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Wonder of wonders!

“ Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By W hom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” - ROMANS 5:1-2 [KJV] Marvel, beloved of God, at the scripture before us! The born-again, blood washed believer in the Lord Jesus Christ is justified before God and accepted by God in and through Christ alone! It is He who is the object of the God given faith spoken of in these wonderful verses. Beloved, the blessings brought forth in these verses continue to spring forth, as we who were in our natural state, enemies with God in our minds, now have peace with God! “How could this be so?” one may ask. These wonderful verses bring forth that this blessed peace comes to the born-again, blood washed believer in and through Christ alone! There is no mention of man’s so-called righteousness which is nothing but putrid rags in the eyes of the Lord! No, we have no merit in our...

Confident in our Lord Jesus Christ

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?" -ROMANS 8:35 [KJV] Be this never forgotten, that if we have ever been brought near to the Lord Jesus Christ by the actings of living faith, there never can be any final, actual separation from Him. In the darkest moments, in the dreariest hours, under the most painful exercises, the most fiery temptations, there is, as with Jonah in the belly of hell, a looking again toward the holy temple. There is sometimes a sigh, a cry, a groan, a breathing forth of the heart's desire to "know Him, and the power of H is resurrection;" that He would draw us near unto Himself, and make Himself precious to our souls. And these very cries and sighs, groanings and breathings, all prove that whatever darkness of mind, guilt of conscience, or unbelief we may feel, there is no real separation.   It is in grace as it is in nature; the clouds do not blot out the sun; it is still in the sky, though they often inter...