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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Jul 16, 1914

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 91, No. 29.

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Present Salvation

It is our privilege to experience present salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ. Indeed, if Christ does not become a present Saviour, he never will become an eternal Saviour. It required both the death and the life of the Lord Jesus Christ to bring salvation to his children. Through his death we obtain “remission of sins that are past.” Rom. 3:25. By his life we obtain victory over sin; “for if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.” Rom. 5:10. Of the manner in which salvation comes, the apostle Paul speaks further in Gal. 2:20: “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”
Christ came to save his people from sin, not in their sin. When predicting the birth of the blessed Lord, the angel declared to Joseph: “Thou shalt call his name Jesus [Saviour]: for he shall save his people from their sins.” It is this salvation from sin today for which we should seek. Today the Saviour desires to abide in us by his Holy Spirit, giving us grace and overcoming power over every besetment. From anger, from malice, from envy, from jealousy, from impure thoughts, from evil speaking, and from every form and phase of sin, he desires us to find release today. O, this is the glorious freedom which is offered to the children of men!
From the thralldom of sin we may be free. The chains which have held us in bondage may be broken. God has promised us grace sufficient for all things. It is for us to come out into the light and liberty of his forgiving love. Victory over sin now, today, should be our experience. This should be our great aim and object. This may be accomplished through surrender, daily surrender; through continuous prayer; through simple, childlike faith, which takes God at his word, which invites him into the heart, and opens the heart to receive him in his fullness. Let us seek and obtain this victory which is in Jesus Christ for every one of his children.