MAY 6TH, 1917
MAY 6TH, 1917
We are almost at the end now of our series of readings on the death of the Lord Jesus as viewed in the different epistles. One more reading on Ephesians 5 will, I think, conclude them. I feel I should like to go over them all again, and get a little more deeply into the import of all that is presented. We had Ephesians 4 on Thursday — the Lord’s death as His great victory, the spoils of which He distributes amongst His friends.
It is a solemn time of exercise, both for the world and for the children of God. If humbly accepted it will all turn to great blessing, but heart and conscience work is but shallow even in the mass of the converted. It is good for us to be storing up the preciousness of Christ in our hearts and thus to be furnished with supplies of that which cannot fail, and able to pass on to others some of the unsearchable riches. It [p. 71] is a beautiful thing that is said of David — “having in his own generation ministered to the will of God”! None of us is excluded from the privilege and dignity of such a life as this. May it be ours to walk in faith while here below, and to abide in Christ and in the love of God!
May 6th, 1917.