Fri.-Sabbath, 4/2-4/21 Devotion

Praise God—this coming Lord’s Day is Easter Sunday! In order to help us get ready for church, let us hear the beautiful words of Jonathan Edwards, from p. 162, of his monumental tome, “Freedom of the Will.” . . .

“All the promises that were made to the church of God under the Old Testa-ment, of the great enlargement of the church, and advancement of her glory, in the days of the gospel, after the coming of the Messiah; the increase of her light, liberty, holiness, joy, triumph over her enemies, etc., of which so great a part of the Old Testament consists; which are repeated so often, and are so variously exhibited . . . I say, all these promises imply, that the Messiah should perfect the work of redemption. . . . And it is represented as utterly im-possible that these promises should fail."