Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. Christ has blotted out the hand- writing that was against us, and has taken it out of the way, nailing it to Tlia cross. Being justified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ. There is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. The claims of our adversary are all satisfied by Christ's blood. God can now be just, and yet the justi- fier of every one that believeth on Jesus. A full atone- ment has been made. The debt has been completely paid. The Judge can say, "Deliver them, I have found a ransom.'' (Job xxxiii. 24.)
Let us never rest till we know and feel that we are reconciled to God. Let it not content us to go to Church, use means of grace, and be reckoned Christians, without knowing whether our sins are pard(med, and our souls justified. Let us seek to know that we are one with Christ, and Christ in us, — that our iniquities are for- given, and our sins covered. Then, and then only, may we lie down in peace, and look forward to judgment without fear. The time is short. We are travelling on to a day when our lot for eternity must be decided. Let us give diligence that we may be found safe in that day. The souls that are found without Christ shall be cast into a hopeless prison.
Notes. Lxtke XII. 54 — 59.
M. — [He iaid to the people.] Let it be noted, that the concluding portion of the Lord's discourse in this chapter is speciaUy ad- oreseed to "the people," and not to the disciples as the preceding ▼eraes were. It consists of a general rebuke of the blindness of the Jewish nation in not seeing the signs of the times, and the Iblfilment of prophecy, and a general exhortation to seek reoon- dUatioB with G<m, before it be too late.