Through repentance and acceptance of Jesus’ death on our behalf, we are even called His children. God no longer sees our imperfections; He sees the righteousness of His own Son instead. Because we are in Christ, God sees Christ’s righteousness covering us. Only “in Christ” is our sin debt cancelled, our relationship with God restored, and our eternity secured. In Christ, God sees me as a new creation: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come” (2 Corinthians 5:17)