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The 1888 Message-2
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August 27 - The 1888 Message-2

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They are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus. Rom. 3:24, RSV.

We continue on from where we left off yesterday in what is undoubtedly the very best summary of the significance of Jones and Waggoner's 1888 message.

"The message of the gospel of His grace was to be given to the church in clear and distinct lines, that the world should no longer say that Seventh-day Adventists talk the law, the law, but do not teach or believe Christ.

"The efficacy of the blood of Christ was to be presented to the people with freshness and power, that their faith might lay hold upon its merits. As the high priest sprinkled the warm blood upon the mercy seat, while the fragrant cloud of incense ascended before God, so while we confess our sins and plead the efficacy of Christ's atoning blood, our prayers are to ascend to heaven, fragrant with the merits of our Saviour's character. Notwithstanding our unworthiness, we are ever to bear in mind that there is One that can take away sin and save the sinner. Every sin acknowledged before God with a contrite heart, He will remove. This faith is the life of the church. . .

"Unless he makes it his life business to behold the uplifted Saviour, and by faith to accept the merits which it is his privilege to claim, the sinner can no more be saved than Peter could walk upon the water unless he kept his eyes fixed steadily upon Jesus. Now, it has been Satan's determined purpose to ecllipse the view of Jesus and lead men to look to man, and trust to man, and be educated to expect help from man. For years the church has been looking to man and expecting much from man, but not looking to Jesus, in whom our hopes of eternal life are centered. Therefore God gave to His servants a testimony that presented the truth as it is in Jesus, which is the third angel's message, in clear, distinct lines. . .This is the testimony that must go throughout the length and breadth of the world. It presents the law and the gospel, binding up the two in a perfect whole"(TM 92-94; italics supplied).

The overwhelming thought of the 1888 message was to uplift Jesus. That is something we can never overdo. Uphold Him today in your work, your faimily, your play, your all. Let Him truly be Savior and Lord of your life.

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True obedience is the outworking of a principle within. It springs from the love of righteousness, the love of the law of God(COL 97).
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