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  THE THREE GARDENS
  by John Henry Jowett
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Summary: The sermon highlights the significance of the three gardens in
the Bible, emphasizing the importance of remembering our redemption and
the role of Gethsemane in making possible the glorious garden of
paradise regained.

Topics: "Redemption Through Christ", "Reconciliation With God"
Scripture References: Genesis 2:8, Luke 22:44, Romans 5:10, 1 Corinthians 6:20, Revelation 22:1

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John Henry Jowett emphasizes the significance of Gethsemane in the
journey of redemption, connecting it to the gardens of Paradise lost and
regained. He warns against taking redemption lightly and reminds
believers that they were reconciled to God through the death of His Son.
Jowett highlights the importance of remembering that we are bought with
a price, which should humble us and fill our hearts with love for
Christ.

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REVELATION xxii. 1-14.

The Bible opens with a garden. It closes with a garden. The first is the

Paradise that was lost. The last is Paradise regained. And between the
two

there is a third garden, the garden of Gethsemane. And it is through the

unspeakable bitterness and desolation of Gethsemane that we find again
the

glorious garden through which flows "the river of water of life."
Without

Gethsemane no New Jerusalem! Without its mysterious and unfathomable
night

no blessed sunrise of eternal hope! "We were reconciled to God by the

death of His Son."

We are always in dire peril of regarding our redemption lightly. We hold

it cheaply. Privileges easily come to be esteemed as rights. And even

grace itself can lose the strength of heavenly favour and can be
received

and used as our due. "Gethsemane can I forget?" Yes, I can; and in the

forgetfulness I lose the sacred awe of my redemption, and I miss the
real

glory of "Paradise regained." "Ye are not your own; ye are bought with a

price." That is the remembrance that keeps the spirit lowly, and that

fills the heart with love for Him "whose I am," and whom I ought to

serve.

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