“I am my beloved’s, and his desire is towards me.”—Song vii. 10. Yes, dearest Jesus! I am truly thine, by every tie which can make me thine. I am thine by the gift of GOD the FATHER; by thine own betrothing me to thyself; by the HOLY GHOST anointing me in thee, and making me […]
My Friend! (James Smith, “The Love of Christ! The Fullness, Freeness, and Immutability of the Savior’s Grace Displayed!”) “Yes, He is altogether lovely! This is my Beloved, and this is my Friend!” Song of Songs 5:16 Jesus manifests His love — as the Friend of His people. He . . . fills every relation to […]
BE OF ONE MIND Where there is a oneness of heart and affection between Jesus and the soul, if what He loves we love, and what He hates we hate, if His Father be our Father, and His people our people, this sameness of mind will carry with it a sameness of affection and we […]
All Spiritual Blessings “Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with ALL spiritual blessings in heavenly places IN CHRIST.” Eph. 1:3 The Holy Spirit uses this phrase over and over again – IN CHRIST. The whole of the word of God is to reveal to us the […]
“Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honey-comb.” – Song iv. II. While Jesus is so precious to his people, that they seek him in every thing that is lovely, and indeed can discover nothing to be lovely until they have found Jesus in it, what an endearment is it to the soul of […]
“Nevertheless, I am continually with You.” Psalm 73:23 “Nevertheless,” as if, notwithstanding all the foolishness and ignorance which David had just been confessing to God, not one atom the less was it true and certain that David was saved and accepted, and that the blessing of being constantly in God’s presence was undoubtedly his. Fully […]
Union with Christ- J.C.Philpot (extract from A spiritual death and a hidden life.) How Christ is “our life.” Union with Christ is the grand truth revealed in the Scripture, and the fountain head out of which every blessing springs. But to understand this we must carry our thoughts upward and backward, to look at the […]
We are Christ’s Spurgeon, “Christ the Glory of His People” We are Christ’s by eternal choice. “You only have I known (or loved) of all the nations of the earth.” The eternal Father has selected us from among the ruins of the fall, and given us into the hands of Christ that we may be […]
The Glorious Bride – Horatius Bonar (18008 1889) “And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, come here, I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.”—Revelation 21:9. These are two names for the church of God, […]
—ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED “…He hath made us accepted in the Beloved.” Ephesians 1:6 For a sinful creature such as I am to be accepted by God is one of the most amazing declarations of the gospel of Christ. Often to be accepted by others we must meet certain criteria that is conformable to their […]