His inheritance. In
these three wonderful titles we behold all the Son of God as Son of
Man has accomplished in His mighty work. He lived the path of faith
and obedience on earth, as the faithful witness. He has put away sin
and conquered death and the grave as well as him who has the power
of death, that is the devil. In the future He will be King of kings
and Lord of lords.

And then follows this outburst of Praise. The Holy Spirit, who is
here on earth to glorify Him, breaks forth at once into singing and
directs the heart to worship Him. Beloved readers if the Holy Spirit
is ungrieved in us He will lead our hearts into such praise and
adoration of the Lord; nothing grieves the Holy Spirit more than
when a believer does not appreciate the Lord Jesus Christ and
manifest this appreciation by praise and worship.

Three things are stated in this blessed doxology:

_He loved us._

_He washed us._

_He hath made us._

These three things correspond to the three titles which precede this
doxology. Love it was, which brought Him down from the Glory to walk
upon this earth in humiliation, the faithful witness, and that love
knew and saw the cross. Love led Him there to die for such as we
are. What love it was! Who can ever declare it!

The true translation is not "who loved us," but "who _loveth_ us."
His love is an abiding love. He does nothing but love those who
belong to Him, who have trusted Him and are the Beloved of God. Our
sins, our weaknesses, our infirmities and failures can never affect
or diminish His love. Never, oh child of God, doubt His abiding
love. Yea, whatever our circumstances are, in trials, in the hard
places, in troubles, burdened with cares and full of anxiety, in all
our failures we can look up and say, "He loveth me." It is an ever
present and eternal love. Never, oh child of God, measure that love
by your changing feeling or by your experience. And this love He
manifested by dying for us. He has washed us from our sins in His
own blood. To this His title as "The First begotten from the dead"
refers. "Who His own self bore our sins in His own body on the tree,
that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness, by
whose stripes ye are healed" (1 Pet ii:24). The precious blood of
Christ has washed us from our sins. They can never come up again. Oh
blessed knowledge! Cleansed by His own blood, the precious blood of
the Lamb without spot and blemish! And the blessedness of all that
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