It is a sweet thought that Jesus
Christ did not come forth without his Father's permission, authority,
consent, and assistance. He was sent of the Father, that he might be the
Saviour of men. We are too apt to forget that, while there are
distinctions as to the persons in the Trinity, there are no distinctions
of honour. We too frequently ascribe the honour of our salvation, or at
least the depths of its benevolence, more to Jesus Christ than we do
the Father. This is a very great mistake. What if Jesus came? Did not
his Father send him? If he spake wondrously, did not his Father pour
grace into his lips, that he might be an able minister of the new
covenant? He who knoweth the Father,
and the Son, and the Holy Ghost as he should know them, never setteth
one before another in his love; he sees them at Bethlehem, at
Gethsemane, and on Calvary, all equally engaged in the work of
salvation. O Christian, hast thou put thy confidence in the Man Christ
Jesus? Hast thou placed thy reliance solely on him? And art thou united
with him? Then believe that thou art united unto the God of heaven.
Since to the Man Christ Jesus thou art brother, and holdest closest
fellowship, thou art linked thereby with God the Eternal, and "the
Ancient of days" is thy Father and thy friend. Didst thou ever consider
the depth of love in the heart of Jehovah, when God the Father equipped
his Son for
the great enterprise of mercy? If not, be this thy day's meditation.
The Father sent him! Contemplate that subject. Think how Jesus works
what the Father wills. In the wounds of the dying Saviour see the love
of the great I AM. Let every thought of Jesus be also connected with the
Eternal, ever-blessed God, for "It pleased the Lord to bruise him; he
hath put him to grief."(Bible Gateway)
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