Fri.-Sabbath, 3/21-23/25 Devotion

Thank God—Sunday is almost here. In order to help us get ready for church, here is Jonathan Edwards, from his amazing book, “The Religious Affec-tions.” . . .

“The inheritance that Christ has purchased for the elect is the Spirit of God; not in any extraordinary gifts, but in His vital indwelling in the heart, exerting and communicating Himself there in His own proper, holy, or divine nature; and this is the sum total of the inheritance that Christ purchased for the elect. For so are things constituted in the affairs of our redemption, that the Father provides the Savior or purchaser, and the purchase is made of Him; and the Son is the purchaser and the price; and the Holy Spirit is the great blessing or inheritance purchased . . . and hence the Spirit is often spoken of as the sum of the blessings promised in the gospel . . . This inheritance was the grand legacy which Christ left His disciples and church, in His last will and testa-ment, (Jn., chs. 14-16). This is the sum of the blessings of eternal life, which shall be given in heaven. . . . It is through the vital communications and in-dwelling of the same Spirit that the saints have all light, life, holiness, beauty and comfort on earth; but only communicated in less measure. . . . "