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We must become exponents of the efficacy of the blood of Christ, by
which our own sins have been forgiven.—
Testimonies for the Church
6:82
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Science is too limited to comprehend the atonement; the mysterious
and wonderful plan of redemption is so far-reaching that philosophy
can not explain it; it will ever remain a mystery that the most profound
reason can not fathom. If it could be explained by finite wisdom, it
would lose its sacredness and dignity. It is a mystery that One equal
with the eternal Father should so abase Himself as to suffer the cruel
death of the cross to ransom man; and it is a mystery that God so loved
the world as to permit His Son to make this great sacrifice.—
The Signs
of the Times, October 24, 1906
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It is Satan’s studied purpose to keep souls from believing in Christ
as their only hope; for the blood of Christ that cleanseth from all sin
is efficacious in behalf of those only who believe in its merit.—
Gospel
Workers, 162
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