{"id":24475,"date":"2025-03-17T23:55:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T23:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/?p=24475"},"modified":"2025-03-17T23:55:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T23:55:34","slug":"unspeakably-glorious-distinguishing-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/2025\/03\/unspeakably-glorious-distinguishing-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Unspeakably Glorious, Distinguishing Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThis is the name wherewith she shall be called, The Lord our righteousness.\u201d\u2014Jeremiah 33:16<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before days began or years were numbered, in the book of God\u2019s election were all the members of Jesus written, \u2018which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.\u2019 Ps. 139:16. God\u2019s electing love would have remained an eternal secret to us, had not the Spirit of truth made it known. But as it is revealed in the word, it is an object of our faith; and it ever will be the subject of glorying and of triumph to those who possess the faith of God\u2019s elect; for faith is a blessed evidence, that \u2018God hath chosen them in Christ, before the foundation of the world.\u2019 Eph. 1:4. Was the man Jesus, God the Father\u2019s \u2018elect, in whom his soul delighteth.\u2019 Is. 42:1. So are all his members, loved with the same love as the head. God gave not the Spirit by measure unto Jesus, the glorified head of the church; but every member receives the Spirit through Jesus, \u2018according to the measure of the gift of Christ.\u2019 Eph. 4:7.<\/p>\n

Unspeakably glorious, distinguishing grace. This is the rejoicing of simple-hearted, believing souls. They are beloved and chosen by God the Father, and partake of the same Spirit with Jesus; and are also called by the same name with Jesus. Is Christ called \u2018the Lord our righteousness?\u2019 Jer. 23:6. So the church, the Lamb\u2019s wife, being married in faith and love, is called by the very same name with her Lord and Husband, \u2018The Lord our righteousness.\u2019 But some render the words, \u2018He that shall call her,\u2019 to be a peculiar people to himself, \u2018is the Lord our righteousness.\u2019 Then he clothes them with the glorious robe of his own righteousness; then his name is called upon them, for they are one with Jesus.<\/p>\n

Angels wonder, saints admire. Oh ye righteous, how astonishing is this. Ye, who by nature are children of wrath; ye who by practice have been rebels and transgressors from the womb, yet exalted by Jesus to such a high and glorious state. Amazing love: ye can never, never enough dwell upon the Father\u2019s love, the Son\u2019s grace, and the Spirit\u2019s vocation. Glorious days of gospel light and love. While others are left wretched in nature\u2019s pride, free-will boast, and self-righteous glorying, ye not only may, but shall be saved by free-grace truth. Ye shall dwell safely; for God your Father\u2019s justice is satisfied, his law is fulfilled, your enemies are all conquered, God is at peace with you. What then can harm you; for \u2018as the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so Jehovah is round about his people, from henceforth even for ever.\u2019 Ps. 125:2<\/p>\n

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Before days began or years were numbered, in the book of God\u2019s election were all the members of Jesus written, \u2018which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.\u2019 Ps. 139:16. God\u2019s electing love would have remained an eternal secret to us, had not the Spirit of truth made it known. But as it is revealed in the word, it is an object of our faith; and it ever will be the subject of glorying and of triumph to those who possess the faith of God\u2019s elect; for faith is a blessed evidence, that \u2018God hath chosen them in Christ, before the foundation of the world.\u2019 Eph. 1:4. Was the man Jesus, God the Father\u2019s \u2018elect, in whom his soul delighteth.\u2019 Is. 42:1. So are all his members, loved with the same love as the head. God gave not the Spirit by measure unto Jesus, the glorified head of the church; but every member receives the Spirit through Jesus, \u2018according to the measure of the gift of Christ.\u2019 Eph. 4:7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":20656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1571],"tags":[1239],"class_list":["post-24475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-william-mason","tag-sovereign-grace"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24476,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24475\/revisions\/24476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}