The Letter and the Spirit

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 28, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 42.

The Letter and the Spirit

The letter and nothing more of God's Word always condemns; and in such condemnation is death. It is only when it is received and welcomed in the heart, when the heart is all laid open to its purifying influences, that it becomes Spirit and life. To hold and keep it in the letter merely is the old-covenant idea, whether here or at Mount Horeb. To receive it in the heart by faith is the Gospel of life, whether at Mount Horeb or here. It makes all the difference in the world as to how we relate ourselves to God's law.