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THE TWO GOSPEL STREAMS

Presented at the 2nd Mind of Christ Ministries Bible seminar

By Thaddeus Kaweesi

Gal 1:8

• A Christian can reach a place where he/she doesn’t sin, even by thought.

• A baby is born guilty of Adam’s sin• Atonement was finished/completed on the

cross• 1 Kings 16:30-34, 18:18-21

Questions on Doctrine Pg 650

• "There has been a departure from God among us, and the zealous work of repentance and return to our first love essential to restoration to God and regeneration of heart, has not yet been done. Infidelity has been making its inroads into our ranks; for it is the fashion to depart from Christ, and give place to skepticism. With many the cry of the heart has been, 'We will not have this man to reign over us.' Baal, Baal, is the choice” Life sketches Pg 326

• “The religion of many among us will be the religion of apostate Israel, because they love their own way, and forsake the way of the Lord. The true religion, the only religion of the Bible, that teaches forgiveness only through the merits of a crucified and risen Saviour, that advocates righteousness by the faith of the Son of God, has been slighted, spoken against, ridiculed, and rejected. It has been denounced as leading to enthusiasm and fanaticism” ibid

THE CHOICE

• “Unless divine power is brought into the experience of the people of God, false theories and erroneous ideas will take mind captive, Christ and His righteousness will be dropped out of the experience of many and their faith will be without power or life” Review and Herald Sept 5 1889

• “Such will not have a daily, living experience of love of God in the heart and if they don’t zealously repent, they will be among those who are represented by laodiceans who will be spewed out of the mouth of God” ibid

What do you think about this?• “original sin” – we are guilty by birth. There is guilt in

our evil desires, even when resisted by the will.

• Jesus doesn’t have the same nature as we have, for that would make Him guilty by birth. If He were like us He would be born with a sinning nature, already a sinner

• As a result, we cannot overcome, for sin is part of our nature, and we will retain our nature until Jesus comes

• Therefore we cannot become perfect because it is impossible to follow all the light we have with a sinning nature

What distinguishes the two gospel streams

The two gospels results from different understanding of two issues:

The nature of Jesus Christ

The nature of sin

THE NATURE OF CHRIST• Rom 1:3, Phil 2:5-7, Heb 2:16-18, Rom 8:3

• “It was in the order of God that Christ should take upon Himself the form and nature of fallen man, that He might be made perfect through the suffering and Himself endured the strength of Satan’s fierce temptation, that He might understand how to succor those who should be tempted.” Spirit of Prophecy Vol 2 pg 39

• “The son of God, who is the express image of the Fathers person became man's advocate and redeemer. He humbled Himself in talking the nature of man in his fallen condition, but He didnt take the taint of sin”Manuscript Releases Vol 17 24

• Heb 4:14,15

Implication• “Jesus revealed no qualities and exercised no powers

that men may not have through faith in Him. His perfect humanity is which all His followers may possess, if they will be in subjection to God as He was” Desire of Ages 664

• “But our savior took humanity with all its liabilities. He took the nature of man, with the possibility of yielding to temptation. We have nothing to bear which He has not endured” Desire of Ages 117

• Jesus is not only our savior but our example

• 1 Pet 2:21-22 -----Rev 14:1-5; Rev 3:21

NATURE OF SIN• The concept of “original sin” is not correct. It is a basis

of the wrong gospel. According to this concept, sin is part of our nature.

• Against our will, all the son and daughters of the first Adam inherit from him consequences of his sin which include a fallen nature, bent towards disobedience to God.

Implication• Check – If sin is part of our nature, babies are born

guilty of Adam's sin – so is Christ (Rom 1:3). If so then we have no savior – He had a blemish

• Because sin is part of our nature, no one can overcome sin on this earth – we shall keep sinning till Christ takes us from this body

COMPARISON OF TWO GOSPELS• One say that you will continue to sin until Jesus comes.

The other say that you can overcome all sin through His power

• One says that Jesus is our substitute but not our example-we can't be like Christ. The other says that Jesus is both our Substitute and our example.

• One says perfection is impossible. The other say bible perfection (living up to all the light you have) is a must

• Those with the wrong gospel will be lost – this is a life and death issue

CONCLUSION• Because of our sinful nature – not sinning nature, there is

a bent toward sin, but this bent can be successfully resisted by the reborn christian through the power of Jesus working through the life

• In this view, Jesus was born with the sinful nature (Rom 8:3) but never sinned b'se He made right choices through the power of Holy Spirit working in and through Him

• Wrong perception of the nature of Christ and sin leads to wrong gospel and ultimately loss

• True gospel should be in light of the sanctuary – three angels messages (Rev 14:6-12)