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SPURGEON AT THE NEW PARK STREET CHAPEL:
365 SERMONS - Palm SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 2020
Effects of Sound Doctrine
“For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.” Matthew 24:24
Suggested Further Reading: 1 Peter 2:4-10
What effect does election have on our actions? If this doctrine be fully received and known, it breathes with all gratitude to God, an earnest desire to show forth his praise. It leads to all kinds of holy activity, and a hearty endeavour for the service of God. We are told continually by philosophic writers, that the idea of necessity—the idea that anything is fixed or decreed—tends at once to damp activity. Never was there a grosser misrepresentation. Look abroad, everything that has been great in the spirit of the age has had a Necessitarian at the bottom of it. When Mohammed preached predestination, he took a necessitarian view. Did that doctrine of predestination make his followers idle? Did it not make them dash into the battle, declaring they must die when the appointed time came, and while they lived they must fight, and earnestly defend their faith? Or to take an instance from the history of our own country. Did the Calvinism of Oliver Cromwell make his Ironsides idle? Did they not keep their powder dry? They believed that they were chosen men of God, and were they not men of valour? Did this doctrine mar their energy? So in every good enterprise our churches are never behind. Are we backward in missionary enterprise? Are we slow to send forth men of God to preach in foreign lands? Are we deficient in our efforts? Are we the people who would preach to a select few?—who would erect buildings for worship that the poor scarcely dare to enter? Are we the people who would keep our religious services for a privileged circle? The fact is, the most zealous, the most earnest, and the most successful of men, have been those who have held this truth.
For meditation: The doctrine of election is not supposed to turn us in upon ourselves, but to send us out to others (John 15:16; Acts 9:15).
Sermon no. 324
6 April (Preached 22 April 1860)
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SPURGEON AT THE NEW PARK STREET CHAPEL:
365 SERMONS - Palm SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 2020
Effects of Sound Doctrine
“For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.” Matthew 24:24
Suggested Further Reading: 1 Peter 2:4-10
What effect does election have on our actions? If this doctrine be fully received and known, it breathes with all gratitude to God, an earnest desire to show forth his praise. It leads to all kinds of holy activity, and a hearty endeavour for the service of God. We are told continually by philosophic writers, that the idea of necessity—the idea that anything is fixed or decreed—tends at once to damp activity. Never was there a grosser misrepresentation. Look abroad, everything that has been great in the spirit of the age has had a Necessitarian at the bottom of it. When Mohammed preached predestination, he took a necessitarian view. Did that doctrine of predestination make his followers idle? Did it not make them dash into the battle, declaring they must die when the appointed time came, and while they lived they must fight, and earnestly defend their faith? Or to take an instance from the history of our own country. Did the Calvinism of Oliver Cromwell make his Ironsides idle? Did they not keep their powder dry? They believed that they were chosen men of God, and were they not men of valour? Did this doctrine mar their energy? So in every good enterprise our churches are never behind. Are we backward in missionary enterprise? Are we slow to send forth men of God to preach in foreign lands? Are we deficient in our efforts? Are we the people who would preach to a select few?—who would erect buildings for worship that the poor scarcely dare to enter? Are we the people who would keep our religious services for a privileged circle? The fact is, the most zealous, the most earnest, and the most successful of men, have been those who have held this truth.
For meditation: The doctrine of election is not supposed to turn us in upon ourselves, but to send us out to others (John 15:16; Acts 9:15).
Sermon no. 324
6 April (Preached 22 April 1860)
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IF YOU FEEL FED HERE & LED OF THE LORD ALMIGHTY
TO SUPPORT THIS MINISTRY
YOU MAY DO SO AT THE FOLLOWING LINKS BELOW:
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YOUR PRAYERS ARE THE BIGGEST SUPPORT TO BE OFFERED UP!
THANK YOU ALL IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST of NAZARETH
OUR LORD & SAVIOR!
GOD BLESS & KEEP US
MAY HIS FACE SHINE UPON US
MAY HE BE EXALTED AMONG ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH
AND MAY HIS PEACE, HEALING, AND RESTORATION
DESCEND UPON US ALL FROM UP ON HIGH!
Luke 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draws near.
