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Day 22 devotions I will love them freely. Hos 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 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.

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