Today's encouragement comes from 1 Thessalonians 4:1 & 10b, where these words are found:
“Finally, then, brethren, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and please God, just as you are do-ing, that you do so more and more. . . . But we urge you, brothers, to do this [loving of the church] more and more . . . " (ESV/emphasis mine)There is always more sin to be repented of/more humility and lowliness to de-scend to/more grace and glory to ascend to/and more love in Jesus to enjoy. We never get to a point—even in heaven as the church triumphant—that we plumb the depths of God’s love for us in Christ, (though there, we do not need to deal with sin).
. . . Those who imagine themselves to “arrive” in this life, have not even got-ten off the starting blocks. Jesus is the beginning, the middle, and the end.
[Puritan quote of the day: "For any to say that, though their mind be ignorant yet their heart is good, they may as well say that, though they are blind yet their eyes are good.” —Thomas Watson, in, "The Beatitudes"]
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[Puritan quote of the day: "For any to say that, though their mind be ignorant yet their heart is good, they may as well say that, though they are blind yet their eyes are good.” —Thomas Watson, in, "The Beatitudes"]
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