“Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.” Romans 4:6-8
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Rejoice! Believer, in the Lord
Author: John Newton Tune: Amazing Grace
1. Rejoice, believer, in the Lord, Who makes your cause His own;
The hope that's built upon His Word can ne'er be overthrown.
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2. Though many foes beset your road, And feeble is your arm;
Your life is hid with Christ in God beyond the reach of harm.
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3. Weak as you are, you shall not faint or fainting shall not die!
Jesus, the strength of every saint, will aid you from on high.
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4. Though sometimes unperceived by sense, faith sees Him always near!
A guide, a glory, a defense; then what have you to fear?
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5. As surely as He overcame and triumphed once for you;
So surely you that love His name, shall in Him triumph too.
“Behold, thou art fair, My love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.” Song of Solomon 4:1
There is no spot in the Church, because the blood of Jesus entirely obliterates each stain.
Omniscience may look for sins, but no more can they be found. The absence of defect is the result of her being adorned with His perfect righteousness. In this no blemish can exist. Thus she appears righteous, even as God is righteous.
This blessed truth must be held fast without obliterating the knowledge of our own constant and innumerable transgressions. It cannot be too often repeated, that in ourselves we are deformed and loathsome.
The most saintly of saints will ever breathe the prayer, “God be merciful to me a sinner.” But Jesus says of His people, “You are all beautiful, My love; there is no spot in you.” --Henry Law
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The Robe!
God's children are wrapped around with a robe, a seamless robe, which earth and heaven could not buy the like of if it, were it once lost.
For texture it excels the fine linen of the merchants; for whiteness it is purer than the driven snow; no looms on earth could make it, but Jesus spent His life to make my robe of righteousness.
There was a drop of blood in every throw of the shuttle, and every thread was made of His own heart's agonies.
It is a robe that is divine, complete; a better one than Adam wore in the perfection of Eden. Adam had but a human righteousness though a perfect one, but we have a divinely perfect righteousness.
Strangely, my soul, are you arrayed, for your Savior’s garment is on you - the royal robe of David is wrapped about His Jonathan.
Look at God’s people as they are clothed also in the garments of ‘sanctification.’
Was there ever such a robe as that? It is literally stiff with jewels.
Every day He arrays the lowliest of His people as though it were a wedding day. He arrays them as a bride adorns herself with jewels. He will have them dressed in gold of Ophir.
What riches of grace then must there be in God who thus clothes His children! --C.H. Spurgeon
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Yet have I set My King
Psalm 2:6 “Yet have I set My king upon My holy hill of Zion.” Notice:
1. The royal office and character of our glorious Redeemer: He is a King, “This name He has on His vesture and on His thigh.” Revelations 19:16.
2. The authority by which He reigns; He is “My King,” says God the Father, and I have set Him up from everlasting: “The Father judges no man; but has committed all judgment unto the Son." The world disowns His authority-but I own it; I have set Him, I have “given Him to be head over all things to the church.”
3. His particular kingdom over which He rules; it is over “My holy hill of Zion” - an eminent type of the gospel church. The temple was built upon Mount Zion, and therefore, called a holy hill. Christ’s throne is in His church, it is His headquarters, and the place of His peculiar residence.
Notice the firmness of the divine purpose with respect unto this matter. “Yet have I set” Him “King;” that is, whatever be the plots of hell and earth to the contrary, He reigns by His Father’s ordination. --Stephen Charnock, 1628-1680
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