A Devotional for such a time as this: - from: Hawker, R. (1845). The Poor Man’s Evening Portion (A New Edition., pp. 186–187). Philadelphia: Thomas Wardle. ___________________ Elect, according to the fore-knowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience, and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ.—1 Peter 1:2. Of all blessings, surely this is the highest, and the best, which holds forth to a poor sinner the assurance of redemption, as the united result of the love, grace, and mercy of all the persons in the Godhead. My soul! pause over the glorious truth, and sweetly mark the testimony of each co-operating and acting together in the great work of salvation. Behold thy God and Father setting apart, from all eternity, the chosen vessels of mercy, foreknowing, and fore-appointing every event, in his own counsel, purpose, and will. What a blessed thought in the mind of the redeemed, is this to live upon, to cherish, and keep alive in the soul, from day to day, to call up the unceasing fruits of adoration, love, duty, and praise, in grace here, and in glory to all eternity. Go on, my soul, to the contemplation of the second chapter in his holy volume of grace and mercy: and mark what the apostle hath here said of “the sanctification of the Spirit.” So that the blessed hand of the Holy Ghost is as much engaged in this beneficent act of redemption, in the existence of every individual, as the fore-knowledge and appointment of God the Father, or of the obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Yea, all the glory of redemption in the grace provided by the Father, and the merits of the Son’s blood and righteousness, depend, for the personal enjoyment of it, in the case of each believer, upon the Holy Ghost’s revelation of it in the soul. Oh! it is blessed to see, to feel, to know, and to enjoy those gracious communications of God’s Christ in the soul, which God the Holy Ghost awakens, and excites, and brings home to the mind. And no less, as the meritorious cause of all (the third chapter in this wonderful volume) do thou contemplate, my soul, the two united branches of thy redemption; the obedience and atonement in the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. How comprehensive, yet how full and satisfactory! It is Jesus, as God’s righteous servant, that by his perfect obedience hath justified his people. And it is the death of the cross which fully atoned for their transgression: “The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin.” Behold then, my soul! in these three glorious chapters of redemption, how all the great charter of grace is summed up and contained. Take it with thee as thine evening portion: let it lie down with thee, and arise with thee; and carry it about with thee, for thine unceasing meditation during the whole of thy day of grace, until grace be swallowed up in eternal glory! - via Logos 5 #devotionalforsuchatimeasthis #christjesus #vineofchristministries #theword #studyscripture #god #biblestudy #bible #jesus #faith #dailydevotions #devotional
Posted on: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 02:21:02 +0000
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