DAILY READINGS: 1 Samuel 19:8 to 20:42; Isaiah 60; Romans 5:12-21
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you. 1 Peter 1:20
The Lord Jesus was destined to be "the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world,” (Jn. 1:29). It is amazing to think that before the universe was made, He had already determined to die on the cross out of love for His Father and for us. Our eternal future was wisely formulated in eternity past; therefore, it is guaranteed. Christ appeared in history to carry out His Father’s will. He alone could say that He did the work which His Father gave Him to do. Rejoice in your salvation, dear saint—a finished, eternal work of God! —K. R. Keyser
Oh the mercy which hath blessed us; purposed thus ere time began,
Mercy which in Thee hath kept us, where His blessed race He ran.—Samuel Tregelles