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Bohert M. Russell 195
All this is in striking contrast with the spirit of modern "ism."
Salvation by character, rather than character by salvation, is the
motto of modern Unitarianism. That man must save himself is the
creed of those who reject Christ. Writers who scorn the Bible doctrine
that Jesus Christ was born in humanity to furnish a new Adam for
the race and a way of salvation through obtainment of pardon and
life through Him, are multiplying books to prove salvation by
struggle and attainment, and instead of life through union with
Christ, they hold out the possibilities of reaching eternal peace
through multiplied incarnations and self-discipline during each period
of progressive incarnation. Attainment for obtainment is a damning
heresy. All systems that emphasize the human rather than the
divine are anti-Christian. Eddyism, or "Science," falsely so-called, is
distinctly anti-Christian in that it presents Mrs. Eddy as having re-
discovered a principle which Jesus once knew and practiced and
then presenting to the world a system of living by affirming truth
and denying error without special reference to the risen Christ. The
fact is, anyone who proposes to practice the principles of Christian
Science can, after learning them, get along nicely without either
Jesus or Mrs. Eddy. It is a creed without a Christ, a plan without a
Person, a system of salvation without a Saviour. It is in line with
other systems which substitute attainment for obtainment.
Political Philosophy Versus Bible Prophecy
A third mark of a Christless Christianity is the substitution of
political philosophy for Bible prophecy. The Bible is the story of
world redemption. Its history and its prophecy taken together cover
the whole course of time. The coming ages are programmed in
prophecy and if we are as careful to study the meaning of prophecy
as we are in studying history, we can know approximately what is to
come to pass in the world as surely as through history we know what
has come to pass. It is here that a Christless Christianity breaks’ with
true faith. The Bible makes it plain that wars and desolations will
continue until our Lord Himself, the Prince of Peace, shall return.
Daniel, in forecasting the future (Dan. 9:24, 27), makes this plain
that "Even unto the end shall be war; desolations are determined."
No other meaning can be attached to our Lord’s Olivet discourse
(Matt. 24:6, 8). Believers are urged not to be disturbed by wars and
rumors of wars, seeing that these things belong to the world-program
and must come to pass. Moreover, the rising of the nations against
each other together, with the devastations of famine, pestilence and
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