The believer\u2019s eternal confession!
\n(John MacDuff, \u201cThe Night Watches\u201d)<\/p>\n
\u201cBy the Grace of God \u2014 I am what I am!\u201d 1 Corinthians 15:10<\/p>\n
This is the believer\u2019s eternal confession!
\nGrace found him a rebel against God \u2014 it leaves him a son of God!
\nGrace found him wandering at the gates of Hell \u2014 it leaves him at the gates of Heaven!
\nGrace devised the scheme of Redemption. Justice never would; Reason never could. And it is Grace which carries out that scheme. No sinner would ever have sought God \u2014 but \u201cby grace.\u201d The thickets of Eden would have proved Adam\u2019s grave \u2014 had not grace called him out! Saul would have lived and died the haughty self-righteous persecutor \u2014 had not grace laid him low! The thief on the cross would have continued breathing out his blasphemies \u2014 had not grace arrested his tongue and tuned it for glory! \u201cOut of the knottiest timber,\u201d says Rutherford, \u201cGod can make vessels of mercy for service in the high palace of glory!\u201d
\n\u201cI came, I saw, I conquered!\u201d may be inscribed by the Savior on every monument of His grace. \u201cI came to the sinner; I looked upon him; and with a look of omnipotent love \u2014 I conquered him!\u201d
\nBeliever, you would have been this day a wandering star, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever! You would have been Christless, hopeless, and portionless; had not grace constrained you! And it is grace which, at this moment, \u201ckeeps\u201d you. You have often been a Peter \u2014 forsaking your Lord \u2014 but brought back to Him again. Why have you not been a Demas or a Judas? \u201cI have prayed for you \u2014 that your faith fail not!\u201d Is not this your own comment and reflection on life\u2019s retrospect: \u201cYet not I \u2014 but the grace of God which was with me!\u201d
\nSeek to realize your dependence on this grace every moment.
\n\u201cMore grace! more grace!\u201d needs to be your continual cry.
\nHis infinite supply \u2014 is commensurate with your infinite need.
\nThe treasury of grace, though always emptying \u2014 is always full.
\nThe key of prayer which opens it \u2014 is always at hand!
\nAnd the Almighty Bestower of the blessings of grace \u2014 is always \u201cwaiting to be gracious.\u201d
\nThe recorded promise can never be cancelled or reversed: \u201cMy grace is sufficient for you.\u201d
\nThe grace of God is the source of lesser temporal blessings \u2014 as well as of higher spiritual blessings. Grace accounts for the crumb of daily bread \u2014 as well as for the crown of eternal glory! But even in regard to earthly mercies, never forget the CHANNEL of grace: \u201cthrough Christ Jesus!\u201d It is sweet thus to connect every blessing, even the smallest and humblest token of providential bounty \u2014 with Calvary\u2019s cross \u2014 to have the common blessings of life stamped with \u201cthe print of the nails!\u201d It makes them doubly precious to think, \u201cAll this flows from Jesus!\u201d
\n\u201cBy the Grace of God \u2014 I am what I am!\u201d Reader! seek to dwell much on this inexhaustible theme!<\/p>\n
\u201cAs for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit\u2013just as it has taught you, remain in him.\u201d \u20131 John 2:27
\nHave you ever had a solitary drop of this holy anointing oil fall upon your heart? One drop, if it be but a drop, will sanctify you forever to the service of God. There was not much of the holy anointing oil used for the service of the tabernacle, when we consider the size and quantity of what had to be consecrated, for Moses had to anoint therewith the whole of the tabernacle of the congregation, as well as all the vessels, with all their various accessories. When he went through the sacred work, he touched one vessel after another with a drop of oil; for one drop sanctified the vessel to the service of the tabernacle. There was no repetition of the consecration needed; it abode. So if you ever had a drop of God\u2019s love shed abroad in your heart\u2013a drop of the anointing to teach you the truth as it is in Jesus; a drop to penetrate, to soften, to heal, to feed and give light, life, and power to your soul\u2013you have the unction from the Holy One; you know all things which are for your salvation, and by that same holy oil you have been sanctified and made meet for an eternal inheritance. J.C. Philpot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The believer\u2019s eternal confession! (John MacDuff, \u201cThe Night Watches\u201d) \u201cBy the Grace of God \u2014 I am what I am!\u201d 1 Corinthians 15:10 This is the believer\u2019s eternal confession! Grace found him a rebel against God \u2014 it leaves him a son of God! Grace found him wandering at the gates of Hell \u2014 it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-j-c-philpot","category-the-eternal-covenant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2128","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=2128"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2129,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2128\/revisions\/2129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}