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From: Suzianty Herawati
"We live unto the
Lord." --Romans
14:8
If God had willed it, each of us might have entered heaven at the moment of conversion. It was not absolutely necessary for our preparation for immortality that we should tarry here. It is possible for a man to be taken to heaven, and to be found meet to be a partaker of the inheritance of the saints in light, though he has but just believed in Jesus. It is true that our sanctification is a long and continued process, and we shall not be perfected till we lay aside our bodies and enter within the veil; but nevertheless, had the Lord so willed it, He might have changed us from imperfection to perfection, and have taken us to heaven at once. Why then are we here? Would God keep His children
out of paradise a single moment longer than was necessary? Why is the army of
the living God still on the battle-field when one charge might give them the
victory? Why
are His children still wandering hither and thither through a maze, when a solitary word from His lips would bring them into the centre of their hopes in heaven? The answer is--they are here that they may "live
unto the Lord," and may bring others to know His love. We remain on earth as
sowers to scatter good seed; as ploughmen to break up the fallow ground; as
heralds publishing salvation. We are here as the "salt of the earth," to be a
blessing to the world. We are here to glorify Christ in our daily life.
We are here as workers for Him, and as "workers
together with Him." Let us see that our life answereth its end.
Let us live earnest, useful, holy lives, to "the praise of the glory of His grace." Meanwhile we long to be with Him, and daily sing-- "My heart is with Him on His throne, And ill can brook delay; Each moment listening for the voice, 'Rise up, and come away.'" SDG,
CH Spurgeon
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From: Suzianty Herawati
"Lo, in the midst of the
throne . . . stood a Lamb as it had been
slain."
--Revelation 5:6
Why should our exalted Lord appear in His wounds in glory? The wounds of Jesus are His glories, His jewels, His sacred ornaments. To the eye of the believer, Jesus is passing fair because He is "white and ruddy" white with innocence, and ruddy with His own blood. We see Him as the lily of matchless purity, and as the rose crimsoned with His own gore. Christ is lovely upon Olivet and Tabor, and by the sea, but oh! there never was such a matchless Christ as He that did hang upon the cross. There we beheld all His beauties in perfection, all
His attributes developed, all His love drawn out, all His character expressed.
Beloved, the wounds of Jesus are far more fair in our eyes than all the
splendour and pomp of kings. The thorny crown is more than an imperial diadem.
It is true that He bears not now the sceptre of reed, but there was a glory in
it that never flashed from sceptre of gold. Jesus wears the appearance of a
slain Lamb as His court dress in which He wooed our souls, and redeemed them by
His complete atonement. Nor are these only the ornaments of Christ: they are the
trophies of His love and of His victory. He has divided the spoil with the
strong. He has redeemed for Himself a great multitude whom no man can number,
and these scars are the memorials of the fight. Ah! if Christ thus loves to
retain the thought of His sufferings for His
people, how precious should his wounds be to us! "Behold how every wound of His A precious balm distils, Which heals the scars that sin had made, And cures all mortal ills. "Those wounds are mouths that preach His grace; The ensigns of His love; The seals of our expected bliss In paradise above." SDG, CH Spurgeon
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From: Suzianty Herawati
Jesus is the keeper of the gates of paradise and before every believing soul He setteth an open door, which no man or devil shall be able to close against it. What joy it will be to find that faith in Him is the golden key to the everlasting doors. My soul, dost thou carry this key in thy bosom, or art thou trusting to some deceitful pick-lock, which will fail thee at last? Hear this parable of the preacher, and remember it. The great King has made a banquet, and He has proclaimed to all the world that none shall enter but those who bring with them the fairest flower that blooms. The spirits of men advance to the gate by thousands, and they bring each one the flower which he esteems the queen of the garden; but in crowds they are driven from the royal presence, and enter not into the festive halls. Some bear in their hand the deadly nightshade of superstition, or the flaunting poppies of Rome, or the hemlock of self- righteousness, but these are not dear to the King, the bearers are shut out of the pearly gates. My soul, hast thou gathered the rose of Sharon? Dost thou wear the lily of the valley in thy bosom constantly? If so, when thou comest up to the gates of heaven thou wilt know its value, for thou hast only to show this choicest of flowers, and the Porter will open: not for a moment will He deny thee admission, for to that rose the Porter openeth ever. Thou shalt find thy way with the rose of Sharon in thy hand up to the throne of God Himself, for heaven itself possesses nothing that excels its radiant beauty, and of all the flowers that bloom in paradise there is none that can rival the lily of the valley. My soul, get Calvary's blood-red rose into thy hand by faith, by love wear it, by communion preserve it, by daily watchfulness make it thine all in all, and thou shalt be blessed beyond all bliss, happy beyond a dream. Jesus, be mine for ever, my God, my heaven, my all. SDG,
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