There is only one gospel. There is only one way of salvation. There is only one name “wherein we must be saved.” This one gospel is “the gospel of God . . . concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David, according to the flesh, who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.” The great truth of this gospel is, that “God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.” “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.” The one way of salvation is through faith’s acceptance of this gift. “As many as received him, to them gave he the right to become the children of God, even to them that believe on his name.” The one name wherein we are saved is the name of Jesus. “To him bear all the prophets witness, that through his name every one that believeth on him shall receive remission of the sins.” This is “the everlasting gospel.” The one great purpose for which God gave his Son was to provide a means of salvation from sin. “Thou shalt call his name Jesus,” said the angel; “for it is he that shall save his people from their sins.” “The broken law of God demanded the life of the sinner. In all the universe there was but one who could, in behalf of man, satisfy its claims. Since the divine law is as sacred as God himself, only one equal with God could make atonement for its transgression. None but Christ could redeem fallen man from the curse of the law, and bring him again into harmony with heaven. Christ would take upon himself the guilt and shame of sin,—sin so offensive to a holy God that it must separate the Father and his Son. Christ would reach the depths of misery to rescue the ruined race.” “He was manifested to bear sins.” “Who his own self carried up our sins in his body to the tree.” “If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” This is “the everlasting gospel.” As it was impossible for Satan to stay the tide of God’s love and to hinder the provision for the forgiveness of sin, he has sought in every way to cast his hellish shadow over man, and to hide from him Jesus, the sinner’s friend. By interposing himself between man and God, the devil has persistently endeavored5to hide even the glorious light which streams from the cross of Calvary, and to make of none effect the wondrous sacrifice for sin. Upon that false sense of independence of God which he has himself implanted in man’s mind, he has based the false gospel of self-salvation. This principle he has with satanic ingenuity adapted to the varying circumstances and natures of men in all countries and in all ages. It is the foundation principle of heathenism. By self-punishment, by works of merit of various kinds, by a long process of evolution and survival of the fittest, man seeks to save himself without acknowledging his utter helplessness and his dependence upon Jesus the divine Saviour. It is much more pleasing to the natural heart to pay for salvation than to receive it as a gift. And thus men have undertaken the impossible, and have died without hope, because Jesus, the only begotten Son, the gift of God, the Saviour from sin, has been hidden from their view. Even that which God has instituted as a means of revealing this gift to the world has been perverted into a means of concealing the gift. The system of worship in sacrifices and offerings in which was presented the great truth of the divine sacrifice as the one efficacious offering for sin was turned from its purpose and changed into a plan for self-salvation. But whether it be the untutored heathen or the highly educated Pharisee who has fallen into this snare, the result is the same,—there is no barrier against sin. Satan laughs at the failures of the actors in the farce which he himself has put upon the stage, and sin has dominion over the souls of men. And this condition of things constitutes the ever-present demand for the preaching of “the everlasting gospel.” The gospel of the threefold message of Rev. 14: 6-12 is the same gospel that was preached in the garden of Eden in these words: “I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” It is the same gospel that was preached to Abraham. “And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the nations by faith, preached the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all the nations be blessed.” It is the same gospel that John the Baptist preached. “And as the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether haply he were the Christ; John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but there cometh he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire: whose fan is in his hand, thoroughly to cleanse his threshing-floor, and to gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire. With many other exhortations therefore preached he the gospel unto the people.” It is the same gospel that was preached by Jesus himself. “Now after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe in the gospel.” In these different statements the one gospel is taught. For the triumph of the Seed over the serpent; justification by faith; complete salvation from sin through the baptism of the Spirit, and the destruction of the wicked; and the fulfillment of prophecy in the coming of the kingdom, are all found in “the everlasting gospel.” In our next article we will consider the special significance of the preaching of “the everlasting gospel” under the direction of the angel “with a great voice.”