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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

It Is Finished!

Those who have been saved by the Lord Jesus Christ not only are righteous in the sight of God but they are beyond the possibility of becoming unrighteous. In their case, the probation is over. It is not over because they have stood it successfully. It is not over because they have themselves earned the reward of assured blessedness which God promised on condition of perfect obedience. But it is over because Christ has stood it for them; it is over because Christ has merited for them the reward by His perfect obedience to God’s law.
The Doctrine of the Atonement: Three Lectures by J. Gresham Machen

Jack: There is no obedience/good works probationary period for believers. Their good works add nothing to their standing now or on that Great Day. So seek to walk obediently, as we should. Resist sinful desires and acts. Love your neighbor as yourself. And at the end of the day, know that it is all mercy…
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5 comments:

  1. TonyJune 19, 2014 at 5:18 AM

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  2. tonyJune 19, 2014 at 6:20 AM

    Great stuff, Jack. More Gospel gold from Machen!

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  3. WalterJune 20, 2014 at 7:13 AM

    Wonderful.

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  4. StephenMarch 13, 2016 at 4:34 PM

    Which as I took it meant, 'The Gigs up!"...now all the world religions have been rendered meaningless in the fact of the fact that they are or were doing sacrifices to God...attempting to atone for their sins..or appease the angry gods..whatever it might have been..It is Finished..Problem Solved...Believe the Gospel of God..if the world can't learn it's lesson over at least 7000 years will it ever? Apart from Me you can do nothing.

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  5. StephenMarch 13, 2016 at 5:01 PM

    Which as I took it meant, 'The Gigs up!"...now all the world religions have been rendered meaningless in the fact of the fact that they are or were doing sacrifices to God...attempting to atone for their sins..or appease the angry gods..whatever it might have been..It is Finished..Problem Solved...Believe the Gospel of God..if the world can't learn it's lesson over at least 7000 years will it ever? Apart from Me you can do nothing.

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