The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 487

SANCTIFICATION AND JUSTIFICATION fectly

right

when he

enters heaven;

henceforth, and forevermore.

ent and for

He

is

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but perfectly right now,

righted not only for the pres-

but also for the past. He is assured of in flawless right, as tho he had never been

all eternity,

standing before

God

wrong, nor ever could be wrong again. Hence -the consciousness of being justified is instantaneous and And at once complete, and can not be increased nor decreased. because this righteousness has nothing to do with his being, but has exclusive reference to the relation in which he This relation was miserable and wholly unsees himself placed. this is possible

but another, outside of himself, has restored that relaHence he stands right, tion and made it what it ought to be. This is the being. personal without any reference whatever to his

righteous

;

deep significance of the confession that he who a?i

is justified is

always

ungodly person.

But

this is not the case in regard to

man's holiness; that touches

his person and can not be effected outside of his inward being.

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