The Twentieth of FebruaryEVERLASTING GOSPEL --- Revelation 14:6"The everlasting gospel . . ." --- Revelation 14:6. The gospel is properly called "glad tidings," for these reasons: we are polluted with the filth of sin; in it is opened a fountain for sin and uncleanness. The way to heaven is blocked up by our sins; it reveals "a new and living way, through the flesh of Christ." We are imprisoned debtors by multiplied transgressions; it shows that a price, the most inestimable, has been paid to discharge us. We have by nature hard, cold, and impenitent hearts; in it is promised a heart of flesh. We can of ourselves do nothing, it shows that through Christ we can do all things. We feel that we are liable to err and backslide; it declares, that God will scourge us till we return to him, but not take his loving-kindness from us. We know that we are liable to many calamities; it teaches us that they shall all work together for our good. We see that we are dying creatures; by it we are assured that we have a Forerunner in heaven, and an eternal habitation with God in glory. Lord, send abroad and bless this gospel!
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