June 25, 2011
A Staircase to Heaven
He said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man."
~ John 1:51
Now we see the explanation of Jacob's ladder. Between earth and heaven, there is a holy commerce: prayer ascends, and answers come down by the way of Jesus, the Mediator. In Him a stairway of light now furnishes a clear passage to the throne of the Most High. Let us use it, and send up by it the messengers of our prayers. We shall live the angelic life ourselves if we run up to heaven in intercession, and lay hold upon the blessings of the4 covenant, and then descend again to scatter those gifts among the sons of men.This is Your promise, O Lord Jesus; let us joyfully see it fulfilled."
(By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)
Psalm 1 says: 1)"Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2)But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3)And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 4)The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5)Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righeous. 6)For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
ReplyDeletePsalm 11 says: 1)"In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to Your mountain? 2)For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. 3)If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? 4)The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven: His eyes behold, His eyelids try, the children of men. 5)The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. 6)Upon the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. 7)For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; His countenance doth behold the upright."
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