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isfaith in the death and 'resurrection of Christ. W7e- -are told by Jesns himself : " I am the wav, the. truth, and the life: no -m& corneth unto theFather but by me " Cfoh XIV., 6) ; and again,Paul tells us that neither Jews nor Gentiles could .justify tliemgelves by works, and it was for this,reason that God set forth His Soil Christ Jesns" to be a propitiation tbrough:$tSth in his blood(death)"-RomansIT., 14, 16 ; I-II., 9,- 10; 25. 'It ~ -1)ecapse of this that God our Savionr hasarranged that. all shall come to h knowledge of. thetruth-1 .Timothy TI., 4. That which enables'Him .to do this, to be " just and '(still) the justifier;" .is the fact that the man Christ Jesus, the mediatorbetween God and men, " gave himself a - ransom.for all, to 'be testified.. (to all) ia due time "-1 -rimothy II., 5, 6.Remember that we are not the jadges--ak't'o-whi*have ' had, .and who have not had a full oppor-- tunity for salvation in. the present lifetime. It is.a good thing for men are prone to be severe intheir judgment of others. You would think that ifany have had an opportunity for salvation, theJews who cmcified Christ surely had. They didnot merely go to a church _and hear a minister -preach aht ' Christ ; instead- they actually -sawChrist himself, they heard the gracious message. from- His own mouth'; and they saw the wonderfulworks .which He did, and vet thev crucified Him!Why, jGu- will say, if anyone 'had responsibilitythose Jews had; and if any suffer eternaldemnation those Jews must. Yet. what didApostle Pet- sap : "I wot that through ignoranceve did it." And PauI said : " Had thep known 'ity they would not have crucified the- Lord of3'7 -