Chapter 12—Angels Are Amazed
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Appeared in Notebook Leaflets, Methods, No. 11.
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Angels are amazed that men regard so lightly and indifferently the
vital truths which mean so much to the sinner, and continue willing
subjects under the captivity of Satan and sin, when so much has been
endured in the divine person of the Son of God. O that we may cultivate
habits of contemplation of the self-denial and self-sacrifice of the life
of Christ, until we shall have a deep sense of the aggravating character
of sin, and hate it as the vile thing it is.
Let the mind awaken to gratitude that through Christ Jesus, the
Father is faithful to fulfill the promise to forgive all sin. His mercy and
His love are forever an assurance as we look upon Christ uplifted upon
the cross of Calvary. Will we individually rise to the appreciation as
far as we have capacity to comprehend the truth, that God Jehovah
loves and forgives us if we believe in and love Jesus?
O what a glorious truth! God is waiting to forgive all who come
unto Him with repentance. Preach it. Lift up Jesus high that the people
may behold Him....
The Jews saw in the sacrificial offerings the symbol of Christ whose
blood was shed for the salvation of the world. All these offerings were
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to typify Christ and to rivet the great truth in their hearts that the blood
of Jesus Christ alone cleanseth from all sin, and without the shedding
of blood there is no remission of sins. Some wonder why God desired
so many sacrifices and appointed the offering of so many bleeding
victims in the Jewish economy.
Every dying victim was a type of Christ, which lesson was im-
pressed on mind and heart in the most solemn, sacred ceremony, and
explained definitely by the priests. Sacrifices were explicitly planned
by God Himself to teach this great and momentous truth, that through
the blood of Christ alone there is forgiveness of sins.
This grand and saving truth is oft repeated in the hearing of believ-
ers and unbelievers, and yet it is with amazement that angels behold
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