THE GOSPEL by F. A. Noble

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jul 19, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 29.

THE GOSPEL.

By F. A. Noble

I CHALLENGE any man to show me anything better, anything more suited to man and his wants, than the Gospel of Christ. It is better than philosophy. Philosophy can only disclose, only describe and classify. It can not heal—it can not cure. It is like a physician who knows the disease, but has no remedy; while the Gospel of Christ not only lays bare the malady, but prescribes an infallible and universal cure.

Education can only call out and develop what is in fallen man; but the Gospel recreates man's heart and nature, and then lifts him up to the fulness of the stature of Christ. Education stops at the surface; the Gospel, which is the power of God unto salvation, penetrates the center of man's necessities.

It is better than morality. Morality is conformity to law. When perfect it is a star rolling on in its God-appointed orbit. But man has broken law—the star has swerved from its orbit. Morality can not bring it back and keep it in its course. The Gospel can. It brings man back to God—gives man a new start and keeps him safe in his heavenward course.

The Gospel is better than philanthropy. Philanthropy is the love of man as man and for man. Christianity is the love of man for God and the love of God in man. The one would better man's condition here; the other would not only save man now, but would lift him to where he belongs—to heaven and to God.—Rev. F. A. Noble.