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him a stone? If ye then, being human and evil, give good gifts to your
children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give
good things to them that ask Him? The Lord assures those that ask
Him that He will give them the Holy Spirit.
With the confession of the repenting, believing sinner, Christ min-
gles His own righteousness, that the prayer of fallen man may go up as
fragrant incense before the Father, and the grace of God be imparted
to the believing soul. Jesus says to the trembling, repenting soul: “Let
him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and
he shall make peace with me” (
Isaiah 27:5
). “Come now, and let us
reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they
shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall
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be as wool” (
Isaiah 1:18
). Will you let Him reason with you? Will you
commit to Him the keeping of your soul as unto a faithful Creator?
Come then, and let us live in the light of His countenance, and pray, as
did David, “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and
I shall be whiter than snow” (
Psalm 51:7
). By faith apply the blood
of Christ to your heart, for that alone can make you whiter than snow.
But you say, “This surrender of all my idols will break my heart.” This
giving up of all for God is represented by your falling upon the Rock
and being broken. Then give up all for Him; for unless you are broken,
you are worthless.
When you turn away from the broken cisterns that can hold no
water, and in the name of Jesus your Advocate come directly to God,
asking for the things you need, the righteousness of Christ will be
revealed as your righteousness, the virtue of Christ as your virtue. You
will then understand that justification will come alone through faith in
Christ; for in Jesus is revealed the perfection of the character of God;
in His life is manifested the outworking of the principles of holiness.
Through the atoning blood of Christ the sinner is set free from bondage
and condemnation; through the perfection of the sinless Substitute
and Surety, he may run in the race of humble obedience to all God’s
commandments. Without Christ he is under the condemnation of the
law, always a sinner, but through faith in Christ he is made just before
God.
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