In the last lesson, we saw what Christ was "made" for us. In this lesson, we are to see what we have been "made" in Him. We often see people, proud of being what they call "self-made," but the believer can never boast of being self-made. Everything that the child of God is, he has been "made" by God, and he has nothing to glory in, "save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ" (Galatians 6:14), and must say with Paul, "By the grace of God I am what I am" (1Corinthians 15:10).

1. The believer has been made righteous
   All our righteousnesses (our best deeds, such as alms-giving, church going, etc.) are "filthy rags" (Isaiah 64:6), but in Christ every believer is made perfectly, spotlessly righteous. Nothing we can do can make the righteousness of God more perfect.
   • Romans 5:19 - "Made righteous"
   • 2Corinthians 5:21 - "Made the righteousness of God"
2. The believer has been made free
   • Galatians 5:1 - "Stand fast... in the liberty." Free from the Law.
   • Romans 6:18 - "Free from sin." Free from the power and dominion of our sinful nature.
3. The believer has been made near to God
   • Ephesians 2:13 - "Made nigh"

     "So near, so very near to God,
     I can no nearer be;
     For in the person of His Son
     I am as near as He." -- C.Paget

4. The believer has been given acceptance with God
   • Ephesians 1:6 - "He hath made us accepted in the Beloved." How many uninstructed saints are wondering if they are really accepted of God, when all the while He has made them accepted.
5. The believer has been given riches
   • Titus 3:7 - "We should be made heirs"
   • Romans 8:17 - "Joint-heirs with Christ"
   • Colossians 1:12 - "Made us meet [fit] to be partakers of the inheritance"
6. The believer has been given a position
   • Ephesians 2:6 - "Made us sit... in heavenly places." This is not some future blessedness. It is our present position: "Hath... made us sit."
7. The believer has been given a rank in the kingdom
   • Revelation 1:6 - "Made us kings and priests." The poorest and humblest believer on earth is, in God's sight, and before the hosts of heaven, a king and a priest.

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