revelation 3:10 sermon

Come we to the graces of God's Holy Spirit, without the which a man is dead in trespasses and sins, etc., as faith, repentance, peace of conscience, and love, etc., where are any of these to be found?2. The alarm was magnetic. You may be gifted with great talents and great energy; you may gain high distinction and honour in the world; but if your soul be not "alive in Christ," what is all this but a fading garland on the head of a corpse? All the movements of God, especially in the works of creation, are so precisely in order — the sun and the moon knowing their place, and each season following in the train of the other — that it is difficult to persuade ourselves God will in any case interrupt this regular succession of events, and astonish the sinner by any sudden or unexpected explosion of His wrath. Ye know that there be abundance of poor, simple people, that knew not what true religion is, nay, maybe hate it, but yet they are led away with the show of it. it is with many; having a name to live, they are dead.(T. (2) The knowledge Christ hath of the works of men is immediate, not by report from others, but from His own all-penetrating light and inspection. Let us all go back to Him for quickening.(A. Unconsciousness is the surest sign of spiritual decline. "My Father. The reason is this — religion hath an inward dependence upon God; it hath an internal relation unto God; it puts a man into a propriety with God that God is his God; it puts the very name of God upon a man. Keenly alive to the greatness of its wants, and as alive to the willing fulness of the Lord, its desires are continually travelling upwards from these wants to that fulness, in the inward breathings of prayer, if not with its audible words.IV. Spurgeon. (1) The knowledge Christ has of the works of men is most clear. Deadness of conscience, when the conscience hath no force; it may be it finds fault with such and such ways, but it hath no power over the man to make him to leave them.5. Lavington.I. Another use is of terror against us. He has a name to live only, whom difficulties or apprehended dangers cause to turn back, or who, as Solomon says, "faints in the day of adversity.". The first steps of a backslider are visible only to God and the individual himself.2. A. Jesus said to His disciples, "In this world, you will have tribulation.". They may have a name to live with themselves: they may reckon themselves in a state of grace, when they are all the while in the gall of bitterness, and bond of iniquity. Thwing. "I know thy works, that thou hast a name," etc. Your state is inexpressibly awful, and infinitely dangerous.(J. NOW WE COME TO THE PARTICULARS. What is it that has in the course of ages worn into indistinctness the sharp-cut granite features of the Sphynx that looks out over the Egyptian desert? What is it that takes away the grievousness of it, but a lively heart?(Wm. The formalist is, to all appearance, a splendid engine; but there is no fire and the steam is not up. P. Thwing.1. It is hurtful unto others. Thirdly, to be a member of the visible Church of God, to be a stone in God's building, put in by baptism, kept in by profession of the Christian faith. His friends find him and try to arouse him. Their acts of charity and faith had been marred; they were introductions without any succeeding chapters, indeed, but a series of failures. Should a man lean himself upon God, and upon Christ, should a man apply all the promises of the gospel to his soul; alas, what of this? II. It is easy to assume the character of God's people, to imitate their manners, to use their language, to conform to their habits. In that this word was literally fulfilled. Ye know that there be abundance of poor, simple people, that knew not what true religion is, nay, maybe hate it, but yet they are led away with the show of it. Death has sometimes its momentary beauty. A great many of our communities I am afraid are living on the past. A great many of our communities I am afraid are living on the past. Even the smallest company of true worshippers is not forgotten before God.III. (4) These convictions and external reformations may be accompanied with excelling gifts, enlargedness in the duty of prayer, joy and delight in hearing and attending upon the supper of the Lord, frequency in acts of self-denial and mortification. Then this is a terror to all that go on with a self-condemning heart (1 John 3:20). Browse Sermons on Revelation 3:10-11. Should a man have all Christianity in him, and yet be dead and dull and without life, it is even all one as if he had just nothing. A shadowy loveliness is seen to linger on the lifeless features. Many a man has felt he could surrender his entire property to God; but when the temptation arose of making a hundred dollars by a trick of the trade, he has chosen to be dishonest. Why should it? But their hearing is an empty thing. Lavington.I. Another use is of terror against us. (2) Sinners show their good opinion of themselves in the hope they keep up of their safety with reference to their souls and eternity. Secondly, faith. But more frequently than by self-satisfaction is the spiritual life killed by the indulgence of some sin. WHOEVER HE BE THAT HATH A NAME TO LIVE, AND YET IS DEAD, IS KNOWN TO CHRIST AS WHAT HE REALLY IS. Buy: Play: 12-15-96 The Rapture Controversy - Part 3 Revelation 3:10. It is easier to paint a flower than to grow one.(H. Ay! Again, they do a great deal of hurt unto the saints of God, sometimes by deceiving of their hearts and cooling of their zeal and fervour, or if they cannot do that, then they hate them, and prove very shy of them, and gird them behind their backs, and do them much mischief. A shadowy loveliness is seen to linger on the lifeless features. The reason is this — religion hath an inward dependence upon God; it hath an internal relation unto God; it puts a man into a propriety with God that God is his God; it puts the very name of God upon a man. (2) A name to live, as it implies an open and visible profession of subjection to Christ, a joining with His people in His worship and ordinances, and an holding on some time in such a course; so it may arise from these. Backsliding usually begins in remissness relative to the most secret exercises of religion. The reason is this — religion hath an inward dependence upon God; it hath an internal relation unto God; it puts a man into a propriety with God that God is his God; it puts the very name of God upon a man. Does Christ know the works of every man? Spurgeon. In what manner Christ knows men's works. There are means of revival which may in every case be employed with success. Mere negatives will not be sufficient.II. He knows what men are, and what they have been, and what they will be, as He knows all their thoughts, words, and works. Bowes.Nature presents us with many affecting illustrations of the semblance of life, where death is reigning; the flowers in your garden may for a time retain the form, when life is extinct; the ancient oak in the forest may stand for years erect, while life has long since passed away; the tiny shell on yonder beach may attract your notice, when its once little tenant can nowhere be found: so do we often think we find the form of godliness, when the power — the reality — the life are wanting.(C. Secondly, a name in regard to other godly Churches; others in the judgment of charity conceived they were alive; as the Scribes, and the Pharisees, our Saviour Christ told them, they had name to live (Matthew 23:27), that is, ye seem to be alive, ye have a name to live, but indeed ye are dead. God knows who do abuse Him, and how people carry themselves towards all His commandments and worship; it is a part of His perfection to know it. God who is longsuffering, merciful, kind, has His limits, and you can go beyond the grace of God into His wrath. Gowen. Major Prophets Thirdly, a name among poor, ignorant, and simple people that are led away with shows. Secondly, a name in regard to other godly Churches; others in the judgment of charity conceived they were alive; as the Scribes, and the Pharisees, our Saviour Christ told them, they had name to live (Matthew 23:27), that is, ye seem to be alive, ye have a name to live, but indeed ye are dead. One way by which that Spirit of God is shed abroad upon His moribund Church is by raising up men in it filled with the Spirit, and whose intense vitality communicates life to that which is almost dead. Upon all who are satisfied with their standing before God the chill of spiritual death has begun to rest. Besides this, there must be an external appearance of devotion. The second doctrine upon which depends the life of the Church, is the Atonement or Sacrifice which Christ our Lord has offered for sin. Lavington.I. The Church may have a name to live, and be in reality dead, WHEN ORTHODOXY IN OPINION IS SUBSTITUTED FOR MORALITY IN PRACTICE. H. Spurgeon.How like to a Christian a man may be and yet possess no vital godliness! All the movements of God, especially in the works of creation, are so precisely in order — the sun and the moon knowing their place, and each season following in the train of the other — that it is difficult to persuade ourselves God will in any case interrupt this regular succession of events, and astonish the sinner by any sudden or unexpected explosion of His wrath. Should a man seem to be converted, O what a changed man is this! The High Priestly Prayer. Should a man have all Christianity in him, and yet be dead and dull and without life, it is even all one as if he had just nothing. H. Spurgeon.I was reading in Humboldt's "Cosmos," the other day, a very remarkable thing. The sadness of the case, to be dead, under a name to live, or of being alive.Application:1. THE KNOWLEDGE THAT GOD KNOWS ALL OUR WORKS IS THE POWERFUL MEANS TO ALL GOD'S ELECT, TO DO THEM GOOD, AND TO QUICKEN THEM AND TO MAKE THEM TAKE HEED OF ALL MANNER OF SIN.1. They possess all the externals of religion, and every outward morality that you could desire; they behave with great propriety, they keep their places, and there is no outward difference between them and the true believer, except upon the vital point, the life which no power on earth can possibly confer. The first steps of a backslider are visible only to God and the individual himself.2. How terrible will the day of Christ's coming be to the self-deceiving hypocrite, and how joyful to the humble saint.(D. Thirdly, to be a member of the visible Church of God, to be a stone in God's building, put in by baptism, kept in by profession of the Christian faith. And now let me ask you to think of one or two very simple lessons from this vision.1. (4) These convictions and external reformations may be accompanied with excelling gifts, enlargedness in the duty of prayer, joy and delight in hearing and attending upon the supper of the Lord, frequency in acts of self-denial and mortification. The New Testament The practical reception of this doctrine in the Church lies at the foundation of a religion for sinners.II. A shadowy loveliness is seen to linger on the lifeless features. 3.10.1. The use of this is, first — Is it so that God knows all men's sinful courses? True Christian holiness is not the honesty of the worldling; nor the honour of the gentleman; nor the temperance of the philosopher; nor the kindness of the good-natured; nor yet is it the mechanical observance of the formalist, nor the bustling vehemence of the religionist. The sadness of the case, to be dead, under a name to live, or of being alive.Application:1. He lies down in the soft white drifts. He knows what men are, and what they have been, and what they will be, as He knows all their thoughts, words, and works. As a sick man who thinks himself well is of all others farthest from cure. Frostbitten limbs are perfectly comfortable: it is the waking that is the pain. Seventhly, it is an unprofitable thing: a naked name will do us no good. The living soul has HEARING as well as sight. Other teachers — what can they do? Our disposition is such that we cannot abide that our wickednesses should be seen of anybody that we know cannot abide them.III. Thirdly, to be a member of the visible Church of God, to be a stone in God's building, put in by baptism, kept in by profession of the Christian faith. Consider again, that while you indulge this lifeless religion you will never attain to holiness.3. This is well. The Holy Ghost is a Spirit of quickening, of conversion, of prayer, of holiness, and of comfort; for all these purposes the Lord Jesus communicates the Holy Spirit, and hence, He describes Himself as having the "seven Spirits of God."2. He that has but a name to live, feels no satisfaction and joy in approaching to God.3. The practical reception of this doctrine in the Church lies at the foundation of a religion for sinners.II. Lavington. Trapp. On the present occasion — looking to the expression of the text, where the word rendered "dead" is literally "a dead body," a corpse — I will endeavour to work out the marks of a living as opposed to a dead soul, from what we know to be marks of a living as opposed to a dead body.I. To those whose souls are prosperous, and who enjoy the inestimable privileges of religion. One of the most vital doctrines must therefore be what relates to the Person of the Redeemer.2. To those who are totally destitute of genuine religion. Our disposition is such that we cannot abide that our wickednesses should be seen of anybody that we know cannot abide them.III. H. A great many of our communities I am afraid are living on the past. It fills their head with notions and their tongue with words, and perchance their heart with a sort of excitement; but as to any solid effect on heart and practice, that is wanting. The reasons are, first — this is to be farthest off from religion; because himself will not, and others cannot so effectually apply to him the means of recovery, he being in his own and others' judgment a true convert. Works that we may have forgotten are known to Him and remembered by Him. Another symptom of this affecting state is worldly-mindedness.4. 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