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Our Redeemer a Tried Stone, February 17
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a
foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure
foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
Isaiah 28:16
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Our Redeemer is a “Tried Stone.” The experiment has been made, the
great test has been applied, and with perfect success. In Him is fulfilled all
the purpose of God for the saving of a lost world. Never was a foundation
subject to so severe a trial and test as this “Tried Stone.” The Lord Jehovah
knew what this foundation stone could sustain. The sins of the whole
world could be piled upon it. The Lord’s chosen were to be revealed,
heaven’s gates to be thrown open to all who would believe; its untold
glories were to be given to the overcomers.
“A Tried Stone” is Christ, tried by the perversity of man. Thou, O
our Saviour, hast taken the burden; Thou hast given peace and rest; Thou
hast been tried, proved by believers who have taken their trials to Thy
sympathy, their sorrows to Thy love, their wounds to Thy healing, their
weakness to Thy strength, their emptiness to Thy fullness; and never,
never has one soul been disappointed. Jesus, my Tried Stone, to Thee
will I come, moment by moment. In Thy presence I am lifted above pain.
“When my heart is overwhelmed, lead me to the Rock that is higher than
I.”
Psalm 61:2
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It is our privilege to enjoy sweet communion with God. Precious to
the believer is His atoning blood, precious is His justifying righteousness.
“Unto you therefore which believe he is precious.”
1 Peter 2:7
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When I meditate upon this fountain of living power from which we
may draw, I mourn that so many are losing the delight they might have
had in considering His goodness. We are to be sons and daughters of
God, growing into a holy temple in the Lord. “No more strangers and
foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of
God.... Built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus
Christ himself being the chief corner stone.”
Ephesians 2:19, 20
. This is
our privilege.
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