Nov 15
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Job said, “I know that my redeemer liveth.” Which of the two words
should be of greater importance — my redeemer? The presumptuous person
may claim the blessings based upon the fact that he has accepted the
Redeemer as my Redeemer. The true believer embraces the promises as they
are in Christ Jesus; He is my redeemer! All of the promises of the
covenant are made to Christ Jesus and to His seed in Him. We claim the
promises not upon the ground of anything we have done, but they are ours
because of who He is, what He has done, and where He is now! There is a
danger of being more taken up with the promises than the Redeemer, more
interested in what was done than in Him who did it. Faith is to receive
Christ; and having Christ, we have all in Christ.
Henry Mahan