Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-25

IT, 81. s4zA the gates of pearl.
Seeing the null
titude of many Municipalities saved
and unified In Christ is fore
taste of heaven. y beheld, and
10, great multitude, which mo
man could number of all nations, and
kindreds, and people, and tongues,
stood before the throne and before
the Lamb AS We ssee large multi
tudes saved and unified in. Christ upon
earth, our hearts are stirred with
gratitude and praise, which is no lit
tie part of heaven. 2i3irlh 100 s51 =,
Victory through Christ is a foretaste
OF heaven. The multitude Of the saved
are clothed with white robes and
palms in their hands, The white
robes are a symbol sof the victory
Christ gained for us. on the cross. by
which. it became possible for him to
.imputes and impsrt unto us his right
-eousness.3 na''F4e mfde him to be- sin
for us. who knew no Sin. that we might
be made the righteousness of God in
him.sosQI.a Cor 5:213 Christ was
made not a sinner whom God loves,
but sin which God hates, that we
might be made righteousness. alto
gether lovely. The palms in hand are
the symbols of the victory which we
have gained through Christ in our
conflicts with sin and the powers of
darkness. His righteousness is ours
now. and so is the victory. Having re-
moved our rags he clothes us with his
spotless robe and through the. power
of his holy spirit enables us to live
the victorious life. This is heaven.
rr Confessine God as Saviour and king
Is foretsste of heaven They "cried
with loud voice saying. Salvation in
our. God which sittath upon the throne
and unto the Lamb" 1t was not whis-
pered. but spoken in loud voice. The
confession !. wasn.public.aoN ieodemus'
midnight visit to Jesus with a whis-
pered private confession will not bring
a foretaste5 of heaven, There mnstfb be
courage enough to make it public
lc. Giving to Col his due is. foretaste
of heaven UThey @worshiped God, say
ing. Amen Blessing, and glory and
wisdom, and tha1ksgivtng, and honor,
and mower, and might. he untc our
Cod forever and ever, Amen" 1t Is
Gods Que that we worship hims and
THAT we acquiesee IN his righteous
viii O,zr Yoroyorc. Odd with sfAmpno
10 let it be- : but in. heaven prayer
begins with amen and then it all
turns. ito praise-r If Wee say
!, Amen, to God before u we begin. TO
pray we have in, advance what we
desire. for all good. things, are summed
up in he will of God concerning us.
The consciousness That We Have
Been CTeaueed from Our Sins Through
Heaven. These are they which came
out of great tribnlation and have
washed their robes and made them
white in the blood of the Lamb. -
Tribulation is from Latin word
which means a fail, and the intima-
ton is that through tribulation the
chat has been eliminated; while only
the good wheat remains. If we are
Gods children, affliction is a servant
working for US and not an enemy
fighting against us, as we learn from
IL Corinthians AIT, @Our light af-
Fiction, which is but for a moment,
worketh for us far more exceeding
and eternal weight of glory But this
is possible only through the atoning
merit of the blood It was not the
fail nor the furnace, but the blood
of the Lamb which washed their
robes and made them white" The
fact that 1. John IL is in the present
tense shows that we have now and
here this foretaste of Heaven, @|9'Fhe
blood of Jesus Christ, his son, cleans
eth -uss from all SIM In Heaven we
may still wonder at the mystery
while we rejoice in the experience
The Conscious Presence of Christ
In the Midst of His People Is Fore
taste Of Heaven. ''He that stitch on
the throne shall dwell among them
He is not only king to rule but friend
10 associate He is always EN-
manuel, God with us" and his prom
ise, II shall be with you all the days, -
is every day fulfilled. The Christ
whose presence makes Heaven, glori-
Gus is the ever present, intimate friend
OF his people. h7-aR y 'li7>1 ''s
satisfaction and Safety, in Christ
is Foretaste of Heaven. They, shall
hunger ne more, neither thirst any
more; neither shall the sun light on
them, nor. any heat, For the Lamb
which is in the midst of the throne
shall feed them and shall lead. them
unto living fountains Of waters The
Lamb who leads. and feeds sthe glori-
.iediin Heaven is our Shepherd on
earth, and we can sing with the Psalm
fst,- THE Lord is my Shepherd. ,cr
shall not want. He maketh me to lie
down in green pastures He Ieadeth
me beside the still waters. . To those
who commit their way-unto the-Eord
the leadership of earth is as good ais
the leadership of Heaven 4
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