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Rejoicing in the Lord
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our work where we find it, believing we will be strong enough to
meet whatever comes.
Someday the gates of heaven will be thrown open to welcome
God’s children. From the lips of the King of glory will fall a blessing
like rich music: “Come, you that are blessed by my Father! Come
and possess the kingdom which has been prepared for you ever since
the creation of the world.”
Matthew 25:34
.
The redeemed will be welcomed to the home that Jesus is prepar-
ing for them. In heaven there will be no wicked people. The friends
of the redeemed will be people who have overcome Satan through
divine grace and have formed perfect characters. Every desire to sin
will have been taken away by the blood of Christ. The redeemed
will shine with Christ’s glory, which is much brighter than the sun.
And what is more, the beauty of His character will also shine out
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through them. They will stand without fault before God and will
have the same blessings as the angels.
A beautiful heavenly home is ready for the redeemed. “Will
you gain anything if you win the whole world but lose your life?”
Matthew 16:26
. A person may be poor now, but in the gift of eternal
life he owns greater wealth than the world can ever give. A person
redeemed by Jesus, made clean from all sin, and serving God is of
more value than the whole world. There is joy in heaven before God
over every person that is redeemed. This joy makes the heavenly
angels sing holy songs of victory.