The Everlasting Gospel

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jun 6, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 22.

The Everlasting Gospel

1. What is the Gospel of Christ? For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. Rom. 1: 16, 17.

NOTE.—Observe closely that the text informs us that the Gospel "is the power of God unto salvation," and that it reveals the righteousness of God. The Gospel is "power," and it is a revealer of "righteousness."

2. How widely will this Gospel be preached? This Gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. Matt. 24: 14.

3. What solemn warning does the Gospel carry to all the world in its closing triumphs? And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the hour of His judgment is come: and worship Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. Rev. 14: 6, 7.

NOTE.—The world-wide Gospel proclamation indicated in the foregoing verses gives the warning that "the hour of His judgment is come." It does not proclaim a "judgment to come," as did Paul in his day (Acts 24: 25), but affirms that the judgment is right at hand.

4. Since the Gospel "is the power of God unto salvation," how complete is that salvation? Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2 Cor. 5: 17.

NOTE.—The margin of the American Standard Revised Version states that "if any man is in Christ, there is a new creation." Then the power manifested in the Gospel is the power of creation. There "is a new creation" every time a sinner is reclaimed by the Gospel.

5. Then whose workmanship is this re-created, Gospel-saved individual? For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Eph. 2: 10.

6. Is there any condemnation resting on the one who has thus been redeemed, re-created, through Christ Jesus the Saviour? There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Rom. 8: 1-4.

NOTE.—In the seventh chapter of Romans Paul tells of the law he had found in his members that when he would do good evil was ever present with him. This law that was in his members is a law that is inherent in the nature of sin; it is the law that holds the drunkard to his cups in spite of all his better desires, in spite of the cries and entreaties of his children, his devoted wife, and his dearest friends. It is the law that is so powerful that it holds every sinner in the position where "the good that I would I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do." Rom. 7: 19. It takes the mighty, creative power of the infinite Christ through His Gospel of power, to lift us from this hopeless condition. If you are in despair, feeling that you can not break the power of habit in the sins that hold you, turn to the mighty Christ and His Gospel of power.

7. To what lengths can this Gospel of power go in saving sinful men? Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. Heb. 7: 25.

NOTE.—He saves to the "uttermost;" His Gospel of salvation is a Gospel of infinite power; it is a Gospel of re-creation. The saved individual is a "new creature." His old life of sin is abolished through the "new creation." What a flood of joy fills the soul that is possessed of such a hope!