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"Christ hath suffered for sins, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God." CHRIST HATH SUFFERED FOR SINS THE JUST FOR THE UNJUST THAT HE MIGHT BRING US TO GOD
n to try by any self-effort to battle out; nothing can revoke the decree "the soul that sinneth it shall die." The only choice left is this. Shall it be, under the old headship of Adam, our own death, in all that God means by the word, or shall it be, under the headship of Christ, the death of another in our place? It is when we come to self-despair, when we feel ourselves locked in, waiting our doom, that the glory and the beauty of God's way of escape dawns upon us, and we submit ourselves to Him in it. All resistance breaks down as faith closes on the fact: "He loved me and gave Himself for me." We receive the atonement so hardly won, and we go out into life not only pardoned, but cleared and justified. Death to Sin's Penalty is the Way Out into a Life of Justification. And as we go out free, we find that on the other side of the Cross a new existence has really begun: that the love of the Crucified has touched the springs of our being--we are in another world, under an open heaven. SHUT INTO THAT WORLD IT IS VAIN TO TRY BY ANY SELF EFFORT TO BATTLE OUT NOTHING CAN REVOKE THE DECREE THE SOUL THAT SINNETH IT SHALL DIE THE ONLY CHOICE LEFT IS THIS SHALL IT BE UNDER THE OLD HEADSHIP OF ADAM OUR OWN DEATH IN ALL THAT GOD MEANS BY THE WORD OR SHALL IT BE UNDER THE HEADSHIP OF CHRIST THE DEATH OF ANOTHER IN OUR PLACE IT IS WHEN WE COME TO SELF DESPAIR WHEN WE FEEL OURSELVES LOCKED IN WAITING OUR DOOM THAT THE GLORY AND THE BEAUTY OF GOD'S WAY OF ESCAPE DAWNS UPON US AND WE SUBMIT OURSELVES TO HIM IN IT ALL RESISTANCE BREAKS DOWN AS FAITH CLOSES ON THE FACT HE LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME WE RECEIVE THE ATONEMENT SO HARDLY WON AND WE GO OUT INTO LIFE NOT ONLY PARDONED BUT CLEARED AND JUSTIFIED DEATH TO SIN'S PENALTY IS THE WAY OUT INTO A LIFE OF JUSTIFICATION AND AS WE GO OUT FREE WE FIND THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CROSS A NEW EXISTENCE HAS REALLY BEGUN THAT THE LOVE OF THE CRUCIFIED HAS TOUCHED THE SPRINGS OF OUR BEING WE ARE IN ANOTHER WORLD UNDER AN OPEN HEAVEN
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