promise was made to Abraham. For. surely, Christ's promise in the commission gives what was contemplated by the Father when he covenanted with Abraham. That such is the case is affirmed in the following: "For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there ie neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."—Gal. 3, 26–29.
Those that are the children of God by faith are those that are baptized into Christ. Such being Christ's are Abraham's seed, and are heirs according to the promise. This shows that God, from the time the promise was made, that embodied the new and everlasting covenant, was pledged upon oath to the mediatorship of Christ. This shows the utter impossibility of any revelation coming between Christ and the human family and is a demonstration of the truthfulness of the propositions in the heading under which we write. The two oaths, that of the Father, and that of the Son, meeting as they do, show that all heaven, for all time is pledged to the mediatorship of Christ—pledged, hence, forever to the will of God as revealed through Christ. Not only is such the case so far as the alien is concerned but equally so with the-saint. They must in their devotions approach the Father through the Son. No Israelite dare approach the Almighty except through the mediation of the priest. Saul in time of distress attempted to approach the Almighty direct, but for his folly he lost his kingdom. See I. Sam. 13: 8–13. Men, as Saul did, may force themselves, but they will not force the Father to ignore the mediatorship of His Son. The command designed to govern all saints in their devotions is, "And whatsover ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him."—Col. 3: 17. Nothing can be done in the name of the Lord Jesus except what He has commanded. The
