Ancient Wonders of Love and Divine Purpose

Ancient Wonders of Love and Divine Purpose | Devotional

The records are ancient, yet not as ancient as those precious things that are the delight of our souls. Let us for a moment discuss them, counting them over as misers count their gold.

The sovereign choice of the Father, by which He elected us unto eternal life before the earth ever was, is a matter of vast antiquity, since no date can be conceived for it by the mind of man. We were chosen from before the foundations of the world.

Everlasting love went with the choice, for it was not a simple act of divine will by which we were set apart, but divine affections were involved. The Father loved us in and from the beginning.

This is certainly a theme for daily contemplation! The eternal purpose to redeem us from our foreseen ruin, to cleanse and sanctify us, and at last to glorify us was of infinite antiquity, and it runs side by side with immutable love and absolute sovereignty.

The covenant is always described as being everlasting, and Jesus, the second party in it, had His goings forth of old.

He shook hands in a sacred pledge long before the first of the stars began to shine, and it was in Him that the elect were ordained unto eternal life.

Thus, in the divine purpose, a most blessed covenant union was established between the Son of God and His elect people, and it will remain as the foundation of their safety when time will be no more!

Is it not good to be familiar with these ancient things? Is it not shameful that they are so much neglected and even rejected by the majority of Christians?

If they knew more of their own sin, would they not be more ready to adore God’s sovereign grace? Let us both admire and adore this tonight as we sing,
A monument of grace, a sinner saved by blood;

The streams of love I trace up to the Fountain – God;
And in His sacred bosom see eternal thoughts of Love to me!