Great Spoil
" I rejoice at Thy word, as one that findeth great spoil." —Psalm 119:162 [KJV] The saints of God in all ages were taught by the same Spirit, looked for the same salvation, and were comforted by the same truths found in the word of the Lord; hence the WORD is so precious to them; it causes rejoicing of soul within them; thus it is of the written word of the Lord which makes known his everlasting, loving designs to sinners of mankind: this also is true of the essential, divine, and uncreated WORD, the Lord Jesus: He in person manifested God's thoughts of love, as words declare what is in the mind: Jesus lay in the bosom of the Father from eternity; He has revealed the Father's eternal love to us! O, he who findeth Jesus will rejoice indeed. With joy, says Philip, "we have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets did write." —John 1:45 . Hath a conqueror, who hath obtained a complete victory over, and is enriching himself with the sp