From: Suzianty Herawati
"Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments;
and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy." --Revelation 3:4
We may understand this to refer to _justification. "They shall walk in
white"; that is, they shall enjoy a constant sense of their own justification
by faith; they shall understand that the righteousness of Christ is imputed to
them, that they have all been washed and made whiter than the newly-fallen snow.
Again, it refers to joy and gladness: for white robes were holiday dresses
among the Jews. They who have not defiled their garments shall have their faces
always bright; they shall understand what Solomon meant when he said "Go thy
way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart. Let thy
garments be always white, for God hath accepted thy works." He who is accepted
of God shall wear white garments of joy and
gladness, while he walks in sweet communion with the Lord Jesus.
Whence so many doubts, so much misery, and mourning? It is because so many
believers defile their garments with sin and error, and hence they lose the joy
of their salvation, and the comfortable fellowship of the Lord Jesus, they do
not here below
walk in white.
The promise also refers to walking in white before the throne of God. Those
who have not defiled their garments here shall most certainly walk in white up
yonder, where the white-robed hosts sing perpetual hallelujahs to the Most High.
They shall possess joys inconceivable, happiness beyond a dream, bliss which
imagination knoweth not, blessedness which even the stretch of desire hath not
reached. The "undefiled in the way" shall have all this--not of merit, nor of
works, but of grace.
They shall walk with Christ in white, for He has made them "worthy." In His
sweet company they shall drink of the living fountains of waters.
by CH Spurgeons
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From: Suzianty Herawati
"Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds."
--Proverbs 27:23
Every wise merchant will occasionally hold a stock-taking, when he will cast
up his accounts, examine what he has on hand, and ascertain decisively whether
his trade is prosperous or declining. Every man who is wise in the kingdom of
heaven, will cry, "Search me, O God, and try me"; and he will frequently set
apart special seasons for self-examination, to discover whether things are
right between God and his soul. The God whom we worship is a great
heart-searcher; and of old His servants knew Him as "the Lord which searcheth
the heart and trieth the reins of the children of men." Let me stir you up in
His name to make diligent search and solemn trial of your state, lest you come
short of the promised rest. That which every wise man does, that which God
Himself does with us all, I exhort you to do with yourself this evening. Let
the oldest saint look well to the fundamentals of his piety, for grey heads may
cover black hearts: and let not the young professor despise the word of
warning, for the greenness of youth may be joined to the rottenness of
hypocrisy. Every now and then a cedar falls into our midst. The enemy still
continues to sow tares among the wheat. It is not my aim to introduce doubts
and fears into your mind; nay, verily, but I shall hope the rather that the
rough wind of self-examination may help to drive them away. It is not security,
but carnal security, which we would kill; not confidence, but fleshly
confidence, which we would overthrow; not peace, but false peace, which we
would destroy. By the precious blood of Christ, which was not shed to make you
a hypocrite, but that sincere souls might show forth His praise, I beseech you,
search and look, lest at the last it be said of you, "Mene, Mene, Tekel: thou
art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting."
by CH Spurgeon
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