We are Christ\u2019s<\/p>\n
Spurgeon, \u201cChrist the Glory of His People\u201d<\/p>\n
We are Christ\u2019s by eternal choice.
\n\u201cYou only have I known (or loved) of all the nations of the earth.\u201d The eternal Father has selected us from among the ruins of the fall, and given us into the hands of Christ that we may be his portion, his bride, his jewels, \u201caccording as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
We are Christ\u2019s by redemption. He has redeemed us from among men by a
\nspecial and particular redemption which is distinctive to ourselves. A price has been
\npaid for us, an effectual price, which will not permit for a moment that the objects so
\npurchased shall ever be lost. \u201cYou are not your own, you are bought with a price.\u201d
\nThe saints are redeemed from among men. Thus are we Christ\u2019s by double bonds- the gift of the Father, the purchase of his own blood. The Father gave us to Jesus, and none shall pluck us of his almighty hands.<\/p>\n
We are Christ\u2019s by conquest.
\nWe admit it. The Spirit of the living God has taken us, as it were, like a lamb from the jaws of the lion. We were once led captives by the devil, but Christ met the devil and overcame him in terrific duel, and we, the once willing captives of the powers of darkness, are now Christ\u2019s portion made free and blessed. We are now the \u00a0possession of our Conqueror, for he took us out of the hand of the enemy with his sword and with his bow. We belong to Christ as the spoil which he has won from death and hell.<\/p>\n
We are Christ\u2019s by voluntary dedication of ourselves to him. Come, beloved, is it not so? We will confess that there is not a drop of blood in our veins which does not belong to Jesus, nor a hair on our head which is not his.<\/p>\n
We are Christ\u2019s by conjugal bonds -married to him as chaste virgins. His
\nunbounded love espoused us before time began, and it has not diminished. He claims us as his own bride, and we call him the Husband of our souls, and delight to have it so.<\/p>\n
We are Christ\u2019s by in vital union as the members belong to the head.
\nWe are in personal, vital, actual communion with the Son of God. We are thus his in the fullest and most absolute sense.
\nWe are Christ\u2019s absolute property.
\nWe are Christ\u2019s people, wholly belonging to him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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