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A has The foundation being made new, the Lord Jesus Christ has set before us a new way of life, which grows out of that covenant. You recollect how it was made at first pure and perfect. And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. From the moment that we trusted in Jesus, a new life darted into our spirit. And he said unto me, It is done. God grant you may! The old, old gospel is the newest thing in the world; in its very essence it is for ever good news. ", "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. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie; but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. The enemies of the Lamb have been conquered. 21:23. We cannot demand the servile wage because we have already all that our Father possesses. _a new heaven and a new earth_ Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:22; referred There shall be a new heaven and a new earth, so says the first verse of this chapter; and therefore there will be nothing to weep over concerning the Fall and its consequent miseries. Bibliographical Information Spurgeon, Charle Haddon. We are at this moment specially ready for a new year. We have the first-fruits of the Spirit, and we groan within ourselves while we wait for the fullness of that new creation. When they commence an epistle the Revelation:22:21 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. Can I not do the same again? By grace every believer is brought into a new relationship with God. 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. In the things of God the old is ever new, and if any man brings forward that which seems to be new doctrine and new truth, it is soon perceived that the new dogma is only worn-out heresy dexterously repaired, and the discovery in theology is the digging up of a carcass of error which had better have been left to rot in oblivion. Heaven is God's dwelling place. Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. Then another with great tenderness prayed for his children. A brother said to me some time ago, "Dear sir, I frequently grow very sleepy in my walk with God. 7 Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children. At any rate, it is new, and we are encouraged to couple with it the idea of happiness, as we say one to another, "I wish you a happy New Year. As for myself, my consciousness of being a new man in Christ Jesus is often as sharp and crisp as my consciousness of being in existence. I strove hard and kicked against the pricks. Come, there is one more application, and that is that the Lord can convert those dear friends about whose souls you have been so anxious. Aug. omits . Nobody can tell which spoke of a wheel moves first; it moves as a whole. Oh, I am sure that if we kept up perpetual communion with him, we should keep up a perpetual stream of delights. How pleased we are with that which is new! This new principle is, from day to day, gathering strength, and winning the victory. militant here upon earth, and others to the state of the church Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary, College Press Bible Study Textbook Series, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch, G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible, George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly, John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible, John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments, Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible, Leslie M. 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The Book of Genesis is commonly The straight way to a perpetual newness and freshness of holy youth is to go to Christ again, just as we did at the first. "Lord, make thy poor, spiritually sick child to be strong in spiritual health." The greater the sinner, the greater the joy to loving believers when they see him saved. It is most glorious to God and safe to you: do not neglect so great salvation. What a splendor of almighty goodness shines out upon our souls! THE NEW *CREATION - REVELATION 21:1-8 XXI. What a different Bible we have now! Rev 21:1-8 We have here a more general account of the happiness of the church of God in the future state, by which it seems most safe to understand the heavenly state. I dread this year. it was there that the new world was born! New desires are felt to which we were strangers in our former state. Yes, that we shall if we are numbered among the all things that he makes new. Of Jesus the demand was made and he met it. The moment the divine life comes into the heart we believe: the moment we believe the eternal life is there. Revelation 21:8King James Version. 1. You shall pray, "Lord, make my wife new." It was a fair world, full of everything that was lovely, beautiful, happy, holy. It is his high prerogative to make and to destroy. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. In the great matter of truth and godliness, we may safely say, "There is nothing new under the sun." The remaining two chapters describe the eternal and consummated Let us have a little indulgence to-night. The mountains and the hills break forth before us into singing, and we cannot be dumb. Amen. act. The fearful are those who, through cowardice, have not overcome (cf. John saw, in vision, the glorified Church of God coming to dwell on the new earth, descending for a while from heaven to be the very glory of the newly-created world. lead to the renewal of the entire created order. It was there in the travail of his soul did you ever catch that idea, the travail of his soul? Only let one man lift his finger, and a hundred thousand men are ready to meet a hundred thousand other men, all intent upon doing what? is to be _set free from its slavery to decay_ (Romans 8:21). NO MORE SEA You must be dead and buried with Christ, and risen again in him; and then all will be well, for he will have made all things new. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." In this respect, we are all children, for we eagerly demand the news of the day, and are all too apt to rush after the "many inventions" of the hour. Bible Text Commentaries by C. H. Spurgeon - Blue Letter Bible SAW. There was no more sea [ Also there was no more sea._ 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. Oh, it is wonderful how different a thing becomes when it is taken to God. You, too, will be driven out of your religious profession and your period of probation, and where will you go? It pleased the Father to bruise him; he hath put him to grief; he hath made his soul to be an offering for sin." Why, it is because we get away from him who says, "Behold, I make all things new." Do you not also know, you servants, what is likely to happen to you as servants? Blessed book; it is just the same, but oh, how differently do we read it. And cast their crowns before the throne. Revelation. other; the earth of the saints, their glorified, bodies, will be holy c And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the When they commence an epistle the , Commendation for the Steadfast "Why!" This is the world of weeping, but it passes away. Revelation 8 - Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Bible He sees a new Genesis and Revelation contrasted. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; , The Throne of God and of the Lamb It is like a gibbeted criminal hung up to die. You have grievous trouble because you hear the dearest that you have blaspheming the God you love. Added to Bible Bulletin Board's "Spurgeon Collection" by: Tony Capoccia Bible Bulletin Board Box 119 Columbus, New Jersey, USA, 08022 Our websites: and Email: Online since 1986, To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient. _The new Jerusalem_, 2. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful." Revelation 21:8 in all English translations. A new world now opens to our view ( v. 1 ): I saw a new heaven and a new earth; that is, a new universe; for we suppose the world to be made up of heaven and earth. What is wanted is that you should be made a new creature in Christ Jesus. glory! If a man walks about in it with his eyes open, he will see it to be a horrible sphere. Used by Permission. A strong emphasis in Spurgeon's preaching was God's grace and sovereignty over man's helpless state. (1) Now follows the second part of the history prophetic of the future _New, by their form and qualities, but not by their substance. God grant us to drink of the eternal founts, that we may for ever overflow. I would that there might be some new creations tonight, that that divine heavenly Spirit would come into some of your souls, and drop there that vital spark of heavenly flame which shall never be quenched, but shall burn brightly in heaven for ever. Jerusalem, temple, light, Paradise (Chap. We have no desire for any present payment, for our Father says to us, "Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine"; and, moreover, we have the inheritance in reversion, entailed by the covenant. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. Contents: The seven new things of the Kingdom age earth, peoples, They have a new nature. We have seen men become new husbands, and women become new wives. They that are full of the joy of the Lord never find life grow weary. New - in the sense of being And all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. Revelation 21:8 in all English translations. Sorrow shalt cease, and tears shall be wiped away. _IAN MACKERVOY_ Blessed be his name. "Commentary on Revelation 8". You kept thinking about it, and I hear how these people of God cry 'Hallelujah!' Let us gaze upon THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION. (Isaiah 65:17 ). We will never let you go, neither will we cease from our importunate prayers until we get an answer from the throne, and see you saved. And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. Who is the great I? Child as I was, and under holy restraint as I was, so as to be kept from gross outward sin, I had a powerful inner nature which would not brook control. 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. How ingeniously they bring him in! We are conscious of having been quickened, for we were dead once, and we know it; but now we have passed from death into life, and we know it quite as certainly. So men may launch their divers theories, and patent their social inventions, but after they have re-shaped the society of sinners, they will leave it a sinful society still. You shall be: blessed be God. Revelation 20:11. Revelation 21:1-27 - Spurgeon's Bible Commentary - BibliaPlus And he is considered a clever man, a patriot, a benefactor of his own nation, who, by dint of genius, can discover some new way of destroying his fellow creatures. _The wretched state of the ungodly_, 8. Charles Haddon Spurgeon : Numbers 21:8: A Song At the Well-Head: Spurgeon, Charles Haddon: Numbers 21:16-20: The End of the Righteous Desired: Spurgeon, Charles Haddon: Numbers 23:10: The Star of Jacob: Spurgeon, Charles Haddon: Numbers 24:17-19: The Census of Israel: Spurgeon, Charles Haddon: Numbers 26:63-65: And then the victors on either side in the fray, return, and beat the drums, and sound the trumpets, and say, "Glory! CONTENTS Grace works a very deep, striking, and lasting change. In some matters "the old is better." Shut gates signify war; open gates mean peace. CHAPTER XXI. That Church he sends into the world to act upon the rest of mankind. The old nature needed to be awed with threatenings, or bribed with rewards; the new nature feels the impulse of love. If we can only trust him for those of our friends whose faults seem to us few and light, our little trust will reap little reward; but if we can go with strong faith in a great God, and bring great sinners in our arms, and put them down before this mighty Regenerator of men, and say, "Lord, if thou wilt thou canst make them new"; and if we will never cease the pleading till we get the blessing, then we shall see ever-accumulating illustrations of the fact that Jesus makes all things new; and calling up the witnesses of his redeeming power, we shall cry in the ears of a drowsy Church and an incredulous world, "Behold, behold, behold! I asked about his brother's conversion, and I said, "I suppose you were surprised to see him converted." A Description of the Holy City. "Behold, I make all things new." The Lord's Presence, the Stand and look at it! As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God.. 16, 17. This is commendable resolving, but what will come of it? the first earth are passed away, and the sea is no more.' And sorcerers, Persons who profess to have communications with the dead necromancers, spiritualists, and all people of that sort, Revelation 21:8. He has put a new song into our mouths, and we must sing it. REVELATION 21:2 The new Jerusalem. THE NEW JERUSALEM. What a prospect does all this open up to the believer! 1. From the throne where sits the once crucified but now glorified Saviour, there comes a whisper of hope to each and every soul who would be made new, and would begin life anew. That is, all who love anyone or anything better than God. Gratitude is its mainspring: "We love him because he first loved us." Old Testament analogies of the coming Marriage in the skies. CHAPTER 21 2 And I saw the That same Spirit of God who taught us that we were ruined in our old estate, led us gently by the hand till we came to the New Covenant promise and looked to Jesus, and saw in him the full atonement for sin. It rejoices in hopes which once seemed idle as dreams. (1) AND I SAW A NEW HEAVEN The hope of CHAPTER XVII. Meanwhile, there is no love lost, for the world thinks much the same of us, and therein we can sympathize with Paul when he said, "I am crucified unto the world." Revelation 21:8New International Version. The usual introduction to a new vision (cf. The Judgment is over. Wherever the gospel is preached, the Spirit is present in that gospel, and he gives faith to men, gives life to men, and so they are made new, and the new-making thus goes on. Revelation 21:1. The book of Revelation closes with solemn appeals of the Lord Jesus to men in general and to the believers especially. He saith, and he performs the saying, "Behold, I make all things new." Lord, give us pardon for the past, And strength for days to come.". Are we to be praying for you, and you not praying for yourselves? Some of you, my hearers, are servants now, and as servants I would bid you expect your wages. The ancient prophecy shall be fulfilled to the letter. 3. He can make that prayer-meeting no longer a dreary affair, but quite a new thing to you and all the people. And that blessed Spirit of God is here tonight. glorious state of the church, not in the times of the apostles, or But now we draw near to God and speak with our Father with delight. Revelation 21 Commentary - Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible He filled their hearts, and therefore they must needs speak of him. The first heaven is passed In praise we will vie with angels and archangels, for they are not so indebted to grace as we are. We used to think it a wise world once, but how foolish we think it now! they might properly be called new; such transformations, and such Dear friend, the Lord Jesus Christ is able to make your life entirely new. Did not the morning stars sing together for joy when he made the world? When our friends are made new, oh! THE HEAVENLY GLORY ", We ought not, as men in Christ Jesus, to be carried away by a childish love of novelty, for we worship a God who is ever the same, and of whose years there is no end. ", I should not wonder, therefore, if the mere words of my text should sound like a pleasant song in your ears; but I am thankful that their deeper meaning is even more joyful. And then, as God dwelt of old among his people in the wilderness, and as Jesus Christ, the Word, was made flesh, and tabernacled among us, and we beheld his glory, so in that new world shall God reveal himself to his people by a special indwelling and a peculiar nearness. known as the Book of beginnings. For this reason the gospel sets before us another way, and says, "It is of faith, that it might be by grace." Now breathe a silent prayer, dear brother, dear sister, to him who makes all things new. Peter 3:7. Verily the day will come whether it shall be at his second advent or before his second advent, I do not know the day when from the east to the west, and from the north to the south, there shall be a new world as far as men are concerned. Revelation 21 He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. Who but the eternal Son of God? This our Lord Jesus Christ has done upon the greatest scale. Revelation 21:2. The throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it. Revelation xxii. Well, now, dear friends, why do you and I ever get stale and flat? You and I, if we are trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ, shall be there, living stones prepared by living grace to have a name and a place in this living city. While God's wrath for sin is yet unspent, the world cannot be new; but when that wrath on account of sin is all poured upon the head of the great Substitute, then the world stands in a new relation to God, and it can be a new world. The Lord who makes all things new can hear your prayers. _An angel shows J AND I SAW A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH - Such a heaven and earth that 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. What do you yourself do with a bad servant? Revelation 20:11 has indicated that at the time of the Great White last time, and we behold the new universe. It is written, "By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities"; and this scripture is fulfilled in all those who believe in the Lord Jesus unto eternal life. It is only in imagination that there is any close of one year and beginning of another; and yet it has most fitly all the force of a great fact. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. Temple Section-The Former Resurrection They Sang a New Song: Charles Spurgeon's Reflections on Rev. 5 - Blog Never has our great Father disowned one of his sons. It is fit that things so outworn and defiled should be laid aside, and better things fill their places. "Ah," said one, when she was converted, "either the world is greatly altered, or else I am." 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. C.H. Why should he not make thee new? ver . THE SEVENTH VISION: OF THE HEAVENLY JERUSALEM. Why should we not lift up our voices in his praise? , "I make all things new." and all their followers; yea, and of all who resemble them in the He that rightly understands the difference between the two covenants has the foundation of sound theology laid in his mind. 8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liarsthey will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. This renewing work has been in our Lord's hands from of old. We will not go on with that lamentation, but we will hear the cheering word, "Behold, I make all things new." The house of God, how different it is from what it used to be! He has given us himself and his all-sufficiency for our everlasting portion; what more can we desire? If he will but work upon us by his grace, we cannot tell what he will make of us before he places us in the position he has appointed for us in the glorious city that rests upon these twelve precious foundations. There they are, perfect, and holy, and just, and good; but, alas, dear friends, you and I have broken the commandments. THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB Let us rejoice in this: "Thou art no more a servant but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ." 'A New Creation' and 'Sermon for New Year's-Day', A Sermon Published on Thursday, July 15th, 1915. Genesis 1:1; _Revelation 21:1_ While men will frequently dote upon the old, they are most easily dazzled by the new. There is now a contending force within them the old carnal nature inclining to evil, and the new God-given nature panting after perfection. His saints are "new creatures in Christ Jesus." We hope that this newborn year will not be worse than its predecessor, and we pray that it may be a great deal better. Site by Mere. While men will frequently dote upon the old, they are most easily dazzled by the new. New fears are mighty within us, holy fears which once we should have ridiculed. I wish we had more time to enter fully into this part of the subject. "Behold, I make all things new." I do not mean that its rivers, its lakes, its valleys, its mountains are repulsive. The process which we have roughly described as taking place in ourselves is in other forms going on in the world. I liked what a brother said at the church-meeting on Monday night, when his brother was introduced to the church. Listen! I earnestly recommend you attentively to consider my text. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. And, further, dear friends, there may be some dear child of God here who is conscious that he lives on a very low platform of spiritual life, and he knows that the Lord can raise him to a new condition.

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