“The life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith
       of the Son of God.” 
              — Galatians 2:20

When the Lord in mercy passed by and saw us in our blood, he first of
all said, “Live”; and this he did first, because life is one of the
absolutely essential things in spiritual matters, and until it be
bestowed we are incapable of partaking in the things of the kingdom.
Now the life which grace confers upon the saints at the moment of their
quickening is none other than the life of Christ, which, like the sap
from the stem, runs into us, the branches, and establishes a living
connection between our souls and Jesus. Faith is the grace which
perceives this union, having proceeded from it as its firstfruit. It is
the neck which joins the body of the Church to its all-glorious Head.

“Oh Faith! thou bond of union with the Lord,
Is not this office thine? and thy fit name,
In the economy of gospel types,
And symbols apposite-the Church’s neck;
Identifying her in will and work
With him ascended?”

Faith lays hold upon the Lord Jesus with a firm and determined grasp.
She knows his excellence and worth, and no temptation can induce her to
repose her trust elsewhere; and Christ Jesus is so delighted with this
heavenly grace, that he never ceases to strengthen and sustain her by
the loving embrace and all-sufficient support of his eternal arms.
Here, then, is established a living, sensible, and delightful union
which casts forth streams of love, confidence, sympathy, complacency,
and joy, whereof both the bride and bridegroom love to drink. When the
soul can evidently perceive this oneness between itself and Christ, the
pulse may be felt as beating for both, and the one blood as flowing
through the veins of each. Then is the heart as near heaven as it can
be on earth, and is prepared for the enjoyment of the most sublime and
spiritual kind of fellowship.

On this day...

• Psalm 19 - 2023
• Psalm 18 - 2023
• 5 Gospel Warnings - 2011
• We have made this the whole assignment and it is not the whole assignment, it was just the first part - 2011
• 2 Corinthians 4:4 - 2011
• The Glory of God as the Goal of History - 2011
• We will never rise to be the army that God has called us to be if we are not willing to tell people what the penalty is - 2011
• Preparing our young people - 2011
• Helping You Sing 'Hallelujah' with True Exuberance - 2011
• The Life-Changing Discovery of Christian Hedonism - 2011