Human Depravity and Divine Restoration

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Dec 16, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 48.

Human Depravity and Divine Restoration

The depth of human depravity is up in this: "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked." Jer. 17:9. The whole story of redemption is told by the Saviour in these words: "God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16. And the promise of complete and perfect restoration to purity and holiness is contained in these words of the beloved disciples: "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is." 1 John 3:2.