Thought Inspiration

The focus is on the writer not on the words of the Bible. Inspiration reaches the mind of the author and the Holy Spirit ensures that the message is correctly expressed. Although the words are not inspired, Scripture as a whole is.

Since E.G. White was considered to be a prophetess, and since the prevailing view was that of verbal inspiration, it was unimaginable to many that her writings would undergo revisions. They should be free from errors. However, she made it clear that she never believed in verbal inspiration, and in the introduction to the Great Controversy she established what she believed was the proper understanding of revelation/inspiration. She simply indicated that revelation operates on the whole person infusing the human mind with divine thoughts.IRI 1.5