The Holiness of God
Because
God is holy, acceptance with Him on the ground of creature-doings is
utterly impossible. A fallen creature could sooner create a world
than produce that which would meet the approval of infinite Purity.
Can darkness dwell with Light? Can the Immaculate One take pleasure
with "filthy rags"
(Isaiah 64:6)? The
best that sinful man brings forth is defiled. A corrupt tree cannot
bear good fruit. God would deny Himself, vilify His perfections, were
He to account as righteous and holy that which is not so in itself;
and nothing is so which has the least stain upon it contrary to the
nature of God. But blessed be His name, that which His holiness
demanded His grace has provided in Christ Jesus our Lord. Every
poor sinner who has fled to Him for refuge stands "accepted
in the Beloved" (Ephesians
1:6). Hallelujah!
-Gospel report by preacher Arthur W. Pink
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