In sanctification, do we wash and cleanse ourselves? No, it is grace that does it. It is “the beauty of the Lord our God; we are holy and beautiful through the righteousness he puts upon us.” Grace is laying aside our flimsy fig leaves and putting on the holiness of Christ. Works is laying aside the righteousness of Christ and reaching for the fig leaves. Let the filthy leaves be despised and forgotten, for we are “accepted in the Beloved” in all that we need and in all that he requires!
Henry Mahan
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