C Stanley

Yes, in vain you look for any other Gospel in the preaching of the apostles. Nothing but His death could atone for sin; nothing but His resurrection can justify the believer. It is Christ that died, yea, rather that is risen again. And is not our God using this simple Gospel in our day, in bringing a multitude of souls into the enjoyment of perfect peace? To Him be all praise. It is of little moment whether men approve or disapprove, God will own and use His own blessed truth. May the faith of my reader be the faith once delivered to the saints — Christ dead and risen; and may your walk be as dead with Christ, and risen with Him. Surely, such a justification as the believer has in the risen Christ, demands the joyful surrender of body, soul, and spirit to God. "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God." (Rom. 12.)