CHRIST our SURETY: “By so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant” (Heb 7:22). A surety guarantees payment, removes doubt and brings peace. H.A. Ironside explains: “When the Lord Jesus Christ became my surety…He went to Calvary’s cross, and all my guilt was charged against Him. He settled for everything, and then He cried, ‘It is finished.’ And on the basis of that finished work, God can freely forgive, and justify completely, every poor sinner who trusts in the Lord Jesus Christ. Yet people stumble over the simplest things. Take, for instance, that word “believe.” You would think that was plain enough for anybody, but all my life I have heard people say, ‘I have always believed, and yet I am not saved.’ It does not say, ‘Whoever believes the Bible, or creeds, or even the gospel story,’ but it does say, ‘Whoever believes in Him.’ What is it to believe in Him? It means to put your soul’s confidence in Him, to trust in Him, God’s blessed Son.”