Redemption Or The New Song In Heaven The Test Of Truth And Duty On Earth

This religious work by Robert Philip is a thought-provoking reflection on the nature of redemption and faith. In the text, Philip explores the idea that redemption is a process that extends beyond the physical world and the role that redemption plays in shaping moral and social relationships. This book is an excellent choice for anyone interested in the intersection of religion and ethics. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: No. III. THE BURDEN OF THE NEW SONG. The Hallelujah chorus of the New Song is, the atonement of the Lamb of God for the redemption of the soul. Hence, it is not the life, but the death of Christ?not his example, but his sacrifice?not his ministry, but his mediation, that forms the burden of this song of songs. Not only do all around the eternal throne sing nothing of their own good works or great sufferings, whilst they were on earth: they celebrate none of the Saviour's good works or virtues; but confine the song of salvation, exclusively and entirely, to the blood of the Lamb. This fact demands and deserves your utmost attention. I do not, of course, mean to insinu ate, that either saints or angels in heaven, overlook or forget the life of the Saviour. They cannot?they would not if they might?forget that perfect model of the beauty of holiness: and they know its merits too well, not to admire it, as the express moral image of God. But still, it is the Saviour's death, not his life; his blood, not his obedience, that kindles their adoring wonder, and calls forth their pealing hosan- nahs of gratitude. Now, if there be any thing self-evident from revelation to reason, it is, that whatever is done in heaven, under the eye and sanction of God, must be? the will of God. And it is equally obvious, that the grand intention of religion is, that His will should be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Now, as all in heaven ascribe salvation wholly to the blood of the Lamb, it is self-evident that all on earth, who refuse to do so, are directly opposing the will of God, and thus demonstrably wrong and rebellious. There is no evading this conclusion, whoever it may affect, or however it may clash with some popular theories of charity: for if they are right, who, in h...