THE GOD OF JESHURUN

THE GOD OF JESHURUN

FOR our meditation this evening I have been directed, after prayer, to a few verses in Deut. xxxiii. 26-29. "There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heavens in thy help, and His excellency on the sky." (Read to the close of the chapter.) This portion, as most of you know well, is connected with the blessing which Moses gave to the various tribes ofIsrael, just before the Lord took him away. After giving a particular blessing to each one of the tribes, the blessing in these verses is now uttered, by the Spirit speaking through the prophet, with regard to all the tribes ofIsrael-with regard to the whole of the literalIsrael. The Holy Ghost sums up all the previous blessings in this last, which He begins by the words, "There is none like unto the God of J eshurun."

 

IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS.

Jeshurun means, "the righteous," or "the righteous one." And this is one of the titles given to the Israelites. Strange title, is it not? to be given by the Spirit to that stiff-necked people, who had again and again provoked the God of Israel, and who had sinned against Him times without number. Stiff-necked and rebellious though they had been, yet they are here called "the righteous." In speaking of this people, the Holy One calls them "righteous." Precisely so is it with ourselves-by nature we are sinners, and great sinners; and not only so, but deserving punishment, and nothing but punishment; yet the moment a poor sinner is brought to believe on the Lord. Jesus Christ he is called righteous. "We are all by nature children of wrath, even as others," yet by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ we are accepted, regenerated-that is, born again; instead of the children of wrath, we become the children of God, we are brought out of darkness into His marvellous light, are delivered. from the powers of darkness, and translated into the kingdom of His dear Son" -are brought on the road to heaven, and have before us the bright and blessed prospect of our Father's house.

 

SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH.

Through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, these and all other blessings of the gospel become ours. Fear is lost, judgment is taken away, and instead of all that, we instantaneously become children of God. And this may be obtained by all sinners here present. There are such, in all probability, here at this moment, who are still in the bonds of unrighteousness, who are going on their way in spiritual darkness-who belong to the kingdom of darkness-who are dead in trespasses and sins. To such I have to say, instantaneously you may obtain the forgiveness of your sins, be made alive in Christ Jesus, and be "delivered from the powers of darkness, and translated into the kingdom of His dear Son; "but this is alone to be obtained by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. OH, GLORIOUS GOSPEL! that we should be called the sons of God! When I think of myself, and when other believers think of themselves, when we look inward, we see that we are utterly unworthy of such honour-we can indeed see anything but righteousness. Yet we are called "righteous." If this title was applied to these oft-provoking and stiff-necked Israelites-if they were called "Jeshurun"- the righteous ones, how much more abundantly is this applicable to those who are united to the Lord Jesus Christ, and who partake by faith of His perfect righteousness? Now, regarding these Israelites, it is here stated that "There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun." There is no god like unto  their God. They had the living God, while others had but dead idols.

 

THE LORD OURPORTION.

And this is especially our portion: we have the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ to be our God and Father. That is, we have the living God on our side, to be our God, our Guide, our Father, and our Friend. All this, however, is only true of us if we believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. We may speak about Him as our God; we may read about Him; we may be able to explain certain passages of Scripture concerning Him; we may even have written much about Him; and may have preached in His name; and yet it may not be true of us that we have the living God for our Father, except we really believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and trust in Him alone for the salvation of our souls. But if we do thus accept Jesus as our Saviour, then it is true of us that we have God as our Father, and we have the same precious share in those blessings as the literal Israelites had, and it can be said of us, "There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun."

 

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