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The Third Angel's Message (1893) - Alonzo T. Jones

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of the man who has only the natural mind?<br />

[Congregation: "Wretched."] Yes, and in captivity.<br />

And the more intense the hatred of the evil the<br />

more wretched the condition, because there is no<br />

deliverance from it in anything the man can do for<br />

himself. Well, then, who shall deliver? "I thank<br />

God through Jesus Christ our Lord." "<strong>The</strong>re is<br />

therefore now no condemnation to them which are<br />

in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh but<br />

after the Spirit."<br />

Now Romans 8:6,7: "For to be carnally minded<br />

is death." What is the condition of that man who<br />

has only the natural mind? [Congregation: "Dead."]<br />

"But to be spiritually minded is life and peace.<br />

Because the carnal mind [the natural mind] is" AT<br />

enmity with God [Congregation: "No. is enmity<br />

against God."] No, it is not at enmity with God, but<br />

it itself is enmity. It "is enmity against God: for it is<br />

not subject to the law of God," until the man is<br />

converted? [Congregation: "Neither indeed can<br />

be."] Can't be? Cannot God make that mind subject<br />

to His law? [Congregation: "No."] Now, can't the<br />

Lord make that mind that is in you and me--the<br />

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