The Terms of Our Salvation
Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that
your joy may be full. John 16:23, 24.
The disciples of Christ who were with Him from day to day did not
comprehend His mission. . . . They were unacquainted with His unlimited
resources and power. Although they had witnessed His miracles they did not
discern His relationship to the Father. Just before His death He said to
them, "Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name." In simple language Jesus
explained to them that the secret of their success would be in asking the
Father for strength and grace in His name. He would be present before the
face of the Father to make request in their behalf. . . .
We need to become better acquainted with the terms upon which salvation
will be ours, and better understand the relation which Christ sustains to us
and to the Father. He has pledged Himself to honor His Son's name as we
present it at the throne of grace. We should consider the great sacrifice
that was made in our behalf to purchase for us the robe of righteousness
woven in the loom of heaven. He has invited us to the wedding feast, and has
provided for every one of us the wedding garment. The robe of righteousness
has been purchased at infinite cost, and how daring is the insult to Heaven
when one presents himself as a candidate for entrance at the wedding feast
when wearing his own citizen's dress of self-righteousness! How greatly he
dishonors God, openly showing contempt for the sacrifice made on Calvary! .
. .
No one will taste of the marriage supper of the Lamb who has not on a
wedding garment. But John writes, ". . . He that overcometh, the same shall
be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the
book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his
angels." Then, before it is eternally too late, let each one go to the
heavenly Merchantman for the white raiment, the eyesalve, the gold tried in
the fire, and the oil of heavenly grace.
>From That I May Know Him - Page 264
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