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Strength For Life
God speaks to nan. Man must respond. i'"'v-'
God’s, first word to us is “I accepted yod as you are.” This is the good new* of the gospel-God’s unconditional acceptance /of sinful ‘man. God is likie the 'father of the prodigal Ison. jHe does not say, “Go back and , recover, your in heritance and ] I . will take you
back,” orj'Tm going to put you on ■probation until you prove ypurseH.” Instead, he says with /bpen arms, “Welcome home, my son., -To bis sijrrvantl he says, “Prepare : a feast for my son who cnee was dead but
now ta alive again,' There-is I a glad welcome for us in the Father’s house.
We must respond with a full surrender to such love We come to God jmore (than willing to accept himjon his own terms. Spiritually bankrupt, clothed in the rigs of our own righteousness, we come to the Father. He pays our spiritual debts and clbthes us in the garments of Christ’s righteousness and joyfully celebrates our return from wandering far off. We are at borne. We are: secure ■ in the Father’s love', -if i| ‘ j
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