ohn v. 24: "Verily, verily I say unto you: He
that heareth my word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath
everlasting life, and shall not come into '_judgment_,'" (the new
translation has it so), "but is passed from death unto life."

Some people say that you never can tell till you are before the great
white throne of Judgment whether you are saved or not. Why, my dear
friend, if your life is hid with Christ in God, you are not coming
into judgment for your sins. We may come into judgment for reward.
This is clearly taught where the lord reckoned with the servant to
whom five talents had been given, and who brought other five talents
saying, "Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents; behold, I have
gained beside them five talents more. His lord said unto him, Well
done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a
few things; I will make thee ruler over many things; enter thou into
the joy of thy lord." (Matt. xxv. 20, 21.) We shall be judged for our
stewardship. That is one thing; but salvation--eternal life--is
another.

Will God demand payment twice of the debt which Christ has paid for
us? If Christ bear my sins in His own body on the tree, am I to
answer for them as well?

Isaiah tells us that, "He was wounded for our transgressions; He was
bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon
Him: and with His stripes we are healed." In Romans iv. 25, we read:
He "was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our
justification." Let us believe, and get the benefit of His finished
work.

Then again in John x. 9: "I am the door: by Me if any man enter in he
shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture." That is
the promise. Then the 27th verse, "My sheep hear my voice; and I know
them, and they follow Me. And I give unto them eternal life; and they
shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
My father which gave them is greater than all; and no man is able to
pluck them out of my Father's hand." Think of that! The Father, the
Son, and the Holy Ghost, are pledged to keep us. You see that it is
not only the Father, not only the Son, but the three persons of the
Triune God.

Now, a great many people want some token outside of God's word. That
habit always brings doubt. If I made a promise to meet a man at a
certain hour and place to-morrow, and he were to ask me for my watch
as a token of my sincerity, it would be a slur on my