Webster says the word 'accept' means to receive willingly, take pleasure in, or regard with approval.
He made us accepted in the Beloved. Ephesians 1:6
The Father received you as His own, not because you have in any way merited His approval ... but because Jesus paid the ultimate price to redeem your beleaguered soul. Unconditional 'acceptance' is applied to your life the moment you receive the gift of salvation by grace through faith.
This wondrous truth is in Christ alone ... Whom God has set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past. Romans 3:25
Spurgeon - Some Christians seem to be accepted in their own experience. When their spirit is lively, and their hopes bright, they think God accepts them, for they feel so heavenly-minded, so drawn above the earth! But when their souls cleave to the dust, they are the victims of the fear that they are no longer accepted. If they could but see that all their high joys do not exalt them, and all their low despondencies do not depress them in their Father’s sight, but that they STAND ACCEPTED in One Who never alters, how much more joyful they would be, and how much more they would honor the Saviour!
Peace cannot be found in the unsettled heart that continually recalls your sinful past and flawed attempts to serve the Lord. 'Accepted in the Beloved' are four of the most significant words in all of Scripture. It is the record that will raise you above all the fears and despondencies arising from your shortcomings and failures.
Hope is found in the fact that ... There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1
The Father sees you clothed in the righteousness of His Son ... therefore, you are the recipient of the same love He has for Him.
By God's grace, He accepts you fully.
'Faith' represents your acceptance of that blessed truth. Walk therein, pilgrim.
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