"Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? (28) And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (29) And everyone that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. (30) But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first."
Reader! do not fail to observe the blessedness of those who follow Christ in the regeneration? But in doing this, yet more particularly note the cause. It is for Jesus' sake, and by the Lord Jesus' righteousness. All for him and all by him. And in this redemption, the last and least, in the view of others, are first and greatest in the esteem of Christ. So essential it is to know him, whom to know is life eternal. Precious Lord! how reverse to the custom and manners of the world, is thy kingdom!