Psalms 132:13. For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
Here are some of the sweetest words that ever were written; there are fathomless depths of sweetness in them, for here we have the truth concerning the election of the Church of God: "The Lord hath chosen Zion." Some men cannot endure to hear the doctrine of election - I suppose they like to choose their own wives; but they are not willing that Christ should select his bride, the Church. Everybody is to have a free will except God. But let them know that God still exercises a sovereign choice among the sons of men. Jesus said to his disciples, "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you." Blessed be his name, the truth still stands. "The Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation." We delight to dwell with those whom we love; and God so loves his Church that he desires ever to dwell in it, and he does dwell in it by his Spirit; and a day shall come when the perfected Church, the new Jerusalem, shall come down out of heaven from God, having the glory of the Lord, and the Lamb shall be the light thereof. You know how the last chapters of the Book of Revelation describe the glorified Church, and God dwelling in the midst of it. "The Lord hath chosen Zion:" that is the first thing, - election. "He hath desired it for his habitation: that is the next thing, - the indwelling of the Spirit of God in the Church, and this is one of the greatest marvels of which we have ever heard.
Psalms 132:13. For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
Here are some of the sweetest words that ever were written; there are fathomless depths of sweetness in them, for here we have the truth concerning the election of the Church of God: "The Lord hath chosen Zion." Some men cannot endure to hear the doctrine of election - I suppose they like to choose their own wives; but they are not willing that Christ should select his bride, the Church. Everybody is to have a free will except God. But let them know that God still exercises a sovereign choice among the sons of men. Jesus said to his disciples, "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you." Blessed be his name, the truth still stands. "The Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation." We delight to dwell with those whom we love; and God so loves his Church that he desires ever to dwell in it, and he does dwell in it by his Spirit; and a day shall come when the perfected Church, the new Jerusalem, shall come down out of heaven from God, having the glory of the Lord, and the Lamb shall be the light thereof. You know how the last chapters of the Book of Revelation describe the glorified Church, and God dwelling in the midst of it. "The Lord hath chosen Zion:" that is the first thing, - election. "He hath desired it for his habitation: that is the next thing, - the indwelling of the Spirit of God in the Church, and this is one of the greatest marvels of which we have ever heard.