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God’s Gift To The Human Race, March 3
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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