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The Golden Chain - Robert J. Wieland

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of the whole human race. And in Him meet all the<br />

weaknesses of mankind, so that every man on the<br />

earth who can be tempted at all, finds in Jesus<br />

Christ power against that temptation. For every<br />

soul there is in Jesus Christ victory against all<br />

temptation, and relief from the power of it (A. T.<br />

Jones, GCB, 1895, p. 234).<br />

In His coming in the flesh—having been made<br />

in all things like unto us, and having been tempted<br />

in all points like as we are—He has identified<br />

Himself with every human soul just where that soul<br />

is. And from the place where every human soul is,<br />

He has consecrated for that soul a new and living<br />

way through all the vicissitudes and experiences of<br />

a whole lifetime, and even through death and the<br />

tomb, into the holiest of all, at the right hand of<br />

God (<strong>The</strong> Consecrated Way, p. 84).<br />

<strong>The</strong>n let the weary, feeble, sin-oppressed souls<br />

take courage. Let them "come boldly unto the<br />

throne of grace," where they are sure to find grace<br />

to help in time of need, because that need is felt by<br />

our Saviour in the very time of need. He is<br />

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