Jul 11
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Only trust in the love of Christ.–Never was there before–nor has there been since–nor ever will be again–such ancient, marvelous, stupendous love as the love of Jesus! It is the astonishment of heaven, it is the wonder of angels, and in their best, holiest, and most self-abased moments, it is the marvel of saints on earth, and will be, through eternity, their study and their praise. His condescending stoop to our nature–His descent from heaven’s glory to earth’s lowliness–His bearing our sins–his endurance of our curse–His suffering our penalty–His exhaustion of our bitter cup–His resurrection from the grave, and His ascent into heaven, are facts which speak, louder and sweeter than an angel’s trumpet, the love of Christ to His Church. “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it.”
But not only was Jesus the unveiler of His own heart, but He came to unveil the heart of God. He came, not to inspire the heart of God with an affection for man–but to make known a love already existing from eternity. He who only knew the secret love of God’s heart, came to reveal that secret. So that Jesus was the exponent of God’s love, its only revealer, and its most precious gift. Christ is God’s love embodied–God’s love speaking, God’s love acting, God’s love weeping, God’s love dying, God’s love inviting. Blessed truth, that he whose arms of faith embrace Christ, and through Christ also embrace the Triune Jehovah. Octavius Winslow.