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“Contrasting our conduct with the righteousness of the Law, we see how very far it is from being in accordance with the will of God, and therefore how unworthy we are of holding our place among His creatures, far less of being accounted his sons…Hence the sinner, terrified at the prospect of eternal death…turns to the mercy of God as his only haven of safety.”

When Christ is called the image of the invisible God, the expression is not used without cause, but is designed to remind us that we can have no knowledge of our salvation, until we behold God in Christ.