Gems from April 9, 2005
April 9
"Of His own will begat He us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of His creatures." (James 1:18)
Look at a tottering baby, the object of ceaseless care and solicitude, wholly unable to promote his father's interests in any one way, yet so loved by the father that he would not exchange him for ten thousand worlds; and if it be thus with an earthly father, what must it be with our heavenly Father? He loves us, not for what we are able to do, but because we are His children. He has begotten us of His own will, by the Word of truth (James 1:18). We could no more earn a place in the heart of the Father than we could satisfy the claims of the righteous Judge. All is of free grace. The Father has begotten us, and the Judge has found a ransom (Job 33:24). We are debtors to grace for both the one and the other. (C.H. Mackintosh)
N.J. Hiebert # 2212
"Of His own will begat He us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of His creatures." (James 1:18)
Look at a tottering baby, the object of ceaseless care and solicitude, wholly unable to promote his father's interests in any one way, yet so loved by the father that he would not exchange him for ten thousand worlds; and if it be thus with an earthly father, what must it be with our heavenly Father? He loves us, not for what we are able to do, but because we are His children. He has begotten us of His own will, by the Word of truth (James 1:18). We could no more earn a place in the heart of the Father than we could satisfy the claims of the righteous Judge. All is of free grace. The Father has begotten us, and the Judge has found a ransom (Job 33:24). We are debtors to grace for both the one and the other. (C.H. Mackintosh)
N.J. Hiebert # 2212
