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Ellen White beautifully captured Christ's passionate love for sinners, writing that "the apostle's heart burned with love for sinners, and he put all his energies into the work of soul-winning" (GW 59.2). While this describes Paul's love, it reflects the very heart of Christ that Paul embodied. The depth of Jesus's love is revealed in how He responds to those who feel most unworthy. Ellen White assures us that "Jesus knows the circumstances of every soul. You may say, I am sinful, very sinful. You may be; but the worse you are, the more you need Jesus. He turns no weeping, contrite one away. He freely pardons all who come to Him for forgiveness and restoration" (HLv 379.3). This shows that Christ's love intensifies toward those who feel most lost—the worse our condition, the more eagerly He reaches out to us. She powerfully describes Christ's sacrificial love: "the poor, condemned sinner was lying under the curse of the Father's broken law, Jesus so loved him that he gave himself for the transgressor" (SW October 22, 1907, par. 1). This demonstrates that His love wasn't passive sentiment but active, self-sacrificing devotion. Ellen White also emphasizes the distinctive nature of Christ's love compared to human attitudes: "Men hate the sinner, while they love the sin. Christ hates the sin, but loves the sinner. This will be the spirit of all who follow Him. Christian love is slow to censure, quick to discern penitence, ready to forgive, to encourage, to set the wanderer in the path of holiness" (HLv 312.1). His love doesn't minimize sin but reaches past it to rescue the person. Perhaps most encouraging is her counsel that Christ is the friend of sinnersand "If you feel yourself to be the greatest of sinners, then Christ is just what you need; for He is the greatest of Saviours" (BEcho July 2, 1894, par. 4). She urges us to "Roll your sins at the foot of the cross. Unload! unload! He takes away the sins of the world" (BEcho July 2, 1894, par. 4), showing that His passionate love translates into eager willingness to bear our burdens. --- 💡 **You might also want to explore:** • What did Ellen White say about how we can experience Christ's love personally in our daily lives? • How does Christ's love for sinners relate to His call for us to love one another? • What practical steps did Ellen White recommend for those struggling with feelings of unworthiness? --- 📚 **thousands of passages found** containing these search terms — [Explore in Full-Text Search](/advanced-search?q=WHat+are+the+best+quotations+that+speak+of+Jesus+burning+passionate+love+for+sinners.)

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I notice the documents you've provided don't contain material about Jesus's burning, passionate love for sinners. Instead, they focus on: - Mary at the empty tomb after Christ's resurrection (Documents 1-3) - Ellen White's editorial processes and accuracy in her writings (Documents 4-12) Since these documents don't address your original question about Christ's love for sinners, I cannot provide different results with "citations first" formatting. The previous response I gave drew from documents that contained relevant material about Christ's love - those specific passages aren't present in this current set of documents. **To get a properly formatted response with citations about Jesus's passionate love for sinners, the search would need to retrieve documents that actually discuss:** - Christ's love for the lost - His compassion for sinners - His sacrifice and devotion to humanity - His tender regard for the penitent The documents provided here simply don't contain that content, so adjusting the formatting settings cannot change the substance of what's available to cite. --- 💡 **You might also want to explore:** • What did Ellen White write about Christ's ministry to those society rejected? • How did Ellen White describe the difference between Christ's love and human love? • What counsel did she give about reflecting Christ's compassion in our own lives? --- 📚 **thousands of passages found** containing these search terms — [Explore in Full-Text Search](/advanced-search?q=I+have+chosen+other+settings+below.+Citations+first%2C+offcial+check+on.+Do+your+results+change+with+these+adjusted+settings%3F)