"Yea, I have
loved thee with an everlasting love." - Jeremiah 31:3
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Sometimes the Lord Jesus tells his
Church his love thoughts. "He does not think it enough behind
her back to tell it, but in her very presence he says, 'Thou
art all fair, my love.' It is true, this is not his ordinary
method; he is a wise lover, and knows when to keep back the
intimation of love and when to let it out; but there are times
when he will make no secret of it; times when he will put it
beyond all dispute in the souls of his people" (R.
Erskine's Sermons). The Holy Spirit is often pleased,
in a most gracious manner, to witness with our spirits of the
love of Jesus. He takes of the things of Christ and reveals
them unto us.
No voice is heard from the clouds, and
no vision is seen in the night, but we have a testimony more
sure than either of these. If an angel should fly from heaven
and inform the saint personally of the Saviour's love to him,
the evidence would not be one whit more satisfactory than that
which is borne in the hear t by the Holy Ghost. Ask those of
the Lord's people who have lived the nearest to the gates of
heaven, and they will tell you that they have had seasons when
the love of Christ towards them has been a fact so clear and
sure, that they could no more doubt it than they could
question their own existence.
Yes, beloved believer,
you and I have had times of refreshing from the presence of
the Lord, and then our faith has mounted to the topmost
heights of assurance. We have had confidence to lean our heads
upon the bosom of our Lord, and we have no more questioned our
Master's affection to us than John did when in that blessed
posture; nay, nor so much: for the dark question, "Lord, is it
I that shall betray thee?" has been put far from us. He has
kissed us with the kisses of his mouth, and killed our doubts
by the closeness of his embrace. His love has been sweeter
than wine to our souls.
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"Call thy
labourers, and give them their hire." - Matthew 20:8
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God is a good paymaster; he pays his
servants while at work as well as when they have done it; and
one of his payments is this: an easy conscience. If you have
spoken faithfully of Jesus to one person, when you go to bed
at night you feel happy in thinking, "I have this day
discharged my conscience of that man's blood." There is a
great comfort in doing something for Jesus.
Oh, what a
happiness to place jewels in his crown, and give him to see of
the travail of his soul! There is also very great reward in
watching the first buddings of conviction in a soul! To say of
that girl in the class, "She is tender of heart, I do hope
that there is the Lord's work within." To go home and pray
over that boy, who said something in the afternoon which made
you think he must know more of divine truth than you had
feared! Oh, the joy of hope! But as for the joy of success! it
is unspeakable. This joy, overwhelming as it is, is a hungry
thing-you pine for more of it.
To be a soul-winner is
the happiest thing in the world. With every soul you bring to
Christ, you get a new heaven upon earth. But who can conceive
the bliss which awaits us above! Oh, how sweet is that
sentence, "Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord!" Do you know
what the joy of Christ is over a saved sinner? This is the
very joy which we are to possess in heaven.
Yes, when
he mounts the throne, you shall mount with him. When the
heavens ring with "Well done, well done," you shall partake in
the reward; you have toiled with him, you have suffered with
him, you shall now reign with him; you have sown with him, you
shall reap with him; your face was covered with sweat like
his, and your soul was grieved for the sins of men as his soul
was, now shall your face be bright with heaven's splendour as
is his countenance, and now shall your soul be filled with
beatific joys even as his soul is.
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