Loading…

The Christian’s Reasonable Service, Volume 4 is unavailable, but you can change that!

First published in 1700, The Christian’s Reasonable Service (De Redelijke Godsdienst) ran through 20 Dutch editions in the eighteenth century alone! The title is derived from Romans 12:1, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” It expresses what God requires from man,...

The foregoing can, however, not ultimately satisfy the soul which has an infinite desire, and which cannot find fulfillment in anything else but the enjoyment of the infinite. It is thus necessary to lead the soul to a higher plane. First, there believers will be forever with the Lord. It is their grief in this life that they live so far from the Lord. This costs them many a tear. All their desire, yearning, and delight
Volume 4, Page 365