The Three Messages and God’s Law
By David Upson
DEAR BRO. WHITE: Since you was here, I have not been a little comforted and strengthened in the faith of Jesus, as the Apostle says, faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God, and as the Blessed Jesus says, man liveth not by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. God's word is truth, and I feel that if we are ever fitted for heaven and glory, we must be sanctified through the truth. The Psalmist says, thy Law is the truth. Unless we keep the commandments of God, we can never have a right to the tree of life, and enter in through the gates into the City. The three messages are just what the children of God needed, to bring them out of the errors of the nominal church and to bring them into the light and liberty of the gospel of the Son of God, and fit them for heaven. They are like leaven hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened. It seems to me that the light of revelation is now shining clearer to the children of God, than at any age of the world. Truth is powerful, and it will cut its way through to the hearts of God's people. God has sent out his servants to proclaim his word and to give the world the last warning message of the approaching judgment.—The prerogative of Satan is to counteract the truth of heaven, and deceive the world. Let us walk by faith and not by sight. Without faith it is impossible to please God, and there is no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit. The law is spiritual. It is the law of liberty that St. James speaks of, by which we are made free from condemnation, through Jesus Christ. Yours in patient waiting for our coming Lord and King,
DAVID UPSON.
Catlin, N. Y., July 11th, 1852.