| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther: between? The people would have perished, or in case they had escaped
they would have required the services of another mediator to preserve
them alive and to keep the Law in force. Moses came along and he was
made the mediator. He covered his face with a veil. But that is as much as
he could do. He could not deliver men's consciences from the terror of the
Law. The sinner needs a better mediator.
That better mediator is Jesus Christ. He does not change the voice of the
Law, nor does He hide the Law with a veil. He takes the full blast of the
wrath of the Law and fulfills its demands most meticulously.
Of this better Mediator Paul says: "A mediator is not a mediator of one."
We are the offending party; God is the party offended. The offense is of
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Master Key by L. Frank Baum: interested, but he took care not to show any pride he might feel in
his son's achievements.
When his father returned to his office Rob went to his own bed-chamber
and sat for a long time by the window in deep thought. When at last
he aroused himself, he found it was nearly four o'clock.
"The Demon will be here presently," he said, with a thrill of
aversion, "and I must be in the workshop to receive him."
Silently he stole to the foot of the attic stairs and then paused to
listen. The house seemed very quiet, but he could hear his mother's
voice softly humming a cradle-song that she had sung to him when he
was a baby.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: and vengeance returned, and like a mighty tide, overwhelmed every other
feeling. After a slight repose, during which the spirits of the dead
hovered round and instigated me to toil and revenge, I prepared for my journey.
I exchanged my land-sledge for one fashioned for the inequalities of the
frozen ocean, and purchasing a plentiful stock of provisions,
I departed from land.
I cannot guess how many days have passed since then, but I have
endured misery which nothing but the eternal sentiment of a just
retribution burning within my heart could have enabled me to support.
Immense and rugged mountains of ice often barred up my passage,
and I often heard the thunder of the ground sea, which threatened
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