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Saturday, June 21, 2008
MORNING:
"Thou art fairer than the children of men."
-- Psalms 45:2
The entire person of Jesus is but as one gem, and his life is all along
but one impression of the seal. He is altogether complete; not only in
his several parts, but as a gracious all-glorious whole. His character
is not a mass of fair colours mixed confusedly, nor a heap of precious
stones laid carelessly one upon another; he is a picture of beauty and
a breastplate of glory. In him, all the "things of good repute" are in
their proper places, and assist in adorning each other. Not one feature
in his glorious person attracts attention at the expense of others; but
he is perfectly and altogether lovely.
Oh, Jesus! thy power, thy grace, thy justice, thy tenderness, thy
truth, thy majesty, and thine immutability make up such a man, or
rather such a God-man, as neither heaven nor earth hath seen elsewhere.
Thy infancy, thy eternity, thy sufferings, thy triumphs, thy death, and
thine immortality, are all woven in one gorgeous tapestry, without seam
or rent. Thou art music without discord; thou art many, and yet not
divided; thou art all things, and yet not diverse. As all the colours
blend into one resplendent rainbow, so all the glories of heaven and
earth meet in thee, and unite so wondrously, that there is none like
thee in all things; nay, if all the virtues of the most excellent were
bound in one bundle, they could not rival thee, thou mirror of all
perfection. Thou hast been anointed with the holy oil of myrrh and
cassia, which thy God hath reserved for thee alone; and as for thy
fragrance, it is as the holy perfume, the like of which none other can
ever mingle, even with the art of the apothecary; each spice is
fragrant, but the compound is divine.
"Oh, sacred symmetry! oh, rare connection
Of many perfects, to make one perfection!
Oh, heavenly music, where all parts do meet
In one sweet strain, to make one perfect sweet!"
EVENING:
"The foundation of God standeth sure."
-- 2 Timothy 2:19
The foundation upon which our faith rests is this, that "God was in
Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their
trespasses unto them." The great fact on which genuine faith relies is,
that "the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us," and that "Christ
also hath suffered for sin, the just for the unjust, that he might
bring us to God"; "Who himself bare our sins in his own body on the
tree"; "For the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and by his
stripes we are healed." In one word, the great pillar of the
Christian's hope is substitution. The vicarious sacrifice of Christ for
the guilty, Christ being made sin for us that we might be made the
righteousness of God in him, Christ offering up a true and proper
expiatory and substitutionary sacrifice in the room, place, and stead
of as many as the Father gave him, who are known to God by name, and
are recognized in their own hearts by their trusting in Jesus-this is
the cardinal fact of the gospel. If this foundation were removed, what
could we do? But it standeth firm as the throne of God. We know it; we
rest on it; we rejoice in it; and our delight is to hold it, to
meditate upon it, and to proclaim it, while we desire to be actuated
and moved by gratitude for it in every part of our life and
conversation. In these days a direct attack is made upon the doctrine
of the atonement. Men cannot bear substitution. They gnash their teeth
at the thought of the Lamb of God bearing the sin of man. But we, who
know by experience the preciousness of this truth, will proclaim it in
defiance of them confidently and unceasingly. We will neither dilute it
nor change it, nor fritter it away in any shape or fashion. It shall
still be Christ, a positive substitute, bearing human guilt and
suffering in the stead of men. We cannot, dare not, give it up, for it
is our life, and despite every controversy we feel that "Nevertheless
the foundation of God standeth sure."
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