His spirit, the
spirit of love by which He made and guides all heaven and earth, the
spirit of love in which He gave His only Son for you, the spirit of
love in which His Son Jesus Christ sacrificed Himself for you, and
took on Himself a meaner state than any of you can ever have--the
likeness of a slave--that spirit is promised to you, and ready for
you. That little baby in the manger at Bethlehem--God sacrificing
Himself for you in the spirit of love--is a sign that that spirit of
love is the spirit of God, and therefore the only right spirit for
you and me, who are men and women made in the image of God. That
babe in the manger at Bethlehem is a sign to you and me, that God
will freely give us that spirit of love if we ask for it. For He
would not have set us that example, if He had not meant us to follow
it, and He would not ask us to follow it, if He did not intend to
give us the means of following it. Therefore, my friends, it is
written, Ask and ye shall receive. If your heavenly Father spared
not His own Son, but freely gave Him for you, will He not with Him
likewise freely give you all things? Oh! ask and you shall receive.
However poor, ignorant, sinful you may be, God's promises are ready
for you, signed and sealed by the bread and wine on that table, the
memorial of Jesus, the babe of Bethlehem.
Pages:
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65