If they could but see that all their high joys do not exalt them, and all their low
despondencies do not really depress them in their Father’s sight, but that they stand
accepted in one who never alters, in one who is always the beloved of God, always
perfect, always without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, how much happier they
would be, and how much more they would honour the Saviour! ME534
God is so boundlessly pleased with Jesus that in him he is altogether well pleased
with us. 1731.398
The criminal is now a child, the enemy is now a friend, the condemned one is now
justified. Mark, it is not said that we are “acceptable,” though that were a very great
thing, but we are actually accepted; it has become not a thing possible that God
might accept us, but he has accepted us in Christ. 1731.398
If I accept a man, I cannot quarrel with his little finger; if I accept a man, I accept his
whole body: and so, since the Father accepts Christ, he accepts every member of his
mystical body. 1731.403
The way of acceptance described in Scripture is, first, the man is accepted, and
then what that man does is accepted. It is written: “And he shall purify the sons of
Levi, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.” First, God is
pleased with the person, and then with the gift, or the work. The unaccepted person
offers of necessity an unacceptable sacrifice. If a man be your enemy, you will not
value a present which he sends you. 2100.447
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