Christ Our High Priest
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Christ endured in His human and divine nature combined. Obedient,
sinless to the last, He died for man, his substitute and surety, enduring
all that men ever endure from the deceiving tempter, that man may
overcome by being a partaker of the divine nature.
Pure truth was found to be a match for falsehood, honesty and
integrity for subtlety and intrigue, in everyone who is, like Christ,
willing to sacrifice all, even life itself, for the truth’s sake. To resist
Satan’s desires is no easy task. It demands a firm hold of the divine
nature from beginning to end, or it cannot be done. Christ, in the
victories achieved in His death on Calvary’s cross, plainly lays open
the way for man, and thus makes it possible for him to keep the law of
God through the Way, the Truth, and the Life. There is no other way.
The righteousness of Christ is presented as a free gift to the sinner
if he will accept it. He has nothing of his own but what is tainted and
corrupted, polluted with sin, utterly repulsive to a pure and holy God.
Only through the righteous character of Jesus Christ can man come
nigh to God.
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Christ as high priest within the veil so immortalized Calvary that
though He liveth unto God, He dies continually to sin, and thus if any
man sin, he has an advocate with the Father.
He arose from the tomb enshrouded with a cloud of angels in
wondrous power and glory—the Deity and humanity combined. He
took in His grasp the world over which Satan claimed to preside as
his lawful territory, and by His wonderful work in giving His life, He
restored the whole race of men to favor with God....
Let no one take the limited, narrow position that any of the works
of man can help in the least possible way to liquidate the debt of his
transgression. This is a fatal deception. If you would understand it,
you must cease haggling over your pet ideas, and with humble hearts
survey the atonement. This matter is so dimly comprehended that
thousands upon thousands claiming to be sons of God are children of
the wicked one, because they will depend on their own works. God
always demanded good works, the law demands it, but because man
placed himself in sin where his good works were valueless, Jesus’
righteousness alone can avail. Christ is able to save to the uttermost
because He ever liveth to make intercession for us. All that man
can possibly do toward his own salvation is to accept the invitation,
“Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely” (
Revelation