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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jun 12, 1907

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 33, No. 24.

The Cross and the Law

By Editor

Sinai and Calvary.—Nowhere is the necessity of the cross taught as at Sinai; and nowhere is the binding obligation and holiness of the law so evident as at Calvary.

You are not saved in Jesus Christ unless you are saved to obedience; for His salvation is salvation from sin, and sin is "the transgression of the law." Let Christ write God's law in your heart.

The sufferings of Jesus the Anointed One on Calvary were but the climax of His travail of the ages. They were all caused by sin, your sin and mine. He suffered and died that we might put away the sin, and put it away forever.

Our Subscription List.—There are 43,560 square feet in an acre. That is just about the number of our subscription list at this writing. It has doubled during the last two months, thanks to our friends. Shall we double it again during the next four?

The Law of Jehovah.—What does the Lord say? What do the Scriptures teach? It is the aim of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES to present to its readers the teaching of the word of God and the facts in history and human experience which confirm that word. Our readers will find one page in this issue which preeminently presents the word of God. The entire page is filled with Scripture and the references thereto. The great center of page 9 in this number is the law of God. Surrounding that law is a part of the divinely-inspired comments on its perfection, its fulness, its far-reaching jurisdiction, its holiness, its immutability and perpetuity. That page shows the perfect agreement between the Old and New Testaments regarding that law. It is worthy of great study. This page will be printed on a strong, tough paper, suitable for folding. Single copies, five cents, post free; by the hundred, $1.00. Address SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Mountain View, Cal.

"Shall Not Be Abolished."—There is one passage of scripture printed on page 9 which forever settles the perpetuity and unrepealable character of God's law. He calls to His people to look upon the heavens and the earth; permanent as they seem, they shall vanish; but His "salvation shall be forever," and His "righteousness shall not be abolished." See Isa. 51:6, 7. Now it would be absurd to speak of the abolition of God's personal righteousness. If that were abolished, He is no longer God. What He does refer to is His holy law. "All Thy commandments are righteousness." Ps. 119:172. This is clear from the scripture we are studying. After declaring that "My righteousness shall not be abolished," He continues: "Harken unto Me ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is My law." God's law, therefore, will never be abolished. Let men say what they will: "Fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye dismayed at their revilings. For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but My righteousness shall be forever, and My salvation unto all generations." Better to trust in the word of God than to put confidence in antinomian declarations. Those who have His law in their hearts shall know His salvation.