To know that we are Christians does not imply that we are free from sin, but that we are united to Christ. Our peace, and joy, and hope, the fruits of this union, need not be destroyed by our imperfections, however great, while we cling to Him as our righteousness. "If we see ourselves bad enough for Christ," Thomas Adam says, "he sees us good enough." His people are safe, notwithstanding their doubts and fears, not because of any inherent power in them to hold on to the end, but because of the grace which reigns in their calling and redemption, in view of which he has said, he will never leave them nor forsake them.

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