sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.” [ John 14:21, 23, 24 .] CE 117.2 Here are the conditions upon which every soul will be elected to eternal life. Your obedience to God's commandments will prove your right to an inheritance with the saints in light. God has elected a certain excellence of character; and every one who, through the grace of Christ, shall reach the standard of his requirement, will have an abundant entrance into the kingdom of glory. All who would reach this standard of character, will have to employ the means that God has provided to this end. If you would inherit the rest that remaineth for the children of God, you must become a co-laborer with God. You are elected to wear the yoke of Christ,—to bear his burden, to lift his cross. You are to be diligent “to make your calling and election sure.” [ 2 Peter 1:10 .] Search the Scriptures, and you will see that not a son or a daughter of Adam is elected to be saved in disobedien…
"Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:"
Ellen White directly references 2 Peter 1:10 in this passage.