Through Much Tribulation
According
to God's own testimony, it is "through much tribulation"
that we are to enter into the kingdom; and therefore there is no
entering into the kingdom of grace here or the kingdom of glory
hereafter without it. But let this be ever borne in mind, that
whatever affliction befall the saints, it is laid upon them by the
hand of God, and that for the express purpose of putting them into a
situation and of making them capable of receiving those comforts
which God only can bestow.
None
but Jesus Himself and the Father can comfort a truly afflicted heart.
And He can and does from time to time comfort His dear people by a
sense of His presence; by a word of power from His gracious lips; by
the light of His countenance; by the balm of His atoning blood and
dying love; and by the work and witness of the Spirit within. And as
they receive this consolation from the mouth of God, their hearts are
comforted.
How
good the Lord is of His own free grace to bestow such blessings upon
His redeemed family! May He give us much of them! And may He wherever
He has bestowed upon any of us everlasting consolation, or even a
good hope through grace, comfort our hearts as we journey through
this vale of tears, and may our consolations be neither few nor
small.
-Gospel
report by preacher J.C. Philpot (1802-1869 A.D.)
April
2nd, EARS FROM HARVESTED SHEAVES
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