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SELECT SERMONS.
ambassadors to send abroad to foreign countries, for
there are more than one hundred applications to
every appointment given ; but not so in divine gov¬
ernment, for without Jesus the world is lost for a
representative in the eternal courts above. Christ
is the only one who can plead with God to any effect.
Furthermore, an ambassador is one who stands un¬
der no little responsibility. In civil government the
most expert lawyers of the times are generally
sought for such positions ; for it is necessary that
they should be well informed in regard even to the
technicalities of law, to meet the requirements of
their office. They go from their own country to
intercede, representing no small constituencies.
Therefore men of wisdom and sound judgment are
sought.
So in divine government, with the exception of
one thing, namely, there is a plurality in civil gov¬
ernment, while in divine government there is a
singularity ; for Jesus Christ, alone, intercedes for
the whole world.
The responsibility of the office of an ambassador in
divine government is so very great that it requires
one greater in wisdom and power than humanity
can produce. John the revelator tells us that the
earth and beneath the earth were searched, and the
heaven was searched for an intercessor for man. and
there was none found able or worthy to open the
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