TRANSLATION FAITH by H. C. Balsbaugh

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Apr 18, 1906

TRANSLATION FAITH.

By H. C. Balsbaugh

Noah, Abraham, and Moses, each did a specific work for God in a state of perfect faith. Noah preached righteousness and built the ark; Abraham offered up Isaac his only (true) son; Moses builded the first tabernacle. As to these things, they were wrought by a perfect faith in God. A time of preparation preceded until, growing from faith to faith by the revelation of the Gospel, these ripened a faith of which these works testified perfection.

Then came Christ in whom we see not one work, but a life of faith in preparation, and His ministry. The quality of Christ's faith was always perfect, yet it increased in quantity by the increase of growth in the knowledge of God. See Luke 2:40, 52. Here is most clearly seen the difference between a perfecting faith (in quality), by which some good work follows, and the intelligent, unwavering, perfect, faith of Jesus, by which God's will in the highest was stedfastly made manifest in His life.

The difference marks the faith of Jesus from every other kind of faith, and is the great truth of the third angel's or last message to the world. Rev. 14:12. It is the great truth of the everlasting Gospel of the one hundred and forty-four thousand who will be found waiting in the fulness of the power of the Gospel because they have the faith of Jesus at the coming of Christ.

For instruction, and to stir up our minds, let us the more read and consider, as we see the day approaching, with its record of faith, Hebrews 11: the cloud of witnesses of Heb. 12:1; and, best of all, look “unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith” (Heb. 12:2, 3). For now (verses 22-26), having come to Mount Zion (the time of Mount Zion), the time of promise for God's children to have the faith of Jesus, is at hand.

H. C. Balsbaugh.