Justification and Glory E-Book

Charles Spurgeon

• Herausgeber: Editora Oxigênio
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Seitenzahl: 35

Beschreibung

Justification and Glory is one important bible study about faith. A book that will bring growth and knowledge about faith, and invite him to live with greater intimacy with God. Written by Charles Spurgeon, important preacher Christian. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Charles Haddon (CH) Spurgeon,19 June 1834 - 31 January 1892) was a British Particular Baptist preacher. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, among whom he is known as the "Prince of Preachers". He was a strong figure in the Reformed Baptist , defending the Church in agreement with the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith understanding, and opposing the liberal and pragmatic theological tendencies in the Church of his day. It is estimated that in his lifetime, Spurgeon preached to around 10,000,000 people,Spurgeon was the pastor of the congregation of the New Park Street Chapel (later the Metropolitan Tabernacle) in London for 38 years. He was part of several controversies with the Baptist Union of Great Britain and later had to leave the denomination. In 1867, he started a charity organisation which is now called Spurgeon's and works globally. He also founded Spurgeon's College, which was named after him posthumously. Spurgeon was a prolific author of many types of works including sermons, an autobiography, commentaries, books on prayer, devotionals, magazines, poetry, hymns and more. Many sermons were transcribed as he spoke and were translated into many languages during his lifetime. Spurgeon produced powerful sermons of penetrating thought and precise exposition. His oratory skills held his listeners spellbound in the Metropolitan Tabernacle and many Christians have discovered Spurgeon's messages to be among the best in Christian literature.

Leseprobe

JUSTIFICATION AND GLORY

BY C. H. SPURGEON

“Whom He justified, them He also glorified.” Romans 8:30.

WELL said the apostle in another place, “All things are of God,” and here in this passage all works of divine grace are evidently so. The pronoun, “He,” is repeated yet again and again, as if to set the Lord always before us. “Whom He did fore know, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son.” “Moreover, whom He did predestinate, them He also justified, and whom He justified, them He also glorified.” It is of God all the way through. There is not an inch of ground left to be covered by the creature"s foot.

The eternal Creator works all things in the covenant of grace according to the counsel of His own will. Haldane has an admirable note on this passage, which we will quote in full: “In looking back on this passage, we should observe that in all that is stated, man acts no part, but is passive and all is done by God. He is elected, and predestinated, and called, and justified, and glorified by God. The apostle was here concluding all that he had said before in enumerating topics of consolation to believers; and he is now going on to show that God is „for us," or on the part of His people.

Could anything, then, be more consolatory to those who love God, than to be in this manner assured that the great concern of their salvation is not left in their own keeping? God, even their covenant God, has taken the whole upon Himself. He has undertaken for them. There is no room, then, for chance or change. He will perfect that which concerns them.”

Does not this account for the majestic manner in which these covenant mercies follow one another as in a triumphal procession? Foreknowledge leads the procession with eyes beaming with love, then come predestination, calling, justification, glorification, all in their proper order. Not one of these gigantic mercies limps along the road—but marching with stately tread, adorned in robes of glory, each one keeping its place, they make up a magnificent procession to the praise of the glory of His grace who has set them all in order, and written His own name upon them all. Observe there is no, “if,” no, “but,” no, “maybe,” no, “perhaps,” here. He foreknows. He predestinates. No creature lifts up its puny voice to object to the predestinating decree.

Having predestinated, He calls, and it is such an effectual calling, that we hear of no resistance. Having called, He justifies, and “Who is he who condemns?” Having justified without let or hindrance, He achieves His eternal purpose without impediment, and brings forth the top- stone of the temple of His grace with shouts, as it is written, “Whom He justified, them He also glorified.” Let our souls be glad as we clearly see the mighty presence of our God in every work of divine grace, and let us understand from where the force, the certainty, the immutability, the majesty of the whole matter comes, namely, from the fact that, “He orders all things according to the counsel of His own will,” and “Who shall stay His hand, or say unto Him, What are You doing?”

This morning, God the Holy Spirit, I trust, will make it to your profit to weigh these two precious gems of loving-kindness, to count over these priceless treasures of mercy, to swim in these two seas of love, justification, and glorification; and then, we shall need time to carefully search after the connection between them both, for they are riveted together by rivets of diamonds; they are fastened together so fast and firmly, that neither death nor hell can separate them. “Whom He justified, them He also glorified.”

SUMMARY

JUSTIFICATION AND GLORY

SUMMARY

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 1

Let us begin, then, by considering WHAT IT IS TO BE JUSTIFIED.