Luke 9:51. And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up,
Is not that a wonderful expression? Christ is to die, and to be buried. Ah! but this word comprehends everything, "that he should be received up." Think not of the gloom of death, specially concerning your dear friends who have lately fallen asleep. Think of their being received up. They did seem to go down; they went as low as the grave; but they could not go any lower. Thank God for his abounding mercy in receiving them up.
Luke 9:51. He steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
To go where he must he scourged, and spit upon, and crucified: "He steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem."
Luke 9:51. And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up,
Is not that a wonderful expression? Christ is to die, and to be buried. Ah! but this word comprehends everything, "that he should be received up." Think not of the gloom of death, specially concerning your dear friends who have lately fallen asleep. Think of their being received up. They did seem to go down; they went as low as the grave; but they could not go any lower. Thank God for his abounding mercy in receiving them up.
Luke 9:51. He steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
To go where he must he scourged, and spit upon, and crucified: "He steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem."