Our salvation is totally assured and based strictly on the condition that Almighty God's Law is perfectly obeyed; thus, under the scrutiny of Divine Justice, our righteousness is impeccable. This being true, how can any person but with spiritually blinded eyes see carnal man in any other state but utter despair, and hopelessly lost.
Two men, as our representatives, were placed on conditional footing against the Triune holiness of God. The first Adam was placed in circumstances most favorable for the keeping God's Law; he failed miserably. In his fall, all mankind fell. However, Christ, the second Adam, bore the weight of God's law perfectly. He was made to be sin for all elect sinners, suffering the just wrath of an offended Father. Meeting the conditions for salvation for all those elect from the foundation of the world, Christ blotted out the handwriting of ordinances that were against us (Col. 2:14). There is therefore now no condemnation, nor is there any condition to be met for a right standing before God Almighty.
The meeting of this condition of salvation in Christ is one based totally on the Father's choosing according to His Own sovereign will. "Is it not lawful for me to do with my own as I will?
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