CHRIST ALONE
SEPTEMBER 11
JESUS THE WORD OF GOD.
"In the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and
the Word was God." John 1:1
God had a great and a glorious thought
in his infinite heart,
which no mere words could embody or represent; and
he
gave Jesus to represent that thought.
If I would get at God's heart,
it must
be through Jesus.
If I would know God's thoughts,
I must study Jesus.
He tells
us, in one sweet passage,
what God's thought was, and
what he came to be and to
do
"God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son,
that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life."
our salvation
by mere grace,
our salvation to be realized and
enjoyed by simple
faith in Jesus.
He sent Jesus to express this thought,
to give
utterance to his infinite love.
Jesus, therefore, in his life, in his works,
in
his discourses, in his sufferings,
and especially in his death,
represents the
deep thoughts that had been
working in the mighty heart of God.
My soul, would you know what God has thought,
is
now thinking, will ever think?
Study Jesus; for Christ alone is the Word
that
embodies and makes known the
glorious thoughts of God!
Through Jesus I learn to
know God's mind,
and God's nature.
I see that God is love, pure love,
to all
who embrace his Word, and
are reconciled to him by the death of his Son.
O Jesus, I will look upon you as the living,
working, speaking Word of the Father,
by whom I may not only come to know him,
but to rejoice in him!
O Spirit of the Lord, reveal Jesus
to my mind more
clearly, more fully!
Unfold Jesus to me, that so I may know, love,
and give
glory to the Father!
I would henceforth study Christ more Christ,
who leads
to the Father.
And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood:
and his name is called The Word of
God.
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