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Monday, June 16, 2008
MORNING:
"And I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never
perish."
-- John 10:28
The Christian should never think or speak lightly of unbelief. For a
child of God to mistrust his love, his truth, his faithfulness, must be
greatly displeasing to him. How can we ever grieve him by doubting his
upholding grace? Christian! it is contrary to every promise of God's
precious Word that thou shouldst ever be forgotten or left to perish.
If it could be so, how could he be true who has said, "Can a woman
forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the
son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I never forget thee."
What were the value of that promise-"The mountains shall depart, and
the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee,
neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that
hath mercy on thee." Where were the truth of Christ's words-"I give
unto my sheep eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall
any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is
greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's
hand." Where were the doctrines of grace? They would be all disproved
if one child of God should perish. Where were the veracity of God, his
honour, his power, his grace, his covenant, his oath, if any of those
for whom Christ has died, and who have put their trust in him, should
nevertheless be cast away? Banish those unbelieving fears which so
dishonour God. Arise, shake thyself from the dust, and put on thy
beautiful garments. Remember it is sinful to doubt his Word wherein he
has promised thee that thou shalt never perish. Let the eternal life
within thee express itself in confident rejoicing.
"The gospel bears my spirit up:
A faithful and unchanging God
Lays the foundation for my hope,
In oaths, and promises, and blood."
EVENING:
"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the
Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?"
-- Psalms 27:1
"The Lord is my light and my salvation." Here is personal interest, "my
light," "my salvation;" the soul is assured of it, and therefore
declares it boldly. Into the soul at the new birth divine light is
poured as the precursor of salvation; where there is not enough light
to reveal our own darkness and to make us long for the Lord Jesus,
there is no evidence of salvation. After conversion our God is our joy,
comfort, guide, teacher, and in every sense our light: he is light
within, light around, light reflected from us, and light to be revealed
to us. Note, it is not said merely that the Lord gives light, but that
he is light; nor that he gives salvation, but that he is salvation; he,
then, who by faith has laid hold upon God, has all covenant blessings
in his possession. This being made sure as a fact, the argument drawn
from it is put in the form of a question, "Whom shall I fear?" A
question which is its own answer. The powers of darkness are not to be
feared, for the Lord, our light, destroys them; and the damnation of
hell is not to be dreaded by us, for the Lord is our salvation. This is
a very different challenge from that of boastful Goliath, for it rests,
not upon the conceited vigour of an arm of flesh, but upon the real
power of the omnipotent I AM. "The Lord is the strength of my life."
Here is a third glowing epithet, to show that the writer's hope was
fastened with a threefold cord which could not be broken. We may well
accumulate terms of praise where the Lord lavishes deeds of grace. Our
life derives all its strength from God; and if he deigns to make us
strong, we cannot be weakened by all the machinations of the adversary.
"Of whom shall I be afraid?" The bold question looks into the future as
well as the present. "If God be for us," who can be against us, either
now or in time to come?
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