1026. DEATH AND RESURRECTION.

DEATH AND RESURRECTION.

There is a chemical process known as catalysis, which has been denned in the following words: "It is the decomposition of a compound, and the recomposition of its elements by the presence of another substance, which does not itself suffer change." Decomposition denotes death, recomposition is literally a resurrection. This is accomplished, we are told, by the presence of one element that cannot change, by the power of the eternal Spirit. What an illustration is here also of the regeneration of a soul! There is first the breaking down process of all pride and self-sufficiency, then the remaking process by the quickening Spirit of God, all done by One who is Himself unchangeable in His character and working. "I am the Lord, I change not" (Mal_3:6).

Autor: James Smith