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Sermon #430 Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit 1Volume 8 www.spurgeongems.org 1TWO ADVENTS OF CHRISTNO. 430A SERMON DELIVERED ON SUNDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1861,BY REV. C. H. SPURGEON,AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON.“And as is appointed unto men once to die but after thisthe judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear thesins of many, and unto them that look for Himshall He appear the second time withoutsin unto salvation.”Hebrews 9:27, 28.We must begin by noticing the parallel which the Apostle here draws.The words “as” and “so” suggest a comparison between two Truths of God,the correspondence of which he designed to set forth. The one a fact generallyallowed, the other a fact he was anxious to inculcate. Now you willnote that he says, “It is appointed unto men once to die,” and only once.This is a truism. The rule is universal. The exceptions are inconsiderable.One or two persons may have died twice. As, for instance, Lazarus, andthose others who were raised from the dead by Christ. These, we cannotdoubt, after living for a little while, returned again to the tomb.But for the most part, speaking of the race, “It is appointed unto menonce to die.” The greatest affairs of life can only be performed once. We areonce born naturally—are once born spiritually. There are not two naturalbirths, neither are there two spiritual births. We live on earth but once.We die but once. We shall be judged but once. We shall receive the finalsentence but once, and then we shall once be received into the joy of ourLord forever, or once be driven from His Presence never to return.Now, a part of the Apostle’s parallel lies here. As men die but once, soChrist has died but once. As the Law required but one death, so JesusChrist, having offered that one death as the ransom for His people,achieved His task. “In the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die,”was the penalty. “Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,”was the payment. “By one man sin entered into the world and death bysin.” That is the first fact. “But now once in the end of the world has Heappeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.” This is the secondfact.But you have not got the full weight of the comparison yet. After man’sspirit has been once on earth, has lived its time, and the body has died,the soul is to revisit this earth again, for “after this the judgment.” EveryTwo Advents of Christ Sermon #430www.spurgeongems.org Volume 82

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man will have two advents—the advent which he now enjoys or which henow misuses upon earth—and the advent which lies beyond the presentcourse of probation. After he has descended to the tomb, he shall comehere again. His bones shall come together, bone to his bone. The fleshshall come upon the skeleton and the spirit shall return, either from theHeaven where it rejoices, or from the Hell where it howls, to inhabit thebody once again, and to stand upon the earth.We must all come here again—even though the place that now knowsus shall know us no more forever. Yet, somewhere upon this earth weshall stand, even though we should be unable to recognize any likenessbetween that and the place in which we lived, and unable to recognize anylikeness between us and what we were. Regardless, here we must returnto receive our appointed doom.Now, so is it with Christ. He has once died and He is to come a secondtime. A second time is His body to be on earth. After death, the judgment!Only when we speak of Christ, He shall come, not to be judged but to bethe Judge. After death comes the reward with us—after death the rewardwith Him. After our death comes our resurrection. That has passed alreadyupon Christ. As a resurrection shall come to saint and sinner, thefinal audit and pronunciation of the sentence—so Christ shall come to thefinal gathering together of His elect and the final overthrow of all His enemies,to the final crowning of His head—when He shall have put all thingsunder His feet and reign forever and ever.Having thus, I think, brought out the parallel of the text, I will leave itfor you to think over. As it is appointed unto men to die once and afterthis the judgment, so it was appointed unto Christ to die but once. That isachieved. The sequel is now pointed out. To them that look for Him shallHe appear the second time without sin unto salvation. We will spend ourtime tonight, and God grant that we may spend it profitably, by observing,first, the likeness between the two advents of Christ. Secondly, the dissimilaritybetween them, which is a far more extensive subject. And then weshall make a few remarks concerning our personal interest in both advents.I. The text asserts very plainly that as we are here twice—once in a lifeof probation and a second time in the Day of Judgment—so Christ shallbe here twice—once in His life of suffering and then again in His hour oftriumph,THE TWO COMINGS OF CHRIST HAVE SOME DEGREE OF LIKENESS.First, they are like each other in the fact that they are both of them Personalcomings. Christ came the first time, not as a spirit, for a spirit hasnot flesh and bones as He had. He was One who could be pressed to awoman’s bosom, One who could be borne in a father’s arms. He was OneSermon #430 Two Advents of ChristVolume 8 www.spurgeongems.org3

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who could afterwards walk in His own Person to the temple—One whocould bear our sins in His own body on the tree.We have done once and for all with the foolish ideas of certain of theearly heretics, that Christ’s appearance upon earth was but a phantom.We know that He was really, personally, and physically here on earth. Butit is not quite so clear to some persons that He is to come really, personallyand literally, the second time. I know there are some who are laboringto get rid of the fact of a personal reign, but as I take it, the coming andthe reign are so connected, that we must have a spiritual coming if we areto have a spiritual reign.Now we believe and hold that Christ shall come a second time, suddenly,to raise His saints at the first resurrection. This shall be the commencementof the grand judgment and they shall reign with Him afterwards.The rest of the dead live not till after the thousand years are finished.Then shall they rise from their tombs at the sounding of thetrumpet and their judgment shall come and they shall receive the deedswhich they have done in their bodies.Now, we believe that the Christ who shall sit on the Throne of His fatherDavid, and whose feet shall stand upon Mount Olivet, is as much apersonal Christ as the Christ who came to Bethlehem and wept in themanger. We do believe that the very Christ whose body did hang upon thetree shall sit upon the Throne. That the very hands that felt the nails shallgrasp the scepter. That the very feet that were fastened to the Cross shalltread upon the necks of His foes. We look for the personal advent, thepersonal reign, the personal session and court of Christ.Nor less shall the advents be like each other in the fact that they shallboth be according to promise. The promise of the first coming of Christ wasthat which made glad the early Believers. “Your father Abraham rejoicedto see My day, he saw it and was glad.” The epitaph inscribed upon theslab which covers the sepulcher of the early saints has written upon it,“These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seenthem afar off.” And today we believe that Christ is to come according topromise.We think we have abundant evidence in the Words that were uttered bythe lips of inspired Prophets and Seers, and more especially from theenraptured pen of John in Patmos. Do they not testify that Christ shallsurely come? We now, like Abraham of old, do see His day. Our eyes catchthe coming splendor. Our soul is overwhelmed with the approaching glory.Did the Jew look for Messiah, the Prince? So do we. Did he expect Him toreign? So do we. In fact, the very Prince for whom Israel now looks in allher hardness of heart, is He whom we expect.Two Advents of Christ Sermon #430www.spurgeongems.org Volume 84

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They doubt Messiah’s first advent and they look for Him to come as thefairest among ten thousand, the Prince of the Kings of the earth. Hail,Israel! In this your Gentile sister is agreed. She looks for Him to come inthe same form and fashion. And when His coming shall have removed thescales from the blind eyes of Israel’s tribes, then the fullness of the Gentilesshall, with Abraham’s seed, praise and magnify the Lamb once slain,who comes the second time as the Lion of the tribe of Judah. In both caseswe think the advent of Christ fully promised.But we must remark in the next place, that the second advent of Christwill be like the first in its being unexpected by the mass of people. WhenHe came before, there were only a few looking for Him. Simeon and Annaand some humble souls of the sort knew that He was about to come. Theothers knew that the Patriarchs and Prophets of their nation had foretoldHis birth. But the vanity of their thoughts, and the conduct of their liveswere at such entire variance with the creed to which they were trained,they cared nothing for Him.The Magi might come from the distant East, and the shepherds fromthe adjacent plains—but how little sensation did they make in the streetsof busy Jerusalem, in the halls of kings, or in the homes of business? Thekingdom of God came not with observation. In such an hour as theythought not, the Son of Man came. And now, though we have the Words ofScripture to assure us that He will come quickly and that His reward iswith Him and His work before Him—yet how few expect Him!The coming of some foreign Prince, the approach of some great event, islooked for and anticipated from the hour that the purpose is promulgatedamong the people. But Your coming, Jesus, Your glorious advent—whereare they that strain their eyes to catch the first beams of the Sun rising?There are a few of Your followers who wait for Your appearing. We meetwith a few men who walk as those who know that time is short and thatthe Master may come at cockcrowing, or at midnight, or at the day watch.We know a few beloved disciples who, with longing hearts, beguile theweary hours, while they prepare songs to greet You, O Immanuel!—“Strangers on earth, we wait for You;O leave the Father’s Throne,Come with a shout of victory,Lord, And claim us as Your own.No resting place we seek on earth,No loveliness we see,Our eye is on the royal Throne,Prepared for us and You.”Lord, increase the number of those who look for You, and desire You, andpray and wait for You, and watch through the dreary hours of the nightfor the morning which Your coming shall usher in!Sermon #430 Two Advents of ChristVolume 8 www.spurgeongems.org5

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Yet, mark, when He shall come, there will be this to say about it, thatHe will come to bless those who do wait for Him just as He did at the first.Blessed were the eyes that saw Him! Blessed were the hearts that lovedHim! Blessed were the ears that heard Him! Blessed were the lips thatkissed Him! Blessed were the hands that broke the tributary alabaster boxupon His glorious head—and blessed shall they be who are counted worthyof the resurrection and of the kingdom which He has prepared!Blessed are they who, having been born of the Spirit, can see the kingdomof God. But doubly blessed are they who, having been born of wateras well as of the Spirit, shall enter into the kingdom of God! For unto allthis is not given. There are some who will not see the kingdom and otherswho cannot enter because they will not obey the ordinances which makesthem Christ’s disciples. Thrice blessed shall they be who, with loins girtabout, being obedient servants, and having done His will, shall hear Himsay, “Come you blessed, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from beforethe foundation of the world.” He comes to bless His people.But then there is this further likeness and with the mention of it, Iclose this first point—He comes, not only to bless His people but to be astone of stumbling and a rock of offense to them that believe not upon Him.When He came the first time, He was like a refiner’s fire and like fuller’ssoap. As the refiner’s fire burns up the dross, so did He consume the Phariseesand Sadducees—and as the fuller’s soap cleanses away the filth, sodid He unto that generation when He condemned it, even as Jonah theProphet did unto the men of Nineveh and thereby condemned the men ofJerusalem because they repented not.Thus too, when He shall come the second time, while He shall bless Hispeople, His fan will be in His hand and He will thoroughly purge His floorand they who know Him not, and love Him not, shall be driven away likethe chaff into unquenchable fire. Long not for Christ’s coming if you loveHim not, for the Day of the Lord will be unto you darkness, and not light.Ask not for the world’s end—say not, “Come quickly,” for His coming willbe your destruction—His advent will be the coming of your eternal horror.God grant us Divine Grace to love the Savior and put our trust in Him.Then, but not till then, we may say, “Come quickly, come quickly, LordJesus!”II. Now we shall turn to the second part of our subject, THE UNLIKENESSBETWEEN THE TWO ADVENTS.In the prophecy of His coming the first and the second time there wasdisparity as well as correspondence. It is true in both cases He will comeattended by angels and the song shall be, “Glory to God in the highest, onearth peace, goodwill towards men.” It is true in both cases, shepherdswho keep watch over their flocks, even by night, shall be among the firstTwo Advents of Christ Sermon #430www.spurgeongems.org Volume 86

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to hail Him with their sleepless eyes—blessed shepherds who watch Christ’sfolds, and therefore shall see the Great Shepherd when He comes.Still, how different, I say, will be His coming. At first He came as an Infantof a span long. Now He shall come—“In rainbow wreath and clouds of storm,”the Glorious One. Then He entered into a manger, now He shall ascendHis Throne. Then He sat upon a woman’s knees and did hang upon awoman’s breast. Now earth shall be at His feet and the whole universeshall hang upon His everlasting shoulders. Then He appeared the Infant,now the Infinite. Then He was born to trouble as the sparks fly upward,now He comes to glory as the lightning from one end of Heaven to the other.A stable received Him then. Now the high arches of earth and Heavenshall be too little for Him. Horned oxen were then His companions, butnow the chariots of God which are twenty thousand, even thousands ofangels, shall be at His right hand. Then in poverty His parents were tooglad to receive the offerings of gold and frankincense and myrrh. But nowin splendor, King of kings, and Lord of lords, all nations shall bow beforeHim—and kings and princes shall pay homage at His feet.Still He shall need nothing at their hands, for He will be able to say, “If Iwere hungry I would not tell you, for the cattle are Mine upon a thousandhills.” “You have put all things under His feet. All sheep and oxen, yes,and the beasts of the field.” “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof.”Nor will there merely be a difference in His coming. There will be a mostdistinct and apparent difference in His Person. He will be the same, sothat we shall be able to recognize Him as the Man of Nazareth, but O, howchanged! Where now the carpenter’s smock? Royalty has now assumed itspurple. Where now the toil-worn feet that needed to be washed after theirlong journeys of mercy? They are sandaled with light, they “are like untofine brass as if they burned in a furnace.” Where now the cry, “Foxes haveholes and the birds of the air have nests but I, the Son of Man, have notwhere to lay My head”?Heaven is His Throne. Earth is His footstool. Methinks in the night visionsI behold the day dawning. And to the Son of Man there is given“dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all people, nations and languages,should serve Him.” Ah, who would think to recognize in the weary Manand full of woes, the King eternal, immortal, invisible? Who would thinkthat the humble Man, despised and rejected, was the seed corn out ofwhich there should grow that full corn in the ear, Christ All-Glorious, beforewhom the angels veil their faces and cry, “Holy, holy, holy, Lord Godof Sabaoth”?Sermon #430 Two Advents of ChristVolume 8 www.spurgeongems.org7

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He is the same but yet how changed! You that despised Him, will youdespise Him now? Imagine the Judgment Day has come and let this vastaudience represent the gathering of the last dreadful morning. Now youwho despised His Cross, come forward and insult His Throne! Now youwho said He was a mere man, come near and resist Him, while He provesHimself to be your Creator! Now, you who said, “We will not have this manto reign over us,” say it now if you dare—repeat now, if you dare, yourbold presumptuous defiance!What? Are you silent? Do you turn your backs and flee? Verily, verily,so was it said of you of old. They that hate Him shall flee before Him. Hisenemies shall lick the dust. They shall cry to the rocks to cover them andto the hills to hide them from His face. How changed, I say, will He be inthe appearance of His Person.But the difference will be more apparent in the treatment which He willthen receive. Alas, my Lord, Your reception on earth the first time was notsuch as would tempt You here again. “All they that see Me laugh Me toscorn. They thrust out the lip. They say, He trusted in God that He woulddeliver Him, let Him deliver Him if He delights in Him. I am become a reproach,the song of the drunkard, a byword and a proverb.” “When weshall see Him, there is no beauty in Him that we should desire Him.”This was the world’s opinion of God’s Anointed. So they did salute Jehovah’sChrist when He came the first time. Blind World, open your eyeswhile the thunderclaps of judgment make you start up in terror andamazement and look about you. This is the Man in whom you could seeno beauty—dare you say the same of Him now? His eyes are like flames offire and out of His mouth goes a two-edged sword. His head and His hairare white like wool, as white as snow, and His feet like much fine gold.How glorious now! How different, now, the world’s opinion of Him!Bad men weep and wail because of Him. Good men cry, “All hail! Allhail! All hail!” They clap their hands and bow their heads and leap for joy.Around Him an innumerable company of angels wait—cherubim and seraphimwith glowing wheels attend at His feet and ever unto Him theycontinually, continually, continually cry—Holy, holy, holy, Lord God ofHosts.” Let us suppose again that the Judgment Day has come and let uschallenge the world to treat the Savior as it did before.Now, then, Crowds, come and drag Him down, to hurl Him from thehill, headlong! Step forward, you Pharisees, and tempt Him and try to entangleHim in His words. Herodians, have you no penny now, that youmay ask Him a difficult question to entrap Him? What? Sadducees, haveyou no riddles left? Aha! Aha! Laugh at the Scribes and at the wise men—see how the wise Man of Nazareth has confounded them all! See how theSufferer has put to nothing the persecutors! Come Judas, arch-traitor,Two Advents of Christ Sermon #430www.spurgeongems.org Volume 88

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sell Him for thirty pieces of silver! Come and give Him another kiss andplay the traitor over again!Pilate, come forward and wash your hands in innocence and say,” I amclear of the blood of this just Person!” See to it, you fathers of the Sanhedrin,wake from your long slumbers, and say again, if you dare, “This manblasphemes.” Smite Him on the cheek you soldiers, buffet Him again youpraetorians. Set Him once more in the chair and spit in His face. Weaveyour crown of thorns and put it on His head and put the reed into Hisright hand. What? Have you not an old cloak to cast about His shouldersagain? What? Have you no songs, no ribald jests, and is there not a manamong you that dares, now, to pluck his hair?No, see them, how they flee! Their loins are loosed. The shields of themighty have been cast to the winds. Their courage has failed them. Thebrave Romans have turned cowards and the haughty bulls of Bashanhave hastened away from their pastures. And now, you Jews, cry, “Awaywith Him,” now let His blood be on you and on your children! Now comeforward, you ribald crew and mock Him as you did upon the Cross. Pointto His wounds, jeer at His nakedness—mock His thirst, revile His prayer—stand and thrust out your tongues and insult His agonies if you dare. Youdid it once! It is the same Person! Do it again!But, no. They throw themselves upon their faces and there goes upfrom the assembled mass a wail such as earth never heard before—noteven in the day when Mizraim’s children felt the angel’s sword and, weepingworse than it was ever known in Bochim. Hotter tears than Rachelshed when she would not be comforted for her children. Weep on! It is toolate for your sorrow now. Oh, if there had been the tear of penitence before,there had not been the weeping of remorse, now. Oh, if there hadbeen the glancing of the eye of faith, there had not been the blasting andthe scorching of your eyes with horrors that shall utterly consume you.Christ comes, I say, to be treated very differently from the treatment Hereceived before.The difference appears once more in this. He will come again for a verydifferent purpose. He came the first time with, “I delight to do Your will OGod.” He comes a second time to claim the reward and to divide the spoilwith the strong. He came the first time with a sin-offering. That offeringhaving been once made, there is no more sacrifice for sin. He comes thesecond time to administer righteousness. He was righteous at His firstcoming, but it was the righteousness of allegiance. He shall be righteousat His second coming with the righteousness of supremacy. He came toendure the penalty, He comes to procure the reward. He came to serve, Hecomes to rule.Sermon #430 Two Advents of ChristVolume 8 www.spurgeongems.org9

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He came to open wide the door of Divine Grace, He comes to shut thedoor. He comes not to redeem but to judge. Not to save but to pronouncethe sentence. Not to weep while He invites, but to smile while He rewards.Not to tremble in heart while He proclaims Grace but to make otherstremble while He proclaims their doom. Oh Jesus! How great the differencebetween Your first and Your second Advent!III. I must now spend the few minutes that remain in ASKING A FEWQUESTIONS.What has this to do with us? It has something to do with everyone ofus, from the oldest bald-head here, down to that rosy child who is listeningwith eyes of wonder to the thought that Christ shall come and everyeye shall see Him. There are many spectacles which only a few among thechildren of men can see but every eye shall see Him. Many of us may begone from this earth before the next great display shall be seen in London,but every eye shall see Him. There may be some grand sights which youfeel no interest in. You would not see them if you might, but you shall seeHim.You would not go to a place of worship to hear Him but you shall seeHim. Perhaps you went up to the House of God sometimes, and whenthere, vowed you would never go again. Ah, but you will be there then,without a question as to your choice. And you will have to remain till theclose, too, till He pronounces either the benediction or the maledictionupon your heads. For every eye shall see Him. There is not one of us thatwill be absent on the day of Christ’s appearing. We have all, then, an interestin it. Alas, it is a sorrowful thought that many will see Him to weepand to wail!Will you be among that number? No, do not look around to your neighbor—will you be among that number? Alas for you! You will, if you neverweep for sin on earth. If you do not weep for sin on earth you shall weepfor it there. And, mark, if you do not fly to Christ and trust in Him now,you shall be obliged to fly from Him and be accursed of Him then. “If anyman love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha”—accursed with a curse!Paul said that. In the name of the Church, by its most loving and tenderApostle, the soul is cursed that loves not Christ! Heaven on that dayshall solemnly ratify the curse with an “Amen.” And the Day of Judgmentbrings its thunders to roll in dreadful chorus the sound, “Amen. Let himbe accursed if he loves not Christ.” But there will be some there who,when Christ shall come, shall greatly rejoice to see Him. Will you beamong that number? Will there be a crown for you? Will you share in thatmagnificent triumph? Will you make one of that royal court which shalldelight to “see the King in His beauty” in “the land that is very far off”?Two Advents of Christ Sermon #430www.spurgeongems.org Volume 81010Sister, will you be among the daughters of Jerusalem who shall goforth to meet King Solomon with the crown his mother crowned Him inthe day of His espousal? Brother, will you be among those who shall goforth to meet the King when He comes with, “Hosanna, blessed is He thatcomes in the name of the Lord”? “I hope so,” says one. I hope so, too, butare you sure? “Well, I hope so.” Do not be content with having a hope unlessyou know it is a good hope through Divine Grace.What do you say tonight—have you been born again? Have you passedfrom death to life? Are you anew creature in Christ Jesus? Has the Spirit of God had dealings withyou? Have you been led to see the fallacy of all human trust? Have youbeen led to see that no good works of yours can ever fit you to reign withChrist? Have you been led to discard your righteousness as filthy rags?Soul, can you say tonight—“My faith does lay her handOn that dear head of Yours.While like a penitent I stand,And there confess my sin”?Humbly, feebly, but still earnestly, can you say, “Christ is my All. He isall I desire on earth. He is all I need for Heaven”? If so, long for His appearing,for you shall see Him, and shall be glorified in Him. But beware ifyou cannot say that!We are getting near to the end of the year. This is the last time I shallhave the pleasure of addressing you this year. Oh that God may bring inmore in the last week of the year than in all the weeks that have gone! It ispossible. Nothing is too hard for God. It will certainly be so if God shallstir up your hearts, Brothers and Sisters, to pray for it. Are there notyoung men here who are not yet the followers of the Lamb? Oh, that tonight,even tonight, the Spirit of God may say in your heart, “Turn you!Turn you! Why will you die?” And oh, may you be made so uneasy thattonight you will not be able to give sleep to your eyes nor slumber to youreyelids till you have put your trust in Christ and He is yours!Tomorrow probably you will hear the guns betokening the time whenthe ashes of the Prince are put into their resting place. May every gun be asermon to you, and as you hear them booming, let this be its message—“Come to judgment,Come to judgment, come away.”And may you be able to answer as you hear it,“Yes, blessed be God, I amNot afraid to come to judgment, forBold shall I stand in that great day!For who anything to my charge shall lay?While, through Your blood, absolved I am,From sin’s tremendous curse and shame?”Sermon #430 Two Advents of ChristVolume 8 www.spurgeongems.org1111Remember, salvation is by Christ. Not of works, nor of the will of man,nor of blood, nor birth. And this is the message which Christ bids us deliver,“Whosoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Oh, mayyou be led to call on His name by prayer and humble faith and you shallbe saved. “Whosoever believes on Him is not condemned.” Oh, may youbelieve on Him tonight if you never have done so before. Touch the hem ofHis garment, you with the bloody issue. Say, “Jesus, Son of David, havemercy on me!”You with the blind eye, say, “Lord save me, or I perish!” You who areready to sink, cry out to Jesus! And the ready ears of Jesus and the readyhands of the Savior shall now hear and bless if the heart is ready, and ifthe soul is asking mercy. May God grant you the richest blessings of HisGrace for Christ Jesus’ sake. Amen.Perhaps it would be improper in the pulpit to wish you “the complimentsof the season,” but I do wish you the blessing of God at all seasons,in season and out of season, and that is my blessing upon you tonight—that you may have the blessing of God living and His blessing dying—Hisblessing in His advent and His blessing at the Judgment. The Lord blessyou more and more! May He give you a blessed Christmas and the happiestof New Years, and to Him shall be all the praise and the honor.Amen.Adapted from The C. H. Spurgeon Collection, Version 1.0 . Ages Software, 1.800.297.4308PRAY THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL USE THIS SERMONTO BRING MANY TO A SAVING KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST.







”Is PATRIOTISM Sinful?”

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The Adversary’s Goals:

SCRIPTURE: "The ‘Devil’ ... walketh about seeking whom he may DEVOUR." I Pet 5:8

SCRIPTURE:"The ‘Thief’ (Devil) cometh not, but for to steal, to kill and to DESTROY." John 10:10

QUESTION: Do you Believe Satan the Adversary Succeeds?___ Or Fails?___

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SCRIPTURE: "For God sent NOT His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world though Him might be SAVED! See John 3:16 John 3:17

SCRIPTURE: "Beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, ... The Lord is ... NOT willing that any should perish, but that ALL should come to repentance. 2 Pet 3:9

QUESTION: Do you Believe God the Father Succeeds?___ Or Fails?___

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SCRIPTURE: "For the Son of Man is come to seek and to SAVE that which is lost!" Luk 19:10 "For I came NOT to judge the world, but to SAVE the world. John 12:47

SCRIPTURE: "And I, if I be lifted up from the Earth, I WILL DRAW ALL men unto Me." Joh 12:32

QUESTION: Do you Believe God the Son (Jesus Christ): Succeeds?___ Or Fails?___ center>

God the Spirit’s Goals:

SCRIPTURE: Jesus declares: "'I ’WILL’' send Him (Holy Spirit) unto you, and when He is come 'He ’WILL’' testify of Me: John 14:26

SCRIPTURE: "He ’WILL’ reprove the world [convict, convince, correct] of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment: John 16:7

SCRIPTURE: (1) Of sin, because they believe not on me; ... (2) Of righteousness, because I go to my Father; ...(3) Of judgment, because the 'Prince of this World' IS JUDGED!^[A] John 16:8-10


QUESTION: Do you think God the Spirit Succeeds?___ Or Fails?___




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