7. Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness. Christ Jesus is not neutral in the great contest between right and
wrong. As warmly as he loves the one he abhors the other. The whole of our
Lord’s life on earth proved the truth of these words; his death sealed the
fact;his providence reveals the same; his final assize will proclaim it. We
should imitate him both in his love and hate. Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Jesus as Mediator
owned God as his God, to whom, being found in fashion as a man, he became
obedient. On account of our Lord’s perfect life he is now rewarded with
superior joy. Others there are to whom grace has given a sacred fellowship with
him, but by their universal consent and his own merit he is prince among them,
the gladdest of all because of all their gladness. At oriental feasts oil was
poured on the heads of distinguished guests; God himself anoints the man Christ
Jesus with fuller joy than any else can know. Observe the indisputable
testimony to Messiah’s deity in verse 6, and to
his manhood in the present verse. Our Christ is our Elohim. Jesus is God with
us.
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