EPHESIANS‬ ‭1‬:‭7‬ ‭AMP

“In Him we have redemption [that is, our deliverance and salvation] through His blood, [which paid the penalty for our sin and resulted in] the forgiveness and complete pardon of our sin, in accordance with the riches of His grace”
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That which is in the heart of most people who reject the idea of God’s free and generous offer of salvation is pride.
Bernard Shaw, an example of a modern-day thinker, said: “Forgiveness is a beggar’s refuge.
We must pay our debts.
But we cannot pay our debts. As our spiritual fathers saw so clearly, the only language we can use in the presence of a God who demands so much and whose demands we are unable to meet is summed up in this hymn:

_”Just as I am without one plea
But that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bidd’st me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.”_

In response to our coming, the free unmerited favour
of God flows down to us, cancels our debt, imputes
and imparts Christ’s righteousness to us.
How can Christ’s righteousness be imputed and imparted to
us?
By grace – God permits the righteousness of Jesus to cover us and then, as we open ourselves to it – to enter us.
It’s Christ righteousness.
He did it, but we benefit from it.
This grace is an amazing grace.
This amazing grace saved a wretched like me.
May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.