Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning Devotional For Sunday September 23, 2018 |
Morning Time: 12:05 AM PST
"Accepted in the beloved." --Ephesians 1:6
What a state of privilege! It includes our justification before God,
but the term acceptance" in the Greek means more than that. It signifies that we
are the objects of divine complacence, nay, even of divine
delight. How marvellous that we, worms, mortals, sinners, should be the
objects of divine love! But it is only "in the beloved." Some Christians
seem to be accepted in their own experience, at least, that is their
apprehension. When their spirit is lively, and their hopes bright, they think
God accepts them, for they feel so high, so heavenly-minded, so drawn above the
earth! But when their souls cleave to the dust, they are the victims of the fear
that they are no longer accepted. 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! Rejoice then, believer, in this: thou art
accepted "in the beloved." Thou lookest within, and thou sayest, "There is
nothing acceptable here!" But look at Christ, and see if there is not
everything acceptable there. Thy sins trouble thee; but God has cast thy
sins behind His back, and thou art accepted in the Righteous One. Thou hast to
fight with corruption, and to wrestle with temptation, but thou art already
accepted in Him who has overcome the powers of evil. The devil tempts thee; be
of good cheer, he cannot destroy thee, for thou art accepted in Him who has
broken Satan's head. Know by full assurance thy glorious standing. Even
glorified souls are not more accepted than thou art. They are only accepted in
heaven "in the beloved," and thou art even now accepted in Christ after the same
manner.
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