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December 25th Evening
“And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent
and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt
offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my
sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.”
— Job 1:5
What the patriarch did early in the morning, after the family festivities, it will be well for the believer to do for himself ere he rests tonight. Amid the cheerfulness of household gatherings it is easy to slide into sinful levities, and to forget our avowed character as Christians. It ought not to be so, but so it is, that our days of feasting are very seldom days of sanctified enjoyment, but too frequently degenerate into unhallowed mirth. There is a way of joy as pure and sanctifying as though one bathed in the rivers of Eden: holy gratitude should be quite as purifying an element as grief. Alas! for our poor hearts, that facts prove that the house of mourning is better than the house of feasting. Come, believer, in what have you sinned to-day? Have you been…
forgetful of your high calling? Have you been even
as others in idle words and loose speeches? Then confess the sin, and fly
to the sacrifice. The sacrifice sanctifies. The precious blood of the Lamb
slain removes the guilt, and purges away the defilement of our sins of
ignorance and carelessness. This is the best ending of a Christmas-day —
to wash anew in the cleansing fountain. Believer, come to this sacrifice
continually; if it be so good to-night, it is good every night. To live at the
altar is the privilege of the royal priesthood; to them sin, great as it is, is
nevertheless no cause for despair, since they draw near yet again to the
sin-atoning victim, and their conscience is purged from dead works.
Gladly I close this festive day,
Grasping the altar’s hallow’d horn;
My slips and faults are washed away,
The Lamb has all my trespass borne.
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“And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent
and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt
offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my
sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.”
— Job 1:5
What the patriarch did early in the morning, after the family festivities, it will be well for the believer to do for himself ere he rests tonight. Amid the cheerfulness of household gatherings it is easy to slide into sinful levities, and to forget our avowed character as Christians. It ought not to be so, but so it is, that our days of feasting are very seldom days of sanctified enjoyment, but too frequently degenerate into unhallowed mirth. There is a way of joy as pure and sanctifying as though one bathed in the rivers of Eden: holy gratitude should be quite as purifying an element as grief. Alas! for our poor hearts, that facts prove that the house of mourning is better than the house of feasting. Come, believer, in what have you sinned to-day? Have you been…
forgetful of your high calling? Have you been even
as others in idle words and loose speeches? Then confess the sin, and fly
to the sacrifice. The sacrifice sanctifies. The precious blood of the Lamb
slain removes the guilt, and purges away the defilement of our sins of
ignorance and carelessness. This is the best ending of a Christmas-day —
to wash anew in the cleansing fountain. Believer, come to this sacrifice
continually; if it be so good to-night, it is good every night. To live at the
altar is the privilege of the royal priesthood; to them sin, great as it is, is
nevertheless no cause for despair, since they draw near yet again to the
sin-atoning victim, and their conscience is purged from dead works.
Gladly I close this festive day,
Grasping the altar’s hallow’d horn;
My slips and faults are washed away,
The Lamb has all my trespass borne.
To make sure you never miss an episode, please subscribe today wherever you listen to podcasts.
Producer: Todd Adkins
Voice Artist: Ian Cullen
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