A Present Precious Possession

IN temporal matters men are divided into three classes,—rich, poor, and middle-class; in spiritual matters there are only two, boundlessly rich, and miserably poor. The first of these two is composed of those who know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, though He was rich, yet for their sakes became poor, that they through His poverty might be rich (2 Cor. 8:9). To them have been preached the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of Christ (Eph. 3:8); they have embraced all in simple faith, and are now rejoicing in that precious Saviour, and all the precious things they possess in Him. I now call your attention to some of those things described in a few simple words of Holy Scripture. In Ephesians 1:7, it is written, “In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.” Notice―