December 20: An Eternity of Bliss.
We Shall Be Like Him.
Beloved, now are we children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.--1 John 3:2, NKJV
THOSE WHO LOVE GOD will have an intelligent knowledge of him. The image of God will shine forth from the faces of his servants, and they will be openly acknowledged as sons and daughters of God. When in the world, they did not claim to be their own, and God set to his seal that they were his. Heaven will be for those who desire it with intense desire, who put forth efforts in proportion to the value of the object which they seek. The thoughts of those who will obtain heaven, will be upon heavenly things; but those who are all taken up with the excitement and pleasure of this world, will have no love whatever for God or heaven.--"Perils of, and Provisions for, the Youth," Review and Herald, May 13, 1890, 290.
Those who take no pleasure in thinking and talking of God in this life, will not enjoy the life that is to come, where God is ever present, dwelling among his people. But those who love to think of God will be in their element, breathing in the atmosphere of heaven. Those who on earth love the thought of heaven, will be happy in its holy associations and pleasures. The prophet says, "...His servants shall serve him; and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads."--Perils of, Provisions for, the Youth," Review and Herald, May 13, 1890, 289, 290.
"Faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy" (Jude 24), Christ presents to the Father the purchase of His blood, declaring: "Here am I, and the children whom Thou hast given Me." "Those that Thou gavest Me I have kept." Oh, the wonders of redeeming love! the rapture of that hour when the infinite Father, looking upon the ransomed, shall behold His image, sin's discord banished, its blight removed, and the human once more in harmony with the divine!--The Great Controversy, 646.
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world,
but that the world through him might be saved."
--John 3:16, 17, NKJV
We Shall Be Like Him.
Beloved, now are we children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.--1 John 3:2, NKJV
THOSE WHO LOVE GOD will have an intelligent knowledge of him. The image of God will shine forth from the faces of his servants, and they will be openly acknowledged as sons and daughters of God. When in the world, they did not claim to be their own, and God set to his seal that they were his. Heaven will be for those who desire it with intense desire, who put forth efforts in proportion to the value of the object which they seek. The thoughts of those who will obtain heaven, will be upon heavenly things; but those who are all taken up with the excitement and pleasure of this world, will have no love whatever for God or heaven.--"Perils of, and Provisions for, the Youth," Review and Herald, May 13, 1890, 290.
Those who take no pleasure in thinking and talking of God in this life, will not enjoy the life that is to come, where God is ever present, dwelling among his people. But those who love to think of God will be in their element, breathing in the atmosphere of heaven. Those who on earth love the thought of heaven, will be happy in its holy associations and pleasures. The prophet says, "...His servants shall serve him; and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads."--Perils of, Provisions for, the Youth," Review and Herald, May 13, 1890, 289, 290.
"Faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy" (Jude 24), Christ presents to the Father the purchase of His blood, declaring: "Here am I, and the children whom Thou hast given Me." "Those that Thou gavest Me I have kept." Oh, the wonders of redeeming love! the rapture of that hour when the infinite Father, looking upon the ransomed, shall behold His image, sin's discord banished, its blight removed, and the human once more in harmony with the divine!--The Great Controversy, 646.
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world,
but that the world through him might be saved."
--John 3:16, 17, NKJV
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