The sacrifice of Christ for sinners does not of itself save sinners,—not from any defect in the Redeemer's work, but because he is rejected and despised of men. Jesus said, "It is finished," when he bowed his head and died. No new sacrifice is needed. The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin. But after that sacrifice has been offered, many perish. This shows that, in some sense, the sacrifice of Christ is not by itself enough to save a sinning world. Nothing more is needed to reconcile God to sinners; but something more is needed to reconcile sinners to God.
William Arnot — Sermon III, "He Shall Glorify Me," on John 16:14, in The Anchor of the Soul and Other Sermons (London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1875), p. 39
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