Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: but in every nationhe that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. Acts 10:34, 35.FLB 60.1 God is no respecter of persons.... Those who have the light and do not follow it, but disregard the requirementsof God, will find that their blessings will be changed into curses and their merciesinto judgments.FLB 60.2 God does not regard all sins as of equal magnitude; there are degrees of guilt in His estimation, as well as in that of man; but however trifling this or that wrong act may seem in the eyes of men, no sin is small in the sight of God. Man’s judgment is partial, imperfect; but God estimates all things as they really are. The drunkard is despised, and is told that his sin will exclude him from heaven; while pride, selfishness, and covetousness too often go unrebuked. But these are sins that are especially offensive to God; for they are contrary to the benevolence of His character, to that unselfish love which is the very atmosphere of the unfallen universe.FLB 60.3 The exceeding sinfulness of sin can be estimated only in the light of the cross. When men urge that God is too good to cast off the sinner, let them lookto Calvary. It was because there was no other way in which man could be saved, because without this sacrifice it was impossible for the human race to escapefrom the defiling power of sin, and be restored to communion with holy beings—impossible for them again to become partakers of spiritual life—it was because of this that Christ took upon Himself the guilt of the disobedient, and suffered in the sinner’s stead. The love and suffering and death of the Son of God all testify to the terrible enormity of sin, and declare that there is no escape from its power, no hope of the higher life, but through the submission of the soul to Christ.FLB 60.4
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