CHRIST ALONE
SEPTEMBER 13
THE LOVE OF CHRIST.
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith;
that
ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
May be able to comprehend with all saints
what is
the breadth, and length, and depth,
and height; And to know the love of Christ,
which passeth
knowledge, that ye might be
filled with all the fulness of God.
and
it is as sweet as it is wonderful,
when we think,
of whom He loved, rebellious sinners;
of when He loved them, when they were dead in their sins;
of how He loved them, so as to lay down His life for them.
of whom He loved, rebellious sinners;
of when He loved them, when they were dead in their sins;
of how He loved them, so as to lay down His life for them.
The love of Jesus flows naturally out
of His loving
heart.
It is not drawn forth by anything in us,
or by anything done by us.
He
loves us,
just because He will love us, or
because he is pleased to love us.
Other reason, he never gives;
therefore other reason we shall never find.
Having once loved His redeemed people,
He loves forever;
for He loves with all
the strength
of His divine nature.
As His nature cannot change,
no more can His
love.
How sweet are His own words:
"I have loved thee with an everlasting
love,
therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee!"
We may greatly enjoy His love,
but we can never
fully know it,
for it surpasses knowledge.
Jesus loves us more than we know,
more than we can imagine.
No angel can tell how much Jesus loves us.
CHRIST ALONE could love us so;
for His love is vast
and powerful
as the nature of God, and
it is also tender and gentle as
the love
of sinless man.
Christ's divine love manifested itself
through the His human
passions.
Everything Jesus did when on earth,
He did out of love; and
in all
that Jesus does now,
He is influenced by his unchanging love.
If He strips us, it is in love;
if He lays some heavy cross on us, it is in love;
if He hides His face from us, it is in love.
Hence he says,
if He lays some heavy cross on us, it is in love;
if He hides His face from us, it is in love.
Hence he says,
"As many as I love I rebuke and
chasten;
be zealous, therefore, and repent."
Precious Lord Jesus,
may your love sweetly flow
into my heart,
so as to stimulate me to every good word and work!
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us,
and hath given himself for us an offering
and a
sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
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