"Three Choice Blessings"
Revelations 22:3-4
Three Choice Blessings will be Ours in the Glory Land.

I. His Servants Shall Serve Him: No other lords shall oppress us, no other service shall distress us. We shall serve Jesus always, perfectly, without weariness, and without error. This is Heaven to a saint: in all things to serve the Lord Christ, and to be owned by Him as His servant in our soul's high ambition for eternity.

II. And, They Shall See His Face: This makes the service delightful; indeed, it is the present reward for service. We sall know our Lord, for we shall see Him as He is. To see the Face of Jesus is the Utmost Favour that the most faithful Servant of the Lord can ask. What more could Moses ask than, "Let me see They Face...."

III. And, His Name Shall be in their Foreheads: They gaze upon their Lord till His Name is photographed upon their brows. They are acknowledged by Him, and they acknowledge Him. The Secret Mark of Inward Grace develops into the public sign-manual of confessed relationship.

O' Lord, give us these Three Things in their Beginnings here, that we may possess them in their fullness in Thine Own Abode of Bliss!.

~Pastor Roberts~

"I Will Deliver Thee"
Psalms 50:15
and call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

This is a promise indeed! Here is an urgent occasion, "the day of trouble." It is dark at noon on such a day, and every hour seems blacker than the one which came before it. Here is condescending advice, "call upon me." We ought not to need the exhortation, it should be our constant habit all the day and every day. What a mercy to have liberty to call upon God! What wisdom to make good use of it! Hoe foolish to go running about to men! The Lord invites us to lay our cares before Him, and surely we will not hesitate to do so.

Here is reassuring encouragement. "I Will Delivery Thee." Whatever the trouble may be, the Lord makes no exceptions, but promises full, sure, happy deliverance. He will Himself work out our deliverance by His Own Hand. We believe it, and the Lord honours faith.

Here is an ultimate result; "Thou Shalt Glorify Me." Ah! That we will do most abundantly. When He has delivered us we will loudly praise Him, and as He is sure to do it, let us begin to Glorify Him at once.

~Pastor Roberts~

"Let Not Thy Heart Envy"
Proverbs 23:17-18
Let not thine heart envy sinners; but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

When we see the wicked prosper, we are apt to envy them. When we hear the noise of their mirth, and our own spirit is heavy, we half think that they have the best of it. This is foolish and sinful. If we knew them better and specially if we remembered their end, we should pity them.

The cure for envy lies in living under a constant sense of the Divine Presence, worshipping God and Communing with Him all the day long, however long the day may seem. True religion lifts the soul into a higher region, where the judgment becomes more clear, and the desires are more elevated. The More of Heaven there is in our lives, the Less of Earth we shall covet. The Fear of God casts out envy of men. The death blow of envy is a calm consideration of the future. The wealth and glory of the ungodly are a vain show. This pompous appearance flashes out for an hour, and then is extinguished. What is the prosperous sinner the better for his prosperity when judgment overtakes him? As for the godly man, his end is peace and blessedness and none can rob him of his joy; wherefore, let him forego envy, and be filled with sweet content. "Let Not Thy Heart Envy."

~Pastor Roberts~

"Faithful is He that Calls You"
1 Thessalonians 5:24
Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it.

I. What Will He Do?
He will sanctify us wholly. See the previous verse. He will carry on the work of purification till we are perfect in every part. He will preserve our "whole spirit, and soul and body, blameless unto the coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ." He will not allow us to fall from Grace, nor come under the dominion of sin. What great favours are these! Well may we adore the Giver of such Unspeakable Gifts.

II. Who Will Do This?
The Lord who has called us out of darkness into this marvelous light, out of death in sin into eternal life in Christ Jesus. Only He can do this: Such perfection and Preservation can only come from the God of all Grace.

III. Why Will He Do It?
Because He is "Faithful." Faithful to His own promise which is pledged to save the believer; faithful to His dear Son, whose regard it is that His People shall be presented to Him faultless; faithful to the work which He has commenced in us by our effectual calling. It is not their own faithfulness, but the Lord's Own Faithfulness, on which the saints rely. Come My Soul, here is grand feast to begin a dull month with. There may be fog without, but there will be sunshine within.

~Pastor Roberts~