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has been made that all may lay hold of the strength of Him who will
save to the uttermost all who come unto God by Him.
Christ receives upon Him the guilt of man’s transgression, while He
lays upon all who receive Him by faith, who return to their allegiance
to God, His own spotless righteousness.—
The Review and Herald,
May 23, 1899
.
He holds before the Father the censer of His own merits, in which
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there is no taint of earthly corruption. He gathers into this censer
the prayers, the praise, and the confessions of His people, and with
these He puts His own spotless righteousness. Then, perfumed with
the merits of Christ’s propitiation, the incense comes up before God
wholly and entirely acceptable. Then gracious answers are returned....
The fragrance of this righteousness ascends like a cloud around the
mercy seat.—
Manuscript 50, 1900
(SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 6, on
Romans 8:26, 34
).