How does mankind look at God? What is your impression of God. How do you see Him? Most of Christianity sees him as a man with long hair, someone that was weak physically and always pictured with a beard.
How does God look at His Church? Most of Christianity looks at the Church as a building and not its contents {the people within} It is difficult to be prepared for proper spiritual growth if we are not assured of what Paul wrote about in Romans 5: 9. Much more, therefore, having been justified now by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. (A Faithful Version) justification and acceptance with God. God does not see our wretched condition but looks upon our heavenly position in Christ.
Assurance of Romans 8:1. Consequently, there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who are not walking according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; (A Faithful Version) This once does not mean once saved always saved mentality. But we do need to understand that no matter how many problems we presently have, if we will keep trying, repenting, and seeking God, then He will not give up on us.
Our present state before God is spotless, regardless of our present condition.
Notice Romans 3:1. Consequently, there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who are not walking according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; (A Faithful Version) And we are accepted and declared righteous in Christ. But we often feel we have to do something to be more accepted by God. Although faith without works is dead, we often fail to see that we are already justified and accepted before God by His grace, as the above Scripture says.
Although salvation is a free gift through Jesus Christ, that does not mean we have a ticket for a free ride to where we don’t have anything to do. We must endure till the end and hold fast to God, that is easily said but we all know can be quite difficult at times. But we need to understand that being more mature does not give us more acceptance with God, because we are accepted already in the beloved. Ephesians 1:6. To the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He has made us objects of His grace in the Beloved Son; (A Faithful Version)
It is difficult to grow to maturity if we don’t come to see and believe the above Scriptural facts. Many Churches of God brethren feel they will be more accepted by God if they get every little point of doctrine right, don’t miss understand me, we are still commanded to search the Scriptures for God’s truth. And many fail to see that they are already fully accepted by God through Christ. Yes, the doctrines are important, but what is also important is to understand is how we are accepted by God now, how He looks upon us and sees us.
When God looks upon us, He sees a being cloaked in a robe of righteousness. Because of Christ shed blood we can enter the throne room, Hebrews 10:19. Therefore, brethren, having confidence to enter into the true holiest by the blood of Jesus, (A Faithful Version) The reason God tells us to approach His throne boldly here, is because if we understand that we are spotless in Christ, then this will give us boldness in our prayers. This is not arrogance, but awe and trembling, mixed with the confidence that Hebrews 4:16. Therefore, we should come with boldness to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. (A Faithful Version) We can only do this when we see the reality of the way God looks upon us.
This will enable us to rest in Christ. But it is difficult to rest in Him when we are not assured of our justification and acceptance. Although we must overcome and grow, the problem is all too often we look to be accepted and justified by making self-life better. God wants nothing to do with our old life it was crucified at our baptism.
Until we learn to rest in these facts, we will not have the peace we should have in Christ.
The babe in Christ {or even some of those further along} may be sinning more in their condition than a mature Christian is. But their heavenly position in Christ is just as spotless.
This is how our Father accepts us, in Christ only. It is important to understand this because our present condition, no matter how well we are presently walking} will always be inferior to our heavenly position.
We will have more joy in our Christian Walk if we learn to rest in these positional truths. But concentrating on our wretched condition often compounds our misery. Instead, we should focus on our heavenly position {new man/woman in Christ} of which the Father looks upon us with the righteousness of Christ.
Knowing we are freely justified by His grace does not make us slack in overcoming, but instead we will walk with more humility coupled with confidence that we are accepted by God in Christ regardless of our present condition. And there will be less and less sins committed as we grow in Christ.
As we become more aware of our acceptance and how God looks upon us, we will have more freedom to fellowship with the Father. Instead of laboring to be more accepted by God by improving our righteous condition, we will learn to rest in our perfect position; and thus, our condition will slowly improve also. And we become conformed to the LIKENESS OF CHRIST DAILY.
If we are going to enjoy the benefits of this acceptance in our daily walk, then we will have to learn to rest in the process that God set in motion with the death of His Son.
Let us seek God to make these Scriptural facts come to life for us. The more we see the way God looks at us, the freer we become to fellowship with the Father.
Your brother in Christ,
Ron
How Does God Look at His Church? – Ron Volk
November 23, 2025 by Shirley Gohner • Uncategorized • 0 Comments
How does mankind look at God? What is your impression of God. How do you see Him? Most of Christianity sees him as a man with long hair, someone that was weak physically and always pictured with a beard.
How does God look at His Church? Most of Christianity looks at the Church as a building and not its contents {the people within} It is difficult to be prepared for proper spiritual growth if we are not assured of what Paul wrote about in Romans 5: 9. Much more, therefore, having been justified now by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. (A Faithful Version) justification and acceptance with God. God does not see our wretched condition but looks upon our heavenly position in Christ.
Assurance of Romans 8:1. Consequently, there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who are not walking according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; (A Faithful Version) This once does not mean once saved always saved mentality. But we do need to understand that no matter how many problems we presently have, if we will keep trying, repenting, and seeking God, then He will not give up on us.
Our present state before God is spotless, regardless of our present condition.
Notice Romans 3:1. Consequently, there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who are not walking according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; (A Faithful Version) And we are accepted and declared righteous in Christ. But we often feel we have to do something to be more accepted by God. Although faith without works is dead, we often fail to see that we are already justified and accepted before God by His grace, as the above Scripture says.
Although salvation is a free gift through Jesus Christ, that does not mean we have a ticket for a free ride to where we don’t have anything to do. We must endure till the end and hold fast to God, that is easily said but we all know can be quite difficult at times. But we need to understand that being more mature does not give us more acceptance with God, because we are accepted already in the beloved. Ephesians 1:6. To the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He has made us objects of His grace in the Beloved Son; (A Faithful Version)
It is difficult to grow to maturity if we don’t come to see and believe the above Scriptural facts. Many Churches of God brethren feel they will be more accepted by God if they get every little point of doctrine right, don’t miss understand me, we are still commanded to search the Scriptures for God’s truth. And many fail to see that they are already fully accepted by God through Christ. Yes, the doctrines are important, but what is also important is to understand is how we are accepted by God now, how He looks upon us and sees us.
When God looks upon us, He sees a being cloaked in a robe of righteousness. Because of Christ shed blood we can enter the throne room, Hebrews 10:19. Therefore, brethren, having confidence to enter into the true holiest by the blood of Jesus, (A Faithful Version) The reason God tells us to approach His throne boldly here, is because if we understand that we are spotless in Christ, then this will give us boldness in our prayers. This is not arrogance, but awe and trembling, mixed with the confidence that Hebrews 4:16. Therefore, we should come with boldness to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. (A Faithful Version) We can only do this when we see the reality of the way God looks upon us.
This will enable us to rest in Christ. But it is difficult to rest in Him when we are not assured of our justification and acceptance. Although we must overcome and grow, the problem is all too often we look to be accepted and justified by making self-life better. God wants nothing to do with our old life it was crucified at our baptism.
Until we learn to rest in these facts, we will not have the peace we should have in Christ.
The babe in Christ {or even some of those further along} may be sinning more in their condition than a mature Christian is. But their heavenly position in Christ is just as spotless.
This is how our Father accepts us, in Christ only. It is important to understand this because our present condition, no matter how well we are presently walking} will always be inferior to our heavenly position.
We will have more joy in our Christian Walk if we learn to rest in these positional truths. But concentrating on our wretched condition often compounds our misery. Instead, we should focus on our heavenly position {new man/woman in Christ} of which the Father looks upon us with the righteousness of Christ.
Knowing we are freely justified by His grace does not make us slack in overcoming, but instead we will walk with more humility coupled with confidence that we are accepted by God in Christ regardless of our present condition. And there will be less and less sins committed as we grow in Christ.
As we become more aware of our acceptance and how God looks upon us, we will have more freedom to fellowship with the Father. Instead of laboring to be more accepted by God by improving our righteous condition, we will learn to rest in our perfect position; and thus, our condition will slowly improve also. And we become conformed to the LIKENESS OF CHRIST DAILY.
If we are going to enjoy the benefits of this acceptance in our daily walk, then we will have to learn to rest in the process that God set in motion with the death of His Son.
Let us seek God to make these Scriptural facts come to life for us. The more we see the way God looks at us, the freer we become to fellowship with the Father.
Your brother in Christ,
Ron