Nov 15
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“NO MORE CURSE”
Revelation 22:3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God
and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him.
And there shall be. . . It is the delight of the believer, on the
authority of the word of God, to think on what shall be. We do rejoice
in some things that are now (Rom. 8:1, 1 John 3:2), but in regards to
our salvation, how true are Solomon’s words, “Better is the end of a
thing than the beginning thereof.” Ecclesiastes 7:8
no more curse . . . One of the “all spiritual blessings (Eph. 1:3)” that
we enjoy in the Lord Jesus Christ is that He has borne and done away
with the curse of God against us. The lost go through this world under
this curse and while all things work together for good to God’s chosen
(Rom. 8:28), all things work for evil to these cursed ones. All events
and experiences, even the successes and temporal “good” shall all
culminate in and contribute to the eternal damnation and woe of those
who reject Christ. Transversely, all things, even the failures and
suffering of God’s sheep shall ultimately result in and be the means of
our everlasting joy and security, through the merits of His sacrifice.
Gal. 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made
a curse for us.
But the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it. . . What a comfort
that whatever else may change, the One Who loved us and washed us from
our sins in His own blood, shall REIGN forever! He is still where
Stephen saw Him as he fell asleep (Acts 7:54-60). He is still where
Isaiah beheld His glorious majesty in the year that king Uzziah died
(Isaiah 6:1-5), and as Isaiah prophesied, of His kingdom there shall be
no end (Isaiah 9:7). Hallelujah!
And His servants shall serve Him. The curse came when Adam ceased to
serve God in submission to His righteous authority and rebelled against
Him. There is no danger of this ever happening again. Having the very
righteousness of God’s own Son, we are infallible. We gained better
standing before God in Christ than we lost in Adam. With the very nature
of God, we shall be incapable of any thought, word or deed which is not
in total, mathematical agreement with His holy will. How worthy He truly
is of the eternal praises which we shall render unto Him with gladness
and song.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus! Rev. 22:20- Chris Cunningham
The gospel of God’s grace in Christ Jesus is not a thing to be proved,
but a truth to be believed. It is not submitted to our reasoning powers
as a subject for critical examination; but the gospel is a message from
God, addressed to our conscience, feelings, and affections. For this
reason, men fond of argument and proving everything by strictly logical
deduction generally make very poor preachers. In the scriptures, God
does not argue; He proclaims!
J. C. Phipot
Job said, “I know that my redeemer liveth.” Which of the two words
should be of greater importance — my redeemer? The presumptuous person
may claim the blessings based upon the fact that he has accepted the
Redeemer as my Redeemer. The true believer embraces the promises as they
are in Christ Jesus; He is my redeemer! All of the promises of the
covenant are made to Christ Jesus and to His seed in Him. We claim the
promises not upon the ground of anything we have done, but they are ours
because of who He is, what He has done, and where He is now! There is a
danger of being more taken up with the promises than the Redeemer, more
interested in what was done than in Him who did it. Faith is to receive
Christ; and having Christ, we have all in Christ.
Henry Mahan
Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the
words of eternal life. (John 6:68)
As it was with Peter and the rest of the disciples, so it is with all
sensible sinners, and true believers, who see there is no other to go to
for life and salvation, but Christ; not to the law of Moses, which
accuses, curses, and condemns, and by which there is neither life nor
righteousness; nor to any creature, or creature-performance, for there
is a curse on him that trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm; nor to
their own righteousness, which is impure and imperfect, and cannot
justify before God, nor answer for them in a time to come; nor to their
tears of repentance, which will not satisfy the law, atone for sins, or
wash them away; nor to carnal descent, birth-privileges, a religious
education, sobriety and civility, to trust to which is to have
confidence in the flesh, which will be of no avail; nor to ceremonial
services, or moral duties, or even evangelical ordinances, neither of
which can take away sin. There is no other saviour but Christ to look
to; no other mediator between God and men to make use of; no other
physician of value for diseased and sin-sick souls to apply unto; no
other fountain but His blood for polluted souls to wash in and be
cleansed; no other city of refuge, or stronghold, for souls sensible of
danger to flee unto and be safe; no other to come to as the bread of
life where hungry souls may be fed; no other place of rest for those
that are weary and heavy laden; nor is there any other where there is
plenty of all grace and security from every enemy, as in Him; and
therefore, to whom can they have recourse, but unto Him?
John Gill