In the book of Whidden II, Ellen White on salvation I have benefited from the statement of Mrs. Elle White when she says that “We have always taken the position that there was no power in the law to save a single transgressor of the law. Christ did not come to excuse sin, nor to justify a sinner while he continued to transgress that law. During our class discussion the same statement was echoed by our professor that “We do not obey the law of God in order to be saved, for we are already saved by being rooted in Christ who is the fulfillment of the law.
We are justified only by the merits of Christ and such a faith will never excuse transgression. In the book of Romans 3:31 Paul says that “Now a righteousness from God apart from the law, has been made known, to which the law and prophets testify.” This righteousness of God is manifested on his gift of eternal life who is Jesus Christ the savior of the world.
We rejoice that we have faith that takes hold of the promises of God that works by love and sanctifies the soul. I agree with Ellen G. White’s statement that justification means pardon and forgiveness. It is only through the sacrificial death of Christ as our substitute that there is hope for the human race.
I do believe that the objective work of salvation and redemption that Christ has performed on behalf of the human race has made it possible for all of us to return to God and acknowledge Christ as our rightful owner who can deliver us from the bondage and power of Satan.
Friends, the story of our salvation is inexhaustible. It exposes the mystery of evil and opens the mystery of the cross through which the divine love of God has conquered evil forever and ever