He preached from the bloody tree!
is upon ME; because the LORD
has anointed ME to preach
good news" Isaiah 61:1
of the kingdom of GOD to the other
towns also, because that is why
I was sent." Luke 4:43
We may profitably note how
earnestly our LORD kept to HIS
work. It was HIS business to
preach, and HE did preach--
HE was always preaching!
Even HIS miracles were sermons;
they were acted discourses,
full of instruction.
All of HIS actions were sermons--
HE preached by every movement.
HE preached when HE did not speak--
HIS silence was as eloquent as HIS words!
HE preached from the bloody tree!
With hands and feet fastened there,
HE delivered the most wonderful discourse . . .
on divine justice and on love,
on divine vengeance and on grace,
on death and on life,
on damnation and on salvation--
on damnation and on salvation--
which was ever preached in this poor world!
Oh, yes, HE preached--
HE was always preaching; with all
HIS heart and soul HE preached.
HE wept in secret, that HE might
the more compassionately preach
the gospel which wipes men's tears
and sins away. As HE walked the streets,
HE preached as HE went along.
This was HIS one calling; and this
one calling, HE pursued in the power
of the eternal SPIRIT.
As our LORD ascended HE said,
the gospel to every creature."
(Mark 16:15)
HIS charge in brief was--
preach, preach even as
I have done before you!
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