Accepted in the Beloved

He that believeth on Him is not condemned: – John 3:18

I like to credit my Father’s word. “He that believeth in Him is not condemned.” Condemned I am not, for I know I do believe in Him. “Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea, rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.”

Beloved, the covering is as broad as the sin. The covering completely covers, and for ever covers; for as God sees to-day no sin in those who are washed in Jesus’ blood, so will He never see any. You are accepted with an acceptance that nothing can change. Whom once He loves He never leaves, but loves them to the end. The reason of His love to them does not lie in their merits nor their charms; the cause of love is in Himself. The ground of His acceptance of them is in the person and work of Christ. Whatever they may be, whatever their condition of heart may be, they are accepted, because Christ lived and died. It is not a precarious or a conditional, but an eternal acceptance.

Believe in Jesus. Rely upon Him; depend upon Him. I have heard of Homer’s Iliad being enclosed in a nutshell, so small was it written; but here is the Plain Man’s Guide to Heaven in a nutshell. Here is the essence of the whole gospel in one short sentence. “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Trust Him; trust Him. That is the meaning of that word believe. Depend upon Him, and as surely as thou doest it, nor death, nor hell, nor sin shall ever separate thee from the love of Him whom thou hast embraced, from the protection of Him in whose power thou hast taken shelter. The Lord lead you to cower beneath His covering wings, and grant you to be found in Christ, accepted in the Beloved. So shall your present peace be the foretaste of your eternal felicity. Amen.~ C.H. Spurgeon

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