[forthepoor] Re: FEBRUARY 7TH THE POOR MAN'S MORNING PORTION

  • From: mike mcinnis <ratmotor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2023 07:59:46 -0500

Greetings sis Reis, et al;

  These are great and precious observations by mr. Hawker.  What a blessing to the sons of GOD it is when the SPIRIT of GOD is pleased to speak these words to their ears.  "/And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; _Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world_, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and _were by *nature* the children of wrath_, even as others. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved.) (Eph 2:1-5/)  For until such time we walked in darkness and even if we "saw" JESUS CHRIST in a measure by natural instruction, we had not yet "beheld" HIM in HIS glory as the LAMB of GOD which taketh away the sin of the world.  Then we were made to bow down at HIS feet, desiring to worship HIM, and fearing lest we should depart from that HOLY PLACE.  O glorious vision! O wonderful SAVIOR, be ever praised.

Blessings, mike



On 2/6/2023 3:12 PM, Soraya Reis wrote:


*"Behold the Lamb of God!" John 1:36*

*Who is it calls upon thee, my soul, to this most gratifying and enriching of all employments? Is it not God the Holy Ghost, by the ministry of his servant John? And doth not God thy Father do the same by the ministry of his servant Isaiah, when be bids thee behold him in whom his soul delighteth? And is not Jesus himself calling, again and again, in the ministry of his word and ordinances upon thy poor forgetful heart, when he saith, "Behold me! behold me! look unto me, and be ye saved!" And wilt thou not obey the sweet and gracious calls, on which all thy present peace and everlasting happiness depend? *

*Precious, precious Jesus! Yes, my Lord! I would, methinks, so look unto thee, and so behold thee, until my whole heart, and all its affections, followed my eyes, and left not a thought behind for a single object besides thee. I would eye thee, thou dear Redeemer, as the Lamb of God; both where thou once wast, and where thou now art, and follow thee whithersoever thou goest. I would behold thee, as the Lamb of God, set up in the decrees of eternity, from everlasting; for thou art "the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world." I would behold thee, set forth in all the representations of thy redeeming blood, in the innumerable sacrifices of the law, and in the lamb of the morning, and the lamb of the evening, through the intermediate ages, to thy coming. I would behold thee, Oh thou unequalled pattern of excelling meekness! when, in the days of thy flesh, thou walkedst through the streets of Jerusalem; and when, as a lamb, thou wast led to the slaughter. I would eye thee, Oh thou Lamb of God, until my eye-strings could hold no longer, when as the Lamb of God, and my soul's surety, thou didst hang upon the tree, putting away sin, and satisfying divine justice by, the sacrifice of thyself. And never would I take off my eyes from thy cross, until called by thee to behold thee as a Lamb in the midst of the throne, where thou art feeding thy church above, and dispensing blessings to all thy church below. *

*Yes, yes, blessed triumphant Lamb of God, thou art the Lamb still. Change of place hath made no change in thy nature, or thy love, or the efficacy of thy redemption. Thou still appearest as a Lamb that hath been slain. And still thou bearest on thy glorified body, the marks of my redemption. Shall I not behold thee, then, dearest Jesus? Shall I not unceasingly behold thee, thus called upon by the Father, Son, and Spirit, and thus finding every thing that can satisfy my most unbounded desires for time and for eternity? Help me, blessed Jesus, so to look, and so to live upon thee; and Oh, do thou behold me, and bid me live, and make me thine for ever."*

*Robert Hawker (1753-1827)*

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