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

the law, by the faith of Jesus Christ, which is "unto
all and upon all them that believe: for there is no
difference." "For now . . .' (and that means now!)
"Now the righteousness of God without the law, is
manifested, being witnessed by the law and the
prophets, even the righteousness of God which is
by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them
that believe: for there is no difference." Rom. 3:21,
22.
He who obtains it in that way has it, but I say
we all agree, every Seventh-day Adventist will
confess, that the ten commandments express in
letters, in words, the righteousness of God.
Now, then, "The carnal mind is enmity against
God: for it is not subject to the Law of God, neither
indeed can be." How then can the carnal mind
know the righteousness of God? How can the
carnal mind be subject to it? It cannot be, says the
Lord. Then the man who has only the carnal mind,
who knows only the natural birth and has not the
mind of Jesus Christ, the man who has not had the
natural mind of Christ there, cannot know the
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