She was explicit about this enemy’s strategy: “Therefore [Satan] is constantly seeking to deceive the followers of Christ with his fatal
sophistry that it is impossible for them to overcome.” (GC, p. 489). This “fatal sophistry” ultimately leads men and women to believe that victory over sin, and therefore obedience to God’s law, is optional or unnecessary. Elsewhere she makes the point unmistakably clear: “Not a son or a daughter of Adam is elected to be saved in disobedience to God’s law.” (CE, p. 118).
Ellen White further observed that Satan’s work is not merely to tempt, but to strategically undermine the authority of divine truth: “Never was [Satan] more determined than now to make of none effect the truth of God…” (5T, p. 236). He accomplishes this, she wrote, by introducing error disguised as enlightenment, ideas clothed “in garments of light” (8T 293:4), and by substituting human philosophy for divine revelation, as she warned: “Truth came forth from the lips of Jesus, uncorrupted with human philosophy.” (Signs of the Times, Jan. 20, 1890). The danger, she insisted, lies not in blatant infidelity but in its subtle dilution: Satan “mixes truth and error. The most dangerous falsehoods are those that are mingled with truth. It is thus that errors are received that captivate and ruin the soul. By this means Satan carries the world with him” (PP, p. 338:3).
This is precisely what happens when Biblical justice, rooted in faithfulness to God’s law and impartial love toward all (Micah 6:8; Romans 13:10), is reinterpreted through Marxist, Cultural Marxism or secular social theories. These frameworks define “justice” primarily as the redistribution of power or resources among competing groups, shifting the focus from repentance and righteousness to group identity and structural revolution.
When Adventist institutions uncritically echo such frameworks, they risk fulfilling E. G. White’s sober warning: “Many that are drifting into darkness and infidelity... and bringing in... unscriptural doctrines, and philosophical speculations... Those who permit themselves to be thus hindered are giving place to Satan, and surrounding their own souls with an atmosphere of doubt and unbelief.” (GW, p. 273). Her counsel to educators is equally direct: “In the prevailing systems of education, human philosophy had taken the place of divine revelation.” (Ed, p. 74).
These statements strike at the very core of modern academic pressure, where the authority of Scripture is often subordinated to the authority of social science, critical theory, or ideological narratives. Ellen White’s message is unmistakably clear: whenever the church absorbs worldly philosophies, no matter how moral or compassionate they appear, the result is always the erosion of Biblical truth."
Dr. Adami A. Gabriel, PsyD
Ellen White further observed that Satan’s work is not merely to tempt, but to strategically undermine the authority of divine truth: “Never was [Satan] more determined than now to make of none effect the truth of God…” (5T, p. 236). He accomplishes this, she wrote, by introducing error disguised as enlightenment, ideas clothed “in garments of light” (8T 293:4), and by substituting human philosophy for divine revelation, as she warned: “Truth came forth from the lips of Jesus, uncorrupted with human philosophy.” (Signs of the Times, Jan. 20, 1890). The danger, she insisted, lies not in blatant infidelity but in its subtle dilution: Satan “mixes truth and error. The most dangerous falsehoods are those that are mingled with truth. It is thus that errors are received that captivate and ruin the soul. By this means Satan carries the world with him” (PP, p. 338:3).
This is precisely what happens when Biblical justice, rooted in faithfulness to God’s law and impartial love toward all (Micah 6:8; Romans 13:10), is reinterpreted through Marxist, Cultural Marxism or secular social theories. These frameworks define “justice” primarily as the redistribution of power or resources among competing groups, shifting the focus from repentance and righteousness to group identity and structural revolution.
When Adventist institutions uncritically echo such frameworks, they risk fulfilling E. G. White’s sober warning: “Many that are drifting into darkness and infidelity... and bringing in... unscriptural doctrines, and philosophical speculations... Those who permit themselves to be thus hindered are giving place to Satan, and surrounding their own souls with an atmosphere of doubt and unbelief.” (GW, p. 273). Her counsel to educators is equally direct: “In the prevailing systems of education, human philosophy had taken the place of divine revelation.” (Ed, p. 74).
These statements strike at the very core of modern academic pressure, where the authority of Scripture is often subordinated to the authority of social science, critical theory, or ideological narratives. Ellen White’s message is unmistakably clear: whenever the church absorbs worldly philosophies, no matter how moral or compassionate they appear, the result is always the erosion of Biblical truth."
Dr. Adami A. Gabriel, PsyD
