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Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 2
Perfect Harmony Between Law and Gospel—There is perfect
harmony between the law of God and the gospel of Jesus Christ. “I
and My Father are one,” says the Great Teacher. The gospel of Christ
is the Good News of grace, or favor, by which man may be released
from the condemnation of sin and enabled to render obedience to the
law of God. The gospel points to the moral code as a rule of life. That
law, by its demands for undeviating obedience, is continually pointing
the sinner to the gospel for pardon and peace.
Says the great apostle, “Do we then make void the law through
faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law” (
Romans 3:31
). And
again he declares that “the law is holy, and the commandment holy,
and just, and good” (
Romans 7:12
). Enjoining supreme love to God,
and equal love to our fellowmen, it is indispensable alike to the glory
of God and to human happiness.—
The Review and Herald, September
27, 1881
.
A Complete Rule of Life—God has given man a complete rule
of life in His law. Obeyed, he shall live by it, through the merits of
Christ. Transgressed, it has power to condemn. The law sends men
to Christ, and Christ points them back to the law.—
The Review and
Herald, September 27, 1881
. (HC 138.)
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Broad in Its Requirements—The law of God, as presented in the
Scriptures, is broad in its requirements. Every principle is holy, just,
and good. The law lays men under obligation to God; it reaches to the
thoughts and feelings; and it will produce conviction of sin in everyone
who is sensible of having transgressed its requirements. If the law
extended to the outward conduct only, men would not be guilty in their
wrong thoughts, desires, and designs. But the law requires that the soul
itself be pure and the mind holy, that the thoughts and feelings may
be in accordance with the standard of love and righteousness.—
The
Review and Herald, April 5, 1898
. (
Selected Messages 2:211
.)
Man Alone Disobedient—Man alone is disobedient to the laws
of Jehovah. When the Lord bids nature bear testimony to the things
which He has made, instantly they witness to the glory of God.—MS
28, 1898. (
The S.D.A. Bible Commentary 3:1144
.)
Everyone Required to Conform to God’s Law—Christ came to
give an example of the perfect conformity to the law of God required of
all—from Adam, the first man, down to the last man who shall live on
the earth. He declared that His mission was not to destroy the law but