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Saturday, April 4, 2009
MORNING:
"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the righteousness of God in him."
-- 2 Corinthians 5:21
Mourning Christian! why weepest thou? Art thou mourning over thine own
corruptions? Look to thy perfect Lord, and remember, thou art complete
in him; thou art in God's sight as perfect as if thou hadst never
sinned; nay, more than that, the Lord our Righteousness hath put a
divine garment upon thee, so that thou hast more than the righteousness
of man-thou hast the righteousness of God. O thou who art mourning by
reason of inbred sin and depravity, remember, none of thy sins can
condemn thee. Thou hast learned to hate sin; but thou hast learned also
to know that sin is not thine-it was laid upon Christ's head. Thy
standing is not in thyself-it is in Christ; thine acceptance is not in
thyself, but in thy Lord; thou art as much accepted of God to-day, with
all thy sinfulness, as thou wilt be when thou standest before his
throne, free from all corruption. O, I beseech thee, lay hold on this
precious thought, perfection in Christ! For thou art "complete in him."
With thy Saviour's garment on, thou art holy as the Holy one. "Who is
he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen
again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh
intercession for us." Christian, let thy heart rejoice, for thou art
"accepted in the beloved"-what hast thou to fear? Let thy face ever
wear a smile; live near thy Master; live in the suburbs of the
Celestial City; for soon, when thy time has come, thou shalt rise up
where thy Jesus sits, and reign at his right hand; and all this because
the divine Lord "was made to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we
might be made the righteousness of God in him."
EVENING:
"Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord."
-- Isaiah 2:3
It is exceedingly beneficial to our souls to mount above this present
evil world to something nobler and better. The cares of this world and
the deceitfulness of riches are apt to choke everything good within us,
and we grow fretful, desponding, perhaps proud and carnal. It is well
for us to cut down these thorns and briers, for heavenly seed sown
among them is not likely to yield a harvest; and where shall we find a
better sickle with which to cut them down than communion with God and
the things of the kingdom? In the valleys of Switzerland many of the
inhabitants are deformed, and all wear a sickly appearance, for the
atmosphere is charged with miasma, and is close and stagnant; but up
yonder, on the mountain, you find a hardy race, who breathe the clear
fresh air as it blows from the virgin snows of the Alpine summits. It
would be well if the dwellers in the valley could frequently leave
their abodes among the marshes and the fever mists, and inhale the
bracing element upon the hills. It is to such an exploit of climbing
that I invite you this evening. May the Spirit of God assist us to
leave the mists of fear and the fevers of anxiety, and all the ills
which gather in this valley of earth, and to ascend the mountains of
anticipated joy and blessedness. May God the Holy Spirit cut the cords
that keep us here below, and assist us to mount! We sit too often like
chained eagles fastened to the rock, only that, unlike the eagle, we
begin to love our chain, and would, perhaps, if it came really to the
test, be loath to have it snapped. May God now grant us grace, if we
cannot escape from the chain as to our flesh, yet to do so as to our
spirits; and leaving the body, like a servant, at the foot of the hill,
may our soul, like Abraham, attain the top of the mountain, there to
indulge in communion with the Most High.
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