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FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINE

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Publishing Committee · Rochester, N. Y. · May 30, 1854

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 5, No. 19.

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FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINE.

WHAT IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO MEET THE LORD IN PEACE.

I. Luke xxi, 36, instructs the believers in Jesus to
  1. Watch and
  2. Pray always:
That ye may be (1) accounted worthy to escape, and to (2) Stand before the Son of Man.
II. 1 Thess. iii, 12, 13. 1. The Lord make you to increase and abound in love, (1) one toward another, and (2) toward all men. To the end he may 2. Stablish your hearts unblamable in holiness.
III. 1 Thess. v, 16-23.
  1. Rejoice evermore.
  2. Pray without ceasing.
  3. In every thing give thanks.
  4. Quench not the Spirit.
  5. Despise not prophesyings.
  6. Prove all things.
  7. Hold fast that which is good.
  8. Abstain from all appearances of evil.
To the end ye may be (1) Sanctified wholly, and your whole (a) Spirit, and (b) Soul, and (c) Body, be (2) Preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
IV. Titus ii, 11-13. 1. The grace of God which (1) bringeth salvation to all men (2) hath appeared: Teaching us that, denying (1) ungodliness, and (2) worldly lusts, we should 3. Live (1) soberly, (2) righteously, and (3) godly, in the present world, 4. Looking for that blessed hope and glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.
V. 1 John ii, 28, 29; iii, 1-3. 1. Abide in Christ; that, when he shall appear we may have (1) Confidence, and (2) Not be ashamed before him.
  1. Every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
  2. Behold what manner of love in being called sons of God.
  3. The world knoweth us not.
  4. Now the sons of God
  5. Not appearing what we shall be,
  6. But knowing that when he shall appear, we shall be
(1) like him, and (2) see him as he is. 8. Every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself even as he is pure.
VI. 2 Peter iii, 10-14. 1. Seeing that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be (1) In all holy conversation and (2) Godliness.
  1. Looking for, and hasting unto the coming of the day of God.
  2. Looking according to the promise of God, for new heavens and a new earth.
  3. Seeing ye look for such things, be diligent, that ye may be:
(1) found of him in peace, (2) without spot, and (3) blameless.