Isaiah 59:21
As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
The covenant of Christ is for our children and for our children's children. God has promised to place His Spirit upon us and His words into our minds and mouths from here until eternity, from us unto posterity.
Acts 2:38-40
Then Peter said unto them, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call." And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, "Save yourselves from this untoward generation."
The Good News of God is only ever getting better. Christendom goes forth from generation to generation as it prevails amidst and against the gates of untoward generations. God keeps His promises; and His promises keep.
Isaiah 65:22–23
They shall not build, and another inhabit;
They shall not plant, and another eat:
For as the days of a tree are the days of my people,
And mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
They shall not labour in vain,
Nor bring forth for trouble;
For they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord,
And their offspring with them.
Every tree is full of forests.
Each acorn is a descendant and an ancestor.
Every family tree is full of future generations.
Each Christian is a beneficiary and a benefactor.
The work we do now we owe to those who went before and we deposit for those yet to come.
We do not feed, clothe, baptize, or catechize in vain. In the Lord, we do not labor for nothing. It isn't simply killing time and it doesn't merely come to an end after we do. It goes on. And it always will, until He returns.
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