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of God, should taste death for everyman. Was this an equivalent or correspondingprice for an entire race? Yes,when God condemned all because ofone man's transgression, it was in orderthat as a result of one man's [Jesus']obedience even unto death, he mightdeliver the race from condemnationwhich was upon all through one man'ssin. Was not the death of Christ anexample of resisting evil? It was that,but it must have been more; for manyprophets and righteous persons resistedevil unto death, and they would haveanswered for examples, if nothing morehad been needed. What more wasneeded than to be shown by a good example,to refrain from sin? Much more,for even if it were possible for all men tolive spotlessly, still there was the penaltyof sins that were past--which came uponall and continued upon all until Jesus"bare our sins in his own body on thetree." Could not something else meetthe requirements and lift from men thepenalty? No, without shedding of bloodthere is no remission of sins. Heb. 9:22.So then, Jesus gave none to great aprice, but one which corresponded exactly,with the penalty, viz.:--man'sdeath. "Wherefore God also hath highlyexalted him and given him a name[power, and authority, and honor] whichis above every name." "He [now] isLord of all." Phil. 2:9; Acts 10:36.Again we quote our contemporary:"Paul says that Christ redeems us fromall iniquity (Titus 2:14). Now, if toredeem from death means to give deatha substitute, then to redeem from iniquitymeans to give iniquity a substitute.Will any one claim that Christ gave himselfa substitute for iniquity?"Such sophism is not really worthy ofrefutation. Sin and iniquity are twonames for the same thing. When deathpassed upon the race, it brought with it