In Christ We Have...
"An
inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away."
-I
PETER
1:4 [KJV]
Whatever
you may have in this world, be it much or little, you must leave. And
if you have no other inheritance than earth gives, where will be your
portion in death and to all eternity? But if you are begotten again
unto a lively hope, even if you do not enjoy the full assurance of
faith, you have before you an inheritance which fadeth not away. We
fancy sometimes how happy we should be if we had this man's fine
estate, or that man's large property; how much better we should spend
it than he does, and what good we should do with it. And do you think
that these men are happy with all their possessions, and that you
would be happier or better if you had them?
It
is not in nature to be happy. These rich men have a canker which eats
up all their happiness. And even if free from the heavier troubles of
life, all satisfaction of the flesh fadeth away, for possession of
itself rubs off all the bloom, and with possession come all the
anxieties and cares connected with it. But this eternal inheritance
"fadeth not away." The sweetest flowers fade
and are thrown away as they become nauseous to sight and smell. But
there is an abiding freshness, a constant verdure, a perpetual bloom,
an unceasing fragrance, a permanent sweetness in this eternal
inheritance, so that it is never flat or stale, but remains ever the
same, or rather is ever increasing in beauty and blessedness, as more
known, believed in, hoped unto, and loved.
-Gospel
report by preacher J.C. Philpot (1802-1869 A.D.)
March
14th, EARS FROM HARVESTED SHEAVES
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