Youth readingsand the lord appointed set time

to keep the destroying angel out, their pains would have been in vain, and would have testifi ed to their unbelief. When the blood was seen upon the door-post, it was enough. The salvation of the house was assured. So it is in the work of salvation; it is the blood of Jesus Christ that cleanseth from all sin. (YI, December 6, 1894 par. 2b)
It is not now the work of the sinner to make peace with God, but to accept Christ as his peace and righ-teousness. Thus man becomes one with Christ and one with God. There is no way by which the heart may be made holy, save through faith in Christ. Yet many think that repentance is a kind of preparation which men must originate themselves before they can come to Christ. They must take steps themselves in order to fi nd Christ a mediator in their behalf…. (YI, December 6, 1894 par. 3a)

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“Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.” Repentance is as certainly a gift of Jesus Christ as is forgiveness of sins. Repen-tance cannot be experienced without Christ; for it is the repentance of which he is the author that is the ground upon which we may apply for pardon. It is through the work of the Holy Spirit that men are led to repentance. It is from Christ that the grace of contrition comes, as well as the gift of pardon, and repen-tance as well as forgiveness of sins is procured only through the atoning blood of Christ. Those whom God pardons he fi rst makes penitent. (YI, December 6, 1894 par. 3b)

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Proper Education

“But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.) 1 Peter 3:4

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Be approved by God

by the Son of God, and that the penalty of transgression cannot fall upon the believing sinner. The active obedience of Christ clothes the believing sinner with the righteousness that meets the demands of the law. “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (YI, November 29, 1894 par. 3b)
Christ is the sinner’s substitute and surety. He has obeyed the law in the sinner’s place, in order that the sinner may believe in him, and grow up into him in all things to the full stature of a man in Christ Jesus, and thus be complete in him. Christ has made reconciliation for sin, and has borne all its ignominy, reproach, and punishment; and yet while bearing sin, he has brought in everlasting righteousness, so that the believer is spotless before God. (YI, December 6, 1894 par. 1a)

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