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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Jan 12, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 2.

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Editorial

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A Saving Message

THE purpose of teaching the third angel's message is not to establish a creed, but to save people from sin. Iniquity abounds. A power from beneath is taking hold of men and women, and dragging them down to destruction. Only the power of God can rescue those who are held by Satan in the bondage of sin. The only provision for reaching and saving lost humanity is through that revelation of the power of God which comes to us in the gift of his Son, Jesus Christ. Therefore “we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumbling-block, and unto Gentiles foolishness; but unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.” The Lord's Word and the Lord's Christ have been set aside by the perversion of the truth, and human speculation and “the ideal man” have been substituted for them. But in doing this the barriers against sin have been broken down, and an increasingly strong tide of evil is sweeping helpless humanity before it. In the preaching of this message of “the everlasting gospel” to this last generation the power of God to save from sin is to be restored to the people, and in it they are to find the light and the help which they need in this time of special peril. God foresaw the condition of things in these last days,—the desperate and determined effort of Satan to pervert the truth and to deceive if possible the very elect,—and he has given a message for the world which will meet the need of the hour, and prepare a people to stand “without fault before the throne of God.” This is the message of Christ and his righteousness, and it is to be given to the world in the very setting which the Lord has provided for it as the threefold message to the last generation. The keynote of this message is, “The return of Christ to our world will not be long delayed,” and the cleansing of the sanctuary, in which is revealed the power of God to keep from sin, will be heard in every strain. O then let God's message be given in God's way,—always saying, “Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world.”