Christ Jesus ~ The Sun of Righteousness
"Who
loved me, and gave Himself
for me." -GALATIANS
2:20 [KJV]
Many
of the saints of God may not be so highly favoured as to take up into
their lips Paul's language of strong, personal assurance. They may
hope, and at times may rise beyond a hope, into a sweet confidence,
by the shining in of the Sun of righteousness, that the Son of God
has loved them, and given Himself for them. But the strength of
Paul's persuasion and the full expression of his confidence so far
outstrip both their assurance and their language, that many real
saints of God confess they come short both in heart and tongue. Yet
their coming short of this blessed certainty as an enjoyed reality in
the heart, and as a declared confidence by the mouth—for conscience
and tongue must move together where God works— does not affect the
fact.
Clouds and mists sometimes obscure the sun, but they do not blot him out of the sky. So the mists and fogs of unbelief may obscure the Sun of righteousness, yet they do not blot Him out of the spiritual hemisphere. He still loved you and gave Himself for you who believe in His name, though you may not be able to rise up to the faith of Paul, or speak with the same fulness of assurance. The bud has the same union with the vine as the branch, but not the same strength of union; the babe is as much a member of the family as the grown-up son, but has not the same knowledge of its relationship; the foot is as much a part of the body as the eye or the hand, though it has not the same nearness to the head, or the same honours and employments.
-Gospel
report by preacher J.C. Philpot (1802-1869 A.D.)
February
22nd, EARS FROM HARVESTED SHEAVES
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