Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, it is done, I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end: I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. Revelation 21:5-7.
To thirst after Christ, and receive him by faith, belongs to justification; but to drink with peace and joy from Christ, the fountain of life, is the sealing of faith, and belongs to sanctification, and helps greatly to the promoting of it. Therefore, the sealing, assurance, and sense of grace, is not the same thing with justification; but the fruit of it, which does not always follow directly; and it increases according as the soul drinks more and more from the Living stream.
Attend, while God’s exalted Son,
Doth his own glories show,
Behold, I sit upon my throne,
Creating all things new.
Such favours as a God can give,
My royal grace bestows.
Ye thirsty souls, come, taste the streams,
Where life and pleasure flows.
Far from the regions of the dead,
From sin, and earth, and hell; ’
In the new world that grace has made,
I would for ever dwell.
O may I stand before the Lamb,
When earth and seas are fled!
And hear the judge pronounce my name,
With blessings on my head,