ONE Sunday afternoon at the nursing home, I met an elderly lady whose name was Mrs. Poore. I had never met anyone with that name before, so immediately the verse came to mind, “for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich.” 2 Cor. 8: 9.
I asked this dear lady if she was poor or rich. Pointing to her Bible which was before her on the table, she exclaimed, “Isn’t it wonderful what we have in this Book!” Then she went on to say that she had put her trust in the Lord Jesus Christ; so I knew then that she was rich indeed.
It says of the Lord Jesus, “though He was rich.” When was He rich? He was rich there in the glory. When did He become poor? It was when He came to this world as a man, when our sins were laid upon Him, and when He died for us that we through His poverty might be rich.
Yes, through His death on the cross of Calvary and through His precious blood that was shed there we now have all the riches of His grace.
The Apostle Paul could say, “But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Phil. 4:1919But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19).
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