0127. 124. Christ’s Atonement and Advent

124. Christ’s Atonement and Advent

This double truth of atonement and advent might be multiplied. The following brief outline will emphasise:

1. Christ’s sufferings and glory is the theme of the Scriptures “The prophets… prophesied… of the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow” (1Pe_1:10-11).

2. Christ’s suffering and glory was the topic of Christ’s conversation with the two disciples, as He journeyed with them to Emmaus—Luk_24:26.

3. “Till He come,” we observe the memorial feast which proclaims His death—1Co_11:26.

4. The assurance of the resurrection of our loved ones who have fallen asleep, and the quickening of the living ones, is based on “Christ died”—1Th_4:14.

5. “Who died for us,” are the Spirit’s words as He declares the ground why we are appointed (placed in) to the salvation of the future—1Th_5:9, 1Th_5:10.

6. The Church will be set before the Lord without a spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, because He loved her and gave Himself for her—Eph_5:25.

7. We are exhorted to be looking for that Blessed Hope, and the appearing of the glory of the great God and Saviour, who gave Himself for us—Tit_2:13.

The cords of God’s love bind us to the altar of Christ’s sacrifice, and its flame fuses us into God’s nature; and the glory of Christ’s Coming attracts us to the Heaven of His holiness. Since the Lord has such a claim upon us, and we have been called to such a glory, what manner of persons ought we to be? With such a past of His passion, and with such a prospect of His glory, we cannot, if we know Him, be anything else than wholly devoted to Him.

By: DR. F. E. MARSH