Cheque Book on the Bank of Faith
Monday, January 1, 2007 at 08:37AM 
January 1
The Bible's First Promise
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. (Genesis 3:15)
This is the first promise to fallen man. It contains the whole gospel and the essence of the covenant of grace. It has been in great measure fulfilled. The seed of the woman, even our Lord Jesus, was bruised in His heel, and a terrible bruising it was. How terrible will be the final bruising of the serpent's head! This was virtually done when Jesus took away sin, vanquished death, and broke the power of Satan; but it awaits a still fuller accomplishment at our Lord's second advent and in the Day of Judgment. To us the promise stands as a prophecy that we shall be afflicted by the powers of evil in our lower nature, and thus bruised in our heel; but we shall triumph in Christ, who sets His foot on the old serpent's head. Throughout this year we may have to learn the first part of this promise by experience, through the temptations of the devil and the unkindness of the ungodly, who are his seed. They may so bruise us that we may limp with our sore heel; but let us grasp the second part of the text, and we shall not be dismayed. By faith let us rejoice that we shall still reign in Christ Jesus, the woman's seed.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Reader Comments (3)
Happy New Year, Kim! I can never read too much Spurgeon, so thanks for this bit.
Hi Rosemary!
I'm glad you like Spurgeon. I am going to post his "Faith's Check Book" this year instead of the morning prayer. I've done that a whole year and they're all in the archives, so I wanted to do something different for a change this year.
I feel a little bad leaving the prayers behind this year, but I have an idea for next year that involves prayer, so I'll definitely come back to it next year.
Wonderful! I look forward to the daily post.