Editorial by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 4, 1909

Editorial

By Editor

A Forgiving Saviour

THERE is nothing but our own will that can stand between us and salvation. God will not force the will; but he will not permit anything else to stand between us and him. If we lack strength, he is all-powerful; and he says of the weak one, “Let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; yea, let him make peace with me.” Isa. 27: 5. That peace means the forgiveness of the weak one’s sins. Just so certain as the Lord Jesus Christ was “wounded for our transgressions,” just so certain it is that “with his stripes we are healed”—if we choose to be healed. “The chastisement of our peace was upon him.” Just so certain as he was chastised, so certain it is that our peace with God is assured—if we will permit the remedy to be applied. Heaven has exhausted its resources to bring about our reconciliation to God. If we are not at peace with him, can it be his fault? Inspiration asks: “What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it?” And again Jehovah says: “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land.” Then comes this comforting message through Micah: “Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? . . . He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot, and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.” Let the child of God believe this, and say, with Isaiah, “Thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.”