) > |
| Sometimes Ellen White uses the term "nature" to refer to character, as when she writes that in preparation for the coming of Christ, "our natures must be pure and holy" (OHC 278). In context this is clearly speaking of character, not inborn desires. Context and the inspired consensus are what enable us to tell whether her use of the word "nature" refers to genetics or to choices. |
| Character of . . . |
| + Character of Righteousness ( ) |
| + Character of Christ > Difference between Character of Christ and . . . > His Real Character |
| + Character of God (724) ► His Character ( ) > misrepresent His character ( 12 ) |
| + Character of Satan ( 29 ) ► Satan's Character ( 5 ) > Character of Satan clearly revealed |
| + Character of the Papacy ( 6 ) > true character of the Papacy ( ) |
| . . . of Character |
| ► Perfection of character ( ) > perfection of Christian Character ► imperfection of character ( 12 ) > imperfection of Character is Sin ( 5 ) |
| + Defects of Character ► Serious defects of Character ( 18 ) ► our defects of character ( 32 ) |
| + stamp of character ( 111 ) > |
| + standard of character ( 186 ) > True standard of character ( 15 ) |
| + strength of character ( 59 ) > real strength of character ( ) |
| + Test of Character > True Test of Character > Test the Character ( 11 ) > Test their character |
| + Trait of Character ( 106 ) ► wrong trait of character (10 ) > one wrong trait of character ( 7 ) ► evil trail of character ( ) |
| Traits of Character ( 842 ) ► Christlike Traits of Character > un-Christlike Traits of Character > unholy traits of character ( ) see favorite below |
| + Transformation of Character ( 251 ) > entire transformation of character (12) > transformed character ( 3 ) |
| + Weakness of Character ( 33 ) > weaknesses of character ( 7 ) ► weakness of his character ( ) |
| Christian Character |
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No unlikeness to Christ will be permitted in the holy city. The process of gaining perfection of character is to be carried on in this life, that we may be prepared for the future immortal life. It is God's purpose that His church on earth shall reach perfection. It is essential that His directions be strictly obeyed. The members are to help and strengthen one another. No self-exaltation or accusing or harshness are to be shown in our dealings with one another. We must purify our souls through love and obedience to the truth. We must act like saints toward one another. We must purify our souls through love and obedience to the truth. We must act like saints toward one another, preparing ourselves, drilling ourselves, to be without fault in character, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing. -- Letter 67, 1905, pp. 2-7. (Written February 18, 1905, from St. Helena, California, to Brethren and Sisters.) {15MR 171.2}
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My personal favorite
| An upright character is of greater worth than the gold of Ophir. Without it none can rise to an honorable eminence. But character is not inherited. It cannot be bought. Moral excellence and fine mental qualities are not the result of accident. The most precious gifts are of no value unless they are improved. The formation of a noble character is the work of a lifetime and must be the result of diligent and persevering effort. God gives opportunities; success depends upon the use made of them. Patriarchs and Prophets, page 223.1 |
| The black man’s name is written in the book of life beside the white man’s. All are one in Christ. Birth, station, nationality, or color cannot elevate or degrade men. The character makes the man. If a red man, a Chinaman, or an African gives his heart to God in obedience and faith, Jesus loves him none the less for his color. He calls him His well-beloved brother.—The Southern Work, quoted in Christian Service, 218. { Hvn 92.3} |
| The law requires righteousness,—a righteous life, a perfect character; and this man has not to give. He cannot meet the claims of God’s holy law. But Christ, coming to the earth as man, lived a holy life, and developed a perfect character. These He offers as a free gift to all who will receive them. His life stands for the life of men. Thus they have remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God. More than this, Christ imbues men with the attributes of God. He builds up the human character after the similitude of the divine character, a goodly fabric of spiritual strength and beauty. Thus the very righteousness of the law is fulfilled in the believer in Christ. God can “be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.” Romans 3:26. { DA 762.2} |
| Our people are making very dangerous mistakes. We cannot praise and flatter any man without doing him a great wrong; those who do this will meet with serious disappointment. They trust too fully to finite man and not enough to God, who never errs. The eager desire to urge men into public notice is an evidence of backsliding from God and of friendship with the world. It is the spirit which characterizes the present day. It shows that men have not the mind of Jesus; spiritual blindness and poverty of soul have come upon them. Often persons of inferior minds look away from Jesus to a merely human standard, by which they are not made conscious of their own littleness, and hence have an undue estimate of their own capabilities and endowments. There is among us as a people an idolatry of human instrumentalities and mere human talent, and these even of a superficial character. We must die to self and cherish humble, childlike faith. God's people have departed from their simplicity. They have not made God their strength, and they are weak and faint, spiritually. {5T 75.2} |
| If a professing Christian is unchristlike; if he cherishes unholy traits of character, studying how he may get the best of a bargain to the disadvantage of some one else, if, forgetting that it is his duty to help others, he cares little whether he destroys his neighbor’s prospects, he is as salt that has lost its savor—fit only to be cast out. He may gain some advantage himself, but what help is he to the world? If the character is not under the moulding influence of the Spirit of God, if the life is not free from selfishness, what does the profession avail? { ST February 12, 1902, par. 4 } |
| In the books of heaven are accurately recorded the sneers and the trivial remarks of sinners who pay no heed to the call of mercy made, as Christ is presented to them by His ministering servants. As the artist takes on the polished glass a true picture of the human face, so the angels of God daily place upon the books of heaven an exact representation of the character of every human being (ST Feb. 11, 1903). {7BC 987.2} |
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