"HE SPARED NOT HIS OWN SON FOR US." How shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? We are His chosen, His elect. Nevertheless we are sinners; we know it, feel it, and deplore it. The world is against us, and Satan tries every means in his power to ruin us. But, blessed be God, he cannot prevail. The work of the Holy Spirit within us keeps us panting for holiness, striving against sin, aiming at God’s glory, and desiring to be a blessing to all around us. The completed work of Christ secures justification from the eternal Father; and believing the promise of His word we may boldly ask: "Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect?" Will God? No, for He is perfectly satisfied with the death of His Son. Will conscience? No, for it is cleansed by the blood of Jesus, sanctified by the word of God, and confirms Jehovah’s testimony. Can Satan? No, for he is cast out; his charges are totally rejected, having long since been proved a liar by the God of truth. Will Jesus as Judge of all? No, for He who died for us did not condemn us. O beloved, see the perfection of the Saviour’s work.

For Meditation:
Complete atonement He has made,
And to the utmost farthing paid
Whate’er His people owed;
How then can wrath on me take place,
If covered by His saving grace,
And sprinkled with His blood?