My son-in-law mentioned his name in passing, and I thought it would be good to spend a bit of time with C. H. Spurgeon. I landed on his “Accidents Not Punishments” sermon and found it to be so very timely!
Tsunami, Katrina, earthquakes – we’ve experienced global agonies with tremendous loss of life. Some agonies are man made. Spurgeon quotes David: I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. (Psalms 37:35 KJV)
Spurgeon continues: “And if you and I pretend that we can find out the reasons of Providence and twist the dispensations of God over our fingers, we only prove our folly – we do not prove that we have begun to understand the ways of God.”
God has not changed since Spurgeon preached. God has not changed since Christ spoke: And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? (Luke 13:2 KJV) Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? (Luke 13:4 KJV)
The answer to both questions remains valid today: I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. (Luke 13:3 and 5 KJV)
Spurgeon’s closing thoughts in this sermon have always been valid, “We are dying creatures…” What we do with our deaths is determined in our lives. Spurgeon made his choice based on the same options he offered his audience at the close of this sermon. The same choice our pastor offers each service. The same choice offered to you every moment of every day of life – but not beyond.
“Souls, you know the way of salvation, you have heard it often, hear it yet again – ‘He that believes on the Lord Jesus has everlasting life.’ ‘He that believes and is baptized shall be saved. He that believes not shall be damned.’”
The message remains unchanged, for the Bible remains the same:
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. (Mark 16:16 KJV)
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. (John 3:18 KJV)
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