This sacred anointing<\/p>\n
J.C.Philpot<\/p>\n
“But you have an anointing from the Holy One.”<\/p>\n
1 John 2:20<\/p>\n
Wherever the anointing of the Holy One touches<\/p>\n
a man’s heart it spreads itself, widening and<\/p>\n
extending its operations. It thus communicates<\/p>\n
divine gifts and graces wherever it comes. It . . .<\/p>\n
bestows and draws out faith,<\/p>\n
gives repentance and godly sorrow,<\/p>\n
causes secret self-loathing, and<\/p>\n
separation from the world,<\/p>\n
draws the affections upwards,<\/p>\n
makes sin hated, and<\/p>\n
Jesus and His salvation loved.<\/p>\n
Wherever the anointing of the Holy Spirit touches<\/p>\n
a man’s heart it diffuses itself through his whole<\/p>\n
soul, and makes him wholly a new creature. It . . .<\/p>\n
gives new motives,<\/p>\n
communicates new feelings,<\/p>\n
enlarges and melts the heart, and<\/p>\n
spiritualizes and draws the affections upwards.<\/p>\n
Without this sacred anointing . . .<\/p>\n
all our religion is a bubble,<\/p>\n
all our profession a lie, and<\/p>\n
all our hopes will end in despair.<\/p>\n
O what a mercy to have one drop of this heavenly<\/p>\n
anointing! To enjoy one heavenly feeling! To taste<\/p>\n
the least measure of Christ’s love shed abroad in the<\/p>\n
heart! What an unspeakable mercy to have one touch,<\/p>\n
one glimpse, one glance, one communication out of<\/p>\n
the fullness of Him who fills all in all!<\/p>\n
By this anointing from the Holy One, the<\/p>\n
children of God are supported under . . .<\/p>\n
afflictions,<\/p>\n
perplexities,<\/p>\n
and sorrows.<\/p>\n
By this anointing from the Holy One,<\/p>\n
they see the hand of God . . .<\/p>\n
in every chastisement,<\/p>\n
in every providence,<\/p>\n
in every trial,<\/p>\n
in every grief, and<\/p>\n
in every burden.<\/p>\n
By this anointing from the Holy One they can<\/p>\n
bear chastisement with meekness; and put<\/p>\n
their mouth in the dust, humbling themselves<\/p>\n
under the mighty hand of God.<\/p>\n
Every good word,<\/p>\n
every good work,<\/p>\n
every gracious thought,<\/p>\n
every holy desire,<\/p>\n
every spiritual feeling<\/p>\n
do we owe to this one thing:<\/p>\n
the anointing of the Holy One.<\/p>\n
“But you have an anointing from the Holy One.”<\/p>\n
1 John 2:20<\/p>\n
THOUGHT UPON THOUGHT<\/p>\n
John Mac Duff<\/p>\n
“How precious also are Your thoughts unto me, O God!”<\/p>\n
But now thus says the Lord that created you, O Jacob, and He that formed<\/p>\n
you, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed you, I have called you by<\/p>\n
your name; you are Mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be<\/p>\n
with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you: when you<\/p>\n
walk through the fire, you shall not be burned; neither shall the flame<\/p>\n
kindle upon you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel,<\/p>\n
your Savior. Isaiah 43:1-3<\/p>\n
What a library of “precious thoughts!” What an unlocking of the full<\/p>\n
heart of God do these verses contain! In reading them, we may say indeed<\/p>\n
with the Psalmist, “Many, O Lord my God, are Your thoughts which are to<\/p>\n
us.” Each clause is in itself a volume. Well may the Divine speaker<\/p>\n
begin with the words, “Do not be afraid!” These tender thoughts and<\/p>\n
tender assertions remind us of the gush of parental affection when a<\/p>\n
child is in danger or is afraid, and when its most loving earthly friend<\/p>\n
heaps assurance on assurance to quiet and lull its misgivings.<\/p>\n
“I have redeemed you,” seems to be the foundation-thought of comfort in<\/p>\n
this cluster of exceeding great and precious promises. No other blessing<\/p>\n
could have been ours but for “Redeeming love.” And as Christ is the<\/p>\n
Alpha, so is He the Omega of all consolation. Hence this inspired<\/p>\n
register of spiritual privileges is terminated by the assurance, “I am<\/p>\n
your Savior.” The pendant chain of “precious thoughts” has these two<\/p>\n
words for its support, “Redeemer,” “Savior;” and each separate link in<\/p>\n
the intermediate line of blessings is connected with Him who is<\/p>\n
the”Beginner” and “Finisher” of our faith.<\/p>\n
God, indeed, forewarns us in the diversified symbols here employed, that<\/p>\n
the trials of His people are to be varied in kind, as well as severe in<\/p>\n
degree; “waters,” “rivers,” “fires,” “flames.” Yet we may well rise<\/p>\n
above them all, under the sublime consciousness, that the chain from<\/p>\n
first to last is in the hands of Him who died for us.<\/p>\n
We are here further assured, not only that God is the Author of our<\/p>\n
troubles, but that He himself is in them all; that His ‘thoughts’ are<\/p>\n
upon us as we “pass” through the waters, and “walk” through the fires.<\/p>\n
He is minutely cognizant of all that befalls us; and is alike able and<\/p>\n
willing to grant us assistance and support. Others cannot do so. It is<\/p>\n
in their case like watching the bursting of the distant thunderstorm, or<\/p>\n
the vessel plunging in the distant sea, without the ability to render<\/p>\n
assistance. But “You know my thoughts afar off.” God is not only our<\/p>\n
“refuge and strength,” but “a present help in trouble.” “We went through<\/p>\n
the flood on foot, there did we rejoice in Him.”<\/p>\n
More than this\u2014He has set bounds to our trials. The rivers and streams<\/p>\n
will purify, but not overflow or overwhelm. The fires will refine, but<\/p>\n
not scorch or burn. He has too deep an interest in those of whom He<\/p>\n
says, “I have called you by your name, you are Mine,” to allow our<\/p>\n
afflictions to go further than He sees to be absolutely needful. Never<\/p>\n
are His “thoughts” more fondly centered upon us than in a time of<\/p>\n
trouble. His loving presence tempers the fury of the fiercest<\/p>\n
furnace-flames\u2014His everlasting arms are underneath the deepest and<\/p>\n
darkest waves.<\/p>\n
O Lord God Almighty! Where is there anyone as mighty as You, Lord?<\/p>\n
Faithfulness is Your very character. You are the one who rules the<\/p>\n
oceans. When their waves rise in fearful storms, You subdue them. Psalm<\/p>\n
89:8-9<\/p>\n
THE FLAMING SWORD OF JUSTICE QUENCHED IN THE HOLY, LOVING BOSOM OF JESUS!<\/p>\n
Octavius Winslow<\/p>\n
The most significant and appalling demonstration of God’s holiness that<\/p>\n
the universe ever beheld, infinitely distancing and transcending every<\/p>\n
other, is the sufferings and death of His only and beloved Son! The<\/p>\n
cross of Calvary exhibits God’s hatred and punishment of sin in a way<\/p>\n
and to an extent which the annihilation of millions of worlds, swept<\/p>\n
from the face of the universe by the broom of His wrath, could never<\/p>\n
have done! “Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree.”<\/p>\n
Behold the most awful display of God’s hatred of sin! Finding the sins<\/p>\n
of the Church upon Christ as its Surety, Substitute, and Savior, the<\/p>\n
wrath of God was poured out upon Him without measure! God finding the<\/p>\n
sins of His people laid upon His Son, emptied upon His holy soul all the<\/p>\n
vials of His wrath due to their transgressions! Go, my soul, to Calvary,<\/p>\n
and learn how holy God is, and what a monstrous thing sin is, and how<\/p>\n
imperiously, solemnly, and holily bound Jehovah is to punish it, either<\/p>\n
in the person of the sinner, or in the person of a Surety. Never was the<\/p>\n
Son of God dearer to the Father than at the very moment that the sword<\/p>\n
of divine justice, flaming and flashing, pierced to its hilt His holy heart!<\/p>\n
But it was the wrath of God, not against His beloved Son, but against<\/p>\n
the sins which met on Him when presenting Himself on the cross as the<\/p>\n
substitutionary sacrifice and offering for His Church\u2014He gave Himself<\/p>\n
for us. What a new conception must angels have formed of the exceeding<\/p>\n
sinfulness of sin, when they beheld the flaming sword of justice<\/p>\n
quenched in the holy, loving bosom of Jesus! And in what a dazzling<\/p>\n
light does this fact place the marvelous love of God to sinners! Man’s<\/p>\n
sin and God’s love; the indescribable enormity of the one, and the<\/p>\n
immeasurable greatness of the other; are exhibited in the cross of<\/p>\n
Christ as nowhere else. Oh, to learn experimentally these two great<\/p>\n
facts\u2014sin’s infinite hatefulness, and love’s infinite holiness! The love<\/p>\n
of God in giving His Son to die; the love of Christ in dying; the<\/p>\n
essential turpitude and unmitigated enormity of sin, which demanded a<\/p>\n
sacrifice so Divine, so holy, and so precious!<\/p>\n
Such As Should Be Saved<\/p>\n
Acts 2: 47<\/p>\n
God only adds to his church those who should be saved. Who are these<\/p>\n
people of whom He speaks? These are all those that the Father determined<\/p>\n
to save for the glory of his name. \u201cGod hath saved us, and called us<\/p>\n
with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his<\/p>\n
own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the<\/p>\n
world began.\u201d ( II Timothy 1: 9) I challenge you to find any reason for<\/p>\n
God to save any man apart from his purpose of grace. You cannot plead<\/p>\n
reform, willingness, or determination because \u201cthere is none righteous,<\/p>\n
none that understandeth, and none that seeketh after God.\u201d (Romans 3:<\/p>\n
9-19) You cannot plead Gods\u2019 attributes. Our generation pleads Gods\u2019<\/p>\n
love attempting to make it universal. But you cannot find in the<\/p>\n
scriptures even a hint of universal love. In Psalms 5: 5 it says the<\/p>\n
\u201cLord hatest all workers of iniquity.\u201d But in Romans 5: 8 he tells us<\/p>\n
that he commendeth his love for us, in that while we were yet sinners<\/p>\n
Christ died for us. You can not plead Gods will as though it could be<\/p>\n
resisted. \u201cHe worketh all things after the counsel of his own will.\u201d<\/p>\n
(Ephesians 1:11). You cannot plead any change in God because in him<\/p>\n
there is no variableness neither shadow of turning. (James 1: 17) God is<\/p>\n
not attempting to save every man that will let him, but is effectually<\/p>\n
saving all that he purposed to save by his sovereign irresistible<\/p>\n
purpose and grace. — Darvin Pruitt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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