“‘WHEN He had by Himself purged our sins.’ This work must be done by Himself. No one could help Him in it; angels could have nothing to do with it, though they were sent to minister to Him in Gethsemane. Man could not, for man can do no more than his duty; if he did more, it would be wrong. It must be a Divine work to purge away sin. There is a Divine necessity upon God to do it—and that by Himself―because He could not allow sin. This is how I am purged. Because He could not tolerate sin, He must take it away Himself, and ‘the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin.’ It is a work that has been done; not anything that He will do, and may do―not something yet to be done. It is done, and He has sat down. We then no longer have a prophet coming to tell us He will do it, but there is the testimony of the Holy Ghost that it has been done.” J. N. D.