Today And Everyday, "May You Experience This LOVE Of CHRIST"

This ever-present CHRIST!

(Letters of John Newton)

"Surely I am with you always--

to the very end of the age!" 

Matthew 28:20

In our natural state, we have 
very dark, and indeed 
dishonorable thoughts of GOD--

we conceive of HIM as at a distance.

But when the heart is awakened, 

we begin to make Jacob's reflection, 

"Surely the LORD is in this place--
and I knew it not!" (Genesis 28:16)

Yes, though we cannot see HIM--

HE sees us, HE is nearer to us 

than we are to ourselves!

And when we are saved, we begin 

to know this ever-present CHRIST; 

that the government of Heaven and 

earth, the dispensations of the kingdom 

of nature, providence, and grace--

are in HIS hands; that it is HE 

with whom we have to do--

who once suffered agony 

and death for our redemption, 

and whose compassion and 

tenderness are the same as 

when HE conversed among 

men in the days of HIS humiliation.

Thus JESUS is made known to us 

by the gospel, in the endearing views 

of a Shepherd, a Husband, a Friend. 

With humble confidence, we may 

enter into the holiest of all, and 

repose all our cares and concerns 

upon the strength of that everlasting 

arm which upholds Heaven and earth, 

and upon that infinite love which 

submitted to the shame, pain, 

and death of the cross--

to redeem sinners from 

wrath and misery!

There is a height, a breadth, 

a length, and a depth, in this 

mystery of redeeming love, 

exceeding the comprehension 

of all finite minds!

"May you experience the love 
of CHRIST, though it is too great 
to understand fully!" Ephesians3:19

  
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