[What have we done to merit the gift of God's dear Son ? We were rebels against the Majesty of heaven, and deserved
nothing but "wrath and fiery indignation to consume us "
The manna rained round the tents of the murmuring Israelites was not more freely given, than Christ is sent to us, and salva- tion by him is offered us in the Gospel™ ]
2. The suitableness —
[The manna was adapted to nourish equally the infant and adult. And to whom is not Christ suited ? The great sinner will find in him precisely such a Saviour as his necessities re- quire • The weak, the timid, the disconsolate, yea, all
persons in all possible circumstances, shall find, that he is as much suited to their individual cases, as if God had sent him for them alone ; and to their palate, as though they themselves had chosen what kind of a Saviour they would have ]
3. The sufficiency —
[The vigour of all was renewed from day to day by means of the food provided for them ; and they were enabled to march or fight, as occasion required. And what cannot he do who feeds upon the Lord Jesus Christ ? What conflicts shall not he support ; what victories shall not he gain ? " The grace of Christ will be sufficient for him ;" and he will be " able to do
all things through Christ who strengtheneth him" " He
that gathers most of this heavenly manna, will indeed have nothing over ; but he who gathers ever so little, shall have no
lack" Twice is it repeated in our text, that they ate of
the manna till they arrived at the promised land: never did it fail them ; nor did they ever need any other food. And thus assuredly shall Christ continue to the end the support of all who feed upon him ; and, in possessing " that hidden manna," they shall have all that they can want in this dreary wilder- ness ; they shall have an earnest and antepast of heaven itself".]
m Isai. Iv. 1. " Rev. ii. 17.