I. God's people are not chosen because they are holy; they are chosen that they may become holy.
II. In redemption, the saved are not justified by themselves, but by God.
III. We are not justified or cleansed from the guilt of sin through the administration or efficacy of any outward ordinance.
IV. We are justified, or cleansed from the guilt of sin by the blood of Christ. "Without the shedding of blood there is no remission."
T. Guthrie, The Gospel in Ezekiel,pp. 205, 224.
Reference: Ezekiel 36:25. Spurgeon, Sermons,vol. xxxii., No. 1921.