Many people in our day desire to serve God and do right, but find in themselves a power that resists this desire and causes them to repeatedly fail of reaching their aspirations. Those who understand and apply the message of this booklet will find themselves delivered from this miserable state to be free in the Lord.
This small book is the cornerstone of the Adventist gospel message and is the clearest presentation of the essence of the everlasting gospel for our times. Like the Reformation of Luther’s time, the Adventist reformation sprang from the living experience of forgiveness of sins in the lives of its founders. Fred Wright here explains the gospel that saved him from the slavery of sin, and like in Luther’s day, the book of Romans is the focal point.
It presents a deeper definition of the problem of sin, and uses Romans 7 and 8 to illustrate the problem and solution. It explains the way of deliverance, and how to exercise the faith required to see the promises of the Bible fulfilled in the life. Fred also relates his own personal conversion experience.
The original title for this work was “From Bondage to Freedom”. I’ve renamed it for clarity and concision. The text is identical to the last revision that Fred oversaw (from the F. T. Wright Writings Folio Views collection) only reformatted (and corrected) for ease of reading. But the newer diagrams from the 2006 version have been used, some new pictures and a new cover, and two pieces of original artwork drawn by Fred have been restored from the original edition. 86p
Contents
- Part 1: The Problem
- What is Sin?
- Sin as an Action
- Sin as a Master
- Romans 7
- Saved, or Not?
- Three Witnesses
- A Candid Consideration
- The Nature of Man
- Part 2: The Solution
- The Carnal Mind Cannot Obey
- The Law Cannot Change
- Eradication and Replacement
- Death Means Death!
- Steps to Deliverance
- My Witness
- Part 3: After the Rebirth
- Not from Bondage to Bondage
- In Practical Terms
- Maintenance
- Watch
- The Batle is the Lord’s
- In Conclusion
