The Gospel of God's Son is good news: good news of His person: blessed expression! All until the gospel was a claim upon man. A claim can never be good news. The gospel never alters the claim of God upon man, but maintains it; and chews that all is over with man, because he never can meet that claim, But the gospel brings in the power of God: power on behalf of man: not power to help man to meet the claim of God upon him. But it reveals the righteousness of God, consequent upon man being altogether without strength. Thus peace flows into the soul, when it ceases from everything else and submits to the revealed righteousness of God, which is upon every one that believeth. While a person is looking for help, he is under law, and has never been in God's presence. The thought of help may be held while a person is looking forward to some future meeting with God; but if I am in the presence of God Now, help will not do. I am lost. I want now righteousness and pardon: and I want it now. And the soul will not have solid peace until it is in the presence of God, righteous and pardoned. The apostle says, "The Gospel of Christ is the power of God unto salvation, because therein is the righteousness of God revealed." A righteousness which is declared unto all, to Jew and Gentile, yea, to every creature, and which is upon all them that believe.