It will make you doubly
happy, even in this life!(Charles Spurgeon, "A Good Start!")
"Godliness has value for all things,
holding promise for both the present
life and the life to come!" 1 Timothy 4:8
The gospel will bring you present
blessings! It will give you . . .
present pardon,
present justification
present regeneration,
present adoption,
present sanctification,
present access to GOD,
present peace through believing,
and present help in time of trouble.
It will make you doubly
happy, even in this life!
It will be . . .
wisdom for your way,
strength for your conflict,
and comfort for your sorrow.
To have the love of GOD in the heart,
to have present and eternal peace with GOD,
to be able to look up to Heaven with confidence,
to talk to my Heavenly FATHER in childlike
trustfulness --
is a present joy and comfort
worth more than worlds!
Believer! You now enjoy the unchanging
favor of GOD, so that you will go your
way henceforth not to live as others do--
but as the chosen of GOD, beloved
with special love, enriched with
special blessings, to rejoice every
day until you are taken up to dwell
where JESUS is!
"For the grace of GOD that brings
salvation . . . teaches us to say
"No" to ungodliness and
worldly passions--
and to live self-controlled,
upright and godly lives in this
present age!" Titus 2:11-12
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