Access to God
The
only way of access to God is through the risen Christ and based on
the merits of His obedience unto death as Substitute and Surety of
His people. The only way of access to Christ is by the Gospel in the
power of the Holy Spirit to reveal Him in His glorious Person and
finished work of redemption to make reconciliation for the sins of
His people and to establish a righteousness that enables God to be
just and Justifier of the ungodly.
It
is required of men to believe the Gospel, not
as a condition they must meet to attain or maintain salvation,
but as the God-ordained means to lay hold of Christ Who
by Himself has met all conditions for salvation by His
substitutionary obedience unto death. God the Holy Spirit is the
sovereign Agent in the new birth; the Gospel is the God-ordained
instrument and faith is the God-appointed and God-given means. Faith
is the link to connect the soul to Christ in order that believing
sinners might come to Him Who justifies the ungodly based on the
blood and imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ.
The
Gospel reveals a complete satisfaction to both God’s law and
justice by Christ, the only Substitute, Representative, and Surety.
It is upon this ground that God justifies, receives, and accepts
sinners. It is through the blood of Jesus Christ that we have free
and unhindered access to God (Hebrews
10:19-22).
-Gospel
report by preacher Bill Parker
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