like
their methods, are not only incomparable, but they are as far removed
from each other as God's ways are higher than man's ways.

The revelation of God in regard to salvation might have been limited to
the fact that He, rather than man, was to accomplish the work; and while
much that is involved in the mighty undertaking of redemption has not
been, and probably cannot be, reduced to the level of human
understanding, He saw fit to reveal much that was necessary, on both the
Godward and the manward side, in providing this way of salvation. No
human conception of the atonement is complete, yet, as the
all-sufficient sacrificial death of Christ is clearly stated in
Scripture, its value, though unanalyzed, may be appropriated; for man is
not saved by what he comprehends or understands, but his salvation is
made possible by his attitude of willingness and expectation toward the
transforming power of God.

In determining the exact point of the truth that is to be omitted from
the Satanic counterfeit, it is important to distinguish between the
_Person_ and _work_ of Christ. In the one is included His teachings and
example, both in His life and death: in the other is included His
substitutionary, sacrificial, and atoning death for the sin of the
world. There is no controversy as to the value of the teachings and
example of Jesus; but the wisdom of this world is displayed in
ever-increasing antagonism against the blood of the Cross. This enmity
has never been founded on the Word of God, for Scripture does not deny
itself. The opposition appeals to pride and human reason, and dares to
challenge the plain statements of Scripture on this particular point.
Very much is thus omitted; for all the meaning of sacrifice in the Old
Testament and all the promises of redemption in the New Testament, are
inseparably related to the blood of the Cross. It may be to the Jew a
stumbling block, and to the Greek foolishness; yet to those who are
called, both Jews and Greeks, "it is the power of God and the wisdom of
God."

In Ephesians, the eternal purpose of God is said to be the complete
perfection of souls: "According as He hath chosen us in Him before the
foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before
Him in love" (1:4). And that transformation is also said to be by the
blood of Christ: "In whom we have redemption through his blood, the
forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace" (1:7). In
like