Is There Any Greater News Than This?
"I AM He that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death." -Revelation 1:18 [KJV] O what a mercy that He Who was dead lives at God's right hand! that He lives as a risen Head; that He is not a dead Saviour; but a Saviour that lives for evermore; that can and does bless; that can and does comfort; that can and does bring the soul safely through all. He is not a Saviour that stands as it were upon the brink of a river, and pulls us out when we have swum half way out ourselves; He is not a Saviour that will take us half way to heaven, and then, as Rutherford says, let us "fend" or shift for ourselves . He must take us to heaven throughout. We are nothing, we have nothing without Him . He must be, as He is, our "All in all." We value Him in His death, nothing but His death could reconcile us to God; we value Him in His life, nothing but His life can save. We want salvation now; salvation i...