He is Inclined

Zepheniah 3:17 | William Jay | Foresight by Christopher Galovan | A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers by Edgar Degas | Find more at www.ryanbush.org

What is Gospel Portions?

Reminders of the gospel that was preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, that you may hold fast to the word preached to you.

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The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty He will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy. Zephaniah 3:17.

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It is obvious he can save, for he is in the midst of them and mighty. Here is nearness and power. He is therefore able to save to the uttermost, whatever be the heinousness of guilt, or the depravity of nature, or the extremity of danger, or the depth of distress. But He will save. He is inclined. He is engaged. He is bound by promise and oath and blood. Neither does He repent of the obligation under which He has been pleased to bring Himself, neither does He perform the work with reluctance. He will save. He will rejoice over them with joy. Are they his vineyard? I, the Lord, do keep it. I will water it every moment, lest any hurt it. I will keep it night and day. Are they his sheep? The Lord shall save them in that day as the flock of his people. Neither shall the beast of the field devour them, but they shall dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. But what is this salvation? It does not exclude temporal preservation and deliverance. He knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation. If he does not find a way, he could easily make one. Thus, he saved Joseph from prison and David from the paw of the lion and the bear and the uncircumcised Philistine and Elijah from famine and Jonah from the belly of hell. We are not to look for miracles, but we may look for him who performed them and who has said, I will be with thee in trouble. William Jay.