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THE VERDICT

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 27, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 21.

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THE VERDICT.

SIN is deliberate violation of the law of God, therefore a crime. But as God is a sovereign, sin becomes rebellion also.
Salvation viewed from the sinner's standpoint is pardon. He is conscious he has been under condemnation, and even under sentence of death, and is now forgiven.
Salvation viewed from the Saviour's standpoint is acquittal. He has been the counsel for the prisoner, and has secured his release. It is as though the verdict were, "Not guilty."
When Christ shall become judge by his divine appointment to the bench of eternity, he will recognize those whose acquittal he has secured, and confirm their justification.
The retaining fee of our Advocate is nothing; the counsel fees are no more. Are we not infinitely foolish if we let the case go against us, and go unprepared into the presence of the Judge at last?—Golden Rule.