And the city had no need
of the sun, neither of the moon,
to shine in it: for the glory of God
did lighten it, and the Lamb is the
light thereof. And the nations of them
which are saved shall walk in the light
of it: and the kings of the earth do
bring their glory and honor into it.
And the gates of it shall not be shut
at all by day: for there shall be no
night there.
Revelation 21: 23-25
The city of God, that is, the total of all the saints (Read The City of God: by Paul Bunyan: worth the read); have no fear for the are blessed by God and have no need of sun or moon to shine upon it, for God has enlightened it, and its lamp is the Lamb. There will be no more injustice, not even heard of it, no more destruction; salvation will be overall the walls of the city, and praise your gates: "And they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life" (Revelation 21:26-27).
True faith is that which believes this testimony of the Holy Scripture that demonstrate the unity and equality of the one sitting on the throne and the Lamb, that is the Father and the Son. Furthermore, there is said to be a day of great wrath. True faith, Authentic Christian Faith, has no fear of this great day of wrath rather has joy because of it for with it comes a time, eternity whereby no sin, no tears, no sorrow, nothing that is faced in our world today for God makes a new heavens and earth: "Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of person ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. Wherein, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless" (2Peter 3:11-14).
It is not that God is willing to all that He has promised, to sanctify you, the question that must be answered is: Am I willing, is it my will? Are you willing to let God do in you all that He has made possible by the Atonement? Those words written under inspiration by the apostle John are words that we must inculcate in our lives for as God is willing to sanctify you, He is also willing to do all that He has said He would do, and for true Authentic Christian Faith, that true Authentic Christian Faith you will then live in the City of God forever, no sin, nothing to drive you away from Him. True faith is that you are willing to let Jesus sanctify you, and to let the life of Jesus be manifested in your mortal flesh. Do not long to be sanctified, you are not, stop, stop longing to be sanctified. It is like a person saying that he wants to stop smoking as he is putting another cigarette in his mouth. You can bring nothing to Jesus, you can receive Him to be made sanctified and this you can do in implicit faith, this great marvel, this great mystery is of the Atonement of Jesus and that Atonement be made real in you. True faith, Authentic Christian Faith, bring a person to a holiness, not based upon what a person does, rather from agonizing repentance and of unspeakable shame, degradation; and then the amazing realization is that the love of God commended itself to you in that while you were yet sinners Christ died for you, everything was completed that you needed for salvation and sanctification. You cannot be separated from the love of God. You become one with Jesus Christ, your relationship with Jesus Christ grows closer and closer as you manifest obedience to Him.
The truth of the faith is that God came to earth, and God before time began had already determined that He would do exactly as He did, bring salvation to those who will believe on Him, on His Son Jesus Christ. This belief is not some belief found outside of His Scripture that reveals all that He has and will do and our faith is made sure by the sure promises so that our faith is not a blind faith, rather a true Authentic Faith.
Behold, thou shalt call a nation
that thou knowest not, and
nations that knew not thee shall
run unto thee because of the
LORD thy God, and for the Holy One
of Israel: for He hath glorified thee.
Seek ye the LORD while He may be
found, call upon Him while He is near.
Isaiah 55:5-6
Hear now the call of God
Richard L. Crumb
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