Heaven's Only Attorney by A. R. Bell

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 19, 1916

FromSigns of the Times, December 19, 1916

Heaven's Only Attorney

By A. R. Bell

EVERY individual has a case pending at the bar of God. How important that we think often of the solemn scene of the Judgment! How important that we become thoroughly conversant with the great standard, or test of character, of that Judgment! That standard covers every relationship and duty between man and man, and between man and God.

The counsel of God calls us to perfect obedience; points us to a perfect law (Ps. 19: 7); shows us our Lord as a Saviour from sin (Matt. 1: 21); tells us, in plain language, that "sin is the transgression of the law" (1 John 3: 4); and calls us to the cleansing from sin — the transgression of the law — found only in the blood of Christ (1 John 1: 7). It points us to Christ as "leaving us an example, that ye should follow His steps" (1 Peter 2: 21); saying, "He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to walk, even as He walked" (1 John 2: 6); giving us the example and walk of Jesus in His own words, "I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love" (John 15: 10). It also points us to the final promise, where, revealing a people who shall stand without fault in the Judgment of God, and receive their reward, it says, "Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city." Rev. 22: 14.

A. R. BELL.