We Are Remembered
The sermon reminds us that love never fails and that our beloved will remember us in heaven, where we will know and love them in a way we have never loved or known before.
Mary Wilder Tileston preaches on the unfailing nature of love, emphasizing that love transcends death and unites believers in one family under the Lord. She comforts the congregation by reminding them that their departed loved ones are still present in the spiritual realm, eagerly awaiting their reunion and continuing to love and remember them in the presence of God. Tileston assures that in God's presence, all pure and holy loves are perfected, and when believers meet their departed loved ones in Him, they will experience a deeper level of love and knowledge than ever before.
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Love never faileth. 1 CORINTHIANS 8:8 (R.V.)
Your heart shall live for ever. PSALMS 22:26
DEATH has no bidding to divide
The souls that dwell in Thee;
Yes, all who in the Lord abide
Are of one family.
THOMAS H. GILL
WILL not our own lamented and beloved be there, in the array of happy spirits? Will they not hail our coming with delight? Do they not remember us now, even in the sight of God? For to see His face does not extinguish but perfect all holy loves. God's love gathers up and perfects all pure love like His own, all love that is for His sake. When we meet our beloved in Him, we shall both know and love them so as we have neither loved or known before.
HENRY EDWARD MANNING
She is not sent away, but only sent before; like unto a star, which, going out of our sight, doth not die and vanish, but shineth in another hemisphere: ye see her not, yet she doth shine in another country.
SAMUEL RUTHERFORD
Sermon Outline
- The Nature of Love
- The Reality of Remembering
- The Nature of God's Love
- God's Love Perfects All Holy Loves
- God's Love Gathers Up Pure Love
Key Quotes
“When we meet our beloved in Him, we shall both know and love them so as we have neither loved or known before.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“She is not sent away, but only sent before; like unto a star, which, going out of our sight, doth not die and vanish, but shineth in another hemisphere: ye see her not, yet she doth shine in another country.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“For to see His face does not extinguish but perfect all holy loves.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
Application Points
- We can trust that our loved ones will be remembered in heaven and that we will be reunited with them in a way that is beyond our current understanding.
- God's love is perfecting all holy loves, including the love we have for our beloved, and gathering it up for His sake.
- Even in death, our loved ones continue to shine in another country, and we can take comfort in this truth.