February 1

Truly this was the Son of God. — MATT. xxvii. 54.

If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. — JOHN x. 37, 38.

THESE are remarkable words. Our Lord appeals to his mighty works as proofs of his divine mission, and as credentials that he came from God. Men resisted the evidence of his words: let them yield to the evidence of his works. If they were not convinced by what he said, let them be convinced by what he did. He had said he was the Son of God, — this they disbelieved: but how could they deny that he was one with the Father when he did the works of the Father, — works which none but God could possibly perform, and which proved his goodness, his mercy, and his love? Our blessed Lord again and again draws attention to his miracles. When John sent his disciples to ask him, "Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?" he made answer, "Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see."

Let us mark, and rejoice that the Father and the Son are one, "The Father in me, and I in him." As Christ said again, "He that hath seen me hath seen the Father;" "I and the Father are one." One, — of a glory equal, of a majesty co-eternal: one in essence, one in purpose, one in working.

Blessed thought! For if Christ and the Father are one, then, believing in Christ, my salvation is secure, — for the Spirit proceedeth from the Father and the Son, and must therefore be one with both: so that the Triune God are all intent on my salvation, and nothing can separate me from their love.

Charles D. Bell

Christ our Lord and God we own.

Christ, the Father's only Son.

Lamb of God for sinners slain,

Saviour of offending man.

C. WESLEY.