WHAT else is there? Everything which is not of HIM is perishable, will be shaken, and finally, be eradicated forevermore! In the short run, and the long run, ONLY THE LORD *GOD* ALMIGHTY IS the answer, the antidote, the health, and all which is right, just, and good! NOTHING in time can change THE TRUTH, nor deny it, for HE WAS, IS, and EVERMORE SHALL BE, and so shall those who by WAY of HIS GENEROUS GRACE, and MERCY, came to the Mount, sincerely seeking HIM, and gave themselves UP to HIM!!!
May we come to HIM in JOYOUS BELIEF of HIS EVERY PROMISE, provision, and optimization, as we PRAY with a heart full of HONEST allegiance! May we HONOUR HIM in ALL we think, say, or do, despite the many challenges! May we understand the depth OF HIS GIFT, HIS LOVE, and ALL which IS OF HIS WILL, THAT we are by the minute, MORE enlightened, endowed, enriched, empowered, and encouraged, FOR HIS GLORY, and the good of others, as HIS PLAN nears completion!!!
18+++For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind,
19+++and to the blast of a trumpet and the sound of words which sound was such that those who heard begged that no further word be spoken to them.
20+++For they could not bear the command, “IF EVEN A BEAST TOUCHES THE MOUNTAIN, IT WILL BE STONED.”
21+++And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, “I AM FULL OF FEAR and trembling.”
22+++But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,
23+++to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
24+++and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.
25+++See to it that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For if those did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape who turn away from Him who warns from heaven.
26+++And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, “YET ONCE MORE I WILL SHAKE NOT ONLY THE EARTH, BUT ALSO THE HEAVEN.”
27+++This expression, “Yet once more,” denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
28+++Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe;
29+++for our God is a consuming fire.
Mount Sinai, on which the Jewish church state was formed, was a mount such as might be touched, though forbidden to be so, a place that could be felt; so the Mosaic dispensation was much in outward and earthly things.
The gospel state is kind and condescending, suited to our weak frame. Under the gospel all may come with boldness to God's presence. But the most holy must despair, if judged by the holy law given from Sinai, without a Saviour. The gospel church is called Mount Zion; there believers have clearer views of heaven, and more heavenly tempers of soul. All the children of God are heirs, and every one has the privileges of the first-born.
God's dealing with men under the gospel, in a way of grace, assures us, that he will deal with the despisers of the gospel, in a way of judgment.
We cannot worship God acceptably, unless we worship him with reverence and godly fear. Only the grace of God enables us to worship God aright. God is the same just and righteous God under the gospel as under the law. The inheritance of believers is secured to them; and all things pertaining to salvation are freely given in answer to prayer. Let us seek for grace, that we may serve God with reverence and godly fear.
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