Fullness of Salvation IN CHRIST for Poor Sinners
"For
Thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy
unto them that call upon Thee."
-PSALM
86:5 [KJV]
The
sinner who has saving faith believes that there is a fullness of
salvation in Christ for poor sinners: "Wherefore HE is
able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by HIM..."
(HEBREWS
7:25). In the word of the Gospel Christ is held forth as an
able Saviour - able to save men from their sins and from the wrath of
God. His merit is a sufficient shield against the tempest of wrath
which incensed justice is ready to exact against transgressors.
The sinner who has saving faith knows that the righteousness Christ fulfilled as the condition of the Covenant of Grace is so valuable in itself, and in the eyes of the Father, that it is sufficient to procure justification, sanctification, and all other saving benefits to sinners who in themselves deserve death and damnation. So they are happy who are in Him. They shall never perish but have everlasting life, being eternally secure under the cover of His righteousness as a sufficient defense.
The sinner who has saving faith knows that the righteousness Christ fulfilled as the condition of the Covenant of Grace is so valuable in itself, and in the eyes of the Father, that it is sufficient to procure justification, sanctification, and all other saving benefits to sinners who in themselves deserve death and damnation. So they are happy who are in Him. They shall never perish but have everlasting life, being eternally secure under the cover of His righteousness as a sufficient defense.
-Gospel
report by preacher Thomas Boston (1676–1732 A.D.)
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