“CHRISTIANITY,” says Dr Newman Hall, “itself is unquestionably, a great fact in the history of the human race. Minds of the highest cultivation have bowed before it, and the mightiest intellects have done it homage The poor have professed that it has made them wealthier than if all the riches in the universe were in their possession; while the broken-hearted have declared that it has afforded them consolation when all other sources of comfort were dried up.
“In connection with a cordial reception of it, the most extraordinary transformations of character have taken place; and savage tribes, beneath its potent influence, have with marvelous rapidity lost their ferocity and manifested an advanced civilization. Christianity, therefore, is a great fact, and, as such, unquestionably demands from every thoughtful mind a candid examination of its claims.”
Christianity in its purity fully answers the question, “How can man be just with God?” How can the breakers of God’s perfect laws, upon equitable principle, be treated as if they were not lawbreakers? Can obedience to some of the divine law make up for disobedience of the rest? Certainly not.
And yet, upon equitable principle, by the provision and gift to us of A COMPETENT SUBSTITUTE, God can “be just and the justifier of him that believeth in Jesus” (Rom. 3:2626To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. (Romans 3:26)). “God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation” (2 Cor. 5:1919To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. (2 Corinthians 5:19)).
“What a blessed and easy salvation is this!” said the eminent physician, Dr James Hope. “Your righteousness is but filthy rags, and if you have nothing else to depend upon, you are lost for ever. Take refuge in the Saviour; believe in Him cordially with your heart. You will then receive Him fully, and acknowledge Him as your Lord and your God. This constitutes what is called ‘Faith in Christ,’ which when once you really possess, you are from that moment justified before God by divine righteousness being imputed to you. Your sins are expunged, and you are already—in this world—a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven. We become the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.”
But this wondrous plan of God’s saving mercy must be believed, and the Saviour whom it reveals must be received before the soul can enjoy salvation. The blessed Christ holds a pardon in His hands for the guiltiest and most unworthy. It is a pardon He has purchased by His precious blood. Now He says, “Him that cometh to Me, I will in no wise cast out” (John 6:3737All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. (John 6:37)).
Will you not accept this Saviour, this salvation? Delay not, but come.