{"id":8998,"date":"2026-04-15T10:46:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/answers\/hde-elena-uait-pyshet-o-tom-chto-poka-my-zhyvem-zdes-na-zemle-to-ne-smozhem-poni\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T00:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T22:24:15","slug":"hde-elena-uait-pyshet-chto-chelovek-ne-mozhet-yscherpat-dazhe-odyn-stykh-byblyy","status":"publish","type":"answers","link":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/answers\/hde-elena-uait-pyshet-chto-chelovek-ne-mozhet-yscherpat-dazhe-odyn-stykh-byblyy\/","title":{"rendered":"In which writings of Ellen White is there the thought that a person cannot exhaust even a single verse of the Bible?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Although Ellen White did not always phrase the idea of the inexhaustibility of Scripture in exactly the same words, this principle runs through her writings from beginning to end.<\/b> Key places where this idea is expressed most clearly:<\/p>\n<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<p>It is here that White states most directly the idea that the human mind cannot exhaust even one biblical truth. The book is written as a concept of education based on the Word of God\u2014and the inexhaustibility of Scripture is its foundational principle.<\/p>\n<h2>Steps to Christ<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe more you search the Scriptures, the greater your respect and love for them will grow.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>White describes Bible reading as a process in which <b>each immersion reveals new layers<\/b>. This is not because the text changes\u2014but because the reader grows and gains the ability to \u201csee\u201d more deeply.<\/p>\n<h2>Testimonies for the Church<\/h2>\n<p>In several volumes, White warns against superficial reading of Scripture and calls us to \u201cdig deep.\u201d She uses the image of a miner searching for gold: the surface yields only what is superficial. <b>Gold is deep<\/b>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIf any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach.\u201d <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=James+1:5&amp;version=UKR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James 1:5<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Practical meaning<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>If you want to find a specific White quote\u2014search in EGW writings (<i>egwwritings.org<\/i>) by the keywords: \u201cinexhaustible,\u201d \u201cone truth,\u201d \u201cmine the depths,\u201d \u201cdepths of Scripture.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The principle is unchanged: the Word of God is inexhaustible. Spiritual growth is the process of entering more and more deeply into it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>White expressed this idea more than once and in more than one book\u2014because for her it was not a theoretical position, but the living experience of a student of the Word of God over decades.<\/b><\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"faq_question":"\u0413\u0434\u0435 \u0415\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0430 \u0423\u0430\u0439\u0442 \u043f\u0438\u0448\u0435\u0442, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0447\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043a \u043d\u0435 \u043c\u043e\u0436\u0435\u0442 \u0438\u0441\u0447\u0435\u0440\u043f\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0434\u0430\u0436\u0435 \u043e\u0434\u0438\u043d \u0441\u0442\u0438\u0445 \u0411\u0438\u0431\u043b\u0438\u0438?","bible_refs":"\u041f\u0441\u0430\u043b\u043e\u043c 118:18, \u0418\u043e\u0430\u043d\u043d\u0430 5:39, 2 \u041f\u0435\u0442\u0440\u0430 3:18","answer_lang":"ru","source_question":"\u0433\u0434\u0435 \u0415\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0430 \u0423\u0430\u0439\u0442 \u043f\u0438\u0448\u0435\u0442 \u043e \u0442\u043e\u043c, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u043f\u043e\u043a\u0430 \u043c\u044b \u0436\u0438\u0432\u0435\u043c \u0437\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c \u043d\u0430 \u0437\u0435\u043c\u043b\u0435, \u0442\u043e \u043d\u0435 \u0441\u043c\u043e\u0436\u0435\u043c \u043f\u043e\u043d\u044f\u0442\u044c \u0432 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u043d\u043e\u0442\u0435 \u0434\u0430\u0436\u0435 \u043e\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0441\u0442\u0438\u0445\u0430 \u0438\u0437 \u0411\u0438\u0431\u043b\u0438\u0438?"},"answer_topic":[145],"class_list":["post-8998","answers","type-answers","status-publish","hentry","answer_topic-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/answers\/8998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/answers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/answers"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"answer_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/answer_topic?post=8998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}