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John Gossner's Treasury
Devotional: June 4th

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The terrors of death are fallen upon me. Psalms 55:4. Christ should through death destroy him that had the power of death, that Is, the devil; and deliver them who through the fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. Hebrews 2:14-15.

Jesus has by His death delivered us from eternal death, the death of the soul, consequently also from the fear of this death. But the body must pay the wages of sin: it must die. Even though by a true and living faith in Jesus we are sealed with His Spirit and certain of eternal life because the Lord says, "Whosoever believeth on me shall never die, but have eternal life," and even though the body die, yet shall he live, we must nevertheless walk through the valley of death. This valley of death has not only caused David terror, but many other great men whose faith and piety can not be questioned have feared and trembled so that they cried, "The terrors of death are fallen upon me. " The Lord leads His own and leads them in ways that are beneficial to them; they must necessarily be beneficial, as it is the Lord who leads them. Nothing is so well adapted to unveil all the secret things of the human heart, now elated, now despondent, as the fear of death; if these peculiarities of the heart can not be taken away by other means, the Lord drives them out by the fear of death. Thus He trains faith in the best possible school. For when death falls upon you with the dark and terrible weapons of fear, you will seek a Master over death. Where is such a one to be found? In Christ. The fear of death drives you into the arms of the Lord of life. Flee to Jesus before you are driven to Him.

Naught shall my soul from Jesus sever,

Nor life nor death, things high nor low:

I take Him as my Lord forever,

My future trust, as He is now;

My God, for Jesus’ sake I pray

Thy peace may bless my dying day.

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