The Essentials of
the Jones-Waggoner Message
Why should it be
opposed by God’s people today?
In brief, the 1888
message was the very essence of Christ’s appeal "unto the
angel of the church of the Laodiceans." It is only to be
expected that the wrath of the dragon should be aroused against
it. But shall we agree with the dragon, and let him win the war?
Why not heed the
Saviour’s call, "Be zealous therefore, and repent"?
Let there be "good will" towards the
"beginning" of the Latter Rain and the Loud Cry. Let
"stubborn resistance cease." Too long have we felt
ourselves "rich and increased with goods, … in need of
nothing" so far as understanding righteousness by faith is
concerned.
Our Lord’s
beatitude has eluded us, for we have felt no deep "hunger and
thirst after righteousness" —which, of course, can be only
by faith. Without a contrite, humble, penitent soul-hunger, we
shall never be "filled." Our present widespread
self-satisfaction must give way to true self-knowledge. Our world
church is exactly what our Saviour says, spiritually
"wretched, miserable, poor, and blind, and naked."
When we
"gather up the fragments that nothing be lost" of that
"most precious message" so long neglected, then we can
press our petitions with becoming reverence for greater power, so
that our gospel commission can be completed in our generation. |