Jehovah JESUS' true chosen witnesses

"Ye are My witnesses, saith the LORD, and My servant whom I have chosen." -Isaiah 43:10 [KJV]

Doth God indeed appeal to the souls of His people for the truth of His covenant love! Oh the gracious condescension! It is sweet, it is blessed, and a testimony enough to make the heart of every child of God that possesseth it to leap for joy, when the Spirit witnesseth to our spirits that we are the children of God. But it is still carrying on that blessedness with increasing delight, when the people of God themselves become witnesses of covenant love and faithfulness; and, from numberless experiences in themselves, can, and do set to their seals that God is true.  

See then, my soul, this morning, whether thou art one of thy God's witnesses, and thy Redeemer, as the servant of Jehovah, witnesseth for thee, and by His sweet influences in thee, all that thine heart can wish concerning the word of His grace, and thy fellowship and communion with Him. Run over a few leading points in which thou canst, and dost bear witness for thy God. Did He not remember thee in thy low estate, when He passed by, and bid thee live? Did He not convince thee of sin, and put a cry in thine heart of salvation? Did not God the Holy Ghost convincingly prove to thee, both the infinite glories and perfections of Jesus, and by His gracious leadings constrain thee to a love towards Him, dependence upon Him, and a perfect approbation of having Him for thy Saviour? Did not Jesus so graciously visit thee, shew thee His love, His tenderness, His power, His suitableness, His all-sufficiency, as to warm all thy frozen affections into a warmth for Him and attachment to Him.  

And did not thy God and Father, again and again, manifest to thee His covenant love, in. accepting thee in Jesus, blessing thee with all spiritual blessings in Him, hearing and answering prayer, and proving by all these tokens that He is thy God, and that thou art one of His people? And art thou, my soul day by day looking up for salvation only in Jesus, and renouncing all other saviours? Dost thou know all these precious things, my soul, and a thousand more of the like nature, in which thou art bearing daily testimony to the word of His grace? Then surely thou art one of those to whom Jehovah appeals in the blessed scripture of the morning. Think then, my soul, what an honour thou art called to! What a privilege is thine! See to it, my soul, that thou witness for Jesus, whom God hath given for a witness to the people. And while Jesus takes up thy cause before the throne in heaven, do thou plead His cause, and be valiant for His truth here upon earth. And do ye, angels of light, and ye spirits of just men made perfect, witness for me that this Lord is my God. 


-preacher Robert Hawker (1753-1827 A.D.)
July 8th, THE POOR MAN'S MORNING PORTION

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