Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share October 22nd Morning
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
October 22nd Morning
“I will love them freely.” — Hosea 14:4
This sentence is a body of divinity in miniature. He who understands its meaning is a theologian, and he who can dive into its fulness is a true master in Israel. It is a condensation of the glorious message of salvation which was delivered to us in Christ Jesus our Redeemer. The sense hinges upon the word “freely.” This is the glorious, the suitable, the divine way by which love streams from heaven to earth, a spontaneous love flowing forth to those who neither deserved it, purchased it, nor sought after it. It is, indeed, the only way in which God can love such as we are. The text is a death-blow to all sorts of fitness: “I will love them freely.” Now, if there were any fitness necessary in us, then…
He would not love us freely, at
least, this would be a mitigation and a drawback to the freeness of it. But it
stands, “I will love you freely.”We complain, “Lord, my heart is so hard.”
“I will love you freely.” “But I do not feel my need of Christ as I could
wish.” “I will not love you because you feel your need; I will love you
freely.” “But I do not feel that softening of spirit which I could desire.”
Remember, the softening of spirit is not a condition, for there are no
conditions; the covenant of grace has no conditionality whatever; so that
we without any fitness may venture upon the promise of God which was
made to us in Christ Jesus, when He said, “He that believeth on Him is not
condemned.” It is blessed to know that the grace of God is free to us at all
times, without preparation, without fitness, without money, and without
price! “I will love them freely.” These words invite backsliders to return:
indeed, the text was specially written for such — “I will heal their
backsliding; I will love them freely.” Backslider! surely the generosity of
the promise will at once break your heart, and you will return, and seek
your injured Father’s face.
To make sure you never miss an episode, please subscribe today wherever you listen to podcasts.
Producer: Todd Adkins
Voice Artist: Ian Cullen
View all episodes
By ClassicDevotionals.com
4.8
278278 ratings
“I will love them freely.” — Hosea 14:4
This sentence is a body of divinity in miniature. He who understands its meaning is a theologian, and he who can dive into its fulness is a true master in Israel. It is a condensation of the glorious message of salvation which was delivered to us in Christ Jesus our Redeemer. The sense hinges upon the word “freely.” This is the glorious, the suitable, the divine way by which love streams from heaven to earth, a spontaneous love flowing forth to those who neither deserved it, purchased it, nor sought after it. It is, indeed, the only way in which God can love such as we are. The text is a death-blow to all sorts of fitness: “I will love them freely.” Now, if there were any fitness necessary in us, then…
He would not love us freely, at
least, this would be a mitigation and a drawback to the freeness of it. But it
stands, “I will love you freely.”We complain, “Lord, my heart is so hard.”
“I will love you freely.” “But I do not feel my need of Christ as I could
wish.” “I will not love you because you feel your need; I will love you
freely.” “But I do not feel that softening of spirit which I could desire.”
Remember, the softening of spirit is not a condition, for there are no
conditions; the covenant of grace has no conditionality whatever; so that
we without any fitness may venture upon the promise of God which was
made to us in Christ Jesus, when He said, “He that believeth on Him is not
condemned.” It is blessed to know that the grace of God is free to us at all
times, without preparation, without fitness, without money, and without
price! “I will love them freely.” These words invite backsliders to return:
indeed, the text was specially written for such — “I will heal their
backsliding; I will love them freely.” Backslider! surely the generosity of
the promise will at once break your heart, and you will return, and seek
your injured Father’s face.
To make sure you never miss an episode, please subscribe today wherever you listen to podcasts.
Producer: Todd Adkins
Voice Artist: Ian Cullen
More shows like Morning and Evening with Charles Spurgeon
View all
Renewing Your Mind
5,105 Listeners
Messages by Desiring God
1,640 Listeners
White Horse Inn
2,162 Listeners
Ultimately with R.C. Sproul
1,312 Listeners
Ask Pastor John
3,896 Listeners
5 Minutes in Church History with Stephen Nichols
1,693 Listeners
Light + Truth
1,421 Listeners
Pastors Talk - A podcast by 9Marks
705 Listeners
Solid Joys Daily Devotional
2,131 Listeners
The Crossway Podcast
624 Listeners
Simply Put
1,392 Listeners
Ask Ligonier
435 Listeners
The G3 Podcast
230 Listeners
Things Unseen with Sinclair B. Ferguson
1,471 Listeners
Spurgeon's Sermons
54 Listeners