The Law and the Gospel
By S. Weston, A. M.
“It is granted that no one can be saved by the law while he obeys not the gospel. And it is equally impossible that any one should be saved by the gospel, while he obeys not the law; the law condemns those who disobey the gospel, and the gospel condemns those who obey not the law. They are in perfect harmony, they unite and center in the same object; the ten commandments contained in the law of Moses are incorporated into the very system of the gospel. A system excluding the ten commandments would be a mere shadow. It could not be called a gospel system. The word gospel signifies good news, but what good news would there be in a system which should exclude the ten commandments? The law will not kill a man in opposition to the gospel, neither will the gospel save in opposition to the law.”—S. Weston, A. M.