{"id":1266,"date":"2011-09-03T05:29:54","date_gmt":"2011-09-03T05:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=1266"},"modified":"2011-09-03T05:29:54","modified_gmt":"2011-09-03T05:29:54","slug":"whose-presence-is-thus-promised-and-pledged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=1266","title":{"rendered":"Whose presence is thus promised and pledged?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Whose <\/em><\/strong><strong>presence is thus promised and pledged?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>(Octavius Winslow, \u201cChrist is Ever With You!\u201d 1863)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLo,\u00a0<strong>I<\/strong> am with you always \u2014 even unto the end of the world!\u201d\u00a0Matthew 28:20<br \/>\n<strong><em>Whose <\/em>presence is thus promised and pledged? <\/strong><br \/>\nIt is the presence of Christ! The Christ who is God. \u201cImmanuel, God with us!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Christ who . . .made all worlds, created all beings, governs all empires,<br \/>\ncontrols all events! \u00a0The Christ who replenishes . . .earth with beauty,heaven with glory,<br \/>\neternity with song! The Christ before whom angels and archangels, principalities and powers bend, and at whose name every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess that He is Lord!<\/p>\n<p>The Christ . . .whose\u00a0<em>glory <\/em>is divine, whose\u00a0<em>beauty <\/em>is peerless, whose\u00a0<em>wealth <\/em>is boundless,<br \/>\nwhose\u00a0<em>love <\/em>is as infinite as His being!<\/p>\n<p>The Christ who . . .bore and put away your sins forever,uplifted and forever removed your curse, paid all your great debt to Divine justice, sorrowed for you in the garden,suffered and expired in your stead on the cross,rose from the grave, ascended up to heaven, lives and intercedes for you, representing your person and presenting your prayers and praises with ineffable acceptance and delight \u2014 to His Father and your Father, to His God and your God.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLo,\u00a0<strong>I<\/strong> am with you always! Mark! Behold! I the Incarnate God, I who opened my bleeding heart for your redemption on Calvary, I who am your dearest Friend \u2014 I am with you always, in all places, and at all times, unto the end of the world!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O honored saint of God! You have . . . the\u00a0<em>Divinest <\/em>in the universe to love you,<br \/>\nthe\u00a0<em>Mightiest <\/em>in the universe to shield you, the\u00a0<em>Loveliest <\/em>in the universe to delight you,<br \/>\nthe\u00a0<em>Dearest <\/em>in the universe to soothe, cheer, and gladden you! \u00a0O favored disciple of Jesus \u2014 you have such a one ever at your side!<br \/>\nThis is the promise of promises \u2014\u00a0<em>the richest pearl of all the promises<\/em>, exceeding in its mightiness and preciousness; while it is the substance, sweetness, and pledge of all the rest!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whose presence is thus promised and pledged? (Octavius Winslow, \u201cChrist is Ever With You!\u201d 1863) \u201cLo,\u00a0I am with you always \u2014 even unto the end of the world!\u201d\u00a0Matthew 28:20 Whose presence is thus promised and pledged? It is the presence of Christ! The Christ who is God. \u201cImmanuel, God with us!\u201d The Christ who . 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