From: ah
Date: Sun Jun 22, 2003 8:40 am
Subject: daily devotional
06/21/PM
"The foundation of God standeth sure."-2 Timothy 2:19
The foundation upon which our faith rests is this, that "God was in
Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses
unto them." The great fact on which genuine faith relies is, that "the
Word was made flesh and dwelt among us," and that "Christ also hath
suffered for sin, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to
God"; "Who Himself bare our sins in His own body on the tree"; "For the
chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are
healed." In one word, the great pillar of the Christian's hope is
substitution. The vicarious sacrifice of Christ for the guilty, Christ
being made sin for us that we m! ight be made the righteousness of God in
Him, Christ offering up a true and proper expiatory and substitutionary
sacrifice in the room, place, and stead of as many as the Father gave
Him, who are known to God by name, and are recognized in their own hearts
by their trusting in Jesus-this is the cardinal fact of the gospel. If
this foundation were removed, what could we do? But it standeth firm as
the throne of God. We know it; we rest on it; we rejoice in it; and our
delight is to hold it, to meditate upon it, and to proclaim it, while we
desire to be actuated and moved by gratitude for it in every part of our
life and conversation. In these days a direct attack is made upon the
doctrine of the atonement. Men cannot bear substitution. They gnash their
teeth at the thought of the Lamb of God bearing the sin of man. But we,
who know by experience the preciousness of this truth, will proclaim it
in defiance of them confidently and unceasingly. We will neither dilute
it nor c! hange it, nor fritter it away in any shape or fashion. It shall
still be Christ, a positive substitute, bearing human guilt and suffering
in the stead of men. We cannot, dare not, give it up, for it is our life,
and despite every controversy we feel that "Nevertheless the foundation
of God standeth sure."
Date: Sun Jun 22, 2003 8:40 am
Subject: daily devotional
06/21/PM
"The foundation of God standeth sure."-2 Timothy 2:19
The foundation upon which our faith rests is this, that "God was in
Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses
unto them." The great fact on which genuine faith relies is, that "the
Word was made flesh and dwelt among us," and that "Christ also hath
suffered for sin, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to
God"; "Who Himself bare our sins in His own body on the tree"; "For the
chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are
healed." In one word, the great pillar of the Christian's hope is
substitution. The vicarious sacrifice of Christ for the guilty, Christ
being made sin for us that we m! ight be made the righteousness of God in
Him, Christ offering up a true and proper expiatory and substitutionary
sacrifice in the room, place, and stead of as many as the Father gave
Him, who are known to God by name, and are recognized in their own hearts
by their trusting in Jesus-this is the cardinal fact of the gospel. If
this foundation were removed, what could we do? But it standeth firm as
the throne of God. We know it; we rest on it; we rejoice in it; and our
delight is to hold it, to meditate upon it, and to proclaim it, while we
desire to be actuated and moved by gratitude for it in every part of our
life and conversation. In these days a direct attack is made upon the
doctrine of the atonement. Men cannot bear substitution. They gnash their
teeth at the thought of the Lamb of God bearing the sin of man. But we,
who know by experience the preciousness of this truth, will proclaim it
in defiance of them confidently and unceasingly. We will neither dilute
it nor c! hange it, nor fritter it away in any shape or fashion. It shall
still be Christ, a positive substitute, bearing human guilt and suffering
in the stead of men. We cannot, dare not, give it up, for it is our life,
and despite every controversy we feel that "Nevertheless the foundation
of God standeth sure."
