We have dealt Treacherously With The Lord

"They have dealt treacherously with the Lord, For they have begotten pagan children. Now a New Moon shall devour them and their heritage."   [Hosea 5:7]

Here is a sorrowful truth!  That we are the beloved of the Lord, redeemed by His blood, called by grace, preserved in Christ Jesus, accepted in the Beloved, on our way to heaven, and yet, “we have dealt unfaithful to the Lord, or with our best friend; treacherously with Jesus, whose we are; treacherously with the Holy Spirit, by whom we have been quickened unto life eternal! How treacherous we have been in the matter of vows and promises.  Do we remember the love of our espousals, that happy time—the springtime of our spiritual life? Oh, how closely did we cling to our Master then! saying, “He shall never charge me with indifference; my feet shall never grow slow in the way of his service; I will not suffer my heart to wander after other loves; in him is every store of sweetness ineffable. I give all up for my Lord Jesus’ sake.” Has it been so? Alas! if conscience speak, it will say, “He who promised so well has performed most ill. Prayer has oftentimes been slurred—it has been short, but not sweet; brief, but not fervent. Communion with Christ has been forgotten. Instead of a heavenly mind, there have been carnal cares, worldly vanities and thoughts of evil. Instead of service, there has been disobedience; instead of fervency, lukewarmness; instead of patience, petulance; instead of faith, confidence in an arm of flesh; and as a soldier of the cross there has been cowardice, disobedience, and desertion, to a very shameful degree.” “We have dealt treacherously.” Treachery to Jesus! what words shall be used in denouncing it? Words little avail: let our penitent thoughts execrate the sin which is so surely in us. Treacherous to thy wounds, O Jesus! Forgive us, and let us not sin again! How shameful to be treacherous to him who never forgets us, but who this day stands with our names engraven on his breastplate before the eternal throne. Halellujah, God bless