The Science of Salvation Also

By Eugene of Avondale

Eugene favors the gospel truths of how to gain power in your Christian experience to make it the real thing—not some phony that looks right but denies the power thereof. He has found something substantial that offers eternal life to the sin sick soul seeking hope, life, and purpose to the disciple of Jesus Christ. He teaches that real Christianity is not a clean and immaculate home, car, and clothing but a clean heart cleansed of all that would defile the heart springs of life. There is too much emphasis on the outer life whereas Jesus Christ taught of a clean heart and mind as the core of religion and faith.

The falsehearted and unfaithful disciples of Jesus are presented in Scripture as chaff or refuse of the wheat and is of no use whatsoever to the farmer seeking grain to feed his household. The true wheat is the soul who has a good and obedient heart to obey God and seek His face. Eugene has dug deeply into the core-kingdom truth that is essential to the Christian who would make his calling and election sure (Jude 3). Christians and, more particularly, Seventh-day Adventists “major in minors and minor in majors” when they should major in majors foremost before anything else should be incorporated. Eugene seeks to explain why Christians should seek for God primarily in the Word of God, for God is to be found in the scriptures. For “they are they which testify of me,” said Christ.

Eugene explains why we need to be holy first before we can keep the Ten Commandments holy, just as Ellen G. White said. How do you get holy to keep the Ten Commandments holy in the first place is among the subjects in his book.

• Language: English
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• Release date: Oct 17, 2018
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Eugene of Avondale

Eugene’s credentials and unique voice come from literally many tens of thousands of hours of Berean study in the subject of the gospel. He has said ‘the gospel is the greatest doctrine of all doctrines in Holy Writ.’ He has a mantra that states simply ‘If you get all the doctrines correct and confuse badly the gospel you can be lost, but if you get all the doctrines wrong and the gospel correct (and thereby live it) you can be saved. The gospel is the greatest of all doctrines because it is the good news about how we get saved. By no other truth can we be redeemed!’ He has a penchant for concentrated core truth and teaching that is meant for those initiated in Scripture and some Bible study. His thoughts require some consideration and deliberation, you are hereby invited to delve into the center of Bible truth that you will find nourishing to the soul. He enjoys eating the flesh and blood of the words of Christ that are life to the soul.

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Contents

Biopsis

Preface

The Value of Being a Christian.

What Is Truth?

Heaven

Paradise Regained

Heaven

The Gospel Feast. Part One.

The Gospel Feast. Part Two.

Righteousness – Inner and Outer

Inner And Outer Righteousness – Within And Outside. Part Two

Righteousness Within And Without. Part Three.

The Wheat And The Chaff

The Wheat Versus The Chaff In The Sieve Of God

The Pearl Of Great Price.

The Unsearchable Riches Of Christ.

The Coming Of Christ As A Thief In The Night

The Midnight Cry Of 1844.

Exploits For God!

Jesus Christ’s Claims To Divinity

The Need Of Self-Mastery In A Christian.

The Second Advent And Our God Of Consuming Fire!

BIOPSIS

What does the Bible say about your future? The gospels predict times of wars, floods, famines, pestilences, and desolating woes in these uncertain times in which we live. It is a time of great turmoil. Our lives are full of fluctuation and change. The world seems always teetering on some financial, environmental, or international disaster etc. War erupts across the planet. It is a time when everything seems to be unravelling, and we ourselves are becoming undone.

But, there’s hope! We’re not talking about the hope made in promises by politicians, which we learn by the end of the day are empty and meaningless platitudes. We’re not talking about the religious clap trap that everything’s okay leaving us high and dry. No, we’re talking about REAL hope. The hope that only Jesus Christ can bring. He wrote the playbook for all of human history. He tells us how it will all turn out. He lets us know that the future is bright… if we make the right decisions. Jesus tells us there’s still hope.

The glow and fervor of most peoples spiritual experience is gone. It is not enough to know our God intellectually, we must know Him experientially, we must ‘taste and see that the Lord is good.’

We are to remember from where we have fallen, repent and do the first works. ‘Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.’ James 4:8. We are commanded to forsake those sins that so closely cling to us and so easily beset us. See Heb. 12:1. The work of the gospel is a dual work of first detaching from sin and then attaching to Christ.

Find out just what that hope is. Hope is to - to look forward to with desire and reasonable confidence in the future.

Our God has great plans for our life here and an infinite life spent in paradise for eternal ages spent in absolute bliss. It is the good news of the gospel and how to search and find God that gives such hope. ‘For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.’ Jeremiah 29:11.

Many, so many Christians are content to serve God, do what they consider is their level best in the Christian life, and yet fail to really touch the Master, Jesus Christ, with the touch of faith that conveys life, light, and health of soul. What do I mean? Many brush past the Lord touching His robe, there is no real sap of the vine flowing in their souls; there is no real holiness of heart; no faith that works by love; no marriage of the human with the divine - no bonding with the Spirit of Christ that inspires the love of the love chapter in 1 Cor. 14. They are content to serve God without knowing His direct will for their lives; they live on a fragment of Christ as Sister Ellen White puts it.

They are mere human moralists without knowing that there is so much more in store for those who are ‘the elect’ or the ‘very elect’ as the Bible puts it. They are not hypocrites, they are the five foolish virgins. They are in church positions, and may even be ministers of the word.

They may be told to count the cost of discipleship yet they feel in places like first world countries where there is peace and religious safety there is no real cost to being a Christian. Life floats along and they are at peace with themselves, instead of warring against the carnal nature, bearing their cross, denying self and even crucifying the lower passions of the body.

Unless they are baptised in the Spirit and thus born again, these no where Christians are floating along quite easily in the Christian life without knowing the depths that divine love has in store for them. They excuse themselves from knowing the Psalm 23 experience where the Shepherd of their souls feeds them, gives them spiritual water of life to drink, and rest of soul that Jesus came to give them. He promises the aid of the Comforter, yet how few claim that promise of the Comforter to come and give them His comfort in answer to their prayer. How few have the fruits of the Spirit, how few realise the actual presence of God in their lives. Their churches are destitute of the deep movings of the Spirit of God.

They are lovers of sinful pleasures more than lovers of God. Ask them to give up their sins and they get offended. They do not realise that sin and God are never in co-partnership. Christ will not reign from a divided heart; He will not rule in a heart that loves and cleaves to its sins. Idols separate them from the good Lord yet they feel they can still serve God and keep their idols - things that are more important than their love of God. And the disturbing thing is they can! They can serve God in church office, administer the sacraments of the cross, and cleave to their sins - in this life, but not in the next! You can be like Judas, hold church office, serve the church, cling to your precious sins but you cannot go to heaven as you are.

The vast majority of the churches are full of good, loyal Christians serving God and the church who will not let go their sins and yet cleave to the Lord. He will, one day, in the last great day of probation spew them out of His mouth. They are lukewarm and insipid to His taste.

What we need is experiential Christianity, where we have indeed tasted of the powers of the earth to come, where we drink in largely of His Spirit, and walk in His commandments obedient to His word. Without this our faith is largely in vain. Don’t be satisfied with anything less than the fullness of God. It is not enough to ‘taste and see that the Lord is good,’ we need to partake of the sap of the vine. Anything short of this is living on a fragment of Christ, and we will find ourselves locked out of the marriage supper of the Lamb.

What does the Bible say about your future? The gospels predict times of wars, floods, famines, pestilence and desolating woes in uncertain times in which we live. It is a time of great turmoil. Our lives are full of fluctuation and change. The world seems always teetering on some financial, environmental, or international disaster etc. War looms across the planet. It is a time when everything seems about to unravel, and we ourselves may become undone.

But, there’s hope! We’re not talking about the hope made in promises by politicians, which we learn by the end of the day were empty and meaningless. We’re not talking about the religious platitudes that everything’s ok which leaves us high and dry. No, we’re talking about REAL hope. The hope that only Jesus Christ can bring. He wrote the playbook for all of human history. He tells us how it will all turn out. He lets us know that the future is bright… if we make the right decisions. Jesus tells us there’s hope.

Find out just what that hope is. Hope - to look forward to with desire and reasonable confidence

Our God has great plans for our life here and an infinite life spent in paradise for eternal ages spent in absolute bliss. ‘For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.’ Jeremiah 29:11.

‘Earnestly contend for the faith once delivered to the saints.’ Jude verse 3. Paul also writes that he beseeched the Ephesians to ‘walk worthily of the vocation wherewith ye are called.’

In Phillipans 1:27 the Apostle Paul wrote that when he ‘heard of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel.’ He writes two verses later, ‘For unto you it is given unto you on the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for His sake.’ Verse 29. Luke the apothecary wrote similarly, ‘we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.’ Acts 14:22. Titus wrote ‘Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.’ So prepare yourself for conflict and suffering and persecution.

Paul wrote in 1 Tim.6:11-12, ‘But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.’ He charges them to ‘profess a good profession before many witnesses.’

The prophet and King of Israel, David, wrote ‘Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth them out of all their troubles.’ But Christ holds out to the weary Christian a robe of righteousness, a crown of glory, sandals and a ring of sonship from the King of Heaven for those who especially contend earnestly for the victory; and then only glorious self-mastery is possible in Christ.

PREFACE

VICTORY OVER SIN - Excerpt from ‘The Gathering Storm and the Storm Burst’ by the Standish Brothers.

What is the concept of God’s ideal for His people? God’s ideal for His children is higher than the highest human thought can reach. DA 311. Through Christ we are privileged to become partakers of the divine nature and escape the corruption that is in the world. We can be cleansed of all sin, from every defect of character. We need not retain one sinful propensity. See 7BC 943.

By abiding in Christ and living the Spirit-filled life, with the sap of the vine flowing in a person that has cleansed the soul temple in readiness for the inflowing Spirit of God; we can have our human nature wedded to the divine nature and can have continual victory over all sin. This is wearing the marriage robe of righteousness.

We can be holy for Scripture declares ‘he that is holy, let him be holy still;’ Rev 22:11. We can be righteous for the Word states ‘Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.’ 1 Jn 3:7. We can be even perfect (complete) for it states ‘Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect;’ Mt 5:48. We may be pure for it declares ‘And every man which has this hope in Him purifieth himself, even as he is pure:’ 1 Jn 3:3. We may walk as Christ walked, for ‘He that saith he abideth in Him, ought himself also so to walk, even as He walked.’ 1 Jn 2:6.

When He comes, He is not to cleanse us from our sins. 2T 355. This must be accomplished by our actions through God’s motivational Spirit and power. We may be cleansed of our sins while possessing a fallen, sinful nature. However, the fallen lower nature is only redeemed at the Second Coming of Jesus. This truth is consistent with Historic Adventism which our church has believed for many years. It is possible to be sinless while in possession of the fallen nature. Christ achieved this, and so must we.

Sister White states "The Refiner does not then sit to pursue His refining process, and remove their sins and their corruption. This is all to be done in these hours of probation. It is now that this work is to be accomplished for us." 2T 355.

God declares that sin must be removed during the hours of probation. Thus, sinning is not inextricably a consequence of the possession of a fallen human nature. Once that nature has been combined with the divine nature, victory over sin is a consequence. The Gathering Storm and the Storm Burst, 220-221.

THE VALUE OF BEING A CHRISTIAN.

Why should a person want to be a Christian? Being a Christian is the most valuable way of life. We place our talents, time, energies and abilities in the service of God for worthwhile endeavours. Those who honour Me I will honour says the Lord. Who would not want God’s honour?

There are tremendous benefits for being a Christian.

1. He or she is saved from past sins, all the burden of guilt is removed.

2. We are recognised as children of God. Just think of it - a child of the heavenly King. We belong to the family and household of God.

3. A Christian honours God with his service and Christ will confer high honour on him at the Second Advent. Well done, good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of Thy Lord.

4. A Christian has the highest moral standards and the most far-reaching influence on earth. We exalt Christ in our daily life.

5. We can be channels of blessing when our lives are not controlled by sin but full of the Spirit and His love.

6. Possibly the greatest advantage of the Christians life is his optimistic view of death. The child of God does not need to fear the chilly tide of death. He has the hope of the greatest joy and contentment, and eternal life in a paradise of glory. The unbeliever has nothing to lean upon. The Christ filled grave is the sure anchor for the soul.

7. The Christian knows that all things work together for good. Even the bad things in life God turns to our benefit; praise His name!

8. God has promised His children food, shelter, and clothing.

9. Perhaps the greatest security is that of the Christian. I can hold to Gods unchanging hand amidst a world of insecurity, upheaval and turmoil.

The most rewarding life is that of Christianity. It truly pays to serve Jesus now and eternally. We are promised life now and eternal life later: but we are offered quality of life now, it can be ours. Eternal life can be ours, though we cannot access it yet. The challenge of loyalty before God is exacting and exciting. To follow the Shepherd of our souls is a journey that eventuates in triumph. Great is your reward in heaven. There are many blessings awaiting those who serve Him.

10. We surrender - yet win the battle.

11. We are humbled yet always victorious.

12. We die daily yet live abundantly

13. We long for heaven yet live better lives on Earth.

14. We are crucified with Christ yet we never die!

15. We are buried with Christ but walk in new life.

16. Past sins are forgiven yet pressing upward with new found hope!

17. We are sojourners on earth but mansions wai for us in Heaven.

18. We are content with blessings yet, never satisfied with attainments.

19. Deeply in debt yet liberated in Christ.

The unsearchable riches in Christ far outweigh the fleeting vanities of earth. Like Moses we esteem the reproaches of Christ of more value than the riches of this world. The benefits of service to the King tower above the passing parade of the worlds pomp and show.

All spiritual blessings are ours as we seek them in faith. We are heirs of Christs riches. It is a principle that eye hath not seen what God hath prepared for those that love Him. He asks so much of us because He offers so exceedingly much. His beneficence is so great that He will give great things to His people, if found faithful, so much that it cannot be told or imagined. He can do more for his saints exceedingly more than we ask or think: not because He owes it to us; but because He is a giver of every good and perfect gift. The inspired apostle Paul wrote that For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. Romans 8:18.

There are privileges, joys, and blessings found in the Christian life.

20. No condemnation for sin.

21. Freedom from the power of sin, holiness and love now reign.

22. Companionship of Christ.

23. A glorious resurrection is now anticipated.

24. Being led by the Holy Spirit.

25. Answered prayers - where would we be without prayer?

26. Nobility of soul, holiness.

27. Being loved of God.

28. Being conquerors over the flesh, the devil and self.

We face grand and glorious benefits. Man does himself the greatest disservice when he does not serve God. We have a rich heritage when we contemplate the abundant joys of the religion of our Lord. What exuberant celebration there will be when the saints come marching in to the glorious kingdom of Christ. What a joyous time it will be to sit at the supper table of the Lord the marriage supper of the Lamb. To eat the fruit of the tree of life, to be ever youthful, ever full of love, adoration, worshipping the Lord; where Christ Himself will ravish our hearts with His person. Face to face what will it be? Even so come Lord Jesus.

One thing overlooked is the value of living here and now.

29. Hope. When the dark days of old age arrive it is certain death becomes a realising reality. The Christian has hope when he could know fear. Hope allows the Christian to not