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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 1, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 40.

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Editorial

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The gospel of Jesus Christ is a protest as well as a proclamation, a warning as well as a promise. It is a protest against every work and desire of the flesh, a warning against the consequences of doing such works and yielding to such desires. “Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth;” “Let him that stole steal no more;” “Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice;” “Putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor;” “Be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” Jesus’ life of sinlessness is in itself a protest against all sin, while his triumph over temptation is an assurance of the triumph of his true children. Without the protest against sin there could be no sure promise of that righteousness whose fruitage is eternal life.