Predestinated = OSAS

Ellen has it sound as though after the fall three Gods came together to decide what to do about sinful man. She writes " In the council of heaven provision was made that men, though transgressers " a "council" is persons assembled for consultation". Our God is One God revealed in three persons. They need not assemble because they are never apart. They do not consult with one another for they are forever One, they are always in perfect harmony. Their thoughts are always One thought. Never do they consult with each other to make decisions. She writes " though transgressers " this means at a particular time a problem was presented and a council was called to address it. This is entirely false. Everything was written in heaven by God before the foundation of the world. Ellen did not understand the Deity of God nor that God's word was written before the foundation of the world.

Ellen goes on to explain predestinated like this..." There is no such thing in the Word of God as unconditional election--once in grace, always in grace ". Well, that sure clears things up! She goes on..." All who seek to sustain the doctrine of election, once in grace, always in grace, do this against a plain, 'Thus saith the Lord.' ". It seems that Thus sayeth the Lord in these following passages are not very plain to her...

Looks very plain to me. I wonder why Ellen disliked God's word so much in areas where it was so "plain" to understand? Ellen gives absolutely no interpretation of the predestinated passages, she simply chose to ignore them!

God Bless!