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The Terms of Our Salvation, September 15
Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall
receive, that your joy may be full.
John 16:23, 24
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The disciples of Christ who were with Him from day to day did not
comprehend His mission.... They were unacquainted with His unlimited
resources and power. Although they had witnessed His miracles they did
not discern His relationship to the Father. Just before His death He said to
them, “Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name.” In simple language
Jesus explained to them that the secret of their success would be in asking
the Father for strength and grace in His name. He would be present before
the face of the Father to make request in their behalf....
We need to become better acquainted with the terms upon which salva-
tion will be ours, and better understand the relation which Christ sustains
to us and to the Father. He has pledged Himself to honor His Son’s name as
we present it at the throne of grace. We should consider the great sacrifice
that was made in our behalf to purchase for us the robe of righteousness
woven in the loom of heaven. He has invited us to the wedding feast, and
has provided for every one of us the wedding garment. The robe of righ-
teousness has been purchased at infinite cost, and how daring is the insult
to Heaven when one presents himself as a candidate for entrance at the
wedding feast when wearing his own citizen’s dress of self-righteousness!
How greatly he dishonors God, openly showing contempt for the sacrifice
made on Calvary! ...
No one will taste of the marriage supper of the Lamb who has not on
a wedding garment. But John writes, “... He that overcometh, the same
shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the
book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his
angels.” Then, before it is eternally too late, let each one go to the heavenly
Merchantman for the white raiment, the eyesalve, the gold tried in the fire,
and the oil of heavenly grace
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