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| And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. |
I beg your pardon, who accepted who?
So very often we hear 'I accepted Christ... blah blah blah...' testimony from good and sincere Christians. Have such dear folks ever understood the gospel of grace, the good news as revealed in the Scriptures?
Brethren, it is God's ACCEPTANCE of us helpless condemned sinners in Christ Jesus that matters. Nothing else does.
Let us rejoice in the glorious truth set forth so plainly in Eph 1:6 "... to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved."
He has made us accepted in the beloved! Amen!
He (our Creator as well as Redeemer) has made us (poor helpless lost condemned sinners) accepted, and continues to accept us - present perfect tense! He accepted us in His beloved Son, and continues to accept us, now, and unto eternity!
It is the greater that accepts the lesser; the weaker needs the acceptance of the stronger. The rich benefactor does not need the acceptance of the beggar at all, although the poor beggar is in desperate needs to cast himself completely at the grace and mercy of the rich benefactor! It is presumptuous for a needy beggar to speak of his acceptance of the rich benefactor!
It is the just and holy God that has accepted the condemned and unrighteous sinners, and this acceptance is wholly by His free and sovereign grace based solely on the righteousness and blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is the sinner that needs the Saviour's acceptance.
The thrice holy God accepts the guilty condemned sinners after he had made them accepted in the beloved Lord Jesus Christ... through the perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ.
Blessed be the Lord our God!
And watch your words!
I beg your pardon, who accepted who?
Brethren, it is God's ACCEPTANCE of us helpless condemned sinners in Christ Jesus that matters. Nothing else does.
Let us rejoice in the glorious truth set forth so plainly in Eph 1:6 "... to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved."
He has made us accepted in the beloved! Amen!
He (our Creator as well as Redeemer) has made us (poor helpless lost condemned sinners) accepted, and continues to accept us - present perfect tense! He accepted us in His beloved Son, and continues to accept us, now, and unto eternity!
It is the greater that accepts the lesser; the weaker needs the acceptance of the stronger. The rich benefactor does not need the acceptance of the beggar at all, although the poor beggar is in desperate needs to cast himself completely at the grace and mercy of the rich benefactor! It is presumptuous for a needy beggar to speak of his acceptance of the rich benefactor!
It is the just and holy God that has accepted the condemned and unrighteous sinners, and this acceptance is wholly by His free and sovereign grace based solely on the righteousness and blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is the sinner that needs the Saviour's acceptance.
The thrice holy God accepts the guilty condemned sinners after he had made them accepted in the beloved Lord Jesus Christ... through the perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ.
Blessed be the Lord our God!
And watch your words!
