"Christ is risen and I shall rise. Christ has conquered death for
Himself, and He will conquer it for me. Christ took His man's body
and soul with Him from the tomb to God's right hand, and He will
raise my man's body and soul at the last day, that I may be with Him
for ever, and see Him where He is." In life and in death this is the
only thing which shall save us from sin, from terror, and from the
dread of death; the same good news which St. Paul preached to the
Corinthians; the same good news which made St. Stephen, and the
martyrs and confessors of old brave to endure all misery for the sake
of the good and blessed news, that God had raised His Son Jesus from
the dead.
XLVI--GOD'S WAY WITH MAN
And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have wrought with you
for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according
to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord God.--
EZEKIEL xx. 44.
In this chapter the prophet Ezekiel argues with his sinful and
rebellious countrymen, and puts them in mind of all that God has done
for them and with them, from the time when He brought them out of
Egypt to that day.
And now comes the old question, What has this to do with us! St.
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