LOOKING UNTO JESUS




"And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me." -JOHN 12:32 [KJV]


Wherever Jesus is graciously and experimentally manifested to the soul, and made known by any sweet revelation of His glorious Person, atoning blood, and finished work, a secret yet sacred power is put forth, whereby we are drawn unto Him, and every grace of the Spirit flows toward Him as towards its attractive centre. Thus Jeremiah speaks of the saints of God as coming and singing in the height of Zion, and flowing together to the goodness of the Lord [JEREMIAH 31:12]. And thus Isaiah speaks to the church of God, "Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear [or as the word rather means, shall 'palpitate' with love and joy], and be enlarged" [ISAIAH 60:5].

This view of Christ by faith is what the apostle speaks of to the Galatians, as Jesus evidently set forth before their eyes [GALATIANS 3:1]. As thus set before our eyes, He becomes the object of our faith to look at, ("Look unto Me and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth"); "the altogether lovely," to whom love flows; and the Intercessor within the veil in whom hope effectually anchors. As, then, the blessed Lord is revealed to the soul by the power of God, His glorious Person held up before the eyes of the spiritual understanding, His blood and righteousness discovered to the conscience, and His suitability to all our wants and woes experimentally manifested, the blessed Spirit raises up a living faith whereby He is looked unto and laid hold of, and thus He becomes precious to all that believe in His name.


-Gospel report by preacher J.C. Philpot (1802-1869 A.D.)
JANUARY 3RD, EARS FROM HARVESTED SHEAVES
 

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