"He hath made us accepted in the beloved" (Eph. 1:6).
"There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus" (Rom. 8:1).
Here then is the position of the Christian, and it is a position of deep blessedness, to stand as Christ stands before God, without the shadow of imputation of sin, perfectly justified, loved with the same love. This is Christ's joy and delight to bring His own into the same blessedness with Himself; to say to them, "My Father and your Father; My God and your God" (John 20:17).