Press on to glory
In the same power of faith, press on to glory. Indeed this is the same prospect still. God has joined from the beginning pardon, holiness, heaven. And why should man put them asunder? O beware of this. Let not one link of the golden chain be broken. God for Christ's sake has forgiven me. He is now renewing me in his own image. Shortly he will make me fit for himself, and take me to stand before his face. I, whom he has justified through the blood of his Son, being thoroughly sanctified by his Spirit, shall quickly ascend to the New Jerusalem, the city of the living God (Hebrews 12:22). Yet a little while and I shall come to the general assembly and church of the firstborn, and to God the Judge of all, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant (Hebrews 12:23-24). How soon will these shadows flee away, and the day of eternity dawn upon me (Song of Solomon 2:17)! How soon shall I drink of the river of the water of life, going out of the throne of God and of the Lamb (Revelation 22:1)! There all his servants shall praise him and shall see his face, and his name shall be upon their foreheads. And no night shall be there, and they have no need of a candle or the light of the sun. For the Lord God gives them light, and they shall reign forever and ever (Revelation 22:3-5).
1771 text
4. *In the same power of faith, press on to glory. Indeed this is the same prospect still. God hath joined from the beginning pardon, holiness, heaven. And why should man put them asunder? O beware of this. Let not one link of the golden chain be broken. God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven me. He is now renewing me in his own image. Shortly he will make me meet for himself, and take me to stand before his face. I whom he hath justified thro’ the blood of his Son, being throughly sanctified by his Spirit, shall quickly ascend to the New Jerusalem, the city of the living God. Yet a little while and I shall come to the general assembly and church of the first-born, and to God the judge of all, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant. How soon will these shadows flee away, and the day of eternity dawn upon me! How soon shall I drink of the river of the water of life, going out of the throne of God and of the Lamb? There all his servants shall praise him and shall see his face, and his name shall be upon their foreheads. And no night shall be there; and they have no need of a candle or the light of the sun. For the Lord God enlighteneth them, and they shall reign for ever and ever.
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Sermon 42 in the 1771 Works. Second Corinthians 2:11.
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