The Leaven in the Bread

“Jtide saith we are preserved in Christ fesiisJ There is a close union between Christ and us: we are ’ in hivi and because

of this union we are eternally preserved. Look! As it is iinpossible to sever the leaven and the dough when they a7’e once mingled and kneaded together; so Christ and a believer when they are united together, there is 710 parti7tg the7n a7iy 77iore, a7id while 07ie lasts the other 7/mst e7td2i7’e” This is indeed the sure ground of the final preservation of the saints: their union with their Lord is of an indissoluble nature, so that the apostle enquires, ‘’ Who shall separate us? “It is as the union of the body with the head, which cannot be sundered without death to both. Because I live ye shall live also” is our guarantee of life eternal. What more do we require 1 If Christ be in us, and we in him, the union is of the most intense kind, and the security which follows from it is of the most certain sort. “He that is joined to the Lord is one spirit”: what closer and more abiding union can be imagined?

Lord, let there be no doubt as to my union with thee. Cause my fellowship to be so constant and so sweet that the oneness of soul to thy sacred person may be most evident. So shall I be with thee here, and with thee where thou art for ever.