TO GOD ALONE BE ALL THE GLORY!
"That
I may glory with Thine
inheritance."
-PSALM
106:5 [KJV]
The
Church is Christ's inheritance. He purchased it by His own
blood. He went into captivity for it, and He redeemed it by pouring
out His precious blood for it. Now this inheritance glories: "That
I may glory with Thine inheritance."
And
in whom does it glory? It glories in its covenant Head. It does not
glory in itself—in its pious self, righteous self, strong self,
religious self; "let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,
neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man
glory in his riches, but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he
understandeth and knoweth Me" [JEREMIAH
9:23-24]. "He that glorieth, let him glory in the
Lord" [I CORINTHIANS
1:31]. The glory of the Church is to glory in her covenant
Head—to glory in Christ and in Christ alone; to glory in His
strength, love, blood, grace, and righteousness; and to glory in it,
herself being covered with shame.
None
can glory in Christ, until he is stripped of his own glory. There is
no putting the crown of glory on the head of self and on the head of
the Mediator. There is no saying, "I have procured this by my
own strength," and putting the crown upon that head. There is no
saying, "I obtained this by my own exertions," and putting
the crown upon those exertions. No; a man to glory in Christ must be
covered with shame and confusion. He must be abased in his feelings;
he must have his mouth in the dust; he must loathe himself in dust
and ashes before God; he must see and feel himself to be the chief of
sinners, and "less than the least of all saints;" he
must know and feel himself to be a wretch indeed.
And
then when he lies in the dust of abasement, if a sight of the dear
Redeemer's glory catches his eye and inflames his heart, he glories
in Him, and in Him alone. And all the "inheritance" of God
glory in Him; they can glory in nothing else, and their highest
attainment is to place all the glory of salvation from first to last
simply upon His head, to whom that glory belongs.
-Gospel
report by preacher J.C. Philpot (1802-1869 A.D.)
May
31st, EARS FROM HARVESTED SHEAVES
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