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And it was counted unto him for right eousness unto all generations forever more" (Psa. 106:30,31). . Justification, moreover, we thus define: The sinner being admitted into commun ion with Christ is, for His sake, reconciled to God; when purged by His blood, he ob tains the remission of sins, and clothed with righteousness, just as if it were his own, stands secure before the judgment seat of heaven. Forgiveness of sins be ing previously given, the good works which follow have a value different from their merit, because whatever is imperfect in them is covered by the perfection of Christ, and all their blemishes and pollutions are wiped away by His purity, so as never to come under the cognizance of the divine tribunal.— J ohn C alvin . MAY 8 “For how many soever be the promises of God, in him is the yea; wherefore also through him is the Amen" (2 Cor. 1 :20, R. V.). The alterations in the Revised Version, especially in the pronouns, indicate more distinctly that the apostle means two dif ferent things by the “yea” and the “amen.” The one is God’s voice, the other is man’s. The one has to do with the certainty of the divine revelation; the other has to do with the certitude of our faith in the revelation. When God speaks in Christ, He confirms everything that He has said before; and when we listen to God speaking in Christ, our lips are, through Christ, opened to shout our assenting “Amen” to His great promises.— A lexander M ac L aren . . MAY 9 “Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance" (Psa. 2:8). This is the oath-bound covenant of the
Father. “Ask of me” lies back of all move ments. Conscious as we are of the vital im portance of prayer, we yet let the hours pass away as a blank, and can only lament in death the irremediable loss. When we calmly reflect upon the fact that the pro gress of our Lord’s kingdom is dependent upon prayer, it is sad to think that we give so little time to this holy exercise. Every thing depends upon prayer, and yet we neglect it not only to our own spiritual hurt, but also to the delay and injury of our Lord’s cause upon earth. The forces of good and evil are contending for the world. If we would, we could add to the cdnquering power of the army of right eousness ; and yet our lips are sealed, our hands hang listlessly by our side, and we jeopardize the cause in which we profess to be deeply interested by holding back from the prayer-chamber.—-E. M. B ounds . MAY 10 “No man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand" (John 10:29). We must never forget that there is a divine side as well as a human side. Never let us overlook the fact that God keeps us;, and this is prior to our keeping ourselves. An Irish boy was once asked whether he did not sometimes feel afraid. He replied, “I often trimble on the rock, but the rock never trimbles under me.” “I hold,” says the motto; but there is another side to it— “and I am held.” It is a great thing to hold God by faith; it is a much greater thing for God to hold us with a grasp that never tires.—W. H. G riffith T homas . MAY 11 “Be filled with the Spirit” (Eph. 5:18). “ye are complete [filled] in. him" (Col. The emphatic word in both these verses
is “filled.” It means to fill full, so full that there will be no room left empty. It does not mean to have a measure of the Holy Spirit, but to be wholly filled with, and possessed by, the Holy Ghost, and utterly jost in the life and fullness of Jesus. It is the completeness of the filling which constitutes the essence of the perfect bless ing. The Holy Spirit is the true fullness of every part of our life. He fills all the re quirements of our salvation. To be filled with Christ is not only to be filled with the divine life in every part, but it is to be filled every moment. It is to take Him into the successive instants of our conscious ex istence, and to abide in His fullness. It is the secret of holiness.— A. B. S impson . MAY 12 “He satisfieth the longing soul” (Psa. 107:9). What would satisfy you in regard to religion if you wrote out a catalog of everything which you felt you could de sire, or above all that you can ask or think ? Would you not write down at the very be ginning, “Peace with God, so that I should not be afraid of Him” ? You know in your hearts that that is supplied by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross. You have but to say, “Amen ; thank God it is true. I believe it.” Then would you not write down, “Constant keeping from all evil, and the supply of every need” ? The Bible is full of that blessed truth at every point: the keeping. Christ, the providing Lord, the comforting Friend, the everlasting Por tion of God’s people. Whatever you wish, there stands the living God, and says, “I AM.”'—H. W. W ebb -P eploe . MAY 13 “Lord, how oft shall my brother sin
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