HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div
“I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.” Revelation 1:18
I would, like John in Patmos, have communion with the living Christ. It is not only what He did for me — it is what He does. It is not only what He was — it is what He is. My Christian grammar cannot dispense with the present tenses of the life of Jesus.
Does He not live for me in the New Testament? When I open the Book, I am not merely studying a printed page; I am touching and talking with my Lord.
- To my guiltiness — He speaks pardon,
- To my ignorance — He speaks instruction,
- To my weakness — He speaks to strength,
- To my loneliness — He speaks company and comfort.
Does He not live for me in the New Heart? If “the jewels of the Urim and Thummim all are dim,” if Bethel’s ladder is fallen, and the Burning Bush is quenched — I have a more intimate Guide, Teacher, and Friend. Jesus dwells within me by His Holy Spirit. Inhabiting and possessing and governing my soul . . .
- He weans me from sin;
- He makes me pure;
- He creates me anew.
Does He not live for me in the New Jerusalem? He is on the throne . . .
- to remember me,
- to intercede for me,
- to send me from His overflowing treasury every good gift and every perfect blessing.
He is in the Father’s house, to prepare a place for me, that where He is, I may be also . . .
- to look up into His eyes,
- to grasp His hand,
- to weep and sing my gratitude at His feet.
I am glad that Jesus died. I am glad, too, that, having once died, He has risen again, and is alive forevermore!
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