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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Feb 8, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 6.

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ALL FOR US.

By H. A. St. John

BY H. A. ST. JOHN.
It is well that we frequently meditate upon the great things that God has done, and has promised still to do, for us.
"He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all; how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?" Rom. 8:32. Then, first of all, the loving Father gave us His beloved Son, the brightestand best gift of heaven. And this inestimable Gift opened the way for the free bestowal of every other good gift promised in the Holy Word.
"What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?" Rom. 8:31. Then we can say that God is for us. The Lord being on our side in all the conflicts of life, our victory is insured. He that is with God, is with the overwhelming majority, that no power can withstand. And He that keepeth Israel, doth not slumber nor sleep.
"Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an High Priest forever after the order of Melchizedek." Heb. 6:19, 20. Then even Jesus has entered within the veil for us. "For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us." Heb. 9:24. What a wonderful truth! How encouraging and comforting it ought to be to every child of God, to think that the blessed and almighty Redeemer is even now, and all the time, in heaven, in the audience chamber of the infinite God, whose name is Love, in our behalf, in our interests, wholly and solely for us. Then may we not rest assured that our best and highest good will be faithfully and fully secured and cared for?
"By a new and living way, which He hath consecrated for us; through the veil, that is to say, His flesh; and having an High Priest over the house of God; let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water." Heb. 10:20-22. And this is more wonderful still. Not only has our Redeemer entered into the immediate presence of God for us, but by this new and living way, we, with pure hearts, and in full assurance of faith, may enter where Jesus is.
"It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us." Rom. 8:34. From the intercessions of Jesus, our High Priest, our loving heavenly Father will never turn away. Never will He despise or neglect His plea. It is thus that the ear of the infinite One is ever open to the petitions of His children on earth.
"Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities; for we know not what we should pray for as we ought; but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which can not be uttered." Rom. 8:26. O how the goodness and love of God is magnified, as we pursue the study of what God has done for us! How wonderful to think that the Holy Spirit, with groanings which can not be uttered, maketh intercession for us! Why, then, should we ever grow weary or faint by the way? Strength, grace, wisdom, peace, joy—yea, everything that pertaineth to life and godliness—will be given to us by the way, according as we have need.
"God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect." Heb. 11:40. All the sons and daughters of the Lord are traveling in the path of the just that "shineth more and more unto the perfect day." The perfect day for all the church of Christ will be ushered in by the coming of Jesus in glory. Then the saints of all past generations and ages will hear the voice of the Son of God, and will come forth.
Then the blessed Jesus will complete the good work begun in them long ago. They will be instantly changed from mortality to immortality—their vile bodies changed and fashioned like unto Christ’s glorious body. At the same time the living saints will be changed, or made perfect. Not one without another, not they without us, but to all together and all at once will the finishing touch of perfection be given. Then all the redeemed hosts, with their first inspiration of immortality, will together raise their voices at one time to sing the new song of a free and full salvation. For Jesus has entered heaven to obtain "eternal redemption FOR US." Heb. 9:12.