If you’re born again, it doesn’t matter if you’ve rebelled or just aren’t everything you should be. God sees you as righteous and truly holy because He’s looking at your spirit!
God is pleased with you! “Having predestined us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved”
(Eph. 1:5-6). “Accepted” means more than just mere toleration.
He’s literally pleased with you! You might not be pleased with the shape your mind or body is in, but God sees you in the spirit.
When you were born again, you became a brand-new creature, and He’s pleased with His workmanship!
“Accepted” in Ephesians 1:6 is the same Greek word translated “highly favored” in Luke 1:28. “And the angel [Gabriel] came in unto her [Mary], and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women” (brackets mine). These are the only two places in Scripture that this particular Greek word is found. Therefore, as the woman who bore Christ was accepted, so you are highly favored of the Lord!
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