Matthew
1:21 Thou shalt call his name Jesus. |
When a person is dear, everything
connected with him becomes dear for his sake. Thus, so
precious is the person of the Lord Jesus in the estimation of
all true believers, that everything about Him they consider to
be inestimable beyond all price. "All Thy garments smell of
myrrh, and aloes, and cassia," said David, as if the very
vestments of the Saviour were so sweetened by His person that
he could not but love them. Certain it is, that there is not a
spot where that hallowed foot hath trodden-there is not a word
which those blessed lips have uttered-nor a thought which His
loving Word has revealed-which is not to us precious beyond
all price. And this is true of the names of Christ-they are
all sweet in the believer's ear. Whether He be called the
Husband of the Church, her Bridegroom, her Friend; whether He
be styled the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world-the
King, the Prophet, or the Priest-every title of our
Master-Shiloh, Emmanuel, Wonderful, t he Mighty
Counsellor-every name is like the honeycomb dropping with
honey, and luscious are the drops that distil from it. But if
there be one name sweeter than another in the believer's ear,
it is the name of Jesus. Jesus! it is the name which moves the
harps of heaven to melody. Jesus! the life of all our joys. If
there be one name more charming, more precious than another,
it is this name. It is woven into the very warp and woof of
our psalmody. Many of our hymns begin with it, and scarcely
any, that are good for anything, end without it. It is the sum
total of all delights. It is the music with which the bells of
heaven ring; a song in a word; an ocean for comprehension,
although a drop for brevity; a matchless oratorio in two
syllables; a gathering up of the hallelujahs of eternity in
five letters.
"Jesus, I love Thy charming name, 'Tis
music to mine ear."
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Matthew
1:21 He shall save His people from their sins. |
Many persons, if they are asked what
they understand by salvation, will reply, "Being saved from
hell and taken to heaven." This is one result of salvation,
but it is not one tithe of what is contained in that boon. It
is true our Lord Jesus Christ does redeem all His people from
the wrath to come; He saves them from the fearful condemnation
which their sins had brought upon them; but His triumph is far
more complete than this. He saves His people "from their
sins." Oh! sweet deliverance from our worst foes. Where Christ
works a saving work, He casts Satan from his throne, and will
not let him be master any longer. No man is a true Christian
if sin reigns in his mortal body. Sin will be in us-it will
never be utterly expelled till the spirit enters glory; but it
will never have dominion. There will be a striving for
dominion-a lusting against the new law and the new spirit
which God has implanted-but sin will never get the upper hand
so as to be absolute mona rch of our nature. Christ will be
Master of the heart, and sin must be mortified. The Lion of
the tribe of Judah shall prevail, and the dragon shall be cast
out. Professor! is sin subdued in you? If your life is unholy
your heart is unchanged, and if your heart is unchanged you
are an unsaved person. If the Saviour has not sanctified you,
renewed you, given you a hatred of sin and a love of holiness,
He has done nothing in you of a saving character. The grace
which does not make a man better than others is a worthless
counterfeit. Christ saves His people, not in their sins, but
from them. "Without holiness no man shall see the Lord." "Let
every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from
iniquity." If not saved from sin, how shall we hope to be
counted among His people. Lord, save me now from all evil, and
enable me to honour my Saviour.
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