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1. A Foretaste
Of Heaven

2. We have it as we fully
believe that we are
God’s children.

3. When we were dead in
sins, God hath quickened
us and made us sit
together in heavenly
places in Christ Jesus
Ephesians 2:5, 6

4. Thus with strong confidence
we can call God our Father.

5. Moreover, we need
Jesus abiding in
our hearts.

6. Then shall we know, if we follow on
to know the Lord: His going forth is
prepared as the morning.
Hosea 6:3.

7. In realizing His
presence by
faith, we have a
foretaste of the
joy of Heaven.

8. God has given us the
Light and Majesty of
Heaven.

9. Even in this life He
would have us enjoy
everything that will
ennoble, elevate, and
expand our
characters.

10. For it is His will to fit us for the
heavenly courts above.

11. faithfulness
loyalty
loving service rendered,
It is the:
that brings the divine benediction:

12. Well done, good and faithful
servant...enter thou into the joy of thy
Lord.
Matthew 25:23

13. This reward of joy does not wait until
our entrance into the City of God.

14. The faithful servant has a
foretaste of it even in this life.

15. Heaven begins
in the soul

16. We respond to
Christ’s
invitation and in
this coming we
begin the life
eternal.

17. Heaven is a ceaseless approach
to God through Christ.

18. He is more appreciated as
heavenly-mindedness
increases.

19. Finally He becomes the
Chiefest among ten
thousand...

20. The One altogether lovely.
Song of Solomon 5:10, 16.

21. Christ in you
the hope of
glory.
Cilossians 1:27

22. Therefore, If we are one with
Christ,​we will be like Him.

23. The Word destroys
the earthly nature
and imparts a new
life.

24. Thus, the longer
we are in the
Heaven of bliss,
more: glory will be
opened to us
intense will be
our happiness.

25. Moreover, We all, with open face beholding as in
a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the
same image from glory to glory, even as by the
Spirit of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 3:18

26. Heavenly inspiration will have a
part in our Christian experience as
drinking of the Divine water of life.

27. Thus we will grow unto a perfect man,
unto the measure of the stature of the
foulness of Christ.
Ephesians 4:13.

28. Furthermore, as the Spirit
of Christ works upon our
hearts
we become partakers of the
divine nature, having
escaped the corruption that
is in the world through lust.
2 Peter 1:4

29. The Lord appeared of old time
to Abraham and said:
I am thy shield, and thy
exceeding great reward.
Genesis 15:1

30. This is the reward of all who follow
Christ, in whom :

31. are hid all the treasures of
wisdom and knowledge,
Colossians 2:3
dwells all the fullness of the
Godhead bodily.
Colossians 2:9

32. Contemplate
the Majesty
of Heaven

33. For our sake the
Majesty of Heaven
became poor, that
through His merits we
might be entitled to
heavenly riches.

34. Jesus bore all this, that we might
be changed to His Divine image and
become the sons and daughters of
God.

35. Behold, what
manner of love the
Father hath
bestowed upon us.
1 John 3:1.

36. Our title to
Heaven and our
fit for it are found
in the
righteousness of
Christ.

37. Therefore, Christ bids us:
seek ye first the kingdom
of God, and His
righteousness.
Matthew 6:33

38. Do you long to
hear the voice of
the King of Glory?

39. Come, ye blessed of my Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for
you from the foundation of the
world. Matthew 25:34

40. Those who here acknowledge God as
their ruler, by obeying the laws of His
government, will be accounted worthy of
a place in His family in Heaven.

41. Blessed are they that do His
commandments, that they
may have right to the tree of
life, and may enter in
through the gates into the
city.
Revelation 22:14.

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