Thursday, December 24, 2009
Morning and Evening 12/24
Thursday, December 24, 2009—posted by Jonathan J. Keene
» Today's reading at Blue Letter Bible
Morning
The swaddling baby, the Lord of Hosts and Ruler of all things created, came by way of virgin and under law. It was at this specific time in history that our Lord was born and positioned himself for a short while a bit lower than the angels so that we “the poor and guilty, should receive of His fulness grace for grace”.
Perfection through grace had reached out and touched man so that he may receive the righteousness of Christ and behold all of His glory. This fellow reader, is one of those truths that we will never fully grasp still in the flesh. For OUR sakes he became poor although we wanted nothing to do with him but desired the darkness rather than the light.
We were so vile and filled with sin that He had to impute all of His blessing upon us so that we may be admitted into the “palace of glory”. It has been purely done by perfect love, so that He may bring honor unto Himself.
Rejoice this Christmas Eve for the fullness of the time has come.
Evening
“On whose side are you” Spurgeon ends his exhortation. It is heaven or hell, glory or fire, pure happiness or eternal wrath, a son of God or His enemy. Which side are you on? A simple question with a simple answer, but yet this truth is rejected by most and thought of as a fools belief and a poor man’s hope.
“We know that the world and all that is therein is one day to be burnt up, and afterwards we look for new heavens and for a new earth”. We know it will come to pass one day and that this first earth shall pass away and swallow up the sea with it. I see the economic and political turmoil in the world and so many Christians worrying about what is going to happen. We know what is going to happen though, it has been clearly written in the word of God and what we are witnessing today is the fulfillment of prophecy before our eyes. Have faith and hope in His word and promises to His people.
Let us rejoice together and sign with the angels for the Lord will reign forever.
Morning
The swaddling baby, the Lord of Hosts and Ruler of all things created, came by way of virgin and under law. It was at this specific time in history that our Lord was born and positioned himself for a short while a bit lower than the angels so that we “the poor and guilty, should receive of His fulness grace for grace”.
Perfection through grace had reached out and touched man so that he may receive the righteousness of Christ and behold all of His glory. This fellow reader, is one of those truths that we will never fully grasp still in the flesh. For OUR sakes he became poor although we wanted nothing to do with him but desired the darkness rather than the light.
Our position by the fall, apart from the covenant of grace, made it as impossible for fallen man to communicate with God as it is for Belial to be in concord with Christ.
We were so vile and filled with sin that He had to impute all of His blessing upon us so that we may be admitted into the “palace of glory”. It has been purely done by perfect love, so that He may bring honor unto Himself.
Rejoice this Christmas Eve for the fullness of the time has come.
Evening
“On whose side are you” Spurgeon ends his exhortation. It is heaven or hell, glory or fire, pure happiness or eternal wrath, a son of God or His enemy. Which side are you on? A simple question with a simple answer, but yet this truth is rejected by most and thought of as a fools belief and a poor man’s hope.
“We know that the world and all that is therein is one day to be burnt up, and afterwards we look for new heavens and for a new earth”. We know it will come to pass one day and that this first earth shall pass away and swallow up the sea with it. I see the economic and political turmoil in the world and so many Christians worrying about what is going to happen. We know what is going to happen though, it has been clearly written in the word of God and what we are witnessing today is the fulfillment of prophecy before our eyes. Have faith and hope in His word and promises to His people.
Let us rejoice together and sign with the angels for the Lord will reign forever.
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