<TITLE>17. Par 663-670</TITLE>L-663   I've often wondered, "I wish I could have heard that Voice say, 'Come unto Me, all ye that labor and heavy laden. I'll give you rest.'"

L-664 I'll probably never hear that literally like He spoke it then, but I want to hear Him say, "This is the last day. It was well done, my good and faithful servant, now enter into the joys of the Lord that's been prepared for you." Since how long?

L-665 "Since you got saved?" No brother.

L-666 "Since the foundation of the world, when I saw you and foreknew you, and ordained you to Eternal Life," you were blessed then. "All that He has foreknew, He has called." Is that right? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] "All He has called, He has justified. Those who He had justified, He has already glorified." There you are. He foreknew us, called us, justified us, and we're already glorified with Him, at the end of the world, going to our reward. Aren't you happy? ["Amen."] Sure. It would make you love Him. When you couldn't help yourself, and here He come and done that for you.

L-667   Blest Be The Tie That Binds, Sister Gertie. "Our hearts in Christian love," while we have this little fellowship of worship here now, then we're going to pray for the sick. God bless you. You who raised your hands to Christ this morning, find you a place to worship, serve Him.

L-668 Now, let's just worship Him now, as a congregation, all you Methodists, church of God, Assemblies of God, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Catholic. All together now, let's sing now.
Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship of kindred mind
Is like to that Above.
Before our Father's throne,
We pour our ardent prayer;
Our fears, our hope, our aims, are one,
Our comfort and our care.
When we asunder part,
It gives us inward pain;
But we shall still be joined in...
How many Methodists, Baptists, and all?
And hope to meet again.

L-669   Don't that do you good? Let's turn around and shake each other's hand now, while we'll sing it again.
Before...
Shake hands, somebody behind you, front of you, either side.
... throne,
We pour our ardent prayer;
Our comforts and our care.
Now when we asunder part,
We'll love one another.
It gives...
Wish the service would go on? See? That's how we think.
... inward pain;
But we shall still be joined in heart, in
one,
And hope to meet again.
If no more here, at that great Day we'll meet.

L-670   Now, Father, receive our worship this morning. Take the Word and plant It into the believers' hearts. May they not be just tossed about, and up today and down tomorrow, but may these Words find their resting place in every believer's heart. To know this, that, "God has sworn by an oath, and there's two immutable things. The immutability of God, that is, that it's impossible for Him to lie, that the heirs of this salvation might have this strong hope, steadfast and sure, an anchor in the soul." To know this, that, "God has promised us, by a sworn oath. One, that He cannot lie; the other, He swore an oath on top of that, that He will raise us up at the last day and give us Eternal Life." Knowing, that, "After we have been called, that He said that He knew us before the foundation of the world, and predestinated us unto adoption of children through Jesus Christ. And He foreknew us. He called us. And when He called us, He justified us." We cannot justify ourselves, so He justified us by the death of His own Son. "Those who He has justified, He has already glorified." The Word is already spoke. And we're just on our road, going along, rejoicing on our way to Glory.


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