{"id":1171,"date":"2011-08-07T09:36:15","date_gmt":"2011-08-07T09:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=1171"},"modified":"2011-08-07T09:36:15","modified_gmt":"2011-08-07T09:36:15","slug":"keep-this-medicine-next-to-your-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=1171","title":{"rendered":"Keep this medicine next to your heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Keep this medicine next to your heart<\/strong><br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gracegems.org\/Watson\/Sermons.htm\">Thomas Watson<\/a>, \u201cThe Lord\u2019s Supper\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people of Israel called the bread\u00a0<em>manna<\/em>.<br \/>\nIt was white like coriander seed and tasted<br \/>\nlike wafers made with\u00a0<em>honey<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/kjv1900\/Exodus%2016.31\">Exodus 16:31<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>manna <\/em>was a lively type and emblem of Christ,<br \/>\nfor manna was\u00a0<em>sweet<\/em>. It was a delicious food\u2014and<br \/>\nwas called\u00a0<strong>angel\u2019s food <\/strong>for its excellency. Psalm<br \/>\n78:25. So Christ, the sacramental manna, is sweet<br \/>\nto a believer\u2019s soul. \u201cHis fruit was sweet to my taste,\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/kjv1900\/Song%20of%20Solomon%202.3\">Song of Solomon 2:3<\/a>. Everything of Christ is sweet.<br \/>\nHis name is sweet. His virtue is sweet. This manna<br \/>\nsweetens the bitter waters of Marah.<br \/>\nNay, Christ\u2019s flesh excels manna. Manna was\u00a0<em>food<\/em>\u2014but<br \/>\nnot\u00a0<em>medicine<\/em>. If an Israelite had been sick, manna could<br \/>\nnot have cured him. But this blessed manna is not only<br \/>\nfor food\u2014but for medicine! Christ has\u00a0<em>healing <\/em>under His<br \/>\nwings,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/kjv1900\/Malachi%204.2\">Malachi 4:2<\/a>. He heals the\u00a0<em>blind eye<\/em>, and the\u00a0<em>hard<br \/>\nheart<\/em>.\u00a0<strong>Keep this medicine next to your heart<\/strong>\u2014and it<br \/>\nwill heal you of all your spiritual distempers!<br \/>\nAlso, manna was corruptible. It ceased when Israel came<br \/>\nto Canaan. But this blessed manna will never cease! The<br \/>\nsaints will feed with infinite delight and soul satisfaction,<br \/>\nupon Christ\u2014to all eternity! The joys of heaven would<br \/>\ncease\u2014if this manna would cease.<\/p>\n<p><em>Every crumb of this Bread of life is precious!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keep this medicine next to your heart (Thomas Watson, \u201cThe Lord\u2019s Supper\u201d) \u201cThe people of Israel called the bread\u00a0manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with\u00a0honey.\u201d\u00a0Exodus 16:31 The\u00a0manna was a lively type and emblem of Christ, for manna was\u00a0sweet. It was a delicious food\u2014and was called\u00a0angel\u2019s food for its excellency. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-thomas-watson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1172,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171\/revisions\/1172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}