"No Mind Has Imagined What GOD Has Prepared For Those Who Love HIM!"

What GOD will bestow 
upon HIS beloved people!
(James Smith, "The Way of Salvation Set Forth")

Sin degrades as well as 
endangers. Sin is a crime--
a fearful, abominable, 
inexcusable crime against 
a loving GOD! 

GOD'S heart is love--
but man's heart is enmity.
GOD'S conduct is kindness--
but man's conduct is ingratitude.
GOD'S object is man's happiness--
but man's object is the gratification 
of vile, base, and degrading passions!

Man is . . .
a prodigal feeding swine,
a slave working in chains,
a criminal awaiting execution.
Man is sunk, beyond description!
He is debased, beyond expression; being . . .
  more ignorant than the ox,
  more stupid than the donkey, and
  more contemptible than the worm!
He talks of honor--
but knows not in what it consists. 
Honor comes from GOD alone. 
HE confers it as a matter of grace, 
on all who believe in JESUS.

Is it an honor to be a son of GOD?
Believers are the sons of GOD.

Is it an honor to be a King?
Believers are Kings and 
Priests unto GOD.

Is it an honor to be a 
companion of the Prince 
of life? Believers are 
the companions of JESUS.

Is it an honor to be the heir of GOD?
Believers are the heirs of GOD.

Is it an honor to be the bride 
of the Son of GOD?
Every believer is honored 
to stand in this precious relation.

But what shall I more say, 
for time would fail to speak 
of the honors, dignities, and 
blessings which are conferred 
upon the people of GOD!

There are crowns, thrones, 
scepters, kingdoms, white robes, 
golden harps, and rivers of 
pleasure at GOD'S right hand--
which are provided, preserved, 
and will be conferred on every 
child of GOD. 

Yet we do not, we cannot, 
fully know here, what GOD 
will bestow upon HIS 
beloved people!

HIS love is so vast, 
HIS purposes are so deep, 
HIS provision is so extensive,
and HIS thoughts are so grand--
that it were folly to attempt to dive 
into, much less to set forth the 
honors which HE has in reserve 
for HIS redeemed children!

"No eye has seen,
 no ear has heard, and
 no mind has imagined--
what GOD has prepared 
for those who love HIM!" 
1 Corinthians 2:9

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