Oh that you would yield on this first night of the year to him who can make new creatures of you. He that rightly understands the difference between the two covenants has the foundation of sound theology laid in his mind. We used to think it a wise world once, but how foolish we think it now! Looking at the text in this light, I think it speaks to everyone here present Would you begin anew, lo, there is one who can help you to do so! 1. - But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death; but for the fearful, etc.The construction is changed in the middle of the verse. 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: Here as in Revelation He sees a new A Description of the Holy City. By him man's side of the covenant was undertaken and fulfilled, and now no condition remains; it is solely made up of promises which are unconditional and sure to all the seed. I want, then, to drop into your ear and may the Spirit of God drop into your heart this word, you may be born again. 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. Revelation 21:1-27 - Spurgeon's Bible Commentary - BibliaPlus 2 And I saw the With all our fresh springs in God, we ought to be always full of new life. THE FINAL REGENERATION. resurrection. This might naturally be understood as in Revelation Revelation 21:5 . 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. Charles Haddon Spurgeon July 31, 1864 Scripture: Revelation 21:23 From: Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Volume 10 The Lamb- The Light "And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof."Rev. And all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. 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. You ought to be thankful to God that he has not yet recompensed you that he has not dealt with you after your sins, nor rewarded you according to your iniquities. , Chapters Available - Revelation - Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Sometimes all this worry is mere discontent; and when the child of God gets right himself these imaginary troubles vanish like the mist of the morning; but when they are real troubles, God can as easily change your condition, dear child of God, as he can turn his hand. Blessed book; it is just the same, but oh, how differently do we read it. INTRODUCTORY WORDS _ (G3708) , (Revelation 21:1) Th _aor. The curse fell on him, as it is written, "Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree." Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Newington. Lord, let us enter into this new universe of thine. THE NEW HEAVENS AND THE NEW EARTH (REVELATION 21:1). Dogs would scarce tear each other as men do. Now, you that feel that you must cry aloud for joy, join with me and cry "Hallelujah" [A great number of voices cried, "Hallelujah!"] heavenly. (1) Now follows the second part of the history prophetic of the future _New, by their form and qualities, but not by their substance. By grace every believer is brought into a new relationship with God. How ingeniously they bring him in! It is the purpose and intention of the Lord Jesus to make this world entirely new. What law could not do, grace has accomplished. We have, of course, that natural life which is sustained by food, and evidenced by our breath; but there is another life within which is not seen of men, nor fed by the provisions of earth. Revelation 21:7-8. You must trace the birth of the new creation up to the grave of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the place where the cross stood, and where his body lay. I want to say to such, if you have been all your lifetime in bondage, you need not remain there any longer; for there is in Jesus the power to make all things new, and to lift you into new delights. You know that they are Sabbath-breakers, and utterly godless, and you tremble for their eternal fate. Sorrow shalt cease, and tears shall be wiped away. We must view his purpose. The mountains and the hills break forth before us into singing, and we cannot be dumb. other; the earth of the saints, their glorified, bodies, will be 7 Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children. 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. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. There was no more sea [ first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. We are at this moment specially ready for a new year. 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. not diffi, And I saw So it runs, Revelation 19:11, Revelation 20:1, Revelation 21 - Spurgeon's Bible Commentary - BibliaPlus These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. 1. I rejoice in the fact that we are no longer bond-slaves but sons. away. Persons who profess to have communications with the dead necromancers, spiritualists, and all people of that sort. Amen. I love thee, O my Saviour, because on the cross thou didst bear shame, and spitting, and manifold disgrace for me. My family cause me great anxiety. It is his high prerogative to make and to destroy. You godly wives, who have ungodly husbands, you shall pray, "Lord, make our husbands new." Oh, it is wonderful how different a thing becomes when it is taken to God. WE shall take these words as referring to heaven. One weeps over the past and the lost. 8:2; _WONDERFUL FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD REVELATION 21:1-7:_ God's faithful What though he pleases to take his time, and to use humble instrumentalities to effect his purposes, yet do it he will. Bibliographical Information Spurgeon, Charle Haddon. The Lord give us eyes to see it. They are new men, "begotten again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." C.H. 4 Those who have suffered death for their loyalty during the great And I John saw the hol _REVELATION 21:1_. We are now come, in the course of these 1. "Yes," says a husband here, "I have prayed for my wife o many times, that I do feel tempted to give it up; it is not likely that I shall ever live to see her saved." I am persuaded that the most of us are beggars when we might be millionaires in spiritual things. I do not mean that its rivers, its lakes, its valleys, its mountains are repulsive. _An angel shows J AND I SAW A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH - Such a heaven and earth that We have access to him by the new and living way. Aug. omits . Now the veil lifts for the last time, and we behold the new universe. "Why?" Oh! The title: Revelation 21:1 _a b_ = Revelation 20:11 _c_. But there came a serpent, and his craft spoiled it all. 1. When there shall be a new heaven and a new earth, and the Church shall be in her new and glorified condition, then there will be no need for all those purifying forces which have been so active here below. There is a hand that can give you a gravitation in the opposite direction.