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Qualifications of Heavenly Citizenship, December 13
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have
right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the
city.
Revelation 22:14
.
“Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap” (
Galatians 6:7
).
I want to sow for time and eternity. My heart hungers and thirsts after
righteousness. I want my life hid in Christ Jesus, that my sowing shall bring
me the right kind of a harvest. I feel deeply in regard to my own self, for
every day, in words or in actions, I am sowing either tares or wheat. I want
to sow for time or eternity. I have lived nearly the period of my allotted
time, and what shall the harvest be? I want a quiet and unwavering trust
in the Most High. I have experienced His protecting care in a remarkable
manner when following the path of duty. I want to go down to the grave
as a shock of corn fully ripe. I want no complaining in my heart; only
gratitude should abide there. God’s mercy and His loving-kindness are to
be kept, not as a thing out of mind, but as something so precious as never
to be forgotten. As eyewitnesses of His majesty we may exalt and praise
His holy name. We are with Him in the holy mount.
Every moment of time is precious and weighty with eternal conse-
quences. We are in a world of appearances which mock and deceive like
the apples of Sodom. O how the Lord looks upon the double-dealing and
the duplicity which is in our world! If we could not get a glimpse above
and beyond the clouds to the bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness we
might well be downcast, but Jesus lives....
The discipline in the school of Christ will cause the church to lean
upon the arm of her Beloved. The redeemed of the Lord shall at last come
to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads, in victorious
triumph. All the angelic hosts will rejoice over them with singing. But
what are the qualifications of our citizenship? “Blessed are they that do his
commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter
in through the gates into the city.
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