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the infinite God as members of the body of Christ, as branches of
the living Vine. We are to be attached to the parent stock, and to
receive nourishment from the Vine. Christ is our glorified Head, and
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the divine love flowing from the heart of God, rests in Christ, and is
communicated to those who have been united to Him. This divine love
entering the soul inspires it with gratitude, frees it from its spiritual
feebleness, from pride, vanity, and selfishness, and from all that would
deform the Christian character.
Look, O look to Jesus and live! You cannot but be charmed with
the matchless attractions of the Son of God. Christ was God manifest
in the flesh, the mystery hidden for ages, and in our acceptance or
rejection of the Saviour of the world are involved eternal interests.
To save the transgressor of God’s law, Christ, the one equal with
the Father, came to live heaven before men, that they might learn to
know what it is to have heaven in the heart. He illustrated what man
must be to be worthy of the precious boon of the life that measures
with the life of God.
The life of Christ was a life charged with a divine message of the
love of God, and He longed intensely to impart this love to others in
rich measure. Compassion beamed from His countenance, and His
conduct was characterized by grace, humility, truth, and love. Every
member of His church militant must manifest the same qualities, if He
would join the church triumphant. The love of Christ is so broad, so
full of glory, that in comparison to it, everything that men esteem as
great, dwindles into insignificance. When we obtain a view of it, we
exclaim, O the depth of the riches of the love that God bestowed upon
men in the gift of His only-begotten Son!
When we seek for appropriate language in which to describe the
love of God, we find words too tame, too weak, too far beneath the
theme, and we lay down our pen and say, “No, it cannot be described.”
We can only do as did the beloved disciple, and say, “Behold, what
manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be
called the sons of God.” In attempting any description of this love, we
feel that we are as infants lisping their first words. Silently we may
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adore; for silence in this matter is the only eloquence. This love is past
all language to describe. It is the mystery of God in the flesh, God in
Christ, and divinity in humanity. Christ bowed down in unparalleled
humility, that in His exaltation to the throne of God, He might also