THE conscience is made by many the measure of acceptance, instead of God Himself. I must know that He justifies me by the perfect One having gone down into death under judgment for me as the ground of peace, and what God says about that work in His word as the sure warrant for perfect peace in His presence. No doubt the conscience in this way will be purged by the blood of Jesus; but my comfort is, that God accepts and justifies me. It is God which justifieth. A believer is not only justified by faith, but he is called to live by faith.
“IF you look both to the laughing side and the weeping side of this world, and if you look not only upon the skin and color of things, but into their inwards, and the heart of their excellency, you will see that one look of Christ’s sweet and lovely eye is worth ten thousand worlds of such rotten stuff as the foolish sons of men set their hearts upon.”— RUTHERFORD.