If Jesus is not God
(George Mylne, "Reposing in Jesus: Or, The True Secret
of Grace and Strength" 1862)
It is of great importance that we should practically know Jesus as He
is--that we should be able to repose on Him in all the reality of His divine
nature.
If Jesus is God--then I must repose on Him as God; and this, not merely
for the correctness of my beliefs--but for the strengthening of my faith, and
for the encouragement of my soul in all the varieties of its experience and
warfare.
If Jesus is not God--then He could not have loved me from
everlasting--and I then have no warrant that He either can, or will, love me
forever.
If Jesus is not God--then He has neither rendered an infinite
obedience, nor made a perfect atonement for sins, on my behalf.
If Jesus is not God--then my faith is vain, and I am yet in my sins.
If Jesus is not God--then I cannot look to Him for unfailing guidance,
wisdom or power.
If Jesus is not God--then His grace is not sufficient for me--nor is
His strength made perfect in my weakness.
But my repose is this, that Jesus is God--that "in Him dwells all
the fullness of the Godhead bodily"--and that "From the fullness of
His grace, I have received one gracious blessing after another!"
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