7. “Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.”
Or you may take the eight “overcomes” in Revelation; and you will be wonderfully blessed by them. They take you right up to the throne of heaven; you climb by them to the throne of God.
I have been greatly blessed by going through the “believings” of John. Every chapter but two speaks of believing. As I said before, he wrote his gospel that we might believe. All through it is “Believe! Believe!” If you want to persuade a man that Christ is the Son of God, John’s gospel is the book for him.
Take the six “precious” things in Peter’s Epistles. And the seven “walks” of the Epistle to the Ephesians. And the five “much mores” of Romans V. Or the two “receiveds” of John I. Or the seven “hearts” in Proverbs XXIII, and especially an eighth. Or “the fear of the Lord” in Proverbs:—
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil.
The fear of the Lord prolongeth days.
In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of Life.
Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.