The Attributes of God

by Arthur W. Pink

Certain conditions were set before the Mediator. He was to be made in the likeness of sin’s flesh; he was to magnify the law and make it honorable; he was to bear all the sins of all God’s people in His own body on the tree; he was to make full atonement for them; he was to endure the outpoured wrath of God; he was to die and be buried. On the fulfillment of those conditions he was promised a reward: Isaiah 53:10–12. He was to be the Firstborn among many brethren; he was to have a people who should share his glory. Blessed be his name forever, he fulfilled those conditions, and because he did so, the Father stands pledged, on solemn oath, to preserve through time and bless throughout eternity every one of those for whom his incarnate Son mediated. Because he took their place, they now share his. His righteousness is theirs, his standing before God is theirs, his life is theirs. There is not a single condition for them to meet, not a single responsibility for them to discharge in order to attain their eternal bliss. “By one offering he hath perfected forever them that are set apart” (Heb. 10:14).