the Fourth Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? Deuteronomy 32:6. For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me. John 16:27. Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God. 1 John 3:1.
He who loves the Son Is also loved by the Father; that is beyond doubt. We notice the same fact in man also. They who love the children, get the goodwill of the parents. Their heart goes out to the person who shows love to their children. That the same should be true in regard to God, is something we neither could expect nor believe, because we are far from having deserved it and because we are not lovable. But here stands the Son Himself and declares it to us, "The Father Himself loveth you because ye love me. " Oh, what a glorious word! Now, then, we know how our case stands. If we feel love, inclination toward Christ, in our hearts, we have therein a seal and proof that we are loved by the Father, and that we are His sons. Dear souls, if ye possess love to Christ in you, ye have also the Father’s love in you. But do not let your love for Him who died for you consist in mere words and pretentions, emotions and ideas, but in deed and in truth. Jesus says, "If ye love me, keep my commandments" (John 14:5).
Through all the changing scenes of life.
In trouble and in joy,
The praises of my God shall still
My heart and tongue employ.
O make but trial of His love:
Experience will decide
How blest are they, and only they.
Who in His truth confide.
