The Spotless Purity of the Redeemer

"Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law doth he meditate day and night." -Psalm 1:1, 2 [KJV]

It is blessed to read every portion of scripture which speaketh of perfection in our nature, as referring to the person of the God-man Christ Jesus; and then, from our union with Him, and interest in Him, to mark our connection as His people, and our concern in all that is said or written of Him. In the book of Psalms, particularly, there are numberless passages, which say that of holiness, which can be said of none among the fallen sons of men with the smallest shadow of truth.  

Who is the man, and where to be found, that hath never walked in the counsel of the ungodly; nor yet, which is more than walking, hath stood, as one not distressed at it, in the way of sinners; nor yet sat down, which is worse than all, in the scorner's chair? None of the children of men could ever lay claim to the blessedness of such a conduct from his own personal holiness in it. But if we read the words with reference to the ever blessed and ever holy Jesus, all this, and infinitely more, is true; for such was the spotless purity of the Redeemer, that His whole nature was altogether clean; yea, the law of Jehovah was in His very bowels. See the margin of the bible, Psalm 40:8.  

My soul! behold in this account, the true character of thy Lord; and in it behold the holiness and purity of that nature, in Whose holiness and purity alone thou canst ever see the face of God, in grace here by faith, and in glory hereafter by sight, in open fruition. Thus read, and thus accepted, the passage in this Psalm becomes blessed indeed. In His righteousness, His people are made righteous; and by virtue of an union with Him, and in Him, and in all that concerns Him, being joined to the Lord by one spirit, the souls of the redeemed walk as He walked, avoid the society of the profane, and sit not in the counsel of the ungodly. Precious Spirit of all truth! do Thou thus glorify the Lord Jesus to my view; take of the things of Christ, and shew them to me; and grant me daily fellowship and communion with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ! 

-Robert Hawker (1753-1827 A.D.)  


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