the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Golden Treasury
You are to come unto Mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels to the general assembly of the first-born, which are written in heaven, and to God the judge of all and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant; and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaks better things than that of Abel. Hebrews 12:22-24. This has fulfilled the promise. Isaiah 35:10. The ransomed of the Lord shall return. See also Ephesians 2:5-6. Philippians 3:20.
The members of the church militant and triumphant are one body, of which Christ is the head. Consequently the former are as blessed here below, and if they continue in Christ, as safe as the other above. By faith, we are just as near and dear to Christ, as just and happy, as we can desire; it is the same even now as when we shall come to be more sanctified; nay, if we were in heaven already.
The weak children enjoy the very same love and pardon as the strong ones, and are looked upon like the perfect souls in heaven. May the Lord but clear our hearts from unbelief and worldly desires, to receive this inestimable treasure, and give us more assurance of it, by a lively faith.
The saints on earth and all the dead.
But one communion make,
All join in Christ their living head,
And of his grace partake.
In such society as this,
My weary soul would rest:
The man that dwells were Jesus is,
Must be for ever blest.
