V. 25.— Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. In consequence of His unchangeable priesthood, He is able to save to the uttermost, or for evermore, those that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. The intercession of Christ is founded on His atonement, whereby He hath magnified the law of God, and made it honorable, restoring what He took not away. He bore the sins of His people in His own body on the tree. He once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring them to God. " Forasmuch, then, as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.” Hebrews 2:14-15. “ He gave himself for them, an offering and a sacrifice unto God of a sweet-smelling savour.” Ephesians 5:2.Had it so pleased God, the whole race of mankind might doubtless have been saved by His death. It was a sacrifice of infinite value; and, had it so pleased God, might have expiated the sins of all men. Had such been the case, however, it might have been alleged that mankind had been hardly dealt with; but a part of them, like the rebel angels, perished, while an innumerable multitude of our fallen race chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world, are washed in His blood, and created anew in Him who is to them the spring and source of their spiritual, as the first Adam was of their natural life; and as their first father’ s death was the death-knell of the whole family, so the eternal life to which Christ has risen is the assured pledge of all His people, even those whom He is not ashamed to call brethren, in contradistinction to those to whom He will declare, “ I never knew you,” living and reigning with Him for ever and ever.