the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Golden Treasury
Tell his disciples and Peter, (who was deeply fallen especially) Mark 16:7. If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; for the whole world, 1 John 2:1-2. Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the feeble knees. Hebrews 12:12.
Hast thou been slack, unfaithful, and fallen away, O poor soul, thou art not to make light of it. But why wilt thou continue in thy fallen condition any longer, and complain? Get thee up, and ask pardon of Christ; he is ready to forgive and receive thee again, like Peter, having received gifts for the rebellious. Delay not to lay hold of thy ransom, which is greater than all the sins of the world, considering that it is paid even for this very sin, whose remission is purchased by it already, and applied to thee in baptism. Therefore be not discouraged, much less suffer the temptation of drawing back to the world to prevail upon you. The Lord even now reaches forth his hands to thee anew by this very word; come, lift thyself up at it, and be careful for the time to come, to be so much more cautious, humble, and gentle towards others, for a Christian’s feet will slide, but only into humility.
Salvation! O the joyful sound;
’Tis pleasure to my ears;
A sovereign balm for every wound,
A cordial for my fears.
Buried in sorrow and in sin,
At hell’s dark door I lay;
But I arise by grace divine,
To see a heavenly day.
