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Provision For Every Emergency, May 8
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first
began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that
heard him.
Hebrews 2:3
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The divine Author of salvation left nothing incomplete in the plan; every phase
of it is perfect. The sin of the whole world was laid upon Jesus, and divinity gave
its highest value to the suffering of humanity in Jesus that the whole world might
be pardoned through faith in the Substitute. The most guilty need have no fear but
that God will pardon, for because of the efficacy of the divine sacrifice the penalty
of the law will be remitted. Through Christ the sinner may return to allegiance to
God.
How wonderful is the plan of redemption in its simplicity and fullness. It not
only provides for the full pardon of the sinner but also for the restoration of the
transgressor, making a way whereby he may be accepted as a son of God. Through
obedience he may be the possessor of love and peace and joy. His faith may
unite him in his weakness to Christ, the source of divine strength, and through the
merits of Christ he may find the approval of God, because Christ has satisfied the
demands of the law, and He imputes His righteousness to the penitent, believing
soul....
What love, what wonderful love, was displayed by the Son of God....Christ
takes the sinner from the lowest degradation, and purifies, refines, and ennobles
him. By beholding Jesus as He is, the sinner is transformed and elevated to the
very summit of dignity, even to a seat with Christ upon his throne....
The plan of redemption provides for every emergency and for every want of
the soul. If it were deficient in any way, the sinner might find some excuse to
plead for neglect of its terms, but the infinite God had a knowledge of every human
necessity, and ample provision has been made to supply every need.... What, then,
can the sinner say in the great day of final judgment as to why he refused to give
attention, the most thorough and earnest, to the salvation proffered him?
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