Monday, November 19, 2012

Chap. 323---Think on Heavenly Things


"These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes,
and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Revelation 7:14.
John, while in vision, saw a company clothed in white robes.... They were seen
in the temple of God. This will be the result for all who will lay hold of the merits
of Christ and wash their robes in His blood. Every provision has been made so that
we can sit with Christ upon His throne, but the condition is that we be in harmony
with the law of God....
We cannot afford to lose heaven. We ought to have our conversation on heavenly
things. There there is no death nor pain. Why are we so reluctant to talk of these
things? Why do we dwell upon earthly things? The apostle exhorts us to have our
conversation in heaven. “For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we
look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ” (Philippians 3:20).... Christ will soon
return to gather those who are prepared, and take them to this glorious place. “So
Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him
shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation” (Hebrews 9:28).
Do we love to think of this event or do we want to put it off? ... The more we
talk of Jesus, the more we shall reflect His divine image. By beholding we become
transformed. We need to bring Christ into our religious experience. When you
assemble together, let the conversation be on Christ and His salvation.... The more
we talk of Jesus the more of His matchless charms we shall behold.
Those who take no pleasure in thinking and talking of God in this life, will
not enjoy the life that is to come, where God is ever present, dwelling among His
people. But those who love to think of God will be in their element, breathing in the
atmosphere of heaven. Those who on earth love the thought of heaven will be happy
in its holy associations and pleasures.... “And there shall be no more curse: but the
throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: and
they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads” (Revelation 22:3,
4).

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