REV. I. 13. “He was girt about the paps with a golden girdle.”
I. WHAT did this golden girdle signify?
1. The Lord’s excellence in all His offices.
2. His power and authority.
3. His activity. The Hebrews wore a girdle when en-
gaged in some labour.
4. The girdle was the place where the Eastern kept his
money. Jesus bears with Him all that His people can
need.
II. The golden lessons to be gathered from these four
meanings:
1. Admire Him in all His offices.
2. Trust Him.
3. Imitate Him.
4. Let us rejoice in Him.
C. H. Spurgeon
It is sometimes said that the doctrine of predestination exposes God to the charge of injustice. But this is hardly correct. We could speak of injustice only if man had a claim on God, and God owed man eternal salvation. But the situation is entirely different if all men have forfeited the blessings of God, as they have. No one has the right to call God to account for electing some and rejecting others. He would have been perfectly just, if He had not saved any, Matt. 20:14, 15; Rom. 9:14, 15.
Louis Berkhof