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Dec 31, 2012 20:57:44 #
Some thoughts to consider, as 2012 passes and 2013 begins ...
"The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."
Jeremiah 8:20
Not saved! Dear reader, is this your mournful plight? Warned of the judgment to come, bidden to escape for your life, and yet at this moment not saved! You know the way of salvation, you read it in the Bible, you hear it from the pulpit, it is explained to you by friends, and yet you neglect it, and therefore you are not saved. You will be without excuse when the Lord shall judge the quick and dead. The Holy Spirit has given more or less of blessing upon the word which has been preached in your hearing, and times of refreshing have come from the divine presence, and yet you are without Christ.
All these hopeful seasons have come and gone--your summer and your harvest have past--and yet you are not saved. Years have followed one another into eternity, and your last year will soon be here: youth has gone, manhood is going, and yet you are not saved. Let me ask you--will you ever be saved? Is there any likelihood of it? Already the most propitious seasons have left you unsaved; will other occasions alter your condition? Means have failed with you--the best of means, used perseveringly and with the utmost affection--what more can be done for you? Affliction and prosperity have alike failed to impress you; tears and prayers and sermons have been wasted on your barren heart. Are not the probabilities dead against your ever being saved? Is it not more than likely that you will abide as you are till death forever bars the door of hope? Do you recoil from the supposition? Yet it is a most reasonable one: he who is not washed in so many waters will in all probability go filthy to his end.
The convenient time never has come, why should it ever come? It is logical to fear that it never will arrive, and that Felix like, you will find no convenient season till you are in hell. O bethink you of what that hell is, and of the dread probability that you will soon be cast into it!
Reader, suppose you should die unsaved, your doom no words can picture. Write out your dread estate in tears and blood, talk of it with groans and gnashing of teeth: you will be punished with everlasting destruction from the glory of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. A brother's voice would fain startle you into earnestness. O be wise, be wise in time, and ere another year begins, believe in Jesus, who is able to save to the uttermost. Consecrate these last hours to lonely thought, and if deep repentance be bred in you, it will be well; and if it lead to a humble faith in Jesus, it will be best of all.
O see to it that this year pass not away, and you an unforgiven spirit. Let not the new year's midnight peals sound upon a joyless spirit! Now, now, NOW believe, and live.
~Charles Spurgeon
~~Evening and Morning devotions
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/charles_spurgeon.html
"The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."
Jeremiah 8:20
Not saved! Dear reader, is this your mournful plight? Warned of the judgment to come, bidden to escape for your life, and yet at this moment not saved! You know the way of salvation, you read it in the Bible, you hear it from the pulpit, it is explained to you by friends, and yet you neglect it, and therefore you are not saved. You will be without excuse when the Lord shall judge the quick and dead. The Holy Spirit has given more or less of blessing upon the word which has been preached in your hearing, and times of refreshing have come from the divine presence, and yet you are without Christ.
All these hopeful seasons have come and gone--your summer and your harvest have past--and yet you are not saved. Years have followed one another into eternity, and your last year will soon be here: youth has gone, manhood is going, and yet you are not saved. Let me ask you--will you ever be saved? Is there any likelihood of it? Already the most propitious seasons have left you unsaved; will other occasions alter your condition? Means have failed with you--the best of means, used perseveringly and with the utmost affection--what more can be done for you? Affliction and prosperity have alike failed to impress you; tears and prayers and sermons have been wasted on your barren heart. Are not the probabilities dead against your ever being saved? Is it not more than likely that you will abide as you are till death forever bars the door of hope? Do you recoil from the supposition? Yet it is a most reasonable one: he who is not washed in so many waters will in all probability go filthy to his end.
The convenient time never has come, why should it ever come? It is logical to fear that it never will arrive, and that Felix like, you will find no convenient season till you are in hell. O bethink you of what that hell is, and of the dread probability that you will soon be cast into it!
Reader, suppose you should die unsaved, your doom no words can picture. Write out your dread estate in tears and blood, talk of it with groans and gnashing of teeth: you will be punished with everlasting destruction from the glory of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. A brother's voice would fain startle you into earnestness. O be wise, be wise in time, and ere another year begins, believe in Jesus, who is able to save to the uttermost. Consecrate these last hours to lonely thought, and if deep repentance be bred in you, it will be well; and if it lead to a humble faith in Jesus, it will be best of all.
O see to it that this year pass not away, and you an unforgiven spirit. Let not the new year's midnight peals sound upon a joyless spirit! Now, now, NOW believe, and live.
~Charles Spurgeon
~~Evening and Morning devotions
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/charles_spurgeon.html
Dec 31, 2012 21:00:02 #
Thank You croche, I'm convinced that you are a fine person as well.
Dec 31, 2012 21:03:44 #
Dec 31, 2012 21:54:51 #
Audie Thornburg wrote:
Thank You croche, I'm convinced that you are a fine person as well.
Yup--- I think you are correct
Have a Happy New Year!!!
Dec 31, 2012 22:10:26 #
Jan 9, 2013 11:34:14 #
I actually get my inspiration from the fire hydrant across the street. And that same fire hydrant answers my prayers at the same rate as I used to get when I prayed to an invisible "God". You win a few, and you lose a few. This started when I was in Sunday School when I was about 7 years old. Is brain washing illegal?
Don't get me started about the existance of a man who is said to have a virgin for a mother.I have to laugh every time I see or hear that.
Don't get me started about the existance of a man who is said to have a virgin for a mother.I have to laugh every time I see or hear that.
Audie Thornburg wrote:
You want to know how Jesus spoke to me ? Read and study the Bible. He not only speaks to all of us by his written word but he also speaks to us through our hearts. That Still Small Voice inside each of us. Maybe you can't hear it audibly, but You Hear It! As For "Hatred", Jesus says to Love your brother as you Love yourself. Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner.
Jun 17, 2013 04:19:00 #
tschmath wrote:
What a bunch of pseudo-religious crap. So because adults took god out of school he decided to punish them by allowing their children to be slaughtered. Stupid slogans don't do anything to solve the problem.
Why are you such a left wing moron?
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Jun 17, 2013 11:01:24 #
MisterWilson wrote:
Some thoughts to consider, as 2012 passes and 2013... (show quote)
Wilson....I just saw this now. What a great post.
Jun 17, 2013 11:37:26 #
SteveR wrote:
Wilson....I just saw this now. What a great post.
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Jun 17, 2013 21:56:10 #
jjwright71
Loc: Lubbock,Tx
choppbobby wrote:
ya been sipping on that apple cider you make in the vally ,,but i dont care, enjoy!I actually get my inspiration from the fire hydrant across the street. And that same fire hydrant answers my prayers at the same rate as I used to get when I prayed to an invisible "God". You win a few, and you lose a few. This started when I was in Sunday School when I was about 7 years old. Is brain washing illegal?
Don't get me started about the existance of a man who is said to have a virgin for a mother.I have to laugh every time I see or hear that.
Don't get me started about the existance of a man who is said to have a virgin for a mother.I have to laugh every time I see or hear that.
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