Justified in Christ!
"Being
justified freely by His
grace." -ROMANS
3:24
[KJV]
And
it is because grace is free it can reach us. How free is the sun in
sending forth its enlightening, warming beams; how free the clouds in
discharging their watery treasures; how free the dew in falling from
the face of heaven; how free the wind in blowing where it listeth.
Now these are scriptural types and representatives of the free grace
of God. It shines as freely as the sun; drops as freely as the rain;
falls as freely as the dew; and blows as freely as the wind. But not
in grace as in nature to all men. I mean not that; but all to whom it
comes it comes freely. And whenever it so comes it communicates
precious things with it.
As
the sun lights and warms, as the rain fertilises, as the dew softens,
as the wind invigorates, so it is with the grace of God which comes
out of the fulness of Christ. It enlightens the understanding, warms
the heart, fertilises the soul, softens the spirit, and invigorates
the whole new man of grace. And all this grace does freely, without
charge or cost, without money or price, wanting nothing, asking
nothing from us but a kindly return. The best debt to a benefactor is
the debt of gratitude; the best return of kindness is the return of
love; the best acknowledgment of a favour is good words and suitable
deeds. The best thanks which the earth can give to the sun, rain,
dew, and wind of heaven is to be fruitful—to manifest by the
goodness of the crops, the goodness of what falls from heaven upon
it. So it is in grace: "Whoso offereth praise glorifieth
Me" [PSALM
50:23]. A
believing, loving heart, a prayerful, thankful lip, and a holy, godly
life are the best returns for grace.
-Gospel
report by preacher J.C. Philpot (1802-1869 A.D.)
March
15th, EARS FROM HARVESTED SHEAVES
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