Here's more of the quote:



She said, previous to the sentence I quoted earlier, that there is One who can take away sin and save the sinner. She's clearly not talking about some future time! Now is the day of salvation! She's not saying you pray for God to take away your sin, and at some future time God will respond to your prayer. Not at all! When we pray for forgiveness, at that very moment, God forgives:



This is Gospel truth, taught by the Master Himself. The prayer "God, be merciful to me a sinner" is met how? "This man went down to his house justified."

Regarding how the sins are removed:





Then there's no reason for a requirement that anything be done other than crucifying the old man. Not the confession of thousands of sins, but the crucifixion of one old man. This is done the moment the sinner receives Christ.



No, that's not how it works! Here's how it works:





Why should I? Have I made this claim? I don't even think the phrase "uncrucified cultivate trait of character" makes sense. Can you produce an inspired passage which even has the phrase "uncrucified cultivated trait of character" in it? If no such phrase even exists, how could I produce an inspired quote which something specific about it?



Yes, I did.



This is another phrase which doesn't make sense to me. I was speaking of unknown sins. Do you think there is such a thing as an unknown sin? Besides not keeping the Sabbath, or some other behavior which Adventists do?



Before you said it was. Why did you change your mind?

The Holy Spirit is constantly seeking to draw our attention to Christ. In order to "neglect to abide in Jesus" a person would have to resist the Holy Spirit. That's a sin.

Tom, please read the following description of a Christian and then cite an example of a cultivated trait of character they might practice ignorantly. Thank you.

"The man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works . . . {and} have received the knowledge of the truth . . . to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you . . . {who are} enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come . . . {who} abideth in him . . . {who} walk in the Spirit . . . {who are} partakers of the divine nature . . . {who have} escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust . . . {who} hath ceased from sin . . . {who} no longer {lives} the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God . . . {who} offend not in word . . . {who} doth not sin . . . {and} cannot sin."

Here is where the phrase comes from:

Let not self wax to great proportions lest the whole man be defiled. One leak will sink a ship, and one flaw break a chain; so there may be some hereditary or cultivated trait of character that will work in the heart and develop into words that will make an impression for evil which will never be effaced. We are all building for eternity. Let the character have the impress of the divine in pure, noble utterances, in upright deeds. Then the whole universe of heaven will behold and say, Well done, good and faithful servant.--Lt 91, 1899. {2MCP 728.4}

The word of God often comes in collision with man's hereditary and cultivated traits of character and his habits of life. But the good-ground hearer, in receiving the word, accepts all its conditions and requirements. His habits, customs, and practices are brought into submission to God's word. In his view the commands of finite, erring man sink into insignificance beside the word of the infinite God. With the whole heart, with undivided purpose, he is seeking the life eternal, and at the cost of loss, persecution, or death itself, he will obey the truth. {COL 60.3}

In harmony with this experience is the command, "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure." Phil. 2:12, 13. God does not bid you fear that He will fail to fulfill His promises, that His patience will weary, or His compassion be found wanting. Fear lest your will shall not be held in subjection to Christ's will, lest your hereditary and cultivated traits of character shall control your life. "It is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure." Fear lest self shall interpose between your soul and the great Master Worker. Fear lest self-will shall mar the high purpose that through you God desires to accomplish. Fear to trust to your own strength, fear to withdraw your hand from the hand of Christ and attempt to walk life's pathway without His abiding presence. {COL 161.1}

The simplicity of true godliness must be brought into the education of our young people, if they are to know how to escape the corruption that is in the world. They must be taught that the true followers of Christ will serve God not only when it is in accordance with their inclinations, but also when it involves self-denial and cross-bearing. Besetting sins must be battled with and overcome. Objectionable traits of character, whether hereditary or cultivated, must be compared with the great rule of righteousness, and then conquered in the strength of Christ. Day by day, hour by hour, a vigorous work of self-denial and of sanctification must go on within; then the works will bear witness that Jesus is abiding in the heart by faith. Sanctification does not close the avenues of the soul to knowledge, but expands the mind and inspires it to search for truth as for hidden treasure. {CT 449.1}

Those who fail to realize their constant dependence upon God will be overcome by temptation. We may now suppose that our feet stand secure, and that we shall never be moved. We may say with confidence, "I know in whom I have believed; nothing can shake my faith in God and in His word." But Satan is planning to take advantage of our hereditary and cultivated traits of character, and to blind our eyes to our own necessities and defects. Only through realizing our own weakness and looking steadfastly unto Jesus can we walk securely. {DA 382.4}

"Cultivated trait of character" is fine, but where does she speak of an "uncrucified cultivated trait of character"?

You are serious?

Tom, please address #104281 above on this thread. Thank you.

Self-pity. Yes, I don't thing "uncrucified trait of character" exists. Am I wrong?

I don't understand your last post.

Tom, please read the following description of a Christian and then cite an example of a cultivated trait of character they might practice ignorantly. Thank you.

"The man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works . . . {and} have received the knowledge of the truth . . . to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you . . . {who are} enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come . . . {who} abideth in him . . . {who} walk in the Spirit . . . {who are} partakers of the divine nature . . . {who have} escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust . . . {who} hath ceased from sin . . . {who} no longer {lives} the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God . . . {who} offend not in word . . . {who} doth not sin . . . {and} cannot sin."

Self pity is the example you asked for. I didn't find any references to "uncultivated traits of character" in the SOP. Do you know of any?