Lord Jesus Christ ~ Eternal Salvation



"Yet Thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by Thy name." -JEREMIAH 14:9 [KJV]

If the Lord has ever been in our soul to manifest there a sense of His goodness and mercy, we can then make use of this as our plea, "Yet Thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us." If He has ever heard your prayer He is with you; if He has ever given you a promise He is with you; if He has ever touched your heart with His finger He is with you; if He has ever favoured you with a smile He is with you.

And though taking the general run of your experience he may be a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night, or though even as it may seem, as if he were astonied at what you are—a mighty man that cannot save, still every token for good encourages you to cling, to cleave, to hang round Him, to catch hold of His feet as the Shunamite caught Elisha by the feet, and would not be thrust away; for you cannot but feel that, with all that you are and have been, you dearly love Him, and have a good hope, if not a clear testimony, that He loves you.
Can you not sometimes look up to Him, may I not say almost look at Him in the face and say, "'Lord, Thou knowest all things, Thou knowest that I love Thee?' And though my abominable sins have often made Thee a stranger to me, yet in my heart of hearts, in the very depths of my soul Thou knowest that I love Thee." And if you can look at the Lord in the face, and appeal to His heart-searching eye that you do love Him, depend upon it He loves you, for the word of truth declares, "We love Him because He first loved us."


-Gospel report by preacher J.C. Philpot (1802-1869 A.D.)

March 12th, EARS FROM HARVESTED SHEAVES


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