Hi there,
So I realised that in Heaven, we enjoy the Gospel, more than we enjoy Heaven and I knew that when we get to the end of our life, we get a choice (we had a choice before we were born, we have a choice in life - to believe in Jesus - and we get a choice in death, where our soul will go), what remained for me, was to put these things together. I now realise that we have a choice in Heaven, and that it is about the Gospel. The choice is: do we want the old Gospel, being the Gospel those before us enjoyed, or do we want the "new" Gospel, being the Gospel of those who come to the faith, after us. It really is a choice.
Scripture helps us work out, what is sufficient for faith, and faith determines how we enjoy scripture, these things are brought together in Heaven: it truly is a marriage! We are either abounding with joy, that the choice we made in this life, has brought us to Heaven and the choice that goes with it or we are full of sorrow, that our life has to give way to those coming after, birthing faith and scripture in the process. The Holy Spirit is able to help us make this choice, to strike the balance between what we give for our faith and how strongly we are able to keep scripture - for those before and after together for the same Gospel, and the One that comes from Heaven, to bring these things together (into the True Gospel).
In all this, we are guided to Witness. This is the strongest, purest, truest thing we can hope for - that the Old is not forgotten, and the New is not forced and the coming together, is not awkward. Behold all things are made new in Christ (as the Bible says from memory). The point being that we are able to think of or forget or trust the Gospel, how ever we please - in all the places that the Gospel is found! The Devil has no part in this, He rejects the Gospel, while he is yet in Heaven, because he has nothing to gain from the Gospel in this life, he simply does not have enough faith for anything other than this life. So the struggle continues, but we have the assurance that the fruit of our faith is stored in Heaven, for us to rely on - not relying on the things of this life, which grow old, nor concocting things that have no place in Heaven, as the Gospel does.
In this we must continue to pray that we be counted worthy to escape the things that are coming to pass and to stand before the Son of Man (as Jesus said), but in principle also that the Gospel will prosper (as Jesus said "pray the Lord of the Harvest, that he send workers into the Harvest) and this is why: that the Gospel prosper those entering Heaven and drawing in those that approach it, where it can most prosper the Harvest ahead of time, that the Lord returning not be in vain, that no one is at least ready to work as the Lord worked - this being the most that can be added to the Gospel, while it is yet day. There is more the Lord could say, but I feel there is a good point to rest, here.
Give it some thought: when do you remember the Gospel first? Who went before you? What did they preach? Why did they preach it?
I hope you find this edifying!
So I realised that in Heaven, we enjoy the Gospel, more than we enjoy Heaven and I knew that when we get to the end of our life, we get a choice (we had a choice before we were born, we have a choice in life - to believe in Jesus - and we get a choice in death, where our soul will go), what remained for me, was to put these things together. I now realise that we have a choice in Heaven, and that it is about the Gospel. The choice is: do we want the old Gospel, being the Gospel those before us enjoyed, or do we want the "new" Gospel, being the Gospel of those who come to the faith, after us. It really is a choice.
Scripture helps us work out, what is sufficient for faith, and faith determines how we enjoy scripture, these things are brought together in Heaven: it truly is a marriage! We are either abounding with joy, that the choice we made in this life, has brought us to Heaven and the choice that goes with it or we are full of sorrow, that our life has to give way to those coming after, birthing faith and scripture in the process. The Holy Spirit is able to help us make this choice, to strike the balance between what we give for our faith and how strongly we are able to keep scripture - for those before and after together for the same Gospel, and the One that comes from Heaven, to bring these things together (into the True Gospel).
In all this, we are guided to Witness. This is the strongest, purest, truest thing we can hope for - that the Old is not forgotten, and the New is not forced and the coming together, is not awkward. Behold all things are made new in Christ (as the Bible says from memory). The point being that we are able to think of or forget or trust the Gospel, how ever we please - in all the places that the Gospel is found! The Devil has no part in this, He rejects the Gospel, while he is yet in Heaven, because he has nothing to gain from the Gospel in this life, he simply does not have enough faith for anything other than this life. So the struggle continues, but we have the assurance that the fruit of our faith is stored in Heaven, for us to rely on - not relying on the things of this life, which grow old, nor concocting things that have no place in Heaven, as the Gospel does.
In this we must continue to pray that we be counted worthy to escape the things that are coming to pass and to stand before the Son of Man (as Jesus said), but in principle also that the Gospel will prosper (as Jesus said "pray the Lord of the Harvest, that he send workers into the Harvest) and this is why: that the Gospel prosper those entering Heaven and drawing in those that approach it, where it can most prosper the Harvest ahead of time, that the Lord returning not be in vain, that no one is at least ready to work as the Lord worked - this being the most that can be added to the Gospel, while it is yet day. There is more the Lord could say, but I feel there is a good point to rest, here.
Give it some thought: when do you remember the Gospel first? Who went before you? What did they preach? Why did they preach it?
I hope you find this edifying!
