I. CHAPTER II. THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL : THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY: LIFE ETERNAL. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice, and shall come forth,-they that have done good unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil unto the resurrection of damnation.-John v., 28, 29. 2. Behold, I shew you a mystery: we shall not all sleep; but we shall be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.I Cor. xv., 51-53. 3. There shall be a resurrection both of the just and unjust.-Acts xxiv., 15. 4. Now, that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he called the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. For He is not a God of the dead, but of the living, for all live unto Him.-Luke xx., 37, 38. 5. The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised.-1 Cor. xv., 52. 6. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,-some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.-Daniel xii., 2. 7. The Lord Jesus Christ shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body, whereby He is able to subdue all things unto Himself. Phil. iii., 20, 21. 8. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.-1 John, iii., 2. 9. Jesus said,-I am the Resurrection and the Life: he Resurrection of the Body: Life Eternal. that believeth on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. John xi,, 25, 26. 10. This is the will of Him that sent Me, that everyone that seeth the Son, and believeth on Him, may have Everlasting Life; and I will raise him up at the last day.— John vi., 40. II. Father, I will that they also whom Thou hast given Me be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which Thou hast given Me, for Thou lovest Me before the foundation of the world.-John xvii., 24. 12. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which, according to His abundant mercy, hath begotten us again unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and that fadeth not away.-1 Peter i., 3, 4. 13. We know that, if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens.-2 Cor. V., I. 14. I have fought a good fight: I have finished my course: I have kept the faith.-2 Timothy iv., 7. 15. Henceforth, there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing.-2 Timothy iv., 8. When the Chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory, that fadeth not away—I Peter V., 4. 17. I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction.-Hosea, xiii., 14. 18. Thanks be to God who giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.—1 Cor. xv., 57. "We know that, when the soul, unclothed, Shall from this body fly, 'Twill animate a purer frame With life that cannot die. Resurrection of the Body: Life Eternal. "A few short years of evil past, Where death-divided friends, at last, Shall meet to part no more. "In mercy, Jesus, bring us To that dear land of rest, Where Thou art, with the Father PRAYER. THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY. LIFE ETERNAL. O God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the Resurrection and the Life, and in whom whosoever liveth and believeth shall never die ; grant that, when the trumpet shall sound, and the dead be raised, we may awake to everlasting glory,-to eternal life. Grant, blessed Lord, that, when the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and when these bodies of ours shall rise from their kindred dust, we may have a place in the resurrection of the just,—an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away. Grant, Lord, that, when we have finished our course, and when our earthly house of this. tabernacle shall be dissolved, we may have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. AMEN. CHAPTER III. THE CERTAINTY OF A FUTURE JUDGMENT: CHRIST THE JUDGE OF THE QUICK AND THE DEAD. I. I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at His appearing, and His kingdom: preach the word: be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke; exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.—2 Timothy iv., I, 2. 2. Know thou that, for all these things, God will bring thee into judgment.-Eccles. xi., 9. 3. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil. Eccles. xii., 14. 4. Because He hath appointed a day in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that Man whom He hath ordained, whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in that He raised Him from the dead.-Acts xvii., 31. 5. For we shall all stand before the Judgment-Seat of Christ.-Romans xiv., 10. 6. In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ.-Romans ii., 16. 7. So, then, everyone of us shall give an account of himself to God.-Romans xiv., 12. 8. God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost, and with power... ....and He commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of Quick and dead. -Acts x., 38 and 42. 9. For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son.-John v., 22. IO. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into His hand.-John iii., 35. II. And hath given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man.-John v., 27, 12. And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying,— The Certainty of a Future Judgment: Christ the Judge. All power is given unto Me in Heaven, and in earth.Matt. xi., 27. 13. All things are delivered unto Me of My Father.Matt. xi., 27. 14. For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that He might be Lord both of the dead and the living. Rom. xiv., 9.. 15. For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ, that everyone may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.-2 Cor. v. 10. 16. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.-Matt. xiii., 43. 17. They shall receive a glorious kingdom, and a beau. tiful crown from the Lord's hand for with His right hand shall He cover them; and with His arm shall He protect them.-Wisd. v., 15, 16. 18. For the Lamb, which is in the midst of the Throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters; and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. -Rev. vii., 17. 19. After this, I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands. .... These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.-Rev. vii., 9-14. 20. And He, that sat upon the throne, said unto me, -Write:-He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall my Son.-Rev. xxi., 5-7. 21. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is THE SECOND DEATH !-Rev. xxi., 8. THE JUDGMENT. "The day of wrath! That dreadful day! |