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Provision for Every Emergency, March 31
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the
first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by
them that heard him.
Hebrews 2:3
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The divine Author of salvation left nothing incomplete in the plan;
every phase of it is perfect. The sin of the whole world was laid upon Jesus,
and divinity gave its highest value to the suffering of humanity in Jesus
that the whole world might be pardoned through faith in the Substitute.
The most guilty need have no fear but that God will pardon, for because of
the efficacy of the divine sacrifice the penalty of the law will be remitted.
Through Christ the sinner may return to allegiance to God.
How wonderful is the plan of redemption in its simplicity and fullness.
It not only provides for the full pardon of the sinner but also for the restora-
tion of the transgressor, making a way whereby he may be accepted as
a son of God. Through obedience he may be the possessor of love and
peace and joy. His faith may unite him in his weakness to Christ, the
source of divine strength, and through the merits of Christ he may find the
approval of God, because Christ has satisfied the demands of the law, and
He imputes His righteousness to the penitent, believing soul....
What love, what wonderful love, was displayed by the Son of God. ...
Christ takes the sinner from the lowest degradation, and purifies, refines,
and ennobles him. By beholding Jesus as He is, the sinner is transformed
and elevated to the very summit of dignity, even to a seat with Christ upon
his throne....
The plan of redemption provides for every emergency and for every
want of the soul. If it were deficient in any way, the sinner might find
some excuse to plead for neglect of its terms, but the infinite God had a
knowledge of every human necessity, and ample provision has been made
to supply every need.... What, then, can the sinner say in the great day of
final judgment as to why he refused to give attention, the most thorough
and earnest, to the salvation proffered him
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