The Church: Its Organization, Order and Discipline

Saved as by Fire

In Testimonies for the Church 3:165, we have the following reference to this text: “But God is all-pitiful, gracious, and tender, and when light come to those who have injured their health by sinful indulgences, and they are convinced of sin, and repent and seek pardon, he accepts the poor offering rendered to him, and receives them. Oh, what tender mercy that he does not refuse the remnant of the abused life of the suffering, repentant sinner! In his gracious mercy, he saves these souls as by fire. But what an inferior, pitiful sacrifice at best, to offer to a pure and holy God! Noble faculties have been paralyzed by wrong habits of sinful indulgence. The aspirations are perverted, and the soul and body defaced.” COOD 11.1