I have continually spoken to you concerning Christ crucified who is the great hope of the guilty. But we will be wise to remember that our Lord has risen from the dead and lives eternally.
We are not asked to trust in a dead Jesus but in one who, though He died for our sins, has risen again for our justification. You may go to Jesus at once as to a living present friend. He is not a mere memory but a continually existent Person who will hear your prayers and answer them.
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. Him hath God exalted with His right hand to be Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins (Acts 5:30-31)
The glory which surrounds the ascended Lord should breathe hope into every believer's breast. Jesus is no ordinary Person. He is "a Savior and a great one".
It is a blessing for us that as sin lives and the flesh lives and the devil lives, so Jesus lives. It is also a blessing that whatever strength these may have to ruin us, Jesus has still greater power to save us.
So come and commit your cause and your case to those once pierced hands which are now glorified with power and honour. No case which was left with this great Advocate ever failed.
We are not asked to trust in a dead Jesus but in one who, though He died for our sins, has risen again for our justification. You may go to Jesus at once as to a living present friend. He is not a mere memory but a continually existent Person who will hear your prayers and answer them.
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. Him hath God exalted with His right hand to be Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins (Acts 5:30-31)
The glory which surrounds the ascended Lord should breathe hope into every believer's breast. Jesus is no ordinary Person. He is "a Savior and a great one".
It is a blessing for us that as sin lives and the flesh lives and the devil lives, so Jesus lives. It is also a blessing that whatever strength these may have to ruin us, Jesus has still greater power to save us.
So come and commit your cause and your case to those once pierced hands which are now glorified with power and honour. No case which was left with this great Advocate ever failed.
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