Behold the Lord Jesus
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“For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.” (Colossians 2:9-10)
All the attributes of Christ, as God and man, are at our disposal. All the fullness of the Godhead, whatever that marvelous term may comprehend, is ours to make us complete. He cannot endow us with the attributes of Deity; but He has done all that can be done, for He has made even His divine power and Godhead subservient to our salvation. His omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence, immutability and infallibility, are all combined for our defense.
Arise, believer, and behold the Lord Jesus yoking the whole of His divine Godhead to the chariot of salvation! How vast His grace, how firm His faithfulness, how unswerving His immutability, how infinite His power, how limitless His knowledge! All these are by the Lord Jesus made the pillars of the temple of salvation; and all, without diminution of their infinity, are covenanted to us as our perpetual inheritance. The fathomless love of the Saviour’s heart is every drop of it ours; every sinew in the arm of might, every jewel in the crown of majesty, the immensity of divine knowledge, and the sternness of divine justice, all are ours, and shall be employed for us. The whole of Christ, in His adorable character as the Son of God, is by Himself made over to us most richly to enjoy.
His wisdom is our direction, His knowledge our instruction, His power our protection, His justice our surety, His love our comfort, His mercy our solace, and His immutability our trust. He makes no reserve, but opens the recesses of the Mount of God and bids us dig in its mines for the hidden treasures. “All, all, all are yours,” saith He, “be ye satisfied with favor and full of the goodness of the Lord.” Oh! how sweet thus to behold Jesus, and to call upon Him with the certain confidence that in seeking the interposition of His love or power, we are but asking for that which He has already faithfully promised.
Question: Which of God’s glorious attributes will you hold fast to today?
Hi Ben,
My name’s Darren, and I’m responsible for the Power to Change/Truthmedia men’s devotionals; I write some of the devos too.
Thank you for your comments!
A bit of background about Charles H Spurgeon: He was one of the most widely read preachers of the late 19th century. His writings are now in the public domain, so that’s one of the reasons why we’ve chosen to use some of his devotionals (plus he’s regarded as one of the greatest preachers of the last hundred years).
I understand your concern however regarding Spurgeon’s language; since he was writing before the year 1900 he does use a lot of archaic language, and because of this I have already started “retranslating” Spurgeon’s devos to use more contemporary language. All of Spurgeon’s devotionals appearing from now on (every Thursday) will hopefully be easier to understand as we fix the “thees” and “thous” and some of the more obscure words.
Thanks again for your comments and for reading our devotionals! :)
Why does this writer use such ‘hoyty’ language?? I donot understand what the message is he is conveying. I really enjoy and appreciate the daily devotionals, but find these pieces (atleast 3 i’ve received) by Mr Spurgeon difficult to comprehend. We’re are not all doctorate qualified. Use common terms that us who have limited skill can also understand, PLEASE!!!!