Waiting until others ask for forgiveness
A lot of you may remember The Lord’s Prayer: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread;[a]…
CCC. The Unchangeable State.
REV. xxii. 11. “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be…
CCXCIX. The Vision of God.
Rev. xxii. 4. “And they shall see His face.” THE vision of God is threefold—the vision of righteous- ness, the vision of grace, the vision of glory. I. Righteousness includes all those attributes which make up an idea of the…
CCXCVIII. The Future Life.
REV. xxii. 3, 4. “His servants shall serve Him: and they shall see His face.” THE great cardinal doctrine which sums up the hopes and assurances of faith, is the doctrine of a future life as re- vealed in the…
CCXCVII. The End of the Curse.
REV. xxii. 3. ” And there shall be no more curse.” THUS the book closes where it begins. We have got back to Eden at last; very long has been the wandering of the sad human family, but the end…
CCXCVI. The Nation.
REV. xxi. 24. “The nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.” THROUGHOUT the Bible a clear and most instructive dis-…
CCXCV. A New Creation.
REV. xxi. 5. “He that sat upon the throne said, Behold I make all things new.” I. A NEW creation. “I make.” That is a Divine word. “I make all things.” That also is Divine. “I make all things new.”…
CCXCIV. The Crowned Christ.
REV. xix. 12. “On His head were many crowns.” THIS was a symbolic revelation of the extent and variety of the kingdoms over which Christ rules. I. In times of deep religious earnestness the very in- tensity of men’s desire…
CCXCIII. Moses and the Lamb.
REV. xv. 3. “And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb.” I. THAT song indicates that man is co-operator with God in the work of redemption. This is the vast difference…
CCXCII. The Blessed Dead.
REV. xiv. 13. “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.” No book is fuller than this Apocalypse of the…