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Mark 10—The monkishness that would condemn everything is not the denial of sin but the denial of nature. God never denies it because He made it. In His own blessed grace, in all the ruin sin has wrought, the Lord can take notice of His own works, “Consider the lilies.” He saw all that was of God, whilst so practically with God, and entirely above the evil, that He saw all that was of man and judged it.
In spirit up there I can look down and see what is of God’s hand in the creation itself. When I get out of it I can look at it; Christ being out of it completely could look at a lily and call attention to its beauty, judging all that was morally corrupt. Where anything had the stamp of God He could admire it; and it is only by judging evil that one can do this.
I look for a new heaven and a new earth where there will be no evil: but because of being brought into a place in Christ superior to the evil, I can look at all that is of God in this world.
If natural affections get too strong and hold the objects of them, they become idols; but to be without them is one of the signs of the last days.
My safety is to get so completely with God as to be able to let my affections flow out more and more to Christians. God has set His seal to all He created; and evil came in. God, having judged it by the cross, lifts us above it. J. N. D.
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1 Cor. 3:21.—Every possible glory indeed is ours. The blessedness that is in God Himself, as far as it can be communicated, for we dwell in God and God in us: Relative blessedness, for we are children. Associated blessedness, in union with the blessed One, for we are the bride. Official nearness and glory, for we are kings and priests. Human blessedness, for we shall be perfect men, after the image of the second Adam. Corporate blessedness, for we shall have joy together. Individual, for we shall have a name given which no one knows but he that receives it; and we shall have the fullness of the Holy Ghost dwelling in us, unhindered by these poor bodies; yea, clothed upon by a vessel suited to the power of the divine inhabitant, so as to be able in full largeness of heart to enjoy all this. J. N. D.
Yes, all things, Lord, for thou hast giv’n us all,
Blest us with all the blessings thou canst give;
Not one of which Thou ever wilt recall,
Centered they are in Him in whom we live.

Brought nigh to Thee, our Father and our God,
As children, we can Abba Father say,
Bow in obedience to Thy written word,
There learn Thy mind, Thy will, from day to day.

All things are ours, for we are one with Him,
The Man of glory who adorns Thy throne,
The Man of sorrows, once for us made sin,
When on the cross He bore the curse alone.

Alone no more, soon Thou wilt joy to see
Fruit of the travail of His soul, His bride
Purchas’d at such a cost to Him, to Thee,
And Thy delighted heart be satisfied.

All present timings are ours, and things to come;
For we are Christ’s, and Christ Himself is Thine:
And in the perfect image of Thy Son,
Soon in effulgence, bright, Thy saints will shine.

The Holy Ghost in fullness then shall dwell
In vessels suited to His power divine;
And we, with hearts enlarged, shall ever tell
The praises of the One who made us Thine. E. M.

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The great root-principle of Popery and Puseyism is that, in Incarnation, our Lord Christ took human nature in its fallen condition, into union with Himself, and that the benefits of it. Incarnation are extended to us by the sacraments of the church. This is a dark, deadly, soul-destroying delusion. It sets aside the cross and accomplished redemption, and is a flat contradiction to the Christianity of the New Testament.
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It is always well to remember the great, principle wrapped up in those words of Samuel to Saul, “When thou cast little in thine own eyes.” How constantly we see, in the history of God’s people, that those who were great in their littleness became little in their greatness. Lord, keep us very lowly!