Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning Devotional For Wednesday December 6, 2017 |
Morning Time: 5:08 AM PST
"As is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly." --1 Corinthians
15:48
The head and members are of one nature, and not like that monstrous image
which Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream. The head was of fine gold, but the belly
and thighs were of brass, the legs of iron, and the feet, part of iron and part
of clay. Christ's mystical body is no absurd combination of opposites; the
members were mortal, and therefore Jesus died; the glorified head is immortal,
and therefore the body is immortal too, for thus the record stands, "Because I
live, ye shall live also." As is our loving Head, such is the body, and every
member in particular. A chosen Head and chosen members; an accepted Head, and
accepted members; a living Head, and living members. If the head be pure gold,
all the parts of the body are of pure gold also. Thus is there a double union of
nature as a basis for the closest communion. Pause here, devout reader, and see
if thou canst without ecstatic amazement, contemplate the infinite condescension
of the Son of God in thus exalting thy wretchedness into blessed union with His
glory. Thou art so mean that in remembrance of thy mortality, thou mayest say to
corruption, "Thou art my father," and to the worm, "Thou art my sister"; and yet
in Christ thou art so honoured that thou canst say to the Almighty, "Abba,
Father," and to the Incarnate God, "Thou art my brother and my husband." Surely
if relationships to ancient and noble families make men think highly of
themselves, we have whereof to glory over the heads of them all. Let the poorest
and most despised believer lay hold upon this privilege; let not a senseless
indolence make him negligent to trace his pedigree, and let him suffer no
foolish attachment to present vanities to occupy his thoughts to the exclusion
of this glorious, this heavenly honour of union with Christ.
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