"He that sat upon the throne said, Behold I make all things new." To do this you must be new yourself; for as the man is, so his life will be. Bible Gateway passage: Revelation 21:8 - King James Version Had it possessed a teeming population like its present one, and if, one by one, those godly ones had been caught away, like Elijah, without knowing death, to be succeeded by pious descendants oh! See the Saviour then, in groans and pangs which cannot be described, bearing the curse of God, for he made him to be sin for us, though he knew no sin. He said, "I should have been very much surprised if he had not been." It will be easier, a great deal, depend upon it, even for God to make you new, than to mend you; for the fact is that "the carnal mind is enmity against God," and is not reconciled to God, neither, indeed, can be; so that mending will not answer; you must be made anew. He saith, and he performs the saying, "Behold, I make all things new." And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. We dare not say that we have kept the ten commands from our youth up; on the contrary, we are compelled by our consciences to confess that in spirit and in heart, if not in act, we have continually broken the law of God; and we are therefore under sin and condemnation, and there is no hope for us by the works of the law. Certainly it is most true of the celestial city, as well as of the millennial city, that the throne of God and of the , Till We Meet Again In our heart there is a new heaven and a new earth. Listen! That is, all who love anyone or anything better than God. The greater the sinner, the greater the joy to loving believers when they see him saved. Many Christians are of the sickly-valley breed. I pray God to bless these feeble words of mine for the helping of some of his chosen out of the darkness of their fears. 'A New Creation' and 'Sermon for New Year's-Day', A Sermon Published on Thursday, July 15th, 1915. And they will be brought in, I feel assured; but, oh, that it may be this year! Oh for a bedewing of the Holy Spirit while entering upon this theme! All his works deserve study: "The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein." It leaps at the sound which was once dull to its ears the name of a precious Christ. This is the second death." I will pray, "Lord, make my children new." "A servant abideth not in the house for ever." "And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new." There shall be no injustice towards the poor; there shall be no envying of the rich; there shall be no law to make men slaves; there shall be no power to oppress, because there shall be no will to do it. After you have believed unto life you will go and do all manner of holy deeds as the result of your new life; but do not attempt them with the view of earning life. Here we do not find any mediatorial kingdom. Revelation 21:24. 2 And I saw the The old nature needed to be awed with threatenings, or bribed with rewards; the new nature feels the impulse of love. The words he speaks to us to-night are truly divine. That near and dear relationship which is manifested in adoption and regeneration, binds the child of God to the great Father's heart in such a way that he will never cast him off, nor suffer him to perish. Devils could not be worse than men when their passions are let loose. Why, himself. Revelation 21 - Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Bible A brother said to me some time ago, "Dear sir, I frequently grow very sleepy in my walk with God. , , . Yet it is not necessary to think of an entirely new creation, as i A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH The life that we live in the flesh is no longer according to the lusts of the world, but we live by faith in the Son of God, who loved us and gave himself for us. are burning and wasting it beneath our feet, fires everfeeding on THEN I SAW A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH. CHAPTER XXI. The book of Revelation closes with solemn appeals of the Lord Jesus to men in general and to the believers especially. trees, etc., since, as McCord notes, we will have spiritual bodies for None but a Savior on the throne could accomplish it; and therefore let him have the glory of it. REV. If you leave the fountain foul the streams cannot be pure. Revelation 21 - Sermon Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org Revelation 21:1 The Spurgeon Library | Scriptures | Revelation other; the earth of the saints, their glorified, bodies, will be But come! Sorrow shalt cease, and tears shall be wiped away. The Book of Genesis is commonly If Jesus has not made us new already, let the new year cause us to think about the great and needful change of conversion; and if our Lord has begun to make us new, and we have somewhat entered into the new world wherein dwelleth righteousness, let us be persuaded by the season to press forward into the center of his new creation, that we may feel to the full all the power of his grace. We will not go on with that lamentation, but we will hear the cheering word, "Behold, I make all things new." Dogs would scarce tear each other as men do. He also knew well the terrible joy that comes only through suffering as he lived quite afflicted (both by illness and slander). I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. This renewing work has been in our Lord's hands from of old. . What songs would have hailed the rising of the sun the birds of paradise carolling on every hill and in every dale their Maker's praise! There is a hand that can give you a gravitation in the opposite direction. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. God's Church glorified lieth open to all quarters of the infinitude of space, it is no prison-house of souls that dare not go beyond its borders, but a many-gated city, so that the blessed spirits there can fly whithersoever they will. ", "Ring out the old, ring in the new; Ring, happy bells, across the snow; The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. first heaven and first earth was passed away: being changed, not as to No, that is not the right word, it is the cowardly, for there are many who are full of fear who are nevertheless most sincere and right in God's sight: Revelation 21:8. ind. "No, no," says the old father, "I used to pray for my boy; he broke my heart; he brought his mother's grey hairs with sorrow to the grave; but he has gone away, and I have not heard of him for years, and I am almost afraid to wish I ever may hear of him again, for he did seem so reckless, that my only comfort is in trying to forget him." INTRODUCTORY WORDS _The new heaven and the new earth_, 1. "Never did angels taste above Redeeming grace and dying love.". _IAN MACKERVOY_ Praise is our ever new delight; let us baptize the new year into a sea of it. Now, we are beyond the thousand years. Heaven is God's dwelling place. They that walk in the light of his countenance can say of the Lord Jesus, "Thou hast the dew of thy youth"; and that dew falls upon those who dwell with him. NOW is sealed the eternal doom of the dragon, beast, false prophet, It was a fair world, full of everything that was lovely, beautiful, happy, holy. And I saw Leaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. Men hate God without the slightest reason for doing so, and God loves men without the slightest reason; there was every reason why men should love God, and not hate him; yet they have hated him without a cause, and there is every reason why God should hate man and not love him, yet he loves him so much that he gave his only-begotten Son to die, that whosoever believeth in him may live for ever. The last year had become wheezy, croaking, and decrepit, in its old age; and we lay it asleep with a psalm of judgment and mercy. Our Lord Jesus Christ shall put a new heart into earth's kings, and then he shall come himself to take their thrones and their crowns, and to be himself our Universal King, and in his day shall the righteous flourish.
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