ETERNAL REFUGE ~ ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED!
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!
-preacher Arthur W. Pink
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