Settled Peace

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It is impossible that judgment can be the portion of those whose sins Christ has wholly borne away; as impossible as it is that Christ's work should be inadequate, or that God should punish the same sin twice over. If anyone had to be shut out of heaven, so to speak, it must have been Christ, because He had taken our sins; but He was accepted, received up into glory, therefore the matter must be settled for me, if I believe.
"As it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many: and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation." Heb. 9:27, 2827And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: 28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. (Hebrews 9:27‑28)
He did not hold back; our sins in all their terribleness were laid upon Him, and judgment fully passed upon Him; and so the whole question has been settled between the All-seeing God and His spotless Son. There we have, not a hope merely, but solid, abiding peace.