{"id":2106,"date":"2012-07-14T12:26:44","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T12:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=2106"},"modified":"2012-07-14T12:26:56","modified_gmt":"2012-07-14T12:26:56","slug":"2106","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=2106","title":{"rendered":"A union which will last forever!"},"content":{"rendered":"

A union which will last forever!<\/strong><\/p>\n

(John MacDuff, \u201cThe Christian\u2019s Pathway\u201d 1858\u2033)<\/p>\n

\u201cMy Beloved is mine \u2014 and I am His!\u201d Song of Songs 2:14<\/p>\n

This is the language of the Christian in the book of Canticles. How great is the blessedness involved in such an assurance! My beloved Jesus is mine . . .
\nin the dignity of His person;
\nin the suitability of His offices;
\nin the immensity of His love;
\nin the efficacy of His atonement;
\nin the riches of His abounding grace!<\/p>\n

His righteousness is mine \u2014 to justify me,
\nHis Spirit is mine \u2014 to sanctify me,
\nHis power is mine \u2014 to defend me,
\nHis wisdom is mine \u2014 to guide me, and
\nHis Heaven is mine \u2014 to receive me!<\/p>\n

And what does Christ <\/strong>say to the believer in return?<\/p>\n

\u201cI am yours \u2014 and all that I have is yours! I have boundless and unsearchable riches \u2014 and those riches are for you! I have happiness to bestow, such as the mind in its largest grasp has never been able to conceive \u2014 and that happiness is for you! I have crowns and scepters at My disposal \u2014 and all those honors are for you! Yes, to him who overcomes, I will grant to sit with Me on My glorious throne!\u201d<\/p>\n

The Christian\u2019s exaltation and bliss is not a matter of doubtful disputation. And what makes it so certain? It is the blessed truth that the union which exists between him and Christ \u2014 is an indissoluble union! All other relations, however close and endearing, must be broken. That union of husband and wife; and soul and body \u2014 has no power to resist the assault of death, the great destroyer.<\/p>\n

All earthly ties must then be severed. But death, which breaks every other bond \u2014 only strengthens the bond between the Christian and Christ! Death, which quenches every other love \u2014 only kindles that of the believer for Jesus, into a purer and intenser flame! Death, which snatches every other object from our grasp \u2014 only brings us to the full enjoyment of Him, who is the fountain of life, the great center and source of all blessedness.<\/p>\n

Christian, rejoice in your union with Jesus!
\nThe changes of time cannot touch it!
\nThe storms of life cannot injure it!
\nThe sword of persecution cannot sever it!
\nThe damps of death cannot affect it!
\nThe malice of hell cannot move it!
\nIt is a union which will last forever! <\/strong>It follows, therefore, that you, if a partaker of it \u2014 will be rich forever, safe forever, dignified forever, and blessed forever!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A union which will last forever! (John MacDuff, \u201cThe Christian\u2019s Pathway\u201d 1858\u2033) \u201cMy Beloved is mine \u2014 and I am His!\u201d Song of Songs 2:14 This is the language of the Christian in the book of Canticles. How great is the blessedness involved in such an assurance! My beloved Jesus is mine . . . […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-john-macduff","category-christ-and-his-church"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2106","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=2106"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2108,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2106\/revisions\/2108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}