The Golden Chain - Robert J. Wieland
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perpetuation of sin. While ostensibly warning and<br />
preaching against sin, it spreads the underlying<br />
belief that sin is ineradicable, and that Christ is<br />
irrelevant to us as a Saviour from it. "<strong>The</strong> mystery<br />
of iniquity" "is constantly seeking to deceive the<br />
followers of Christ with [the] fatal sophistry that it<br />
is impossible for them to overcome" (GC 489).<br />
Inevitably, the one who accepts the doctrine feels<br />
that sin is ultimately excusable. Nevertheless, he<br />
wants to go to heaven. So a life of vague fear is the<br />
consequence. Oh that these millions who lack the<br />
gospel may have an opportunity to hear it!<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is a remnant church which is called to<br />
prepare a people for the second coming of Christ.<br />
Would Satan be Satan if he did not make heroic<br />
efforts to intrude this false doctrine into that<br />
remnant church?<br />
6. Those who disparage the 1888 view of<br />
Christ's humanity insist that they believe that<br />
victory over sin is still possible for us even if it<br />
wasn't possible for Christ if He had taken our<br />
fallen nature. Does this indicate that the 1888<br />
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