Thursday, September 24, 2020

"Yes, HE Is Very Precious To You Who Believe."

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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