COMPLETE IN CHRIST
“Ye
Are Complete in Him” -COLOSSIANS
2:10 [KJV]
The believer’s standing in Christ does not fluctuate with his feelings, not even the increase or decrease of his faith or understanding or anything else. He stands complete in Christ. God would never trust any of His children to stand before Him at any time in their own selves - that is, in their merits or certain good frames of mind. He knows our frame. He remembers that we are yet dust.
Therefore,
He has on purpose provided for them this perfect standing in Christ
Jesus. “Ye are complete in Him,” the Holy Ghost
said. The very nature of our God requires us to be perfect and
complete before Him at all times. He, out of necessity, therefore,
provided all this for His children: a perfection, a completeness,
which can never be diminished. It is as unchanging as God Himself
[HEBREWS
6:17; 13:8].
Every true believer may walk through this world in perfect liberty,
free from anything and everything - yes, even his sin, fear of
condemnation, and all else that would cause him to doubt of his
completeness.
He
may freely come to God, worship Him, call Him “Father,”
and this he may do at all times with the utmost confidence and
thankfulness, because in Christ he stands, first and foremost and
always, complete before God. O thanks be to God for Jesus Christ.
-Gospel
report by preacher Bruce Crabtree
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