The Gospel in Genesis by Henry Law

Author:Henry Law [Law, Henry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Religion
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Published: 2018-01-17T23:00:00+00:00

THE BLESSING

"In you shall all families of the earth be blessed." Genesis 12:3

Our Heavenly Father is love. The proof is the gift of His Son. Jesus is love. The proof is the gift of Himself. The Spirit is love. The proof is, He brings Jesus into the heart of faith. Hence, the Scripture is framed by the hand of love, as a chart to show the glories of the Lord to the children of men. Each page adds new tints to the glowing picture. Almost each person is a herald preceding Jesus with a clearer note. Thus Abraham appears from the shades of idolatry, and instantly the Gospel is preached. The tidings sound aloud—"In you shall all families of the earth be blessed." Faith hears and cries, This must be a prophecy of Jesus. Who but He is the blessing of the world?

When the Patriarch was raised to this pinnacle of truth, what prospects, as floods of light were spread before him! He gazed on countless masses of immortals, blessed through countless ages. "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it, and was glad."

Reader! would you behold like wonders, and share like joys? Would you be blessed while you live, and when you die, and throughout eternity? Would you bask each day in the smiles of God's favor, and repose each night under the shelter of His wings, and go down to the grave leaning on His arm, and pass through the gate of death into the new Jerusalem? There is all this blessedness in Christ. Would you at each moment lift up a tranquil heart, and say—The great Creator is my Father—Jesus is my redeeming kinsman—the Spirit is my indwelling teacher, and sanctifier, and comforter—the saints in light are my brethren—the Angels are my guardian-attendants—Heaven is my home—a throne of glory is my seat—a weight of glory is my crown? Would you realize that the wheels of Providence revolve for your welfare—and that the world, with all its intricate perplexities of machinery, is a scaffold to build up the fabric of your best interests?

There is all this blessedness in Christ. But apart from Him, there is no blessing. The blessing hand hangs down, the blessing voice is mute, except in Him. Such is the fact; and the clear knowledge of it lies at the root of Gospel-truth. Do you ask, Why can no blessing fly to earth, but on the wings of Jesus? Sin is the hindrance. Sin chokes the road. Blessings can find no channel, until some mighty power clears the course. But sin does more than obstruct. It mantles our race under a thick pall of curse. The curse is the ground, on which we are born. On that dreary waste, then, nothing but woe can fall. We must be translated into an Eden of Grace, before showers of favor can visit us.

Many sport through life, thoughtless that they are thus in misery's land. As you value your soul, examine then with me the solemn case.

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