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The Eternal Weight Of Glory, March 30
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far
more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.
2 Corinthians 4:17
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I was pointed to the glory of heaven, to the treasure laid up for the faithful.
Everything was lovely and glorious. The angels would sing a lovely song, then
they would cease singing and take their crowns from their heads and cast them
glittering at the feet of the lovely Jesus, and with melodious voices cry, “Glory,
Alleluia!” I joined with them in their songs of praise and honor to the Lamb,
and every time I opened my mouth to praise Him, I felt an unutterable sense
of the glory that surrounded me. It was a far more, an exceeding and eternal
weight of glory. Said the angel, “The little remnant who love God and keep His
commandments and are faithful to the end will enjoy this glory and ever be in the
presence of Jesus and sing with the holy angels.”
Then my eyes were taken from the glory, and I was pointed to the remnant on
the earth. The angel said to them, “... Get ready, get ready, get ready. Ye must
have a greater preparation than ye now have, for the day of the Lord cometh, cruel
both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate and to destroy the sinners
thereof out of it. Sacrifice all to God. Lay all upon His altar—self, property, and
all, a living sacrifice. It will take all to enter glory. Lay up for yourselves treasure
in heaven, where no thief can approach or rust corrupt. Ye must be partakers of
Christ’s sufferings here if ye would be partakers with Him of His glory hereafter.”
Heaven will be cheap enough, if we obtain it through suffering. We must deny
self all along the way, die to self daily, let Jesus alone appear, and keep His glory
continually in view.
The work of salvation is not child’s play, to be taken hold of at will and let
alone at pleasure. It is the steady purpose, the untiring effort, that will gain the
victory at last. It is he who endureth to the end that shall be saved. It is they
who patiently continue in well-doing that shall have eternal life and the immortal
reward.
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