THE LOVE OF JESUS

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Walking dirt?

(Charles Spurgeon)

The more grace we have, the less we shall
think of ourselves; for grace, like light,
reveals our impurity. At best, we are . . .
  but clay,
  animated dust,
  mere walking dirt.

But viewed as sinners, we are monsters indeed.

Let it be published in heaven as a wonder,
that the Lord Jesus should set His heart's
love upon such as we are!

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Do you see him yonder?

From Spurgeon's sermon, "DAVID'S DYING PRAYER"

Brethren, turn your eyes yonder.
What do you see there?

You see the Son of God stepping from the place of his glory,
casting aside the garments of his majesty, and robing himself
in garments of clay.

Do you see him yonder?

He is nailed to a cross.

Oh! can you behold him, as his head hangs meekly on his
breast? Can you catch the accents of his lips, when he says,
"Father, forgive them?"

Do you see him with the thorn-crown still about his brow,
with bleeding head, and hands, and feet?

And does not your soul burst with adoration,
when you see him giving himself for your sins?

What! can you look upon this miracle of miracles -
the death of the Son of God, without feeling reverence
stirred within your bosom - a marvelous adoration
that language never can express?

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Shall I not drink it?

(Newman Hall, "Leaves of Healing
 from the Garden of Grief" 1891)

"The cup which My Father has given Me,
 shall I not drink it?" John 18:11

It was the Savior's own desire to suffer.
To escape would be . . .
  to falsify Scripture,
  to renounce His own purpose,
  to abandon His work of salvation,
  to contravene the Father's loving will.

My Father has ordained this cup, mingled it,
knows every drop in it, presents it--shall I
not drink it? My Father is . . .
  infinite in wisdom, and cannot err;
  infinite in love, and cannot be unkind;
  infinite in resources, and would not give it to
Me to drink, if His and My own great purpose to
save the world could be better realized. It is
a cup which, drained by Me, shall procure to
countless multitudes . . .
  a cup of redemption,
  a cup of consolation,
  a cup of glory in the everlasting banquet of heaven!

"The cup which My Father has given Me,
  shall I not drink it?" John 18:11

And He drank it to the dregs!

Let His followers, whenever they have to drink
a cup of sorrow, be comforted in remembering
this last word of Christ at Gethsemane.

He, the sinless One--suffered for us, the sinful ones.
By reason of our transgressions, His cup was so bitter.
By drinking it, He provided an antidote for the poison
which sin infuses into every sorrowful cup of ours.

His love prompted Him to drink it all.

He has thus removed from us the danger, fear, and
sorrow. Our garden of grief, by His bitter cup, has
been delivered from its darkest gloom, has been
illumined by Divine love and rejoicing hope. He who
has thus saved us from sin and death, and ever lives
as our sympathizing Brother, will be with us in every
trial, and enable us also to say, "The cup which my
Father has given me, shall I not drink it?"

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The dying love of the Lamb!

by Don Fortner

Nothing in all the universe is more wonderful
and magnificent in the eyes of God than the
death of his dear Son.

Never did the Father more fully love
his Son than when he was heaping
upon him the fury of his wrath.

The death of our Lord Jesus Christ is the
most wonderful, astounding, magnificent
event in the history of the universe. Nothing
that is, has been, or shall hereafter be, can
be compared to it.

He was suffering the wrath of God, bearing
the sins of his people, dying as the voluntary
Substitute for guilty, hell deserving, hell bent
sinners such as we are.

Redeemed sinners on the earth cherish nothing,
delight in nothing, marvel at nothing, like we
do the death of our Lord Jesus Christ for us.

The ransomed in glory appear to think of nothing
and speak of nothing except the dying love of the
Lamb in the midst of the throne.

May we become so totally consumed with the
crucified Christ, that our hearts, our lives, every
fiber of our souls may be constantly dominated
by the death of Christ as our sin atoning Savior!
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(My Note:  The grave could not hold our precious Lord
and Saviour. HE arose from the dead on the third day,
and HE LIVES! HE returned to HIS rightful place as
LORD of LORDS and KING of KINGS. HIS Mercy has been
long and great, but HE will be returning soon in great
POWER and will pour out HIS WRATH on evil. Tomorrow
might be too late - won't you consider RIGHT NOW
asking HIM to be your LORD and SAVIOUR FOREVER?)

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The bosom of His eternal Love!

(Anne Dutton's Letters on Spiritual Subjects)

Oh, what heart can conceive, or tongue express,
a thousandth part of that joy and glory which He
has reserved for His people in the world to come,
when He will bid them enter into His own joy, and
He Himself will be their everlasting light and their
glory! Oh, then we shall have the light of life, of
glory-life, in such manner and measure as far
surpasses all our present thought!

Come, lie down by faith, in the bosom of His eternal
Love! It is a sweet, soft bed, that will delight and
refresh you exceedingly! Here is a basin of heavenly
wine, or rather a sea of boundless bliss! Drink your
fill, bathe your soul in pleasures---and shout the
glories, the fullness, the praises of the strong
Jehovah amid all your felt emptiness, weakness,
and imperfections! So shall you be exceeding joyful
and fruitful, and your obedience highly pleasing to
your God and Father, in the Son of His love.

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Eternally repose your weary
soul in the bosom of Jesus!

(from "Go and Tell Jesus" by Octavius Winslow)

Forward, believer in Christ, to the toils, duties,
and trials of another stage of life's journey!

Jesus is enough for them all.

Jesus will be with you in them all.

Jesus will triumphantly conduct you through them all.

Beloved one, live in the constant expectation
of soon seeing Jesus face to face; conversing
with He whom here below, cheered, comforted,
and sweetened many a weary step of your
Christian pilgrimage.

That moment is speeding on.

In a little while and all that now wounds and
ruffles, tempts and pollutes, will have disappeared
like the foam upon the billow, and you shall eternally
repose your weary soul in the bosom of Jesus!

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His own Father!

David Harsha, "The Crucifixion"

"My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?"

He drinks the bitter cup of God's wrath due to sin.

The powers of darkness fiercely assail Him.

He enjoys no sensible communion with Heaven.

It is the gloomiest period in His whole life.

But at length His agony is so piercing that He is
constrained to utter the most touching words of grief.

"My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?"

His Father; His own Father; in whose bosom He had
lain from eternity; His Father, by whom He was always
beloved; has withdrawn the light of His countenance
from Him; and from His cross arises a most piercing
and agonizing cry.

"My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?"

Oh, how mysterious, how solemn, how affecting is
this cry! It is the most doleful that ever came from
the lips of Christ during His sorrowful sojourn from
the manger to the cross.

Ah! why does He hang on yonder cross, uttering
with 'strong crying and tears' these doleful words?

It was not the nails which pierced His hands and feet,
nor the agony of a crucifixion, that caused this mournful cry.

He was now offering Himself a sacrifice for the sins
of the world. As our Surety He suffered all that divine
justice required to bring the sinner back to God and
to glory.

Here is the great mystery of Godliness: the Father
bruises the Son, and puts Him to grief for our sakes;
and all those cries, and tears, and groans of Him,
whom the Father appointed to accomplish our
salvation, were for us.

On His shoulders was laid the enormous load of human guilt.

Oh, what can we render to our Divine Savior
for His amazing and unparalleled love to us?

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"In evil long I took delight,
Unawed by shame or fear,
Till a new object struck my sight,
And stopped my wild career.

I saw One hanging on a tree,
In agony and blood,
Who fixed His languid eyes on me,
As near His cross I stood.

Surely, never to my latest breath,
Can I forget that look;
It seemed to charge me with His death,
Though not a word He spoke.

My conscience felt and owned the guilt,
And plunged me in despair,
I saw my sins His blood had spilt,
And helped to nail Him there.

Alas! I knew not what I did,
But now my tears are vain;
Where shall my trembling soul be hid
For I the Lord have slain.

A second look He gave, which said,
'I freely all forgive;
This blood is for your ransom paid;
I die that you may live.'

Thus, while His death my sin displays
In all its blackest hue,
Such is the mystery of grace,
It seals my pardon too!

With pleasing grief and mournful joy,
My spirit now is filled;
That I should such a life destroy,
Yet live by him I killed."

(by John Newton)

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I need just such a friend

(William S. Plumer)

Jesus knows all my wants and weaknesses; all
my sin and misery. He knows the malice of my
enemies, and the foolishness of my heart. He has
power to subdue my whole nature to Himself, and
to defeat the wiles and machinations of my foes.

His grace is all-sufficient.

His love is infinite.

His wisdom cannot be defeated.

His power cannot be resisted.

He has all power and strength--and I am very weak. He
has all the knowledge to understand my whole case, and
all the wisdom necessary to direct everything concerning
me. He makes no mistakes. He is never deceived. He is never
outsmarted. He knows all things. He knows my weaknesses.
He knows my sorrows. He knows my heart. His wisdom never
fails. He is never confounded or perplexed. He has as much
mercy and kindness as I need. His loving-kindness is so
great that we cannot fathom its top or the bottom--the
length or the breadth of it. The ocean of the Divine
love is boundless and inexhaustible! It is infinite!

I have no sorrow to which He is a stranger.

He sympathizes with me in all my sufferings
and temptations.

I need just such a friend.

"Let us then approach the throne of grace with
 confidence, so that we may receive mercy and
 find grace to help us in our time of need."
    Hebrews 4:16

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A real friend

(Thomas Reade, "Christian Meditations")

"There is a Friend who sticks closer than a brother."
     Proverbs 18:24

Few people are insensible to the happiness of
friendship, though few, comparatively, possess
a real friend. Worldly friendships are often little
better than "confederacies in vice, and leagues
in pleasure."

In the midst of this ever changing, faithless world,
there is a Friend that loves at all times — a Brother
that is born for adversity.

Jesus is His precious name.

Love is His endeared character.

His faithfulness never fails.

He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

In the midst of disquietude — He can give rest.

In the midst of sorrow — He can give comfort.

In the midst of weakness — He can impart strength.

In the midst of confusion — He can give counsel.

Oh! what a friend is this!

Wherever we are, He is a friend at hand to cheer
and support. When we read His word, He speaks to
us — when we pray, we speak to Him. He is near to
those who fear Him, and He sheds His choicest gifts
on those who love Him.

Such a friend is Jesus to His redeemed people.

There is no happiness but in Christ.

He is the fountain of living water — the source
from where our every blessing flows!

O! my soul, never look for peace from the creature
— nor expect it from yourself.

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The fullness of His grace

(Octavius Winslow, "From Grace to Glory" 1864)

"From the fullness of His grace we have all
 received one blessing after another." John 1:16

Will you hesitate, then, child of God  to sink
your emptiness in this fullness; to drink
abundantly from this supply; to go to Jesus . . .
  with every sin, the greatest;
  with every temptation, the strongest;
  with every need, the deepest;
  with every trial, the severest;
  with your mental despondency, your lowest
spiritual frame yes, exactly as you are--and
receive from Christ's boundless grace--grace
to help you in the time of need? Hesitate not!

Every drop of Christ's fullness of grace is yours!
And you have . . .
  not a sin this grace cannot cancel,
  not a corruption it cannot subdue,
  not a trial it cannot sustain,
  not a burden it cannot enable you to bear.

Yes, the Lord will give grace! He will give us grace
for every position in which His providence places us.
He will give sustaining grace under every trial He
sends us. He will give preserving grace in every
path of peril along which He leads us. He will give
comforting grace in every afflictive dispensation
by which He seeks to promote our holiness here,
and so to advance our fitness for glory hereafter.

There is no stintiness, no limit in the Triune God.
He has given you grace for past exigencies, and He
is prepared to give you more grace for present ones!

"From the fullness of His grace we have all
 received one blessing after another." John 1:16

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FINISHED — PERFECT — COMPLETE (Page 1)
by John C. O'Hair

How would you like to be perfect and complete? Carefully note three verses of Scripture:

1. "When Jesus therefore received the vinegar, He said, IT IS FINISHED; and He bowed His head and gave up the ghost." John 19:30.

2. "By one offering HE HATH PERFECTED for ever them that are sanctified." Hebrews 10:14.

3. "And YE ARE COMPLETE in Him, Which is the Head of all principality and power." Colossians 2:10.

Note:

1. "IT IS FINISHED"

2. "HE HATH PERFECTED"

3. "YE ARE COMPLETE"

"It" — "He" — "Ye" — "Finished" — "Perfected" — "Complete".

In John 1:1 and 1:14, we read that Christ was God and became flesh. He was both Divine and human; altogether perfect. Christ lived for more than thirty years on this earth. His was the perfect life. All of His works were works of perfection.

Christ died on the cross as the Lamb of God with­out spot or blemish. I Peter 1:19. He was holy, harmless, undefiled. He was made flesh for the specific purpose of offering Himself in sacrifice on the cross without spot unto God to put away sin. Hebrews 2:9, Hebrews 9:10 to 14, and Hebrews 9:26. After His death, Christ abolished death. II Timothy 1:10. Christ's work of redemption was a perfect work. His cry was "finished." God accepted the finished work of Christ as payment for all of the sins of every sinner who will accept the perfect Christ and His perfect sacrifice. "It is finished."

Now hear the good news of Hebrews 10:10 — Hebrews 10:12 — Hebrews 10:14:

"By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all." Hebrews 10:10.

"But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God." Hebrews 10:12.

"For by one offering, He had perfected for ever them that are sanctified." Hebrews 10:14.

The same truth is told in Hebrews 9:12: "Neither by the blood of goats and calves but by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us."

"By one offering." Believers are sanctified. Believers are perfected. By the one offering of the perfect Christ and by His one entrance into heaven after His death and resurrection. He hath perfected forever believing sinners. Do you want to be made perfect? God wants to do this very thing for you. Christ's work is God's way. Take God's way. Let God save you in His way. Let the perfect God by His grace, make you perfect in His sight in His way. Christ hath obtained for us eternal redemption. Believe this very good news and receive Christ.

The law made nothing perfect. The bringing in of the better hope did. Hebrews 7:19. "Christ is the END of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth." Romans 10:4.

The words "end," "finish," "perfect," and the word "uttermost" in Hebrews 7:25 and the word "perform" in Philippians 1:6, are all from the same Greek word.

Christ, in Hebrews 12:2, is called the "Author and Finisher" of our faith.
 
Christ being made "perfect" became the "Author" of eternal life. Hebrews 5:9. The word "Author" in Hebrews 12:2 is the same Greek word as "Captain" in Hebrews 5:9—The Captain of our salvation was made "perfect" through suffering. Jesus Christ, the Righteous, being Deity, was ever perfect. But His redemptive work in behalf of imperfect humanity, was a work of suffering. He said, "My meat is to do the will of God and "finish" or "end" or "perfect" the work which He gave me to do. Then He said, "I have finished." He did a perfect work. God was altogether satisfied with "the finished work of Christ." "For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring as to God." I Peter 3:18. On the cross Christ cried, "It is finished" or "finished."

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FINISHED — PERFECT — COMPLETE (Page 2)
by John C. O'Hair

Note what God can do and does do far the believing sinner because of the perfect work, the finished work, of Christ.

"Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God: To declare, I say, at this time His righteousness: that He might be just and the justifier of Him which believeth in Jesus." Romans 3:25.

God is perfect and is satisfied with nothing less than a perfect work. The law of the Lord is perfect. God gave that perfect law to man, a perfect work to do. The law made nothing perfect. Hebrews 7:19. Imperfect man could not perfectly keep God's perfect law. But God sent from heaven the Man Who did perfectly keep that perfect law. Christ was perfect in being; perfect in conduct, perfect in all the will of God. He came down from heaven not to do His own will, but the will of Him that sent Him. John 6:38. God was satisfied completely with the perfect work of  Christ. On  the grounds of that perfect work of death and resurrection, God can be just and the justifier of every one who believes in Jesus. When the believing sinner is forgiven all of his sins by the just and merciful God, it is for Christ's sake. Ephesians 4:32.

After, the resurrection of Christ, God sent from heaven the Holy Spirit to witness concerning the perfect redemptive work of Christ which the Father accepted. The Father, by His grace and His Spirit, makes the believing sinner to be "accepted in the Beloved." Ephesians 1:6. To prove to the believer that he is "accepted in the Beloved," God sent His Holy Spirit in the believer whereby he is sealed unto the day of redemption. The indwelling Holy Spirit is the earnest of the believer's inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession. Ephesians 1:14. ". . . Christ having loved His own which were in the world, He loved them unto the END." John 13:1.

Every believer should read time and again the wonderful prayer of Christ in the seventeenth chapter of John. Note John 17:23, "I in them and Thou in Me, that they may be made PERFECT in One; and that the world may know that thou hast sent Me, and hast loved them, as Thou hast loved Me."

Then ponder in your heart this glorious truth: "For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And YE ARE COMPLETE in Him, which is the Head of all principality and power." Colossians 2:9 and 10.

So many sinners hesitate to accept Christ, God's free gift of eternal life, because they fear they can­not hold out. No believing sinner can hold out any more than he can save himself. By the Tri-Une God he is saved unto the "uttermost," that is, all the way to the end. "He will perform it unto the day of Jesus Christ." "Uttermost" and "perform" and "Finisher" are all from the same Greek word. From first to last, all the way, salvation is of the Lord and altogether by the grace of God. It is a perfect work.

Remember the good news recorded in John 13:1: "Having loved His own which were in the world, He loved them unto the end."

Note the good news recorded in Hebrews 7:25: "Wherefore He is able also to save them to the UTTERMOST that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them."

Note the good news recorded in Philippians 1:6: "Being confident of this very thing, that He Which hath begun a good work in you will PERFORM it unto the day of Jesus Christ."

Note this good news in John 10:28:

"And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand."

Note the good news in Romans 4:6 to 8:

"The blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered."

"BLESSED IS THE MAN TO WHOM THE LORD WILL NOT IMPUTE SIN."

Happy is this man. Are you that happy person? If not, why not? If not, whose fault is it?

When the believing sinner comes to God in God's way and that believing sinner is made accepted in the Beloved, in Christ, his standing is PERFECT and COMPLETE. He is guaranteed a perfect body when Christ comes. Until that day the believer is kept secure by Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

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FINISHED — PERFECT — COMPLETE (Page 3)
by John C. O'Hair

But note God's will concerning the believer's walk and conversation while he is waiting to go to heaven "THAT YE MAY STAND PERFECT AND COMPLETE IN ALL THE WILL OF GOD." Colossians 4:12.

You say it is not possible for a human being to be perfect. When Jesus Christ was here on earth He said to His disciples: "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father Which is in Heaven is perfect." Matthew 5:48.

In up-to-date language we must admit that this was a big order. Surely all should be agreed that by no human reformation scheme, by no ethical philosophy of man can any imperfect human creature be made as perfect as the perfect Creator. But the question is: can the perfect Creator make the imperfect creature perfect, if that human creature is willing to be worked upon by God?

What meaneth the language of Colossians 1:28: "That we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus?" "Perfect in Christ Jesus." "In Christ Jesus."

According to the Bible, man can undergo a transformation that will change him from an imperfect creature to a perfect creature: that is, the new creature is perfect. Concerning such transformed creatures, note what one of them was directed by God's perfect Spirit to write:       

"For we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." Ephesians 2:10.

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." II Corinthians 5:17.

Only "in Christ Jesus" can any human being be presented perfect. Christ Jesus spent about thirty three years on this earth as a perfect man. "The Second Man is from heaven." Human creatures must be recreated. They must be God's workmanship. God must place them in Christ Jesus. If God declares that He can present a man perfect in Christ Jesus, God means exactly what He says and your denial of this Divine fact will in no way alter the fact.

Why not seriously and carefully look into this matter? There is nothing else that you will ever have the opportunity to consider that can begin to compare with the importance of this glorious truth.

If man must be absolutely perfect in behavior to receive God's approval and benediction, then we say in despair, "what's the use?" Impossible. But if the work is to be the work of the omnipotent God, with Whom all things are possible, and if we are to be worked upon by the perfect God, and God emphatically declares that He can make the imperfect man perfect, then let's turn the impossibility over to God and let's see how He makes it possible.

Concerning this "perfect" remember the negative and positive in Hebrews 7:19: "The law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God."

The negative, "the law." The positive, "the better hope." No perfection by "the law." Perfection by "the better hope." "For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ:' By Moses, "the law—nothing perfect (except the law). By Jesus Christ, "the better hope" — perfection accomplished.

But now the question: How can the perfect doings of another counteract our imperfect doings? Our first answer is "by grace." God's Word is, "the bringing in of the better hope did." The perfect Christ and His perfect work is the better hope.

In Revelation 1:8 Christ calls Himself "the Beginning and the Ending." This word "ending" is from the same Greek word translated "perfect." Christ was perfect when He was in the form of God. He was the perfect Man in incarnation. As the Captain (Author) of our salvation He was made perfect through sufferings. Hebrews 2:10.

"And being made perfect He became the Author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey Him." Hebrews 5:9.

Here is a most interesting and significant statement. "For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth." Romans 10:4. Christ is the END of the law. This word "END" is the same Greek word as the word "PERFECT." Unrighteous sinners, unable to keep God's law, are declared righteous when they believe on Jesus Christ. He is called Jesus Christ, The Righteous. I John 2:1.

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FINISHED — PERFECT — COMPLETE (Page 4)
by John C. O'Hair

"And by Him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses." Acts 13:39.

We learn in Hebrews 12:2 that Jesus Christ is the Author and Finisher of our faith. This word "Finisher" is the same Greek word as "perfect." Perfect work cannot be done by man, but by the Tri-Une God. Note God's truth in Romans 4:4 and 5. "Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to Him that worketh not, but believeth on Him that justifieth the ungodly, His faith is counted for righteousness.

Thus we have learned that in the matter of being made perfect:

1. We are God's workmanship;

2. It is by believing in Christ and relying on His perfect work;

3. We are to be presented perfect in Christ Jesus.

We have observed that the words "end" and "finish" are the same Greek word as "perfect." Now let us note these statements of Christ, all found in John's Record:

"Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of Him that sent Me, and to finish His work." John 4:34.

"But I have greater witness than that of John for the works which the Father bath given Me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of Me, that the Father hath sent Me." John 5:36.

"I have glorified Thee on the earth: I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do." John 17:4.

"When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, It is finished: and He bowed His head and gave up the ghost." John 19:30.

The Father gave His Son something to do. He did it. That Son was perfect. He finished His work. He did a perfect work. God accepted it as such. "By His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us: Hebrews 9:12.

Before that perfect Son finished His work, He thus prayed for His disciples: "That they may be made perfect." John 17:23. Do you suppose that the Father would permit the prayer of His Son to go unanswered? There will yet be a realization of Ephesians 4:13; "Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ."               

As children of God we must study hundreds of verses of Scripture to know God's will and then remember that the same grace of God that saved us from the penalty of sin abounds and is sufficient for every task, trial and test, and the same power that raised Christ from the dead is to usward who are on redemption and resurrection ground by faith in the crucified and resurrected Christ. II Corinthians 9:8 and Ephesians 1:19 to 22.

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(My Note: This is the most important decision you will make in your entire life. If you've been thinking that you should find out more about JESUS, don't put this off another minute. Many here will be happy to help you, and massive amounts of material is here for you to study. The Holy Bible and JESUS CHRIST are REAL and the ultimate TRUTH. JESUS CHRIST is ALIVE and HE is waiting with outstretched arms for all who will come to HIM and ask HIM to be their Lord and Saviour.)