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1 John
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The Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the
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It is a sweet thought that Jesus
Christ did not come forth without His Father's permission,
authority, consent, and assistance. He was sent of the Father,
that He might be the Saviour of men. We are too apt to forget
that, while there are distinctions as to the persons in the
Trinity, there are no distinctions of honour. We too
frequently ascribe the honour of our salvation, or at least
the depths of its benevolence, more to Jesus Christ than we do
the Father. This is a very great mistake. What if Jesus came?
Did not His Father send Him? If He spake wondrously, did not
His Father pour grace into His lips, that He might be an able
minister of the new covenant? He who knoweth the Father, and
the Son, and the Holy Ghost as he should know them, never
setteth one before another in his love; he sees them at
Bethlehem, at Gethsemane, and on Calvary, all equally engaged
in the work of salvation. O Christian, hast thou put thy
confidence in the Man Christ Jesus? Hast thou placed thy
reliance solely on Him? And art thou united with Him? Then
believe that thou art united unto the God of heaven. Since to
the Man Christ Jesus thou art brother, and holdest closest
fellowship, thou art linked thereby with God the Eternal, and
"the Ancient of days" is thy Father and thy friend. Didst thou
ever consider the depth of love in the heart of Jehovah, when
God the Father equipped His Son for the great enterprise of
mercy? If not, be this thy day's meditation. The Father sent
Him! Contemplate that subject. Think how Jesus works what the
Father wills. In the wounds of the dying Saviour see the love
of the great I AM. Let every thought of Jesus be also
connected with the Eternal, ever-blessed God, for "It pleased
the Lord to bruise Him; He hath put Him to grief."
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Matthew
11:25
At that time Jesus answered. |
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This is a singular way in which to
commence a verse-"At that time Jesus answered." If you will
look at the context you will not perceive that any person had
asked Him a question, or that He was in conversation with any
human being. Yet it is written, "Jesus answered and said, I
thank Thee, O Father." When a man answers, he answers a person
who has been speaking to him. Who, then, had spoken to Christ?
His Father. Yet there is no record of it; and this should
teach us that Jesus had constant fellowship with His Father,
and that God spake into His heart so often, so continually,
that it was not a circumstance singular enough to be recorded.
It was the habit and life of Jesus to talk with God. Even as
Jesus was, is this world, so are we; let us therefore learn
the lesson which this simple statement concerning Him teaches
us. May we likewise have silent fellowship with the Father, so
that often we may answer Him, and though the world wotteth not
to whom we speak, may we be responding to that secret voice
unheard of any other ear, which our own ear, opened by the
Spirit of God, recognizes with joy. God has spoken to us, let
us speak to God-either to set our seal that God is true and
faithful to His promise, or to confess the sin of which the
Spirit of God has convinced us, or to acknowledge the mercy
which God's providence has given, or to express assent to the
great truths which God the Holy Ghost has opened to our
understanding. What a privilege is intimate communion with the
Father of our spirits! It is a secret hidden from the world, a
joy with which even the nearest friend intermeddleth not. If
we would hear the whispers of God's love, our ear must be
purged and fitted to listen to His voice. This very evening
may our hearts be in such a state, that when God speaks to us,
we, like Jesus, may be prepared at once to answer Him.
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