"The prisoner of Jesus Christ." - Ephesians 3:1
My soul! art thou a prisoner of Jesus Christ? See to it, if so, that,
like the apostle, thou art bound with Jesu's chains for "the hope of
Israel." They are golden chains. When Paul and Silas were fast bound in
the prison, the consciousness of this made them sing for joy. Men have
their prisons, and God hath his. But here lies the vast difference: no
bars or grates, among the closest prisons of men, can shut God out from
comforting his prisoners; and, on the contrary, nothing can come in to
afflict Jesu's prisoners, when he keeps them by the sovereignty of his
grace, and love, and power. Blessed Lord! look upon thy poor prisoner;
and come in, dear Lord, with thy wonderful condescension, and do as
thou hast said: sup with him, and cause him to sup with thee.
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