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The Repentant Sinner Accepted In Christ, November 6
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are
the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence
of God for us.
Hebrews 9:24
.
Christ is our sacrifice, our substitute, our surety, our divine intercessor; He is
made unto us righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. “For Christ is not
entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true;
but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.”
The intercession of Christ in our behalf is that of presenting His divine merits in
the offering of Himself to the Father as our substitute and surety; for He ascended
up on high to make an atonement for our transgressions.... “Herein is love, not that
we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our
sins” (
1 John 4:10
). “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” (
Hebrews 7:25
).
From these scriptures it is evident that it is not God’s will that you should
be distrustful, and torture your soul with the fear that God will not accept you
because you are sinful and unworthy.... Present your case before Him, pleading
the merits of the blood shed for you upon Calvary’s cross. Satan will accuse you
of being a great sinner, and you must admit this, but you can say: “I know I am a
sinner, and that is the reason I need a Saviour. Jesus came into the world to save
sinners. ‘The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.’...I have no
merit or goodness whereby I may claim salvation, but I present before God the
all-atoning blood of the spotless Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the
world. This is my only plea. The name of Jesus gives me access to the Father.
His ear, His heart, is open to my faintest pleading, and He supplies my deepest
necessities.”
It is the righteousness of Christ that makes the penitent sinner acceptable to
God and works his justification. However sinful has been his life, if he believes
in Jesus as his personal Saviour, he stands before God in the spotless robes of
Christ’s imputed righteousness.
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The sinner so recently dead in trespasses and sins is quickened by faith in
Christ. He sees by faith that Jesus is his Saviour, and alive forevermore, able to
save unto the uttermost all that come unto God by Him. In the atonement made for
him the believer sees such breadth, and length, and height, and depth of efficiency,
sees such completeness of salvation, purchased at such an infinite cost, that his
soul is filled with praise and thanksgiving.
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