"We are accepted in the beloved,” wrote Ellen White. “The sinner’s defects are covered by the perfection and fullness of the Lord our righteousness” (Our High Calling, p. 51).
The more I understand that I am saved by Christ’s obedience to the law (as opposed to my own), the more I want to obey that law.
But in the end, however much sanctification, perfection, and character development I possess, unless I am “justified by faith without the deeds of the law” (Rom. 3:28), I’m going die the second death, because, believe me, I deserve it.
“For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments,” (1 John 5:3), and nothing will make you love God more than the experience of knowing that your “defects are covered by the perfection and fullness of the Lord our righteousness.”" Clifford Goldstein in AdventistReview -- (Cliff is in charge of the Sabbath School Lesson for the SDA Church)
The more I understand that I am saved by Christ’s obedience to the law (as opposed to my own), the more I want to obey that law.
But in the end, however much sanctification, perfection, and character development I possess, unless I am “justified by faith without the deeds of the law” (Rom. 3:28), I’m going die the second death, because, believe me, I deserve it.
“For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments,” (1 John 5:3), and nothing will make you love God more than the experience of knowing that your “defects are covered by the perfection and fullness of the Lord our righteousness.”" Clifford Goldstein in AdventistReview -- (Cliff is in charge of the Sabbath School Lesson for the SDA Church)
