“NO MORE CURSE”<\/p>\n
Revelation 22:3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God<\/p>\n
and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him.<\/p>\n
And there shall be. . . It is the delight of the believer, on the<\/p>\n
authority of the word of God, to think on what shall be. We do rejoice<\/p>\n
in some things that are now (Rom. 8:1, 1 John 3:2), but in regards to<\/p>\n
our salvation, how true are Solomon\u2019s words, “Better is the end of a<\/p>\n
thing than the beginning thereof.” Ecclesiastes 7:8<\/p>\n
no more curse . . . One of the “all spiritual blessings (Eph. 1:3)” that<\/p>\n
we enjoy in the Lord Jesus Christ is that He has borne and done away<\/p>\n
with the curse of God against us. The lost go through this world under<\/p>\n
this curse and while all things work together for good to God\u2019s chosen<\/p>\n
(Rom. 8:28), all things work for evil to these cursed ones. All events<\/p>\n
and experiences, even the successes and temporal “good” shall all<\/p>\n
culminate in and contribute to the eternal damnation and woe of those<\/p>\n
who reject Christ. Transversely, all things, even the failures and<\/p>\n
suffering of God\u2019s sheep shall ultimately result in and be the means of<\/p>\n
our everlasting joy and security, through the merits of His sacrifice.<\/p>\n
Gal. 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made<\/p>\n
a curse for us.<\/p>\n
But the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it. . . What a comfort<\/p>\n
that whatever else may change, the One Who loved us and washed us from<\/p>\n
our sins in His own blood, shall REIGN forever! He is still where<\/p>\n
Stephen saw Him as he fell asleep (Acts 7:54-60). He is still where<\/p>\n
Isaiah beheld His glorious majesty in the year that king Uzziah died<\/p>\n
(Isaiah 6:1-5), and as Isaiah prophesied, of His kingdom there shall be<\/p>\n
no end (Isaiah 9:7). Hallelujah!<\/p>\n
And His servants shall serve Him. The curse came when Adam ceased to<\/p>\n
serve God in submission to His righteous authority and rebelled against<\/p>\n
Him. There is no danger of this ever happening again. Having the very<\/p>\n
righteousness of God\u2019s own Son, we are infallible. We gained better<\/p>\n
standing before God in Christ than we lost in Adam. With the very nature<\/p>\n
of God, we shall be incapable of any thought, word or deed which is not<\/p>\n
in total, mathematical agreement with His holy will. How worthy He truly<\/p>\n
is of the eternal praises which we shall render unto Him with gladness<\/p>\n
and song.<\/p>\n
Even so, come, Lord Jesus! Rev. 22:20- Chris Cunningham<\/p>\n
The gospel of God’s grace in Christ Jesus is not a thing to be proved,<\/p>\n
but a truth to be believed. It is not submitted to our reasoning powers<\/p>\n
as a subject for critical examination; but the gospel is a message from<\/p>\n
God, addressed to our conscience, feelings, and affections. For this<\/p>\n
reason, men fond of argument and proving everything by strictly logical<\/p>\n
deduction generally make very poor preachers. In the scriptures, God<\/p>\n
does not argue; He proclaims!<\/p>\n
J. C. Phipot<\/p>\n
Job said, “I know that my redeemer liveth.” Which of the two words<\/p>\n
should be of greater importance \u2014 my redeemer? The presumptuous person<\/p>\n
may claim the blessings based upon the fact that he has accepted the<\/p>\n
Redeemer as my Redeemer. The true believer embraces the promises as they<\/p>\n
are in Christ Jesus; He is my redeemer! All of the promises of the<\/p>\n
covenant are made to Christ Jesus and to His seed in Him. We claim the<\/p>\n
promises not upon the ground of anything we have done, but they are ours<\/p>\n
because of who He is, what He has done, and where He is now! There is a<\/p>\n
danger of being more taken up with the promises than the Redeemer, more<\/p>\n
interested in what was done than in Him who did it. Faith is to receive<\/p>\n
Christ; and having Christ, we have all in Christ.<\/p>\n
Henry Mahan<\/p>\n
Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the<\/p>\n
words of eternal life. (John 6:68)<\/p>\n
As it was with Peter and the rest of the disciples, so it is with all<\/p>\n
sensible sinners, and true believers, who see there is no other to go to<\/p>\n
for life and salvation, but Christ; not to the law of Moses, which<\/p>\n
accuses, curses, and condemns, and by which there is neither life nor<\/p>\n
righteousness; nor to any creature, or creature-performance, for there<\/p>\n
is a curse on him that trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm; nor to<\/p>\n
their own righteousness, which is impure and imperfect, and cannot<\/p>\n
justify before God, nor answer for them in a time to come; nor to their<\/p>\n
tears of repentance, which will not satisfy the law, atone for sins, or<\/p>\n
wash them away; nor to carnal descent, birth-privileges, a religious<\/p>\n
education, sobriety and civility, to trust to which is to have<\/p>\n
confidence in the flesh, which will be of no avail; nor to ceremonial<\/p>\n
services, or moral duties, or even evangelical ordinances, neither of<\/p>\n
which can take away sin. There is no other saviour but Christ to look<\/p>\n
to; no other mediator between God and men to make use of; no other<\/p>\n
physician of value for diseased and sin-sick souls to apply unto; no<\/p>\n
other fountain but His blood for polluted souls to wash in and be<\/p>\n
cleansed; no other city of refuge, or stronghold, for souls sensible of<\/p>\n
danger to flee unto and be safe; no other to come to as the bread of<\/p>\n
life where hungry souls may be fed; no other place of rest for those<\/p>\n
that are weary and heavy laden; nor is there any other where there is<\/p>\n
plenty of all grace and security from every enemy, as in Him; and<\/p>\n
therefore, to whom can they have recourse, but unto Him?<\/p>\n
John Gill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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