(James Wells, 1839)
"They will say of Me--In the Lord alone are righteousness and strength." Isaiah 45:24
Those who are taught of God feel that they are but dust and ashes, that they are vile, carnal, sold under sin, helpless, and have no might of their own.
Where this experience is--the great truths of the Gospel become interwoven in their
souls, mingled with their minds, and so entwined about their hearts--that they are carried away in their affections . . .
from earthly things--to heavenly things;
from sin--to salvation;
from this world--to that which is to come.
Their hope is in heaven, they have no confidence in the flesh--but in the Lord alone, they have righteousness and strength, life and light, joy and gladness, glory and honor. Unto these things they look; for these things they seek; upon these things
they live; of these things they boast; and by these things they defy death, hell and the grave! They thus put on Christ, walk in Him, commune with Him--and rest ALL their hopes upon HIS holy life, and sin-atoning death.
His life is our justification.
His death is . . .
our redemption,
our pardon,
our sanctification,
our victory, and
our peace with God.
"You are complete in Him." Colossians 2:10
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