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Requirements for heavenly citizenship


Blessed are they that keep his commandments,
that their power may be in the tree of life,
and that they may enter in through the gates into the city (Rev_22:14).

 

‘Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap’ (Gal_6:7).

I want to sow for time and eternity. My heart hungers and thirsts for righteousness. I want my life to be hidden in Christ Jesus, so that my sowing will produce the right harvest. I think seriously about my own self: every day, in words or actions, I sow tares or wheat. I want to sow for time and eternity. My allotted span of life is almost over, and what will be the harvest? I want a serene and unshakable trust in the Most High. I have experienced His protective care in a remarkable way when I have followed the path of duty. I want to go down to the grave like an ear of well-ripened corn. I want no complaints in my heart; only gratitude should dwell in it.

Every moment is precious and abounds in eternal consequences. We are in a world of appearances that mocks and deceives like the apples of Sodom. Oh, how the Lord considers the duplicity of our world! If we could not look beyond the clouds and catch the bright rays of the Sun of righteousness, we might well be overcome; but Jesus lives; the bow of promise encircles the throne as a constant assurance that Jesus lives, and because He lives, we shall live also…..

Discipline in the school of Christ will cause the church to rest upon the arm of her Beloved. The redeemed of the Lord will finally come to Zion in song and everlasting joy, in triumph and victory. All the angelic host will sing with rejoicing for them. But what are the requirements of our citizenship?

‘Blessed are they that keep His commandments, that their power may be in the tree of life, and that they may enter in by the gates into the city’ (Manuscript 7a, 1896). 356

 

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Sowing fruits of the Spirit and of righteousness

“17 and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical:  —  18 and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.” (James 3:17-18 YLT)

“and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it — it doth yield.” (Hebrews 12:11 YLT)

“The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness — a true reward.” (Proverbs 11:18 YLT)

“And a work of the righteousness hath been peace, And a service of the righteousness — Keeping quiet and confidence unto the age.” (Isaiah 32:17 YLT)

“22 And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, 23 meekness, temperance: against such there is no law;” (Galatians 5:22-23 YLT)

“Sow for yourselves in righteousness, Reap according to loving-kindness, Till for yourselves tillage of knowledge, To seek Jehovah, Till he come and shew righteousness to you.” (Hosea 10:12 YLT)

“because he who is sowing to his own flesh, of the flesh shall reap corruption; and he who is sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap life age-during;” (Galatians 6:8 YLT)

“for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;” (Romans 14:17 YLT)

“So that we henceforth have known no one according to the flesh, and even if we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him no more;” (2 Corinthians 5:16 YLT)

“Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.” (Proverbs 11:28 YLT)

“The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls [is] wise.” (Proverbs 11:30 YLT)

“‘Happy the peacemakers — because they shall be called Sons of God.” (Matthew 5:9 YLT)

“‘And he who is reaping doth receive a reward, and doth gather fruit to life age-during, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice together;” (John 4:36 YLT)

“9 ¶ and this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment, 10 for your proving the things that differ, that ye may be pure and offenceless — to a day of Christ, 11 being filled with the fruit of righteousness, that [is] through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.” (Philippians 1:9-11 YLT)

“in which ye are glad, a little now, if it be necessary, being made to sorrow in manifold trials,” (1 Peter 1:6 YLT)

“henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord — the Righteous Judge — shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.” (2 Timothy 4:8 YLT)

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