“In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him.” – Colossians 2:9, 10
All the attributes of Christ, as God and man, are at our disposal. All the fulness of the Godhead, whatever that marvellous term may comprehend, is ours to make us complete. He cannot endow us with the attributes of Deity;…
Careful unreasonableness
Behold the fowls of the air . . . . consider the lilies of the field. Matthew 6:26, 28. Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow, they simply are! Think of the sea, the air, the sun, the…
“Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee.” – Isaiah 41:9
If we have received the grace of God in our hearts, its practical effect has been to make us God’s servants. We may be unfaithful servants, we certainly are unprofitable ones, but yet, blessed be his name, we are his…
“So to walk even as he walked.” – 1 John 2:6
Why should Christians imitate Christ? They should do it for their own sakes. If they desire to be in a healthy state of soul-if they would escape the sickness of sin, and enjoy the vigour of growing grace, let Jesus…
His ascension and our union
And it came to pass, while He blessed them, He was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. Luke 24:51. We have no corresponding experience to the events in Our Lord’s life after the Transfiguration. From then onwards Our…
“And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches. For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye and your cattle, and your beasts.” – 2 Kings 3:16,17
The armies of the three kings were famishing for want of water: God was about to send it, and in these words the prophet announced the coming blessing. Here was a case of human helplessness: not a drop of water…
“Who giveth us richly all things to enjoy.” – 1 Timothy 6:17
Our Lord Jesus is ever giving, and does not for a solitary instant withdraw his hand. As long as there is a vessel of grace not yet full to the brim, the oil shall not be stayed. He is a…
The habit of wealth
Partakers of the divine nature. 2 Peter 1:4. We are made partakers of the Divine nature through the promises; then we have to ‘manipulate’ the Divine nature in our human nature by habits, and the first habit to form is…
“Made perfect.” – Hebrews 12:23
Recollect that there are two kinds of perfection which the Christian needs-the perfection of justification in the person of Jesus, and the perfection of sanctification wrought in him by the Holy Spirit. At present, corruption yet remains even in the…
“All that believe are justified.” – Acts 13:39
The believer in Christ receives a present justification. Faith does not produce this fruit by-and-by, but now. So far as justification is the result of faith, it is given to the soul in the moment when it closes with Christ,…