The All-sufficient Christ
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5.
The blood of Christ is the eternal antidote for sin.1The Signs of the Times, December 30, 1889.
Christ's death on the cross was one of willing obedience, else in it there would have been no merit; for justice would not punish in the place of the sinner an innocent being who was unwilling to bear the penalty.2The Signs of the Times, August 22, 1900.
Jesus ... became a “Man of sorrows,” that we might be made partakers of everlasting joy. God permitted His beloved Son, full of grace and truth, to come from a world of indescribable glory, to a world marred and blighted with sin, darkened with the shadow of death and the curse. He permitted Him to leave the bosom of His Love, the adoration of the angels, to suffer shame ... and death.3Steps to Christ, 13, 14.
Behold the cross, and the Victim uplifted upon it.... Christ bore our sins in His own body. That suffering, that agony, is the price of your redemption.4Testimonies for the Church 6:479.
The bitter cup was apportioned to us to drink. Our sins mingled it. But our dear Saviour took the cup from our lips and drank it Himself, and in its stead He presents to us a cup of ... salvation.5Testimonies for the Church 2:73.
We cannot measure how much deeper our afflictions would have been, how much greater our woes, had not Jesus encircled us with His human arm of sympathy and love, and lifted us up.
We may rejoice in hope.... Through His [our Advocate's] merits we have pardon and peace. He died that He might wash away our sins, clothe us with His righteousness, and fit us for the society of heaven, where we may dwell in light forever.6Testimonies for the Church 5:316, 317.
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The Faith I Live By