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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 21, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 47.

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THE GOSPEL.

1. WHAT is the Gospel?

"Good tidings of great joy . . . to all the people." Luke 2:10.

"The power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth." Rom. 1:16.

2. In what are the glory and power of God especially manifest?

"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth His handiwork." Ps. 19:1.

3. How did these things come into existence?

"By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth."

"For He spake and it was; He commanded, and it stood fast." Ps. 33:6, 9.

"And God said, Let there be light; and there was light." Gen. 1:3.

4. In what person is manifest the power and wisdom of God?

"Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God." 1 Cor. 1:24.

"For it was the good pleasure of the Father that in Him should all the fulness dwell." Col. 1:19, R.V.

5. In whom only are sinful men saved?

"For in Him [Christ] dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily, and in Him are ye made full." Col. 2:9, 10, R.V.

"Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." Acts 4:12.

6. How is He able to save us?

"For in Him were all things created, in the heavens, and upon the earth; . . . all things were created through Him, and unto Him." Col. 1:16, R.V.

"Without Him was not anything made that was made." John 1:3.

7. By what process does He save us?

"Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature [a new creation]; the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new." 2 Cor. 5:17, R.V. See margin.

"For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works." Eph. 2:10, R.V.

8. By what agency does He make this new creation?

"For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts." 2 Cor. 4:6.

"Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you." John 15:3.

"The words that I speak unto you, they are Spirit, and they are life." John 6:63.

9. What illustration may be noted as an example of God's creative power in regeneration?

"And behold, there came to Him a leper and worshiped Him, saying, Lord, if Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean. And He stretched forth His hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou made clean. And straightway his leprosy was cleansed." Matt. 8:2, 3, R.V.

He is as able to save now, and to "keep from falling," as He ever was.

"JESUS CHRIST THE SAME YESTERDAY, AND TO-DAY, AND FOREVER."