Till He Come SAMPLE

Swooning and Reviving Christ’s Feet
with the Lord.”
Read on, — “and was dead.” “Therefore, though die, you shall
go no lower than I went; and you shall be brought up again even
as I have returned from the tomb.” Think of Jesus as having
traversed the realm of death-shade, and you will not fear to
follow in His track. Where should the dying members rest but
on the same couch with their once dying Head?
“And behold, I am alive for evermore.” Yes, behold it, and never
cease to behold it: we serve an ever-living Lord. Brothers, go
home from this conference in the power of this grand utterance!
The dear child may sicken, or the precious wife may be taken
home; but Christ says, “I am alive for evermore.” The believing
heart can never be a widow, for its Husband is the living God.
Our Lord Jesus will not leave us orphans, He will come unto us.
Here is our joy, then: not in ourselves, but in the fact that He
ever lives to carry out the Father’s good pleasure in us and for
us. Onward, soldiers of the cross, for our immortal Captain
leads the way.
Read once more, — “and have the keys of hell and of death.”
As I thought over these words, I marveled for the poverty and
meanness of the cause of evil; for the prince of it, the devil, has
not the keys of his own house; he cannot be trusted with them;
they are swinging at the girdle of Christ. Surely I shall never go
to hell, for my Lord Jesus turned the key against my entrance
long ago. The doors of hell were locked for me When He died
on my behalf. I saw Him lock the door, and, what is more, I saw
Him hang the key at His girdle, and there it is to this day. Christ
has the keys of hell; then, whenever He chooses, He can cage the
devouring lion, and restrain his power for evil. Oh, that the day
were come! It is coming, for the dragon hath great wrath,
knowing that his time is short. Let us not go forth alone to battle
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