Faith’s Check Book
By Charles H. Spurgeon
NOTHING OLD
"And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things
new" Revelation 21:5
Glory be to His name! All things need making new, for they are sadly
battered and worn by sin. It is time that the old vesture was rolled up and
laid aside, and that creation put on her Sunday suit. But no one else can make
all things new except the Lord who made them at the first; for it needs as much
power to make out of evil as to make out of nothing. Our Lord Jesus has
undertaken the task, and He is fully competent for the performance of it.
Already He has commenced His labor, and for centuries He has persevered in
making new the hearts of men, and the order of society. By-and-by He will make
new the whole constitution of human government, and human nature shall be
changed by His grace; and there shall come a day when the body shall be made
new, and raised like unto His glorious body.
What a joy to belong to a kingdom in which everything is being made new
by the power of its King! We are not dying out: we are hastening on to a more
glorious life. Despite the opposition of the powers of evil, our glorious Lord
Jesus is accomplishing His purpose, and making us, and all things about us,
"new," and as full of beauty as when they first came from the hand of
the Lord.
Thought’s for the Quiet Hour
Having therefore these promises
2 Cor. 7:1
The forests in summer days are full of birds’ nests. They are hidden
among the leaves. The little birds know where they are; and when a storm
arises, or when night draws on, they fly, each to his own nest. So the promises
of God are hidden in the Bible, like nests in the great forests; and thither we
should fly in any danger or alarm, hiding there in our soul’s nest until the
storm be overpast. There are no castles in this world so impregnable as the
words of Christ.
J. R. Miller
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