May 18

“In Ilim dwellelh all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in ii, Hi.” — Colossians ii. 9, 10.

ALL the attributes of Christ, as Grod and man, are at our disposal. All the fulness of the Godhead, what* ever that marvellous term may comprehend, is ours to make us complete. He cannot endow us with the attributes of Deity; but He has done all that can be done, for lie has made even His divine power and Godhead subservient to our salvation. His omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence, immutability, and infallibility, are all combined for our defence. Arise, believer, and behold the Lord Jesus yoking the whole of His divine Godhead to the chariot of salvation? How vast His grace, how firm His faithfulness, how unswerving His immutability, how infinite His power, how limitless His knowledge! All these are by the Lord Jesus made the pillars of the temple of salvation; and all, without diminution of their infinity, are covenanted to us as our perpetual inheritance. The fathomless love of our Saviour’s heart is every drop of it ours; every sinew in the arm of might, every jewel in the crown of majesty, the immensity of divine knowledge, and the sternness of divine justice, all are ours, and shall be employed for us. The whole of Christ, in His adorable character as the Son of God, is by Himself made over to us most richly to enjoy. His wisdom is our direction. His knowledge our instruction. His power our protection, His justice our surety. His love our comfort. His mercy our solace, and His immutability our trust. He makes no reserve, but opens the recesses of the Mount of God, and bids us dig in the mines for the hidden treasures. “All, all, all are yours,” saith He; “be ye satisfied with ftivor and full of the goodness of the Lord.” Oh! how sweet thus to behold Jesus, and to call upon Him with the certain confidence that in sseking the interposition of His love or power, we are bit ftsking for that which Ho has already faithfully promised I