{"id":437,"date":"2010-09-07T10:59:19","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T16:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timothymallon.com\/blog\/?p=437"},"modified":"2012-01-04T11:18:58","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T17:18:58","slug":"i-must-have-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timothymallon.com\/blog\/i-must-have-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"I must have Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We know the kingdom of grace has been set up in our hearts by the change wrought in the soul. There is a new nature, light in the mind, order in the affections, a pliable will, and tenderness in the conscience. If there is no change of heart there is no sign of grace. <strong>God&#8217;s children desire God<\/strong>, like the beating of the pulse indicates life. Saints love him, not only for what he has, but <strong>for what he is<\/strong>; not only for his rewards, but <strong>for his holiness<\/strong>. Hypocrites may desire him for his jewels, but not for his beauty. A believer cannot be satisfied without God; let the world heap her honours and riches, it will not satisfy. No flower will satisfy the thirsty. The Christian says, &#8220;I must have Christ, grace, and heaven, though I take it by storm.&#8221; We desire Christ more than the world, and more than heaven itself, &#8220;Whom have I in heaven but you?&#8221; (Psa. 73:25). Heaven itself would not satisfy without Christ. He is the diamond in the ring. If God were to say, &#8220;I will put you into heaven, but I will hide my face from you,&#8221; that would not satisfy. A little of God will not satisfy. The pious desires still more. A drop of water is not enough for thirsty travellers. We are thankful for grace received, but desire more: more knowledge, purity, and more of Christ&#8217;s presence. <strong>We long to see him face to face, and be perfected in glory; to plunge into his sweetness and be swallowed up in him; and to bathe ourselves in the perfumed waters of his pleasures.<\/strong>&#8221; &#8211; Thomas Watson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We know the kingdom of grace has been set up in our hearts by the change wrought in the soul. There is a new nature, light in the mind, order in the affections, a pliable will, and tenderness in the conscience. If there is no change of heart there is no sign of grace. God&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/timothymallon.com\/blog\/i-must-have-christ\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I must have Christ<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pnDOA-73","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timothymallon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timothymallon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timothymallon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timothymallon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timothymallon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/timothymallon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":466,"href":"https:\/\/timothymallon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions\/466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timothymallon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timothymallon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timothymallon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}