Our Blessed Communion With the Living God

 By Rev. Benjamin Glaser - Posted at Thoughts From Parson Farms:

Applying the First Fruits of Faith to Day-to-Day Life

Good Morning!

There are aspects of the Christian faith that we do not spend enough time considering, partly out of the need to focus on the major theological and cultural battles of the day, and somewhat because we just don’t spend the time we need to contemplating all the blessings which come from our effectual calling, justification, sanctification, and glorification through the decree of the Father, the work of the Son, and the application of it by the Holy Spirit. Our allowance of the busyness of life to get in the way of enjoying the fullness of God’s mercy and grace can cause us to miss the totality of the awesomeness of our new life. The Larger Catechism questions before us are an example that should help to redeploy our attitude to something helpful for the day-to-day life you lead. Here are the Q/A’s for today:

Q. 82: What is the communion in glory which the members of the invisible church have with Christ?
A. The communion in glory which the members of the invisible church have with Christ, is in this life, immediately after death, and at last perfected at the resurrection and day of judgment.

Q. 83: What is the communion in glory with Christ which the members of the invisible church enjoy in this life?
A. The members of the invisible church have communicated to them in this life the first-fruits of glory with Christ, as they are members of him their head, and so in him are interested in that glory which he is fully possessed of; and, as an earnest thereof, enjoy the sense of God’s love, peace of conscience, joy in the Holy Ghost, and hope of glory; as, on the contrary, sense of God’s revenging wrath, horror of conscience, and a fearful expectation of judgment, are to the wicked the beginning of their torments which they shall endure after death.

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