The Fourth of January

JACOB SHALL REJOICE --- Psalm 14:7

"Oh, that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad." --- Psalm 14:7.

--Divine Answer. If the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. John 8:36. See also verses 31, 32.

Not as if sin should be utterly destroyed, or entirely dead, and could not stir anymore in the heart of believers; for the Scripture speaks of them as having still the lusts and motions of sin (Galatians 5:17.); but it imports only that it has no power either to condemn or reign over us; nay, it shall be weakened more and more (Romans 6. 12-14.; so that Christ reigns in the heart even where sin dwells, in the midst of his enemies; and it is a dangerous error indeed to believe that sin is destroyed in the root.

If it were so, whence those frequent expressions and exhortations to crucify, withstand, and rule over it? Galatians 5:14.

Now sits our Saviour on his throne,
With pity in his eye;
And hears the dying pris'ners' groan,
And listens to their sighs.