Colossians
2:9, 10 In Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead
bodily. And ye are complete in Him. |
All the attributes of Christ, as God
and man, are at our disposal. All the fulness of the Godhead,
whatever that marvellous term may comprehend, is ours to make
us complete. He cannot endow us with the attributes of Deity;
but He has done all that can be done, for He has made even His
divine power and Godhead subservient to our salvation. His
omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence, immutability and
infallibility, are all combined for our defence. Arise,
believer, and behold the Lord Jesus yoking the whole of His
divine Godhead to the chariot of salvation! How vast His
grace, how firm His faithfulness, how unswerving His
immutability, how infinite His power, how limitless His
knowledge! All these are by the Lord Jesus made the pillars of
the temple of salvation; and all, without diminution of their
infinity, are covenanted to us as our perpetual inheritance.
The fathomless love of the Saviour's heart is every drop of it
ours; every sinew in the arm of might, e very jewel in the
crown of majesty, the immensity of divine knowledge, and the
sternness of divine justice, all are ours, and shall be
employed for us. The whole of Christ, in His adorable
character as the Son of God, is by Himself made over to us
most richly to enjoy. His wisdom is our direction, His
knowledge our instruction, His power our protection, His
justice our surety, His love our comfort, His mercy our
solace, and His immutability our trust. He makes no reserve,
but opens the recesses of the Mount of God and bids us dig in
its mines for the hidden treasures. "All, all, all are yours,"
saith He, "be ye satisfied with favour and full of the
goodness of the Lord." Oh! how sweet thus to behold Jesus, and
to call upon Him with the certain confidence that in seeking
the interposition of His love or power, we are but asking for
that which He has already faithfully promised.
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Hebrews
12:11 Afterward. |
How happy are tried Christians,
afterwards. No calm more deep than that which succeeds a
storm. Who has not rejoiced in clear shinings after rain?
Victorious banquets are for well-exercised soldiers. After
killing the lion we eat the honey; after climbing the Hill
Difficulty, we sit down in the arbour to rest; after
traversing the Valley of Humiliation, after fighting with
Apollyon, the shining one appears, with the healing branch
from the tree of life. Our sorrows, like the passing keels of
the vessels upon the sea, leave a silver line of holy light
behind them "afterwards." It is peace, sweet, deep peace,
which follows the horrible turmoil which once reigned in our
tormented, guilty souls. See, then, the happy estate of a
Christian! He has his best things last, and he therefore in
this world receives his worst things first. But even his worst
things are "afterward" good things, harsh ploughings yielding
joyful harvests. Even now he grows rich by his losses, he
rises by his falls, he lives by dying, and becomes full by
being emptied; if, then, his grievous afflictions yield him so
much peaceable fruit in this life, what shall be the full
vintage of joy "afterwards" in heaven? If his dark nights are
as bright as the world's days, what shall his days be? If even
his starlight is more splendid than the sun, what must his
sunlight be? If he can sing in a dungeon, how sweetly will he
sing in heaven! If he can praise the Lord in the fires, how
will he extol Him before the eternal throne! If evil be good
to him now, what will the overflowing goodness of God be to
him then? Oh, blessed "afterward!" Who would not be a
Christian? Who would not bear the present cross for the crown
which cometh afterwards? But herein is work for patience, for
the rest is not for to-day, nor the triumph for the present,
but "afterward." Wait, O soul, and let patience have her
perfect work.
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