Morning, June 18
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“Thy Redeemer.”
Isaiah 54:5
Jesus, the Redeemer, is altogether ours and ours forever. All the
offices of Christ are held on our behalf. He is king for us, priest for us,
and prophet for us. Whenever we read a new title of the Redeemer,
let us appropriate him as ours under that name as much as under any
other. The shepherd’s staff, the father’s rod, the captain’s sword, the priest’s mitre, the prince’s sceptre, the prophet’s mantle, all are ours. Jesus hath no dignity which he will not employ
for our exaltation, and no prerogative which he will not exercise
for our defence. His fulness of Godhead is our unfailing, inexhaustible treasure-house.
His manhood also, which he took upon him for us, is ours in all its perfection.
To us our gracious Lord communicates the spotless virtue of a stainless
character; to us he gives the meritorious efficacy of a devoted life;
on us he bestows the reward procured by obedient submission and incessant
service. He makes the unsullied garment of his life our covering beauty;
the glittering virtues of his character our ornaments and jewels;
and the superhuman meekness of his death our boast and glory. He bequeaths
us his manger, from which to learn how God came down to man; and his
Cross to teach us how man may go up to God. All his thoughts, emotions,
actions, utterances, miracles, and intercessions, were for us. He
trod the road of sorrow on our behalf, and hath made over to us as
his heavenly legacy the full results of all the labours of his life.
He is now as much ours as heretofore; and he blushes not to acknowledge
himself “ our Lord Jesus Christ,” though he is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and
Lord of lords. Christ everywhere and every way is our Christ, forever
and ever most richly to enjoy. O my soul, by the power of the Holy
Spirit! call him this morning, “thy Redeemer.”