In Him Yea and Amen (2 Cor. 1:15–19)

Anonymous

Paul had intended a second visit to Corinth (see 2 Cor. 1:15–19), but evidently the visit did not take place. Some who were antagonistic to him insinuated that this was because Paul was a man of no stability who would lightly propose a course one day and countermand it the next, freely saying ‘Yea, yea’ on one occasion only to say ‘Nay, nay’ soon after.

But, says the apostle, ‘our word toward you was not yea and nay’ (v. 18). He came to them with the word of the gospel which was as stable as a rock, inasmuch as ‘the Son of God, Jesus Christ’, the theme of his preaching, had nothing unstable about Him. ‘In him was yea’ is what he says (v. 19). The last statement he amplified in verse 20: ‘For whatever promises of God there are, in him is the yea, and in him the amen, for glory to God by us’. That is, every promise of God, everywhere and for all time, finds its ratification and accomplishment in Christ. The ‘yea’ of every promise was reached in the cross: there in death everything was ratified and made secure. The ‘amen’ to every promise will finally be reached when He who will sit on the throne shall say, ‘Behold, I make all things new. …  It is done’ (Rev. 21:5–6). Then all ratified in the cross will have been translated into accomplished fact and ‘amen’ will be reached. And all that is thus ratified and carried to its consummation is ‘for glory to God’. 

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‘Thanks be to God for his unspeakable free gift’ (2 Cor. 9:15).

[1] From Scripture Truth (1922) vol. 14 p. 192. Courtesy of Scripture Truth Publications.

From: Truth and Testimony, 2023