{"id":2885,"date":"2007-12-25T22:28:28","date_gmt":"2007-12-26T03:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/eng\/deuteronomy-325"},"modified":"2007-12-25T22:28:28","modified_gmt":"2007-12-26T03:28:28","slug":"deuteronomy-325","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/2007\/12\/25\/deuteronomy-325\/","title":{"rendered":"Deuteronomy 32:5"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8220;The spot of his children.&#8221;<br \/>\n              &#8212; Deuteronomy 32:5<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What is the secret spot which infallibly betokens the child of God? It were vain presumption to decide this upon our own judgment; but God&#8217;s word reveals it to us, and we may tread surely where we have revelation to be our guide. Now, we are told concerning our Lord, &#8220;to as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to as many as believed on his name.&#8221; Then, if I have received Christ Jesus into my heart, I am a child of God. That reception is described in the same verse as believing on the name of Jesus Christ. If, then, I believe on Jesus Christ&#8217;s name-that is, simply from my heart trust myself with the crucified, but now exalted, Redeemer, I am a member of the family of the Most High. Whatever else I may not have, if I have this, I have the privilege to become a child of God. Our Lord Jesus puts it in another shape. &#8220;My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.&#8221; Here is the matter in a nutshell. Christ appears as a shepherd to his own sheep, not to others. As soon as he appears, his own sheep perceive him-they trust him, they are prepared to follow him; he knows them, and they know him-there is a mutual knowledge-there is a constant connection between them. Thus the one mark, the sure mark, the infallible mark of regeneration and adoption is a hearty faith in the appointed Redeemer. Reader, are you in doubt, are you uncertain whether you bear the secret mark of God&#8217;s children? Then let not an hour pass over your head till you have said, &#8220;Search me, O God, and know my heart.&#8221; Trifle not here, I adjure you! If you must trifle anywhere, let it be about some secondary matter: your health, if you will, or the title deeds of your estate; but about your soul, your never-dying soul and its eternal destinies, I beseech you to be in earnest. Make sure work for eternity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The spot of his children.&#8221; &#8212; Deuteronomy 32:5 What is the secret spot which infallibly betokens the child of God? It were vain presumption to decide this upon our own judgment; but God&#8217;s word reveals it to us, and we may tread surely where we have revelation to be our guide. Now, we are told&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"twitterCardType":"","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2885\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}