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Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father
also': and again: 'He 1 that believeth on the Son hath eternal life;
but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth
on him.'
As the Gospel clearly teaches us, God Most High has revealed Himself unto men
through His Word, the Lord Jesus Christ, and in Him has in a marvellous degree
shown forth His justice and His mercy in complete harmony with each other. We
thus learn that it is not in accordance with God's gracious will that any of the
human race should perish, for it is written that God: 'willeth 2 that
all men should be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth:' and again:
'The 3 Lord is not slack concerning his promise, . . . but is
longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all
should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the
which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be
dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall
be burned up.'
Our heartfelt prayer for you, our honoured readers, for whose salvation as
well as for ours the Lord Jesus Christ laid down His life and rose again from
the dead, is that the Most Gracious God, through His Holy Spirit, may grant you
the light
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of His guidance and enable you to see clearly, through the verses from the
holy Scriptures which we have quoted in this tractate, that only by means of
that true knowledge of God which is taught in the holy Gospel, and only through
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, can you obtain salvation, true and pure
happiness, and eternal life. May He, of His infinite love and mercy, enable you
to attain that faith and obtain that salvation.
Our object in composing this little book has been to remove those
difficulties which often hinder our Muslim brothers from accepting the holy
Scriptures as truly the word of God, and from believing what God Most High has
therein revealed concerning His own most holy nature and the way of salvation
through the Lord Jesus Christ. For it is written: 'In l none other is
there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given
among men, wherein we must be saved.' To His holy name be honour, glory and
praise, now and for ever. Amen.
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