Things New and Old, A MONTHLY MAGAZINE, FOR THE LAMBS AND SHEEP OF THE FLOCK OF CHRIST. "Feed the flock of God."-1 Peter v. 2. VOL. X. LONDON: G. MORRISH, 24, WARWICK LANE, PATERNOSTER ROW, E. C. W. H. BROOM, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1867. Things New and ON. Old. GLAD TIDINGS. (JOHN III. 16.) "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." There are some passages of holy scripture which seem to contain, in a line or two, an entire volume of most precious truth. The verse which we have just penned is one of such. It is part of our Lord's memorable discourse with Nicodemus, and it embodies, in a condensed form, a very full statement of gospel truth-a statement which may well be termed "Glad Tidings." It should ever be borne in mind, both by preachers and those to whom they preach, that one grand object of the gospel is to bring God and the sinner together in such a way as to secure the sinner's eternal salvation. It reveals a Saviour-God to a lost man. In other words, it presents God to the sinner in the very character that meets the sinner's need. A Saviour is precisely what suits the lost, just as a life-boat suits a drowning man, or a physician a sick man, or bread a hungry man. They are fitted the one for the other; and when God, as a Saviour, and man, as a lost sinner, meet together, the whole question is settled for The sinner is saved, because God is a Saviour. He is saved according to the perfection which belongs to God, ever. |