“Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love.” 
              — Jeremiah 31:3

Sometimes the Lord Jesus tells his Church his love thoughts. “He does
not think it enough behind her back to tell it, but in her very
presence he says, ‘Thou art all fair, my love.’ It is true, this is not
his ordinary method; he is a wise lover, and knows when to keep back
the intimation of love and when to let it out; but there are times when
he will make no secret of it; times when he will put it beyond all
dispute in the souls of his people” (R. Erskine’s Sermons). The Holy
Spirit is often pleased, in a most gracious manner, to witness with our
spirits of the love of Jesus. He takes of the things of Christ and
reveals them unto us. No voice is heard from the clouds, and no vision
is seen in the night, but we have a testimony more sure than either of
these. If an angel should fly from heaven and inform the saint
personally of the Saviour’s love to him, the evidence would not be one
whit more satisfactory than that which is borne in the heart by the
Holy Ghost. Ask those of the Lord’s people who have lived the nearest
to the gates of heaven, and they will tell you that they have had
seasons when the love of Christ towards them has been a fact so clear
and sure, that they could no more doubt it than they could question
their own existence. Yes, beloved believer, you and I have had times of
refreshing from the presence of the Lord, and then our faith has
mounted to the topmost heights of assurance. We have had confidence to
lean our heads upon the bosom of our Lord, and we have no more
questioned our Master’s affection to us than John did when in that
blessed posture; nay, nor so much: for the dark question, “Lord, is it
I that shall betray thee?” has been put far from us. He has kissed us
with the kisses of his mouth, and killed our doubts by the closeness of
his embrace. His love has been sweeter than wine to our souls.

On this day...

• Deuteronomy 2 - 2023
• Deuteronomy 1 - 2023
• The Pleasure of God in His Son - 2011
• There Never Seems to Be Enough Time - 2011
• Life is at its noblest and its best when our effort co-operates with God's grace - 2011
• The bitterest ingredient in the 'cup of divine displeasure' - 2011
• Where am I bound for? For heaven--or for hell? - 2011
• RESTRAINING GRACE - 2011
• God the Father in the Holy Scriptures - 2011
• Edmund Clowney - 2011