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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jan 6, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 1.

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Acceptance with God.

By H.

1. Who are acceptable with God?
“In every nation he that feareth Him, and worketh righteousness, is acceptable to Him.” Acts 10:35.
2. What has He promised those who accept Him?
“God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.” 2 Cor. 6:16.
“Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.” Ps. 34:18.
3. What is demanded of all?
“Come ye out from among them [the people of the world], and be ye separate, . . . and I will receive you.” 2 Cor. 6:17.
“If a man love Me, he will keep My word.”
“This is love, that ye should walk after My commandments.” John 14:23; 2 John 6.
4. Who is the Christian’s pattern?
“He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also to walk even as He walked.” 1 John 2:6.
5. How did He walk?
“If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love; even as I HAVE KEPT MY FATHER’S COMMANDMENTS, and abide in His love.” John 15:10.
6. What promise is made to disciples?
“Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” Matt. 28:20.
7. What is the final reward of those who obey Him?
“An inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.” 1 Peter 1:4, 5.
8. According to what will the reward be?
God “will render to every man according to his works: . . . tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil; . . . but glory and honor and peace to every man that worketh good.” Rom. 2:6-10.
9. With all this in view, what exhortation does Paul give?
“Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.” 2 Cor. 7:1.
H.