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God’s Gift to the Human Race, February 8
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.
John 3:16
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The heart of God yearns over His earthly children with a love
stronger than death. In giving up His Son, He has poured out to us
all heaven in one gift.
Through that gift there comes to us day by day the unfailing flow
of Jehovah’s goodness. Every flower, with its delicate tints and sweet
fragrance, is given for our enjoyment through that one Gift. The sun
and moon were made by Him; there is not a star that beautifies the
heavens which He did not make. There is not an article of food upon our
tables that He has not provided for our sustenance. The superscription
of Christ is upon it all. Everything is supplied to man through the one
unspeakable Gift, the only-begotten Son of God. He was nailed to the
cross that all these bounties might flow to God’s workmanship.
In taking our nature, the Saviour has bound Himself to humanity by
a tie that is never to be broken. Through the eternal ages He is linked
with us. “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son.”
He gave Him not only to bear our sins, and to die as our sacrifice; He
gave Him to the fallen race. To assure us of His immutable counsel of
peace, God gave His only-begotten Son to become one of the human
family, forever to retain His human nature. This is the pledge that God
will fulfill His word. “Unto
us
a child is born, unto
us
a son is given:
and the government shall be upon his shoulder.”
Isaiah 9:6
. God has
adopted human nature in the person of His Son, and has carried the
same into the highest heaven.... Heaven is enshrined in humanity, and
humanity is enfolded in the bosom of Infinite Love.
Christ bowed down in unparalleled humility, that in His exaltation
to the throne of God, He might also exalt those who believe in Him, to
a seat with Him upon His throne.
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