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"The cross is and always has been a symbol of disgrace. . . . The offense of the cross is that it is a confession of human frailty and sin, and of inability to do any good thing. To take the cross of Christ means to depend solely on Him for everything, and this is the abasement of all human pride. Men love to fancy themselves independent. They have no objection to any goodness that they themselves can do. One might preach "morality" to a band of robbers, or to any heathen, and it would be well received, so long as they were exhorted to get it by their own efforts. Indeed, they would feel flattered, rather than otherwise, for such preaching would imply that they were already righteous in themselves. But let the cross be preached; let it be made known that in man dwelleth no good thing, and that all must be received as a gift, and straightway somebody is offended." The Glad Tidings, p. 211. —E. J.Waggoner                                                         

信心与行为 [Chinese translation of "Faith and Works" by Brother Gould]

信心与行为

埃利特·瓦戈纳

有一位《时兆周刊》的订户来信：“请本刊看一下《雅各书》二章二十四、二十五节经文，将这两节经文同本章十七、十八以及二十二、二十三节经文做一下对照，看看这些经文所说的内容前后是否一致？”显然，把这些经文放在一起,就会看到它们之间的内容是相互一致的。不过，换句话说，我们根本就不需要那样做，因为，它们原本的意思就相一致，每节经文表达的其实都是同一个意思，我们先从《雅各书》二章十五节开始看起：

“假如，有一位弟兄或一位姊妹，没有衣穿，平日里没有食物吃，你们中间有人对他们说：‘你们平安地走吧！愿你们吃得饱，穿得暖。’然而，他们所需要的却不给，这又有什么益处呢？因此，信心没有行为，这信心就是死的。有人会说：‘你有信心，我有行为。那就展示一下你那没有行为的信心，我用行为让你看看我的信心’”（雅2:15-18）

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当像耶稣那样如此祷告 ("That Prayer of Ours" -- A. T. Jones)

当像耶稣那样如此祷告

阿朗佐·琼斯

 

 “耶稣说了这话，就举目望天，说：‘父啊，时候到了，愿你荣耀你的儿子，好让你的儿子也能荣耀你。”(约17:1)

这是耶稣做的祷告，实际上，我们也可以与他一样那么祷告，而这也应当成为我们的祷告!耶稣要荣耀上帝，这是他的责任；同样，我们也有去荣耀上帝的责任。不过，我们若没有像耶稣那样做这样的祈祷，或者说祷告不再坚持，荣耀上帝绝无可能。

让我们逐字逐句地来研读主耶稣向上帝做的祈祷，看一看是否适用于我们，是否应当成为我们自己的祷告。

首先，耶稣说，“父啊！”我们祷告时，不也说：“父”吗？我们不也称耶稣为我们的父吗？“我们因得到主所差来的圣灵，就成为父的儿女，也把主耶稣的父称为‘阿爸父’”。（罗8:15）耶稣祷告时，那样称呼父，我们当然也可以那样称呼！

The Original "Everlasting Covenant"

Dear Reader,

I have replaced the *spurious Everlasting Covenant that had been posted, in error, on this website with a photo copy of E. J. Waggoners original book, published in England by the Internation Tract Society in 1900. Please find this content complete and exact coming from Waggoner himself. 

*[The spurious Everlastin Covenant is produced and promoted by a well know group who has taken the liberty to rewrite the messengers materials and then try to pass them off as legitimate.]

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1893_The Third Angel's Message_Alonzo T. Jones_Lesson #1.

THE THIRD ANGEL’S MESSAGE. —NO. 1.

ELDER A. T. JONES.

     As we begin our Bible study I think it would be well to spend this hour, at any rate, in considering what we came for, and how we are to come to get any good. I suppose that every one came expecting to hear things we never thought of before; and not only expecting to hear things we never thought of before, but expecting to learn things we never thought of before.

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Faith and Works

‘Faith and Works’

A subscriber says: “Please harmonize James 2:24, 25 with verses 22 and 23 and verses 17 and 18 of the same chapter.” This is easily done, or, rather, there is no necessity for doing it, as they are already in harmony. The statement in each is practically the same. Beginning with verse 15 we read: “If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?

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"Brief Comments on Romans 7." | E. J. Waggoner

The seventh chapter of Romans may be said to be Rom. 6:14 expanded. It is a masterly argument for the holiness and perpetuity of the law, and is all the stronger because the nature or the perpetuity of the law is not the subject under discussion. The apostle showing, in the sixth and seventh chapters, what true Christian life is, and how one is brought to be a Christian.

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