To use an ecclesiastical term, we stand between two Epiphanies; the first is the manifestation of the Son of God in human flesh in dishonor and weakness; the second is the manifestation of the same Son of God in all His power and glory. Not even in this world does sin pay its servants good wages. If the way to God and salvation is, indeed, blocked up, it is only blocked up by your own sins. The door is not locked by a divine decree, nor nailed up by any necessity of circumstances, nor barred by any
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