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  WHO THEN IS HE THAT CAN STAND BEFORE ME?
  by F.B. Meyer
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Summary: The sermon explores the question of whether we can stand before
God and the answer is found in Jesus Christ, who makes it possible for
us to draw near to God.

Topics: "Holiness Of God", "Access to God"
Scripture References: Job 12:10, Hebrews 10:19

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F.B. Meyer explores the profound question of who can stand before God,
emphasizing the vast chasm between human frailty and divine holiness. He
illustrates that if one cannot withstand the presence of earthly
creatures, how much more should one fear standing before the Creator.
However, through Jesus Christ, believers are granted access to God,
allowing them to approach the Most Holy with boldness and confidence.
Meyer highlights that Jesus, as the minister of the heavenly sanctuary,
enables us to stand before God, fulfilling His will in our lives.
Ultimately, it is through Christ's sacrifice that we can dwell in the
eternal light of God's presence.

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Who then is he that can stand before Me? Job xii. 10 (R.V.).

THE first catechism had been on Job's knowledge; now it turns on his
power. The pivot of the one was, Knowest thou? of the other, Canst thou?
If a man cannot stand before one of God's creatures, how much less
before the Creator! If we dread the wrath of the enraged crocodile, what
should not be our dread before the wrath of the Eternal? Canst thou
stand before Him? Canst thou strive against Him, with any hope of
success? Canst thou force thyself, unbidden and unfit, into the presence
of the Most Holy? Thou couldst not intrude on an earthly sovereign; how
much less on Him, in whose sight the heavens are not clean?

"Eternal light! eternal light!

how pure the soul must be,

When placed within thy searching light,

It shrinks not, but with calm delight

Can live, and look on Thee!"

But Jesus can make it possible. Through Him we draw nigh to God. We have
boldness to enter into the Holiest of All by his Blood. We may, through
Him, be able to say, with Elijah, "Thus saith Jehovah, before whom I
stand." Jesus is the minister of the heavenly sanctuary, and in virtue
of his office He is able to bring us into, and maintain us within, the
Most Holy Place. He comes out to take its by the hand; and then, having
fulfilled in us the good pleasure of his will, He brings us in and
places us before the face of God for ever. Like Solomon's servants, we
evermore stand before the king, see his face, and hear his words.

"The sons of ignorance and night

May dwell in the Eternal Light,

Through the Eternal Love."

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/fb-meyer/who-then-is-he-that-can-stand-before-me/
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