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The Daily Word of Righteousness
Laying Hold on Eternal Life, continued
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. (Isaiah 61:11)
The nations are waiting to see the fruit of righteousness come forth in the Lord's elect.
Having your conversation [manner of life] honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. (I Peter 2:12)
The godly man or woman becomes a tree of life.
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. (Psalms 1:3)
The fruit borne by the righteous wins the souls of those who do not know the Lord.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise. (Proverbs 11:30)
If an individual receives Christ and then does not begin to bear the fruit of Christ's image he may be cut out of the Vine, out of Christ. He is near to the flames of Divine judgment.
But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. (Hebrews 6:8)
Ezekiel, Chapter 47, tells us of the water to the ankles, knees, and thighs, and then waters to swim in. This is a symbolic picture of the believer in Christ who grows in eternal life.
Then the picture changes to trees of life along the bank of the river of life. Soon we see the water of life flow out to the dead sea of mankind, bringing healing and eternal life to earth's multitudes. This means the Lord Jesus wants us to grow in eternal life to the point that when He returns we may return with Him and bring eternal life to the saved of mankind.
And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh. (Ezekiel 47:9)
Because the creature [creation] itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. (Romans 8:21)
Another picture of the saints who have become life-giving spirits is found in the last chapter of the Bible. Here we see a symbolic picture of the members of the Body of Christ planted by the great river of eternal life, the river that is the Spirit of God. The nations of the saved will be able to come to the new Jerusalem and receive eternal life and healing.
And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. (Revelation 22:1,2)
To be continued.