God Is One | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 4, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 43.

God Is One.

Why will his children try to divide him? Why cut up his Word, the manifestation of God in writing, into Old and New Testaments, into law dispensation and Gospel dispensation. Like Christ's seamless coat, the doctrine of God is one from Paradise lost to Paradise restored. As truly as to us, came the Word of the Gospel to Abel, Noah, Abraham, and all the prophets and their contemporaries; for "God is no respecter of persons." Christ "is the true Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world." He gives sufficient to every one if it is but heeded.

them are doing much for the Master. It is not a surprise that the Catholic Church is doing more than others. Her zeal has been increased by opposition. She has been provoked to greater philanthropic work by other religious organizations. Her zeal is that of emulation. Protestant zeal must be built upon faith. But as she has forsaken the principles and source of her life, faith in God's Word through Jesus Christ, her works of faith likewise depart. "If that light which is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness." Her only hope is to return to the Word.