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 holy still.”
THE emphatic …
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 Supreme Ruler 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 Gospel.
I. This doctrine …
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 is reached now. …
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-
tinction is drawn between …
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.” That reaches the highest …
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 to …
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
between the old creation …
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 struggles
and victories of …
CCXCI. The Everlasting Gospel.
REV. xiv. 6. “And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven,
having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell
on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue,
and people.”
I. THE Gospel is the unchanging, the …