Psa 110:3, Jam 1:18, 1Jo 4:19 | Family

Psalms 110:3

James 1:18

Begat he us; by the regeneration of our souls, and thus made us his spiritual children.

With the word of truth; which is the instrument of his Spirit.

A kind of first-fruits; the gospel was first preached to the Jews, and the primitive believers were, like the first sheaf offered at the sanctuary, the earnest of the ingathering of all nations to Christ. See Le 23:9-14. As every thing good in men comes from God, and every thing evil from themselves, they should renounce self-dependence, and give God the glory of whatever good they enjoy.

1 John 4:19

Because he first loved us; his love to us opened the way for and was the procuring cause of our love to him. The gift of the Saviour and the way of life which he has opened, the gift of the Holy Spirit, the preaching of the gospel and all the means of grace, the regeneration of men, their sanctification and hope of glory, their perseverance in holiness, and their eternal life, are all the fruit and manifestation of the infinite and eternal love of God, and will call forth from all the redeemed the most exalted praises to God and the Lamb for ever. Re 5:8-14.