The Method of Communication

O wondrous provision, whereby Adam, although an exile in the land of sin, might still receive the Father’s messages of love and forgiveness, and be made to understand the plan of salvation for a world plunged into sin by his willful act of disobedience! O wondrous provision, whereby messages from the throne of God have been transmitted to men in all ages, and whereby are brought even to us, “upon whom the ends of the world are come,” divine assurances, yea, and evidences, of the complete and imminent triumph of the plan of redemption!AGP 21.4

This beneficent arrangement calls for the deepest gratitude from its unworthy beneficiaries. Yet more, it calls for the humble, grateful recognition and acceptance of the instruction, reproof, and demands that come from God through this merciful and gracious arrangement. More still, the plan is so vital and so imperative, as it relates to the sinner’s salvation through the gospel, that it should receive the sincere, earnest study necessary to make it clearly understood.AGP 21.5