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{Proof That the Heavenly Trade is the Best Trade
The Heavenly Trade Is the Most Profitable Trade
The Heavenly Trade Brings Sure Returns
The Partnership of the Lord Jesus Assures the Returns}
The Lord Jesus is a business partner248 with heavenly traders. His glory and kingdom are invested in this heavenly trade. When His will is done, His kingdom is come (Matthew 6:10; 1 Thessalonians 4:3).249 Holiness and conformity to His law is His will. Christ is engaged to the Father for the saints’ holiness, happiness, grace, and glory. “As You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him” (John 17:2 NKJV; also John 17:12).250 The Father has put all believers into the hands of Christ and entrusted Him with their graces and glory, both of which are included in eternal life. “And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent” (John 17:3 ESV). That is, this is the way to eternal life and the beginning of eternal life: the grace of faith and saving knowledge of God. This grace, as well as glory, is put into the hand of Christ for believers and kept for them by Christ. Believers are also put into His hand to be kept by Him, through faith, into glory. To fulfill this trust, the Lord Jesus is engaged to keep His people, their graces, and their reward for them so that these cannot be lost. The advantages of this heavenly trade are made secure to believers by the Lord Jesus. His business partnership with them, His truth, His faithfulness, and His glory are all invested in their safety. Thus, heavenly traders’ returns are not only great, but sure.
248This would be blasphemous, except that “He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers” (Hebrew 2:11 ESV).
249“Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10 NKJV). “For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality” (1 Thessalonians 4:3 NKJV).
250“… as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him” (John 17:2 NKJV). “While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled” (John 17:12 NKJV).
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