An inexhaustible fullness
(John Fawcett, "Christ Precious")
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"Yes, HE is very precious to you
who believe." 1 Peter 2:7
Christian! JESUS is your SAVIOR,
your FRIEND, and your PORTION.
You are guilty--
HIS blood cleanses from all sin.
You are miserable--
HE is rich in mercy.
You are helpless--
HE is mighty to save.
You are impoverished--
HIS riches are unsearchable.
HIS treasures of grace are
inexhaustible! There is an
inexhaustible fullness in HIM,
answerable to all your necessities--
be they ever so many, or ever so great.
HE is the ever-flowing, the over-flowing
fountain of living waters. HE is able to
do exceedingly abundantly above all
that we can ask or think.
It has pleased the FATHER, that
in HIM all fullness should dwell.
Indeed, we have all received
grace after grace from HIS fullness.
HIS kindness and mercy are unbounded.
If the kindness of men has
a tendency to win your hearts--
how much more should the infinite
love of JESUS constrain you
to love HIM!
HE is precious in . . .
the glorious perfections of HIS person,
HIS transcendent worth, and
HIS all-surpassing excellency.
Surely then, it is reasonable,
it is highly proper that HE should
be the chief object of your love!
All that is excellent, all that
is desirable, all that is comforting--
is concentrated in HIM. HE is fairer than
the children of men, the chief among
ten thousands, and altogether lovely!
O how unspeakably--
how infinitely precious!
"Yes, HE is very precious
to you who believe." 1 Peter 2:7
Love to JESUS is maintained and
continued in its warmth and fervor,
by frequent meditation on . . .
HIS adorable person,
HIS dying love, and
HIS infinite excellence
and preciousness.
If we lose sight of HIM as
the spring of all our happiness,
and of HIS ineffable glories--
the fervency of our love for HIM
will be abated.
If JESUS CHRIST is so superlatively
precious in HIMSELF, we have reason
to be ashamed that we love HIM
no more. Alas! how languid
are our affections towards HIM
who is altogether lovely--
and how easily are our hearts
captivated with vanities
and trifles!
This is matter of deep humiliation,
grief and sorrow.
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Arthur Pink, "The Attributes of God"
Chapter 22. The GUIDANCE of God
This is the best practical article on discerning the guidance of GOD that we have ever read. Though it is longer, it is well worth the read.
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