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

"And then when we go out, no matter what the
difficulties are we are not appalled by them,
because of the conscious faith that Christ is with us
and He is all-powerful. Well, when He is with us in
the fullness of His power, our faith grasps Him
continually. It is not a question of feeling the
power; it is a question of knowing the power."
Now we have found in our study also that
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law in
order that the blessing of Abraham might come
upon us. What do we find the blessing of Abraham
to be? [Congregation: "Righteousness."] How?
[Congregation: "By faith."] And Christ redeems us
from the curse of the law that the righteousness
which is by faith might come on the Gentiles, i.e.,
on us, that we might receive the promise of the
Spirit through faith. How did we receive the
righteousness? [Congregation: "By faith."] Did you
have a certain kind of whirl of feeling before you
could receive that righteousness? [Congregation:
"No."] Did you have a kind of whirl of feeling, a
thrill or great commotion before you could know
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