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Spurgeon
By: James Date: February 13, 2016, 7:51 am
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I thought this was very encoraging, I trust it will give you a
lift as well.
James
“The voice of weeping shall be no more heard.”
- Isaiah 65:19
The glorified weep no more, for all outward causes of grief are
gone. There are no broken friendships, nor blighted prospects in
heaven. Poverty, famine, peril, persecution, and slander, are
unknown there. No pain distresses, no thought of death or
bereavement saddens. They weep no more, for they are perfectly
sanctified. No “evil heart of unbelief” prompts them to depart
from the living God; they are without fault before his throne,
and are fully conformed to his image. Well may they cease to
mourn who have ceased to sin. They weep no more, because all
fear of change is past. They know that they are eternally
secure. Sin is shut out, and they are shut in. They dwell within
a city which shall never be stormed; they bask in a sun which
shall never set; they drink of a river which shall never dry;
they pluck fruit from a tree which shall never wither. Countless
cycles may revolve, but eternity shall not be exhausted, and
while eternity endures, their immortality and blessedness shall
co-exist with it. They are for ever with the Lord. They weep no
more, because every desire is fulfilled. They cannot wish for
anything which they have not in possession. Eye and ear, heart
and hand, judgment, imagination, hope, desire, will, all the
faculties, are completely satisfied; and imperfect as our
present ideas are of the things which God hath prepared for them
that love him, yet we know enough, by the revelation of the
Spirit, that the saints above are supremely blessed. The joy of
Christ, which is an infinite fulness of delight, is in them.
They bathe themselves in the bottomless, shoreless sea of
infinite beatitude. That same joyful rest remains for us. It may
not be far distant. Ere long the weeping willow shall be
exchanged for the palm-branch of victory, and sorrow’s dewdrops
will be transformed into the pearls of everlasting bliss.
“Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”
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Re: Spurgeon
By: Helen Date: February 13, 2016, 10:17 am
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The prince of preachers! We can see why. He always painted a
wonderful picture with words.
*No “evil heart of unbelief” prompts them to depart
from the living God; they are without fault before his throne,
*and are fully conformed to His image. Well may they cease to
mourn who have ceased to sin. They weep no more, because all
fear of change is past. They know that they are eternally
secure. Sin is shut out, and they are shut in. They dwell within
a city which shall never be stormed; they bask in a sun which
shall never set; they drink of a river which shall never dry;
they pluck fruit from a tree which shall never wither. Countless
cycles may revolve, but eternity shall not be exhausted, and
while eternity endures, their immortality and blessedness shall
co-exist with it. They are for ever with the Lord
That for sure comes under " holding tight to the vision" THAT
is our sure "pressing-on" material!! Yay!!
Just a thought...which I know is very OFF TOPIC.
The underlined above...No “evil heart of unbelief”
prompts them to depart from the living God. In thinking back
over to SiT2... IF this be so, then how and why did Satan and
Adam fall? :(
How can we know that 'one day' we are indeed LOCKED IN, and not
change our mind like Satan and Adam did??
In other words..how will eternal security be secure?
I obviously believe it will be, because WE are making our
choice before the fact...whereas both S & A made their choice
after the fact.
Maybe Spurgeon's answer lays in his other line they are without
fault before his throne, and are *fully conformed to His image.
As all the above can only be done "In Christ" , it is HIM
which cannot fall, and we IN HIM = SAFE.
Phew, I almost scared myself there!!
Interesting....
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