God’s appointments and grants in our behalf are without limit. The throne of grace is itself the highest attraction because occupied by One who permits us to call Him Father. But God did not deem the principle of salvation complete while invested only with His own love. By His appointment He has placed at His altar an Advocate clothed with our nature. As our Intercessor, His office work is to introduce us to God as His sons and daughters. Christ intercedes in behalf of those who have received Him. To them He gives power, by virtue of His own merits, to become members of the royal family, children of the heavenly King. And the Father demonstrates His infinite love for Christ, who paid our ransom with His blood, by receiving and welcoming Christ’s friends as His friends. He is satisfied with the atonement made. He is glorified by the incarnation, the life, death, and mediation of His Son. {6T 363.3}

Guds planer med os og Guds gaver til os kender ingen grænser. Nådens trone øver den største tiltrækning, fordi han, som sidder på den, tillader os at kalde ham fader. Men Gud anså ikke frelsens princip for at være fuldstændigt, så længe den kun var iklædt hans kærlighed. Han har bestemt, at der ved hans alter skal stå en talsmand, som er iklædt vor natur. I sin egenskab af vor forbedrer, er det hans opgave at fremstille os for Gud, som sine sønner og døtre. Kristus går i forbøn for dem, som har taget imod ham. Ved sin egen fortjeneste giver han dem kraft til at blive medlemmer af den kongelige familie, (364) til at blive den himmelske Konges børn. Faderen åbenbarer sin uendelige kærlighed til Kristus, som betalte vor genløsning med sit blod, ved at tage imod Kristi venner som sine venner og byde dem velkommen. Han er tilfreds med den forsoning, som er sket, Han bliver herliggjort ved sin Søns menneskevorden, ved hans liv, død og midlertjeneste.