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8A & the uttermost; 1t
is a complete sal
walton, extending to all particulars.
No wonder those who put their trust
in him unite in saying, Hallelujah!
what a Saviour!
The Epistle to the Hebrews Is a Sc
ries of contrasts between the good
things of Judaism and the better
things Of Christ. He is better than
angels. than Moses, than Joshua, than
Aaron; and the new covenant than the
Mosaic covenant. In the section Of
the Epistle where the text occurs he
is set forth as the Great High Priest
and certified as superior to Melchis.
edec and any of the Aaronic priest
eth a priest forever. This man, be-
cause he c%ontinueth ever, hath an un-
changeable priesthood" The life In
the power Of which he ministers, and
the life which he ministers, is a life
that abides Interchangeable. His priest.
hood Is al everlasting one, ever iiv.
ing, ever active. There is never a mo-
ment In which his priestly action. his
watchful cart Of us, his loving SYM
patty and succor, his working in us
in the power of an endless life, Is not
In full operation. Therefore he a
save completely. There need be
a moment In which the experience Of
his saving power is intermitted, In
which the salvation he has wrought
does not a And because he ever
liveth to make intercession, even so.
without ceasing. there streams forth
from him to each member Of his body
the grace for timely help. And this
work will go on unto perfection--he
will perfect It until the day Of Jesus
Christ. How firm a foundation; what
a blessed assurance; Christ. in whom
I have put my trust, is able to save
to the uttermost, because of his inner.
ent merit, because Of his priestly right,
because Of his influence and sympa,
thy. Say 1t over to yourself, and re.
joice as you say 1t: he is able to save
completely.
Unto the Uttermost.
We have here the very promise we
need, lest we hesitate to begin the
Christian life, or having begun, faint
by the way. This is not only the
heart of the gospel, but also the Sc
cret of Christian perfection. The sal.
walton wrought by Christ for us and in
us is not only negative. saving us
from sin. but also positive. comforting
on US eternal life.
The work Of Christ Is set in con-.
trast with that of the law. In verse
10 we read for the law made nothing
perfect" but Christ saves completely.
1t has availed for the worst charac.
tiers; the thief on the cross, Saul Of
Tarsus, John Bunyan, S. H. Hadley.
1t reaches the greatest numbers: 5000
on the day Of Pentecost, multitudes in
mission fields, thousands under the
preaching Of Whitfield, Moody, Chap
man, Sunday, and finally a nation In
a day. 1t leaves nothing undone, 1t is
a complete salvation. 1t meets the
uttermost need of any man, anywhere,
any time. What a word that Is: What.
ever you need, Jesus is able
You have doubted it; some days you
think you are saved, and some days
you are in despair. The real trouble
is, you are leaning upon some ex'
perience. looking for the repetition
Of some unusual feeling, depending
upon favorable circumstances. You
have forgotten what manner Of Saw
four Jesus is-the unchanging, eternal.
%interceding, complete Saviour. Moth.
ing is too hard for him. Start
your thought of salvation not upon
your feeling or your experience, but
by apprehending what Christ really
Is for the human race: perfect God
and perfect man; with Gods love and
power, with mans sympathy and ex.
perience, meeting our enemy and con.
quering him, and now gone into the
hottest of all there to appear In the
presence of God for US, ever living
to intercede-his whole work appeal
ing and awaiting that We may be made
the righteousness Of God in him. Get
hold of what Christ's finished work
has done for you. ~Regenerating, JUS.
tifying. sanctifying; then remember
that true faith takes what God pro.
vides, and needs no more for its
ground and gladness than the fact that
God said 1t.
Am Included.
This complete salvation is for them
that come unto God by him. You may
be of the great and goodly number
who receive 1t and rejoice in 1t. When
the Lord said, Whosoever, he includ.
ed me. John 3:16 Is still true; Jesus
Christ is the same yesterday, today.
YES. and forever; still he says: No
man cometh unto the Father but by
me. Him that cometh unto me I will
in no wise cast out. Still Christ Is
able to save unto the uttermost. What
more could be done? What more
could one want than a complete saliva.
ton? Believe what God says; accept
what God offers. Your sins he will
more than pardon; your cares he will
more than bear; your temptations he
will more than overcome; your doubt
he will more than dispel; your crosses
he will more than carry; your perplex.
tiles he will more than resolve; your
bereavements he will more than
sweeten.'