Fully Accepted

"As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us" (Psa. 103.12).  They cannot be removed and be here still.  Then if thou believest in Christ, thou art no more in the sight of God a sinner; thou art accepted as though thou wert perfect, as though thou hadst kept the law, —for Christ has kept it, and His righteousness is thine.  You have broken it, but your sin is His and He has been punished for it.  

Mistake not yourselves any longer; you are no more what you were; when you believe, you stand in Christ''s stead, even as Christ of old stood in your stead.  The transformation is complete, the exchange is positive and eternal.  

They who believe in Jesus are as much accepted of God the Father as even His Eternal Son is accepted; and they that believe not, let them do what they will, they shall but go about to work out their own righteousness; but they abide under the law, and still shall they be under the curse [Gal. 3:10-13]. 

 Now, ye believe in Jesus, walk up and down the earth in the glory of this great truth!"

- C.H. Spurgeon

Quoted by Dr. Tom Wood in Graced Again  http://www.gracedagain.com