And, next, I again remind you that the reconciling work, on God’s part, is already done. He “hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;” but he “reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ.” When Jesus hung upon the cross,—when Jesus died,—when Jesus rose again, everything was done that was necessary in order that God might be able to forgive the guilty, and receive them to his bosom. Nothing can be added to Christ’s completed work, of which he said, “It is finished.” It is as efficacious to-day