The W. W. Prescott Armadale Sermons - Fred Bischoff

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efore He was "made of a woman": "I delight to do Thy will, O My God; yea, Thy law is within My heart." (Ps. 40:8) In His teaching Christ interpreted the spiritual character of the law, showing that to hate was to commit murder, to think impurely was to commit adultery, to covet was to be an idolater, and His life was so completely in harmony with the sacred precepts as interpreted by Him that He could challenge those who were constantly seeking something against Him with the inquiry, "Which of you convinceth Me of sin?" (John 8:46) And He "who did no sin" (1 Peter 2:22) wrought out this life of perfect righteousness not for Himself but for us, that the image of God might be again revealed in our lives. <strong>The</strong> law was within the heart of Christ, and He came to do the will of God, in order that the same law might be written in our hearts, and that we might be restored to the blessedness of doing God’s will; that the form might become the reality in us. This is accomplished for each individual by his acceptance of the work of Christ for him through faith in the word of God, by opening the door of his heart to Christ, that He may become the very life of his life, so that he may be "saved by His life." (Rom. 5:10) This is righteousness by faith. This is being "found in Him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith." (Phil. 3: 9) Thus we see that the law first gives knowledge of sin. It sets up a perfect standard of righteousness, and so defines the righteousness required; but it cannot confer that righteousness. It does not make one a sinner; it simply reveals the fact that he is a sinner. It cannot give righteousness; it simply shows the need of righteousness. But God, who requires the righteousness of the law in our characters, has made provision that this righteousness shall be brought to us in Christ, who is the centre of the gospel. <strong>The</strong> standard of character which is defined by the law is presented to us in Christ in the gospel. So we read: "But now the righteousness of God without the law is 139
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; for all have sinned and come short of the glory [the character] of God; being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus; whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; to declare, I say, at this time His righteousness; that He might be just and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus." (Rom. 3:21-26) By the law sin is revealed; in the gospel righteousness is revealed. By the law the disease is made known; in the gospel of Christ the cure is found. This is the first step in the relation between the law and the gospel. After we have come to Christ and are justified by faith, without the deeds of the law (Rom. 3:28), after we have become "the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus" (Gal. 3:26), having received Him who is righteousness and the living law, what then is our relation to the law? This will perhaps best appear by considering the results of genuine faith in Christ. To believe on Christ is to receive Christ; not to assent to a creed, but to accept a life; not to strive for the maintenance of certain outward forms, but to become "partakers of the divine nature." (2 Peter 1:4) Creeds and forms cannot save people from their sins. Terrible is the catalogue of the sins of those "having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof." (2 Tim. 3:1-5) A new life must be imparted before man can "live unto God." "Except a man be born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God." (John 3:3) For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation." (Gal. 6:15, R.V.) This experience depends upon the faith which each one exercises for himself, and "it is of faith, that it might be by grace." (Rom. 4:16) To all who sincerely pray the prayer, "Create in me a clean heart," (Ps. 51:10), the reply comes, "Believe ye that I am able to do this? ... According to your faith be it unto you." (Matt. 9:28, 29) "And this is the 140
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manifestly taught and exalted.” -
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heard," he went on, the preacher’
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The new strategy of having secretar
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he reported to W. C. White afterwar
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W. C. White wrote several letters t
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Chapter 2 Ellen White descriptions
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cold and dry; we are starving for t
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Armadale. We all need the words tha
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studies followed the same lines as
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The meetings have been well attende
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Chapter 3 Abiding in Christ and wal
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with life from God. Just the moment
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waves: for the wind was contrary."
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abes and sucklings Thou hast perfec
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keeping the commandments, but Chris
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a terrible plight, but "He healed t
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parents. His walk as a young man is
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companion by the way, the power for
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The stone in the hand of Israel’s
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"Ye also as lively stones, are buil
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God will develop in each one just t
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The law of the spirit of life He is
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e seen was stone; and you know that
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out of Egypt, and set it anew, and
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Chapter 5 The kingdom of God; or th
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of the Son of God, ... and shall co
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say, God is arbitrary, and he began
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Nature of the two kingdoms Satan se
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would be loyal to you on those grou
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these witnesses to His love, see th
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kingdom by dying, but Jesus Christ
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forth A special message for loyalty
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Chapter 6 The Word became flesh "In
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Adam’s sin typical What was the s
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itself by sin, and wrought out salv
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The price paid for every soul I wan
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Our representative in the courts of
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of His prayer were: "That the love
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lay hold upon the life and power of
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What is the faith of Jesus? These p
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all the power of the Roman Empire i
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When the earth is removed, what sha
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that is in the waters under the ear
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Page 95 and 96: Chapter 8 God or Caesar, Which? "Th
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