EXTRACT

There is a great difference between being occupied with what you are saved from, and what you are saved to. If you are occupied with the first, it is only relief that is before you; if with the second, you are occupied with the hope of the gospel. Our blessed Lord was not satisfied with getting us out of misery, but He obtained the Father's house for us …

What a comprehensive verse it is, "who has died for us, that, whether we may be watching or sleep, we may live together with him", 1 Thess.5:10. He died that we might be with Him. How that touches the heart! And the word 'with' here is remarkable; it means co-partnership, association. Well, that is most cheering, that whether I watch or sleep, I am to live with Him.

J.B. Stoney Vol.1 p.1-6