![]() Lord, open the everlasting door of our souls by thy grace, that we may now receive thee, and be wholly thine and that, at length, we may be numbered with thy saints in glory. We may apply it to his second coming with glorious power. The gates and doors of the heart are to be opened to him, as possession is delivered to the rightful owner. Behold, he stands at the door, and knocks, #Rev 3:20|. We may apply it to Christ's entrance into the souls of men by his word and Spirit, that they may be his temples. The angels were to worship him, #Heb 1:6|: they ask with wonder, Who is he? It is answered, that he is strong and mighty mighty in battle to save his people, and to subdue his and their enemies. Our Redeemer found the gates of heaven shut, but having by his blood made atonement for sin, as one having authority, he demanded entrance. 6 This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Your face. 5 He shall receive blessing from the Lord, And righteousness from the God of his salvation. We may also apply it to the ascension of Christ into heaven, and the welcome given to him there. 4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully. ![]() 7-10 The splendid entry here described, refers to the solemn bringing in of the ark into the tent David pitched for it, or the temple Solomon built for it. Those that are made meet for heaven, shall be brought safe to heaven, and will find what they have been seeking. ![]() Where God gives righteousness, he designs salvation. God's peculiar people shall be made truly and for ever happy. Thus we become his people thus we receive blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of our salvation. We can only be cleansed from our sins, and renewed unto holiness, by the blood of Christ and the washing of the Holy Ghost. It will think of ascending toward God, and will ask, What shall I do, that I may abide in that happy, holy place, where he makes his people holy and happy? We make nothing of religion, if we do not make heart-work of it. ![]() A soul that knows and considers its own nature, and that it must live for ever, when it has viewed the earth and the fulness thereof, will sit down unsatisfied. Even those of the children of men are God's, who know him not, nor own their relation to him. (7-10) 1-6 We ourselves are not our own our bodies, our souls, are not. (1-6) Concerning the King of that kingdom. ………We believe as we come to accept and act upon these values, we will be prepared to make and keep sacred covenants, receive the ordinances of the temple, and enjoy the blessings of exaltation.Concerning the kingdom of Christ, and the subjects of that kingdom. And like it say’s in the end of the Young Women’s theme Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites For you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of. It is not enough to clean up our act on the outside. The first thing we learn from this beatitude is that Jesus is concerned with our heart. My prayer to each of you, is that you can remember the importance of this Scripture and stay the beautiful, clean and pure in heart Young Women that you are. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. In Psalms 24:3-4 we read Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. We will “stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places……… We are daughters of a Heavenly Father who loves us, and we love him. Here is what the decal that went on the soap and the handout looked like In Primary I used this idea and but the CTR shield on the soap instead, we used it for an invitation to a baptism fireside. You can use it for different things! We handed it out on the chastity lesson. For a handout I printed this heart on tracing paper, cut them out, then put it on a bar of soap, I just bought the cheap bar of soap, the melted a candle, glued the heart on to the soap with stick glue, (it want stay that way very long ) then dipped the soap, front only into the melted wax, it sealed the heart on to the soap, I put it little bags then printed out the little saying below and tried it with a ribbon.
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