luk 02v30 Thy Salvation
"THY SALVATION"
Luke 2:30
Simeon was in the house of God "waiting for the
consolation of
BEHOLD THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AS GOD'S SALVATION. Christ
himself is salvation. We rejoice and give thanks for our Lord's saving work:
his glorious incarnation, his
life of righteousness, his effectual atonement, his mighty resurrection, his
triumphant ascension, and his gracious intercession. Without these things we
could never be saved. But it is our Lord's glorious Person that makes all his
work effectual. Had he not been man, he could not have died as our Substitute.
Were he not God, his dying could never have availed for our redemption. It is
who Christ is that gives virtue and merit to what he does. Jesus Christ is
God's salvation. Christ alone is salvation. And Christ is the whole of
salvation (John 14:6; I Cor. 1:30-31; I John 5:13).
TAKE CHRIST UP IN THE ARMS
OF FAITH. This is the way for you to be saved. You must take Christ in your
arms as your salvation (John