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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, who hath saved us and called us with an holy calling according to his grace now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. 2 Timothy 1:8-10.
The whole world is ashamed of Christ and His Gospel of redemption. If you want to be a Christian, then be not ashamed of this most holy and most glorious work. The devil has accomplished that men not only feel ashamed of Christ, but also of God and everything that pertains to God. Men desire to be altogether unholy, worldly, and earthly, sensuous and carnal. So deeply has the world fallen, so far has it departed from God. Who will save it? The merciful God continues to proclaim and offer His saving Gospel, no matter how much the world despises it. The voice of those who proclaim God’s salvation in Christ is not yet silenced; it sounds forth everywhere. The grace which is manifested in the incarnation, life, and passion of Jesus is yet praised. Still it is proclaimed loudly, "Christ has by His death destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light, has reconciled us with God, has redeemed and bought us to God and has earned an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, for us in heaven. "If you have become a partaker of this grace, then be not ashamed of it. Let your heart rejoice therein. Confess and praise Him and His work of redemption before the whole world. For He deserves it, and man, miserable as he is, can not be helped except by Him who was born in the stable, who died on the cross, and who now sits at the right hand of God. Nevertheless, do not confess and glory in Christianity with your mouth only, but also with your whole being and life; then you shall soon count more partakers of the same grace and joy.
Love caused Thy incarnation,
Love brought Thee down to me.
Thy thirst for my salvation
Procured my liberty.
O Love beyond all telling,
That lead Thee to embrace.
In love all love excelling.
Our lost and fallen race.
