1. "Temporal benefits" are variously and broadly defined by theologians, ranging from the basics of food, water and air to breathe, to benefits such as personal honor, fame, riches, enjoyments, and health. Some contrast temporal benefits with the temporal consequences of sin, thus claiming that the benefits are those that arise from living a righteous life, these being the blessing of fellowshipping with like believers, pleasant opportunities arising from a family managed under the influence of Christian principles, to the enjoyment of the ministry of the Holy Spirit in ones life as He teaches, guides and illuminates. These are all distinguished from "spiritual benefits" which are defined as justification, regeneration (or sanctification), redemption from the death penalty, and eventually, glorification.
2. Thomas M. Lindsay, MA., D.D. (Principal, United Free Church College, Glasgow); A History of the Reformation, vol. 1; (New York; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928); pp. 448 and 451; italics in original.
3. Dutch theologian and politician Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920); The Work of the Holy Spirit, vol. 2; pp. 369-370 (as originally pub. in 1888, and 1900 in America); online source found at: http://homepage.mac.com/shanerosenthal/reformationink/akjust2.htm
4. "For God chooses no one unto eternal life except in Christ, who prepared it by his own blood for them who should believe on his name. From this it seems to follow that, since God regards no one in Christ unless they are engrafted in him by faith, election is peculiar to believers, and the phrase "certain men," in the definition, refers to believers. For Christ is a means of salvation to no one unless he is apprehended by faith. Therefore, that phrase "in Christ" marks the meritorious cause by which grace and glory are prepared, and the existence of the elect in him, without which they could not be elected in him." Jacobus Arminius, Writings, III:311.
5. All the reformers mentioned in this document retained their Catholic notion on the "state of the dead," or the idea of an ever-living soul apart from any connection to the fleshy body. They could not see that Christ's death was the equivalent of the eternal annihilation of the wicked. Thus, they could not have a full comprehension of what Christ suffered on the cross, nor what His resurrection from the dead truly meant.
6. "The salvation of human beings is a vast enterprise, that calls into action every attribute of the divine nature. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit have pledged themselves to make God's children more than conquerors through Him that loved them." Review and Herald, January 27, 1903.
7. A.T. Jones; 1893 General Conference Bulletin, p. 381: "In me is no righteousness; here is all ungodliness; here is all uncleanness; God has set forth that same One who declared the word and the worlds came and who declared the word 'light,' and light came -- He has set forth that same One to declare righteousness in place of this body of sin. [Congregation: 'Praise the Lord']. In this place, this body, this character of sin, He calls that which is not as though it were, and, thank the Lord, it is. [Congregation: 'Amen.'] In this place which is all uncleanness He has set forth that blessed One to declare holiness and He calls this thing which is not as though it were, and, thanks be to His almighty power, it is. [Congregation: 'Amen']. And I am glad of it. 'Calleth those things which be not as though they were.' A sinner is not righteous; the ungodly are ungodly; but God calls that which is not, as though it were and it is. [Congregation: "Amen"]. It is."
8. "The Lord in His great mercy sent a most precious message to his people through Elders Waggoner and Jones. This message was to bring more prominently before the world the uplifted Saviour, the sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. It presented justification through faith in the Surety; it invited the people to receive the righteousness of Christ, which is made manifest in obedience to all the commandments of God. ... This is message that God commanded to be given to the world. It is the third angel's message, which is to be proclaimed with a loud voice, and attended with the outpouring of His Spirit in a large measure." (Testimonies to Ministers, pp. 91-92).
9. "You may say that you believe in Jesus, when you have an appreciation of the cost of salvation. You may make this claim, when you feel that Jesus died for you on the cruel cross of Calvary; when you have an intelligent, understanding faith that His death makes it possible for you to cease from sin, and to perfect a righteous character through the grace of God, bestowed upon you as the purchase of Christ's blood. The eyes of fallen men may be anointed with the eye-salve of spiritual comprehension, and they may see themselves as they really are,--poor, and miserable, and blind, and naked. They may be brought to realize their need of repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ." (E.G. White; Review and Herald, July 24, 1888).
10. See for example Psalm 13:3; Matthew 27:52; John 11:11-14; Acts 2:29, 34; 13:36; 1 Corinthians 15:51; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-15; Hebrews 9:27).
11. "In consequence of Adam's sin, death passed upon the whole human race. All alike go down into the grave. And through the provisions of the plan of salvation, all are to be brought forth from their graves. 'There shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust;' 'for as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.' But a distinction is made between the two classes that are brought forth. 'All that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.' They who have been 'accounted worthy' of the resurrection of life are 'blessed and holy.' 'On such the second death hath no power.'" Great Controversy, pp. 544-545.
12. Though this statement from Great Controversy is regarding the wicked when they are raised from their graves after the millennium, the idea applies to all. "In that vast throng are multitudes of the long-lived race that existed before the Flood; men of lofty stature and giant intellect, who, yielding to the control of fallen angels, devoted all their skill and knowledge to the exaltation of themselves; men whose wonderful works of art led the world to idolize their genius, but whose cruelty and evil inventions, defiling the earth and defacing the image of God, caused Him to blot them from the face of His creation. There are kings and generals who conquered nations, valiant men who never lost a battle, proud, ambitious warriors whose approach made kingdoms tremble. In death these experienced no change. As they come up from the grave, they resume the current of their thoughts just where it ceased. They are actuated by the same desire to conquer that ruled them when they fell. (E.G. White; Great Controversy; p. 664; emphasis supplied).
13. E.G. White; The Story of Redemption, p. 17-18.
14. "Therefore the very first work in the cleansing of the sanctuary was the cleansing of the people. That which was preliminary and essential to the cleansing of the sanctuary itself, to the finishing of the transgression and bringing in everlasting righteousness, there, was the finishing of transgression, and the making an end of sins, and making reconciliation for iniquity, and bringing in everlasting righteousness in the heart and life of each one of the people themselves. When the stream that flowed into the sanctuary was thus stopped at its source, then, and then alone, could the sanctuary itself be cleansed from the sins and transgression which, from the people, by the intercession of the priests, had flowed into the sanctuary." (Consecrated Way to Christian Perfection, pp. 118-119 [1905 edition]).