OLD TESTAMENT FAITH. Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us-for it is written, Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree (Galatians 3:13). A little boy made a little boat, all painted and fixed up beautifully. One day someone stole his boat, and he was distressed. In passing a pawnshop one day he saw his boat. Happily he ran in to the pawnbroker and said, That is my little boat. No, said the pawnbroker, it is mine, for I boaght it. Yes, said the boy, but it is mine, for I made it. Well, said the pawnbroker, if you will pay me two dollars, you can have it. That was a lot of money for a boy who did not have a penny. Anyway, he resolved to have it; so he cut grass, did chores of all kinds, and soon had his money. He ran down to the shop and said, I want my boat. He paid the money and received his boat. He took the boat up in his arms, and hugged and kissed it, and said, You dear little boat, I love you. You are mine. You are twice mine. I made you, and now I have bought you. So it is with us. We are, in a sense, twice the Lords. He created us, and we got into the devils pawnshop. Then Jesus came and bought us at awful cost-not silver and gold, but His precious blood. We are the Lords by creation and by redemption.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 05:40:32 +0000
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