[Songs in the Night - January 5]
The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23
WHILE the Heavenly Father may not be pleased to
grant us either for ourselves or for our children immunity
from pain, suffering, and death, nevertheless
he has made a still grander and more glorious provision
for us through our Lord Jesus Christ—a provision
for our eternal life.
But this gift is reserved
for those who either now or in the future shall cultivate
and exemplify generosity, faith, love toward
God and man.
Blessed are we whose eyes and ears
of understanding are now open to know the grace of
God, to appreciate the same—we who are now in the
school of Christ to develop the fruits and graces of
his Spirit, the likeness of our Lord.
For such is the
kingdom, the joint-heirship and blessings and privileges
not only of eternal life, but of joint-heirship with
Christ.
As for the world in general, it will be required
of them during the millennial age that they also shall
develop the fruits and graces of the Lord's Spirit if
they would be accounted worthy of eternal life.
Sonship
implies likeness, and none are to have eternal life
except those acceptable as sons. Z'04-285 R3432:6 (Hymn 235)