LORD, Give Me A Holy Heart; Its Better Than A Great Estate!

Names!
(William Dyer, "Christ's Famous Titles")

"I will write upon them the name 
of my GOD" Revelation 3:12

O there is a great difference 

between the names of the saints--

and the names of the wicked!

The saints are called . . .
  godly, from GOD;
  Christians, from CHRIST;
  spiritual, from the SPIRIT;
  heavenly, from heaven, 

because their citizenship is there, 

because their Head is there, 

and they be heirs of heaven.

But the wicked are called . . .
  devilish, from the devils;
  the cursed, from the curses;
  worldlings, from the world;
  and sinners, from sin.

The ungodly are called . . .
  dogs,
  vipers,
  swine,
  thorns,
  ravening wolves!

But the saints are called . . .
  jewels,
  treasures,
  kings,
  doves,
  lilies,
  heirs of the kingdom of glory!

And hence it is, that some godly 

men have thought it a greater 

honor to be a member of CHRIST--

than to be a king upon a throne! 

Indeed, sirs, a holy heart is 

better than a great estate!

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GraceGems has published J.R. Miller's helpful short article, 
"The Blessing of Weakness".