Abounding in Hope through the Power of the Holy Ghost

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." -I PETER 1:3 [KJV]

The resurrection of Jesus Christ was God's grand attestation to the truth of His divine mission and Sonship, for by it He was "declared to be the Son of God with power." It therefore set a divine stamp upon His sacrifice, bloodshedding, and death, shewed God's acceptance of His offering, and that sin was thus for ever put away. Now, just think what would have been the dreadful consequences if Christ had not been raised from the dead, or if we had no infallible proofs [ACTS 1:3] of His resurrection. There would have been, there could have been no forgiveness of sin [I CORINTHIANS 15:17]; and therefore, when the conscience became awakened to a sense of guilt and condemnation, there could have been nothing before it but black and gloomy despair.

But Christ being raised from the dead and having gone up on high to be the High Priest over the house of God, and the Holy Spirit bearing witness of this both in the word and through the word to the soul, a door of hope is opened even in the very valley of Achor. The Holy Ghost, who would not have been given had not Christ risen from the dead and gone to the Father, now comes and testifies of Him to the soul, takes of the things which are His, reveals them to the heart, and raises up faith to look unto and believe in Him as the Son of God, and thus, according to the measure of the revelation, it abounds in hope through the power of the Holy Ghost [ROMANS 15:13].

 

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

June 21st, EARS FROM HARVESTED SHEAVES

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