Christ is our Solid Rock and Foundation
"Keep yourselves in the love of God." -Jude 21 [KJV] When Christ is made known to our soul by the power of God, we have views of truth in Him, of happiness in Him, and of deliverance. "As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in H im." We receive Him as the Son of the Father in truth and love; we receive Him as suitable to our wants and woes; we receive Him as putting away sin by the sacrifice of Himself, and endearing Himself to our heart in the sweet manifestation of His Person, goodness, and love. Now as long as Christ and the soul are together, there is no place for error, and no place for evil. He makes the soul tender, the heart upright, the spirit broken and contrite, truth precious, error hateful, and sin loathsome and detestable. And whilst He and the soul are engaged together, error cannot approach nor evil find an entrance, so as to get any standing-ground in the heart. But error is very subtle; it addresses itself ...