To Be IN CHRIST Is Heaven Below; To Be WITH HIM Is Heaven Above.

Meditate on HEAVEN
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(William Dyer, "CHRIST'S Famous Titles")

Meditate often on these four last things:
   Death, which is most certain. 
   Judgment, which is most strict. 
   Hell, which is most doleful. 
   Heaven, which is most delightful.

Meditate on HEAVEN, 
which is most joyful. 

"Then the King will say to those on HIS 
right: Come, you who are blessed by 
MY FATHER; take your inheritance, 
the kingdom prepared for you since 
the creation of the world." Matthew 25:34 

"Well done, good and faithful servant. 
Enter into the joy of your LORD." 
Matthew 25:21

Heaven is a place where all joy is enjoyed.
In Heaven, there will be:
  mirth without sadness,
  light without darkness,
  sweetness without bitterness,
  life without death,
  rest without labor,
  plenty without poverty. 
Oh, what joy enters into the believer--
when the believer enters into the joy 
of his LORD. 

Who would not . . .
  work for glory with
    the greatest diligence, and 
  wait for glory with 
   the greatest patience? 

Oh, what glories are there in glory! 
   Thrones of glory, 
   crowns of glory, 
   vessels of glory, 
   a weight of glory, 
   a kingdom of glory. 

Here on earth--
CHRIST puts HIS grace 
upon HIS spouse.
There in Heaven--
HE puts HIS glory 
upon HIS spouse. 

In Heaven the crown is made for them, and 
in Heaven the crown shall be worn by them. 

In this life believers have some good things--
but the rest and best are reserved for t
he life to come. 

Oh sirs, meditate upon Heaven, 
for meditation on Heaven will 
make us heavenly.

Heaven is not only a possession 
promised by CHRIST--
but a possession purchased 
by CHRIST. 

When our contemplations 
and minds are in Heaven--
then we enjoy Heaven upon earth. 
  To be IN CHRIST is Heaven below; 
  to be WITH HIM is Heaven above. 

There cannot be a better thing for us, 
than for us to be with the best of beings.


"To me to live is CHRIST--
and to die is gain." Philippians 1:21
Let our condition now be ever so great--
it is Hell without CHRIST. 
let our condition now be ever so bad--
it is Heaven with CHRIST. 

"I had rather be in Hell with CHRIST--
than in Heaven without HIM." 
said Luther


Hell itself would be Heaven--
if CHRIST was in it. 
Heaven would be Hell--
if CHRIST was out of it.

That which makes Heaven so full of joy, 
is that it is above all fear. 
That which makes Hell so full of horror, 
is that it is beyond all hope. 

The vessels of grace--
shall swim in the ocean of glory. 

We may talk of the greatness 
of our crowns--
but we shall never know the weight 
of our crowns until they are set 
on our heads.
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Arthur Pink, "The Attributes of God"
Chapter 14. The MERCY of God