Predictions of Christopher Love, Part 6
A Seasonable Hint
Dear F…llow Traveller thro' the Wilderness of this World.
YOU and I must soon appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ, and as we may possibly never meet again in this …if…, a … Hints concerning that most joyful or most awful Event may not be unseasonable. The Bible is the word of the living God; for all Scrip…ure is given by inspiration of GOD: holy men of GOD s…ake and worte as they were move… by the HOLY GHOST
The follwing Hints taken from that Divine Book deserve your immediate and most serious consideration.
The word of GOD assures us, that you and I are Sinners, for GOD hath n…lu…ed all under Sin, —There is none that doeth Good and … not, no not one,—we were even sh…p…n in Iniquity, and in Sin did our Mother con…ive us.
Another awful Truth contained in Scripture is, that the wages of Sin, is Hell—and that it is appointed unto all men once to a…e, and after Death the Iudgment; that heart searching judgment, where not an action in your life,—not a word of your tongue, nor a thought of your heart,— will escape the notice of that JESUS, who will be the Judge of both the quick and the dead; then the righteous and the wicked will recei… according to the Things done in the Body, whether … be good or evil. The righteous shall go away into everlasting Life,—but the wicked will be …ast down to Hell, to be tormented with Devils and damned Spirits for ever and ever.
Oh, how dreadful will that be to you and m… if thro' our Sins we should come into that …lace of torment!
I would further …int to you that the blessed GOD hath manifested his grace and love and hath shewn his tender pity and compassion in giving his dear Son, the LORD JESUS CHRIST to be a REDEEMER, and SAVIOUR of poor lost Sinners; that JESUS is both God and Man in one Divine Person, that he might be able to save the very worst of Sinners who come unto GOD thro' him. His blood was shed on the cro…s for your Redemption, from Sin, Death, and Hell,—His spotless Righteousness was wrought out for your eternal justification, if you indeed, and in Truth believe in him.
He obeyed the Law of GOD in your room and …; and be died, that you might not die eternally; and is that glorious SUN of RIGHTEOUSNESS that will arise and shine upon his People for ever and ever.
In order to your saving Knowledge of JESUS CHRIST, your having …aith in him, and a living Union with him, a very great change must pass in your heart and li…e. This change is the peculiar work o… the HOLY GHOST, and is called in Scripture, RE…ENERATION, or the NEW BIRTH. Except a Man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God. You know, that this divine Change manifests itself by a heart deeply humbled under a sense of Sin; and an earnest desire after Salvation.
It further shews itself by a discovery of JESUS CHRIST, as a suitable, compassionate, and all …ufficient Saviour, and by a holy life and conversation. To them that believe CHRIST is percious.—He is the Chief among ten thousand, and altogether lovely.—Oh is he …o to you and me! …xamine your heart daily on this weighty Question —Do you know JESUS CHRIST? Do you love him? Are you devoted to him, and do you put all your trust in him? If you do, you are happy.—If not, your condition is most miserable.
L…t me beseech you by the mercies of GOD, by the Love of JESUS, and by the worth of your precio…s Soul, that you earnestly pray, O! my Heavenly FATHER, forgive my Sins, and …eveal thy dear SON in me; blessed JESUS! let me be redeemed by thy Blood, and clothed with thy Righteousness.—Oh! holy and blessed SPIRIT, …anctify my heart, be in me a Spirit of frequent and fervent prayer. Give me faith in JESUS CHRIST—Teach me to love him, and give me Grace to grow like him—and make me what thou wouldst have me to be. Guide me by thy counsel and fit me for thy Glory.
Let me beg of you, (my dear) to give up your heart to these Things, that we may meet in Heaven, and be for ever with the LORD.
I conclude with intreating you most affectionately to consider these things directly. Life is uncertain—DEATH—JUDGMENT,—HEAVEN and HELL, are at hand, and are awful Things—devote your time to seek an interest in JESUS CHRIST as your SAVIOUR and REDEEMFR—ask and you shall re…ive, seek and you shall find, kno…k and it shall be opened unto you.
That the Lord may bless these hints to your Soul, is the earnest Prayer of
your hearty wellwisher, For JESUS' sake. CHRISTIANUS.