The Glad Tidings THE GLAD TIDINGS By E. J. WAGGONER PACIFIC PRESS PUBLISHING CO. Oakland, Cal. New York. Kansas City, Mo. 1900 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1900, by PACIFIC PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C. ENTERED AT STATIONERS’ HALL, LONDON, ENGLAND. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. The Revelation of Jesus Christ, the Real Gospel 9 CHAPTER II. Life by the Faith of Christ, the Truth of the Gospel 54 CHAPTER III. Redeemed from the Curse, to the Blessing of Abraham 95 CHAPTER IV. The Adoption of Sons 159 CHAPTER V. The Spirit’s Power over the Flesh 195 CHAPTER VI. The Glory of the Cross 230 PREFACE. The Epistle to the Galatians, together with its companion, the Epistle to the Romans, was the source, through the Spirit, of the Reformation of the sixteenth century, the key-note of which was, “The just shall live by faith.” The reformation then begun is not yet complete, and the same watchword needs to be sounded now as then. If the people of God will become filled with the truth so vividly set forth in this epistle, both the church and the world will be stirred as profoundly as in the days of Luther. May this speedily be the case, and thus the times of restoration of all things be hastened! The Glad Tidings It is quite common, in writing upon any book in the Bible, to spend some time on an “Introduction” to the book in question—setting forth the nature of it, the circumstances under which it was written, and the probable purpose of the writer, together with many other things, partly conjectural, and partly derived from the book itself. All such statements the reader has to take on the authority of the one making them, since, not having yet studied the book, he can not judge for himself. The best way is to introduce him at once to the study of the book, and then he will, if diligent and faithful, soon learn all that it has to reveal concerning itself. We learn more of a man by talking with him than by hearing somebody talk about him. So we will proceed at once to the study of the Epistle to the Galatians, and let it speak for itself.