Revelation 22:3-4 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:… I. WHO THE PERSONS ARE WHO SHALL BE THUS HIGHLY FAVOURED. 1. They have been called by the Word and convinced by the Spirit of sin, of unbelief (John 16:9); have been deeply affected on account of it, and alarmed for the consequences (Acts 16:30). 2. They have received Christ in the gospel by a lively faith, through which their freedom from the curse is begun in this life (John 5:24; Galatians 3:13). 3. They love Christ, and consequently are delivered from the dreadful anathemas (1 Corinthians 16:22). 4. It is their care and endeavour, as a fruit of this love to Christ, to give sincere, universal, and constant obedience to His commandments (Revelation 22:14). 5. They consider it as heaven to be where God and His Christ are, to serve Him, and to enjoy Him for ever (Philippians 1:23). 6. They are careful to maintain good works, particularly works of charity, towards the members of Jesus Christ (Matthew 25:34-41). II. THE HAPPINESS OF THOSE WHO SHALL BE THUS HIGHLY FAVOURED. 1. There will be no more sin in such, or ever done by them, to occasion any curse: they are the just made perfect (Hebrews 12:23). 2. There will be no more wrath in God to inflict any curse: once He was angry with them on account of sin (Isaiah 12:1; Psalm 38:8), but it shall not be so any more (Ezekiel 16:42). 3. There will be no more sentence passed against them including a curse. Once they were subject to that tremendous sentence (Galatians 3:10), but never shall any more (John 5:24). 4. Security against every degree of separation from God (Revelation 3:12). 5. Exemption from all the evils of afflictions and sufferings which are so common here (Isaiah 35:10). 6. There shall be no person who is a curse or is accursed among the inhabitants of the New Jerusalem. III. WHENCE IT IS THAT THEY ARE THUS BLESSED. 1. The love of God the Father is the original cause. 2. The death of Christ is the meritorious cause. 3. The Holy Ghost, with His gracious influences, is the efficient cause (Galatians 3:13, 14; 2 Corinthians 5:5; Psalm 143:10).CONCLUSION: 1. How pleasing are the prospects of the real Christian as to a future state! 2. How dreadful the future of the finally impenitent! (T. Hannam.) Parallel Verses KJV: And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: |
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