March 28
Morning
"The love of Christ which passeth knowledge." — Eph_3:19
The love of Christ in its sweetness, its fulness, its greatness, its
faithfulness, passeth all human comprehension. Where shall language be found
which shall describe his matchless, his unparalleled love towards the children
of men? It is so vast and boundless that, as the swallow but skimmeth the
water, and diveth not into its depths, so all descriptive words but touch the
surface, while depths immeasurable lie beneath. Well might the poet say,
"O love, thou fathomless abyss!"
for this love of Christ is indeed measureless and fathomless; none can
attain unto it. Before we can have any right idea of the love of Jesus, we must
understand his previous glory in its height of majesty, and his incarnation
upon the earth in all its depths of shame. But who can tell us the majesty of
Christ? When he was enthroned in the highest heavens he was very God of very
God; by him were the heavens made, and all the hosts thereof. His own almighty
arm upheld the spheres; the praises of cherubim and seraphim perpetually surrounded
him; the full chorus of the hallelujahs of the universe unceasingly flowed to
the foot of his throne: he reigned supreme above all his creatures, God over
all, blessed for ever. Who can tell his height of glory then? And who, on the
other hand, can tell how low he descended? To be a man was something, to be a
man of sorrows was far more; to bleed, and die, and suffer, these were much for
him who was the Son of God; but to suffer such unparalleled agony-to endure a
death of shame and desertion by his Father, this is a depth of condescending
love which the most inspired mind must utterly fail to fathom. Herein is love!
and truly it is love that "passeth knowledge." O let this love fill
our hearts with adoring gratitude, and lead us to practical manifestations of
its power.
Ephesians 3:19
to know: Eph_3:18,
Eph_5:2, Eph_5:25;
Joh_17:3; 2Co_5:14;
Gal_2:20; Php_2:5-12;
Col_1:10; 2Pe_3:18;
1Jn_4:9-14
passeth: Php_1:7
that ye: Eph_1:23;
Psa_17:15, Psa_43:4; Mat_5:6;
Joh_1:16; Col_2:9-10;
Rev_7:15-17; Rev_21:22-24, Rev_22:3-5
Evening
"I will accept you with your sweet savour." — Eze_20:41
The merits of our great Redeemer are as sweet savour to the Most High.
Whether we speak of the active or passive righteousness of Christ, there is an
equal fragrance. There was a sweet savour in his active life by which he
honoured the law of God, and made every precept to glitter like a precious
jewel in the pure setting of his own person. Such, too, was his passive
obedience, when he endured with unmurmuring submission, hunger and thirst, cold
and nakedness, and at length sweat great drops of blood in Gethsemane, gave his
back to the smiters, and his cheeks to them that plucked out the hair, and was
fastened to the cruel wood, that he might suffer the wrath of God in our
behalf. These two things are sweet before the Most High; and for the sake of
his doing and his dying, his substitutionary sufferings and his vicarious
obedience, the Lord our God accepts us. What a preciousness must there be in
him to overcome our want of preciousness! What a sweet savour to put away our
ill savour! What a cleansing power in his blood to take away sin such as ours!
and what glory in his righteousness to make such unacceptable creatures to be
accepted in the Beloved! Mark, believer, how sure and unchanging must be our
acceptance, since it is in him! Take care that you never doubt your acceptance
in Jesus. You cannot be accepted without Christ; but, when you have received
his merit, you cannot be unaccepted. Notwithstanding all your doubts, and
fears, and sins, Jehovah's gracious eye never looks upon you in anger; though
he sees sin in you, in yourself, yet when he looks at you through Christ, he
sees no sin. You are always accepted in Christ, are always blessed and dear to
the Father's heart. Therefore lift up a song, and as you see the smoking
incense of the merit of the Saviour coming up, this evening, before the
sapphire throne, let the incense of your praise go up also.
Ezekiel 20:41
with your: Eze_20:28,
Eze_6:13; Gen_8:21;
Lev_1:9, Lev_1:13,
Lev_1:17; Eph_5:2;
Php_4:18
sweet savour: Heb. savour of rest
I bring: Eze_11:17,
Eze_34:19, Eze_36:24, Eze_37:25,
Eze_38:8; Isa_11:11-16,
Isa_27:12-13; Jer_23:3; Jer_30:3,
Jer_30:18, Jer_32:37; Amo_9:14;
Oba_1:17-21; Mic_7:12-16
and I will: Eze_28:22,
Eze_28:25, Eze_38:23, Eze_39:27-29;
Lev_10:3; Isa_5:16;
Luk_2:14; 1Pe_3:15
Daily Devotions.
Extract from
e-Sword- the sword of the LORD with an
electronic edge.
Through the Bible Day by Day.(F.B Meyer)
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