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same gospel Paul preached to gen–
ti les. He preached , on/y the NEw
T estament gospel. He revealed the
WAY OF SALVATION.
Here is his answer- that of the
SAVIOR HIMSELF on HOW TO BE
SAVEO:
" IF thou wilt enter into UFE,
keep the commandments."
And he
enumerated enough of the Ten
Commandments to show it was this
particular law that must be obeyed
AS A CONOITION to receiving eter–
na) life as God's GIFT. Jesus said
" JF" - (THERE WAS A CONDI–
TION)-"IF" we are to be saved, by
God's grace, WE MUST KEEP THE
COMMA NDMENTS! God
of the Holy Spirit" (Acts. 2:38).
Jesus said, " R EPENT YE, and
BELIEVE THE GOSPEL." We must
BELIEVE not only in Jesus as Savior,
but we must believe also THE Gos–
PEL he brought and preached- the
Gospel of the Kingdom of God–
the AUTHORITY of God and the
WORD of God
over our lives- a
message not preached today by
most organized churches!
After liis resurrection, in his
parting instructions to his disciples
for preaching the way of salvation,
Jesus said: " Thus it is written, and
thus it behoved Christ to suffer,
and to rise from the dead the third
This law is summed up in the one
word- LOVE! It is further defined in
the two great Commandments, LOVE
to God, and LOVE to neighbor. But
the same law is further defined and
divided into
lO
points, by the Ten
Commandments-the first four of
which tell us how to !ove God, the
last six of which tell us how to !ove
neighbor.
J ames' lnsplr ed Answer
And thus it is explained in James:
"IF ye fulfil the royal law according
to the scripture, Thou shalt !ove
thy neighbour as thyself, ye do
· well" (Jas. 2:8). Here is the royal
law-the whole law-as a
lays down his own terms
and conditions. His FREE
GIFT is conditional- you
get it ONLY if you "keep
the commandments."
You can't EARN it. God
GIVES it- but onl y tO
those who "KEEP TH E
COMMANDMENTS." God
will not GIVE you eterna!
life
in sin.
And what IS
sin? "SIN IS THE TRANS–
GRESSION OF THE LAw "
(I
John 3:4).
True repentance means you give
yourself to God. And the only kind
of repentance that is prerequisite
to the gift of eterna/ life is com–
plete and unconditional surrender
to God-to his will, which means
general principie.
The law is LOVE-and
LOVE is the fulfilling of
the law. Jesus fulfilled it,
setting us an example that
we, too, should fulfill the
law. We fulfill it
with
LOVE-not any natural ,
carnal !ove in human
nature, but
"the /ove of
Goo is shed abroad in our
hearts by the Holy Spir–
it" (Rom. 5:5). The Holy
Spirit in us is merely
Goo'S LAW IN ACTION IN
OUR UVES! And so, if we
fulfill this royal law we do
well-but if not, we com–
mit sin (Jas. 2:9). Now
read verse 1
O.
If we keep
the WHOLE LAW- the
general principie of LOVE
to neighbor- yet offend
Sorne who pervert
God's truth insist Jesus
did not name ALL of the
Ten Commandments in
the above scripture. Sin is
the transgression of THE
LAW.
lt
ÍS
a COMPLETE
LAw . He named enough of
its points to designate
WHICH LAWhe was talking
to his law. You become his, liter–
al/y, and wholly, with no reserva–
tions! Repentance is a complete
change in your life- in your atti–
tude toward life-your purpose in
life-your thoughts and actions.
about. And James says that law has
"POINTS"- and, if we break any ONE
of the 1
O
points of the Ten Com–
mandments, we BREAK THE LAW,
and are sinners (Jas. 2:8- 11 ).
The very same day the Holy
Spirit came- the very day the
Nsw T ESTAMENT Church com–
menced- thousands, hea ring the
inspired Peter's sermon, which
struck s tra ight to their heart,
asked, "What shall we do?"-yes,
WHAT SHALL WE DO TO BE
SAVEO?
The
inspired
answer was:
"REPENT, and BE BAPTI ZED
every one of you in the name of
Jesus Christ for the remission of
sins, and ye shall receive the gift
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day: and that REPENTANCE and
remission
of
sins
should be
preached in his name
among al/
nations,
beginning at Jerusalem.
And ye are witnesses of these
things" (Luke 24:46-48) . This is
the gospel for ALL NATIONS!
But
what
must we repent of?
WHAT IS SIN? Do you realize that
VERY FEW people know? Very few
know the BIBLE defini tion of SIN.
God's inspired definition of sin is
this: "Sin is the transgression of the
law" (1 John 3:4). Paul would not
have known what was sin, except
by the law. But
what
law? The very
law which says: "Thou shalt not
covet" (Rom. 7:7). That law is the
Ten Commandments.
in one point.
we are guil–
ty-we have broken the law-and
the penalty is DEATH, not eterna!
life.
Notice, please, the law i s
divided into points! And it is
divided into 10 POINTs-the Ten
Commandments. These are merely
the 1
O
points, or subdivisions, of
the general royallaw, LOVE to God
and to neighbor. "For he that said
[or, that law which said], Do not
commit adultery, said also, Do not
kili. Now if thou commit no adul–
tery"-if you do not break that
speci fi c point-"yet if thou kill"–
you just break that one point–
"thou art become a transgressor of
the law" (Jas. 2:.11 ). So you see
the TEN COMMANDMENTS is the
The
PLAIN TRUTH