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The Law and the Gospel

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 14, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 46.

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The Law and the Gospel

EMPHASIZING the necessity of “going to the bottom of the matter” in instructing the church in the principles of righteousness, the Advance of Sept. 19, 1912, says this of the importance of proclaiming the law and the gospel:—
One of the Chicago pastors interviewed in last week’s Advance, said, “What the world needs is the ten commandments.” Another said, “The chief business of the minister is now, ever has been, and always will be to proclaim the everlasting gospel of the Son of God.” Both are right. The world needs the law and the gospel; the two are one. The law reveals and condemns sin, and the gospel is the remedy for sin. This is the bottom of the matter, and there can be no successful treatment of the ills of the world by the ministry unless this is felt. All reforms will be superficial unless the pulpit gets down to this root matter of sin.