PER:"He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he

 seen perverseness in Israel." Numbers 23:21.

The hireling prophet, Balaam, spoke a remarkable truth when
he said that the all-seeing God could not see sin in His
people, Israel.  What was true of Israel then is wonderfully
true of the believer today.  As God looks upon him, He
cannot find a single sin for which to punish him with
eternal death.  The believer is "in Christ."  That means that
he stands before God in all the perfection and worthiness of
Christ.  God accepts him in all the acceptability of His own
beloved Son. It is a position of favor that cannot be
improved on and that will never end.  Search as He may, God
cannot find any charge against the one who is in Christ.

This is illustrated by an incident involving an Englishman
and his Rolls Royce.  He was touring France on his vacation
when the rear axle broke.  The local garage could not
replace the axle, so they phoned to England.  The company
sent not only a rear axle, but two mechanics to see that it
was properly installed.

The Englishman continued on his trip, then returned to
England, expecting to receive the bill.  When months passed
and no bill arrived, he wrote to the company, describing the
entire incident and asked for the bill.  Shortly afterwards,
he received a letter from the company saying,  "We have
searched our records carefully and can find no record of a
Rolls Royce ever having had a broken rear axle."

God can search His records carefully and can find no record
of any sin on a believer's account that would condemn him to
hell. The believer is accepted in the Beloved One.  He is
complete in Christ.  He is clothed in all the righteousness
of God.  He has an absolutely perfect standing before God.
He can say with triumph and confidence:

    Reach my blest Savior first;
    Take Him from God's esteem;
    Prove Jesus bears one spot of sin,
    Then tell me I'm unclean.

From ONE DAY AT A TIME by William MacDonald.

 God, help me to regard my brothers and sisters the way you
 do....
