"Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that
justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died; yea,
rather, that is risen again; who is even at the right hand of God, who
also maketh intercession for us." - Romans 8:33:34
See, my soul, what a blessed security thou hast. Here is God
justifying; Christ dying; the Holy Ghost raising the sinner's surety
from the grave, as an evidence that the debt of sin is cancelled; and
Jesus ever living to see the travail of his soul, and be satisfied in
the redemption of his people. What, then, shall rob thee of thy
comfort, while thou art triumphing in thy Jesus? Sin shall not; for
Jesus hath put it away by the sacrifice of himself. The law cannot; for
thy Jesus hath answered all its just demands. Divine justice cannot;
for God himself justifieth. Death and hell cannot; for Jesus hath
conquered both. In short, all that stood in thy way, the Son of God
hath removed. And wilt thou not, my soul, triumph in the great
salvation of thy Jesus? Surely the poor debtor may walk as boldly
before the prison door, as the king in his palace, when his debts are
paid. No bailiff can touch him; no mittimus again confine him. "If the
Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed." Triumph then, my
soul, in the liberty wherewith thy Jesus hath made thee free; only be
sure that all thy triumphs are in him. Let him have all the glory, who
hath wrought the whole redemption. Make thy Jesus all; for he hath done
all for thee; and then sweetly repose thyself upon the person and work
of thy beloved, Let the adversary accuse, or opposition arise from
without or within, yet, saith an apostle, here is the answer: - "God
justifieth; for Christ died." Oh, how precious it is, after all the
storms, and winds, and boisterous tossings, of law and conscience, to
enter into that harbour, which is, Jesus. "We which have believed,"
saith the apostle, "do enter into rest." He is indeed the rest,
wherewith he causeth the weary to rest; and he is the refreshing.
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