Forgiven
Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
“We have… the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace” (Eph. 1:7).
The climax of Paul’s first recorded sermon is reached in Verses
38 and 39 of Acts 13, where he declares:
“Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this Man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
“And by Him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.”
Thus God, through Christ, forgives and justifies those who
believe. Nor is this all that was accomplished for us by the death of
Christ at Calvary. There is also reconciliation, baptism by the
Spirit into Christ and His Body, a position at God’s right hand in
the heavenlies and all spiritual blessings there.
“The forgiveness of sins” must come first, however, and the
above passage assures us that in Christ we have this — not barely,
but “according to the riches of His grace.” Indeed, the next
verse continues: “wherein He hath abounded toward us…”
Thus Eph. 2:2-7 declares that though we were once “the children
of disobedience,” and therefore “by nature the children of
wrath,” “God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith
He loved us” has given us life and raised us from the dead,
exalting us to “heavenly places in Christ…” His purpose in all
this? “That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches
of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus” (Verse
7).
When God forgives us He no longer sees us in our poor selves, but
in Christ, who took our place, dying for our sins on Calvary’s
cross. There He hung in our place that we might now stand in His —
“complete in Him” {Col. 2:10).
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