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Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

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Christ Our Only Hope<br />

As we see the condition of mankind today, the<br />

question arises in the minds of some, Is man by<br />

nature totally <strong>and</strong> wholly depraved? Is he<br />

hopelessly ruined?<br />

Men have sold themselves to the enemy of all<br />

righteousness. They can not redeem themselves. Of<br />

themselves they can do no good thing. But there is<br />

always an escape. When man sinned, Christ offered<br />

to st<strong>and</strong> as his substitute <strong>and</strong> surety, in order to<br />

provide a way whereby the guilty race might return<br />

to loyalty. He took humanity, <strong>and</strong> passed over the<br />

ground where Adam stumbled <strong>and</strong> fell. Without<br />

swerving from his allegiance, he met the<br />

temptations wherewith man is beset.<br />

Only by accepting Christ as a personal Saviour,<br />

can human beings be uplifted. Beware of any<br />

theory that would lead men to look for salvation<br />

from any other source than that pointed out in the<br />

Word. Only through Christ can men sunken in sin<br />

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