Thank God, it is done

“This is the true foundation of the Church’s peace, blessedness, and glory forever. Until the rock was smitten, the stream was pent up and man could do nothing. What human hand could bring forth water from a flinty rock? And so, we may ask, what human righteousness could afford a warrant for opening the floodgates of Divine love? This is the true way in which to test a man’s competency. He could not, by his doings, his sayings, or his feelings, furnish a ground for the mission of the Holy Spirit. Let him be or do what he may, he could not do this. But, thank God, it is done; Christ has finished the work; the True Rock has been smitten, and the refreshing stream has issued forth, so that thirsty souls may drink. ‘The water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life’, says Christ. “If any man thirst, let him come to me and drink’…It was when the Rock of ages was cleft by the hand of God, that the floodgates of eternal love were thrown wide open and perishing sinners were invited to drink abundantly, drink deeply and drink freely”.

–C. Macintosh