The Greatest Wonder
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The Greatest Wonder
His Father saw him... and kissed him." Luke 15
THIS is the greatest wonder of all. My Father loves me. And His love is not a blind love. He has seen all, knows all, has searched my sin to its very depth, and yet He loves me and has welcomed me to His outstretched arms and kissed me with a kiss that has reconciled me forever.
I had spent all in the unspeakable depravity of my sinful heart, but His love cannot be spent nor can I ever pass out of the reach of it. As the heavens encompass the earth so am I compassed about with that infinite love of God. There is my strength; my unfailing hope lies in that unfailing love. Yes, prodigal, you who have gone down lowest and spent all, this love abides, and abides for you. "When we were yet sinners Christ died for us." Wonder of wonders, my Father loves me!
The Father's Joy
"It is meet that we should make merry and be glad." Luke 15
Have we understood how God rejoiced when we returned to Him as repentant prodigals? Luke fifteen is given to teach us the joy of God in the blessing of men. It is infinitely more than the meeting of our need; it is the gratification of His heart. If the sinner's need were the measure of Christ's work, then human joys would suffice; but when divine love is the measure, the Father's house and the joys that are there are alone sufficient. It is the Father's pleasure that His house should be filled with gladness. "This my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found." When our eyes are opened to see this side of the Gospel, we begin to understand how cordial and full is our reception.
Together With Him
"For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ. Who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him." 1 Thess. 5:9
Mark the object of His death: it was that we might live together with Him. Does not that touch our hearts? Is not that much more than going to heaven and being happy forever? He sought us, desired our company, will be satisfied with nothing less, and He shall have it. Whether we wake or sleep, live or die, this shall be brought to pass. We are to be with Him as His companions; nothing will satisfy divine love but this, and this is the proper hope of the Christian.
Meanwhile, to Him we belong; He has set us free to bind us to Himself, that henceforth we live not unto ourselves, but unto Him Who died for us and rose again.
Believer, thou art, thou must be—it cannot be otherwise—thy Redeemer's property. Joined to Him for safety, thou art joined to Him also for service. Believing, thou belongest. Whether thou livest, thou livest in relation to the Lord. Whether thou diest, thou diest in relation to the Lord. He died, rose and revived for this end "that He might be Lord both of the dead and living." Rom. 14:9
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