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A Sermon Delivered On Sunday Morning, June 9, 1878, By C. H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. *9/23/2012
Take firm hold of instruction; do not let her go: keep her; for she is your life. [Pr 4:13]
1. Faith may be well described as taking hold upon divine instruction. God has condescended to teach us, and it is ours to hear with attention and receive his words; and while we are hearing faith comes, even that faith which saves the soul. To take "firm hold" is an exhortation which concerns the strength, the reality, the heartiness, and the truthfulness of faith, and the more of these the better. If to take hold is good, to take firm hold is better. Even a touch of the hem of Christ's garment causes healing to come to us, but if we want the full riches which are treasured up in Christ, we must not only touch but take hold; and if we would know from day to day to the very uttermost all the fulness of his grace, we must take firm hold, and so maintain a constant and close connection between our souls and the eternal fountain of life. It would be good to give such a grip as a man gives to a plank when he seizes hold on it for his very life — that is a firm hold indeed.
2. We are to take firm hold of instruction, and the best of instruction is what comes from God; the truest wisdom is the revelation of God in Christ Jesus: of that, therefore, we are to take firm hold. The best understanding is obedience to the will of God and a diligent learning of those saving truths which God described for us in his word: so that in effect we are exhorted to take hold of Christ Jesus our Lord, the incarnate wisdom in whom dwells all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. We are not to let him go, but to keep him and hold him, for he is our life. Does not John in his gospel tell us that the Word is our light or instruction and at the same time our life? "In him was life, and the life was the light of men." The more we abide in the Lord Jesus, and the more firmly we take hold upon him, the better it will be for us in a thousand ways. I intend at this time to speak as the Holy Spirit shall enable me, upon this firm hold; and I think that the subject is one of the most important which can occupy your attention at this particular crisis in the history of the church. There are many around us who believe in Christ, but it is with a very trembling faith, and their hold is unsteady; we need to have among us men of tighter grip, who really believe what they profess to believe, who know the truth in its living power, and are persuaded of its certainty, so that they cannot by any means be moved from their steadfastness. Among the vacillating crowd we long to see firm-holders who are pillars in the house of our God, whose grasp of divine truth is not that of babes or boys, but of full-grown and vigorous men.
3. We shall handle our subject by speaking, first, upon the method by which we may take firm hold; then upon the difficulties which will lie in our way in doing so; thirdly, upon the benefits of such a firm grasp; and lastly, upon the arguments for our firm holding mentioned in the text.
4. I. First, then, THE METHOD of taking firm hold upon true religion, upon the gospel, upon Christ, in fact.
5. At the outset, my brethren, much must depend upon the intense decision which a man feels in his soul with regard to eternal things. If he intends trifling he will trifle, but if he intends to take firm hold he will, by God's grace, do so. Under God, this, in many cases, depends very much upon a man's individuality and force of character. Some men are naturally thorough and whole-hearted in all things upon which they enter, whether in this world or the next. When they serve the devil they are among his bodyguards, and they rush to the front in all kinds of iniquity. Among sinners they become the chief, for they have no fear, and no hesitancy; they are daredevils, defying both God and man, sinning greedily with both hands. Such men, when converted, often become eminent saints, being just as thorough and resolute in their following after God as they were in the pursuit of evil; they are determined to vindicate his holy cause and spread abroad the knowledge of his love. I must confess an earnest longing that many such may be brought into the church of Christ at this time to shore her up and inspire her with new energy. Many in our churches appear to have no depth of earth; with joy they receive the word, from the very fact that they are so shallow, but as soon as the sun arises with burning heat it is discovered that they have no root, for they wither away. Others are truly religious, and probably will remain so, but they are not zealous; in fact, they are not intense about anything, but are lukewarm, weak, and unstable. These are mere lumps in the porridge, neither souring nor sweetening: they add no flavour, but they take the flavour of what surrounds them; they are the creatures of circumstances, not helmsmen who avail themselves of stream and tide, but mere driftwood carried along by any and every current which may take hold on them. They have no fulness of manhood about them, they are mere children; they resemble the sapling which can be bent and twisted, and not the oak which defies the storm. There are certain people of this kind who in other matters have purpose enough, and strength of mind enough, but when they touch the things of God they are loose, flimsy, superficial, half-hearted. You see them earnest enough in hunting after wealth, but they show no such zeal in the pursuit of godliness. The force of their character comes out in a political debate, in the making of a bargain, in the arrangement of a social gathering, but you never see it in the work of the Lord. The young man comes to the forefront as a volunteer, or as a member of a club, or in the house of business, but who ever hears of him in the Sunday School, the prayer meeting, or the home mission? In the things of God such people owe any measure of progress which they make to the influence of their fellows, who bear them along as so much dead weight, they themselves never throwing enough weight into the matter to add a single half ounce of spiritual power to the church. Now, all this is mischievous and wrong.
6. My dear friends, we must all confess that if the religion of Christ is true, it deserves that we should give our whole selves to it. If it is a lie, let it be scorned; but if it is true, it is a matter concerning which we cannot be neutral or lukewarm, for it demands our soul, our life, our all, and its claim cannot be denied. There must be a determination created in our souls by the Holy Spirit to be upright and downright in the work of the Lord, or else we shall be of little worth.
7. We come, however, to closer matters of fact when we observe next that our taking firm hold of the things of God must depend upon the thoroughness of our conversion. In this church we try, as far as we can, in receiving church members, to receive no one except those who give clear evidence of a change of heart; but this evidence can be imitated so skilfully that the best examination and the most earnest judgment cannot prevent self-deceived people from making a profession of religion. We cannot help this, but woe to those who wilfully deceive. Many exhibit flowers and fruits which never grew in their own gardens. Their experience is borrowed, and does not spring from the essential root of the Holy Spirit's work within their souls: this is sad indeed. Our condition before God is a personal matter, and can never be settled by the judgment of our fellows, for what can others know about the workings of our hearts? Each man must judge himself and examine himself for whatever a church may attempt in its zeal for purity, it can never take the responsibility of his own sincerity from any man. We do not pretend to give certificates of salvation, and if we did they would be worthless; you must yourselves know the Lord and be really converted, or else your profession is a forgery and you yourselves are counterfeits. If a man shall in later life hold firm the things of God he must be soundly converted at first. Very much of his later life depends upon the thoroughness of his beginning. There must at the very first be a deep sense of sin, a consciousness of guilt, a holy horror of evil, or he will never make much of a Christian. I do not say that all or even any of those doubts and temptations and satanic suggestions, which some have had to struggle with, are necessary to make a true conversion; but I must confess that I am not at all displeased when I find a good deal of battling and struggling in the experience of the newly awakened. It is not pleasant for them, but we hope it will be profitable. Those whose souls are ploughed and ploughed and ploughed again before the seed is sown upon them often yield the best crop. John Bunyan's "Grace Abounding" very much accounts for John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress." If it had not been for his terrible conflicts of soul he might not have known how to hold firm his confidence when locked up for twelve years in prison, nor would he have seen visions of the celestial city when all around him was as the valley of the shadow of death. I do not wish to see seeking souls distressed by Satan, but I do feel this, — that there shall be an end of self-confidence, a total destruction of self-righteousness, a complete giving up of all legal and carnal hopes, or else the conversion will be a mere show, and he who is the subject of it will be like Ephraim, a silly dove without heart. Unless repentance for sin is real in you, you will never take firm hold of the truth of God.
8. And there must be, dear friends, a very sincere laying hold upon Christ Jesus. If you have any doubt about the doctrine of atonement, I do not wonder if your religion soon wears into shreds. No, you must without question accept the substitutionary sacrifice; your soul must feel that the precious blood is her only hope, that this, and this alone, can make her clean before the living God. You must flee to Christ in desperation, and cling to him as all your salvation and all your desire; there must be no hesitancy here. At the very outset of the Christian life these two things should be very distinct with you, — sin which has ruined you, and Christ who has saved you. Make a muddle at first and your life will be a tangle. Some tradesmen never carry on their business well, they obviously do not more than half understand it, and are mere bunglers. Now, if you come to enquire, you will find that they were never thoroughly grounded in their calling; either they never served an apprenticeship, or else they were lazy lads and never became masters of their trade, and this bad beginning stays with them all their lives. It is the same with higher learning. A man may go a long way in the classics, but if he was not grounded in the grammar he will be everlastingly making mistakes which a sound scholar will soon discover. Every teacher must work hard at the basics if his pupils are to succeed. Whatever you do with the higher forms, teach that little boy his grammar, ground him in the rudiments, or he will be injured for life. To borrow another illustration, we have heard of a bridge which spanned a stream, and for some years stood well enough, but eventually, through the force of the current, it began to show signs of giving way. When it came to be examined it was soon seen that the builders never went deep enough with the foundations. There is the mischief of thousands of other things besides bridges. We must have good and deep foundations, or otherwise the higher we build the sooner the structure will fall. Look at many of the wretched houses in the streets around us, they are the disgrace of the city; you will see settling and cracks everywhere, because of bad foundations and bad materials. The same is true in the characters of many professed Christians, for lack of a good beginning you can see innumerable flaws and cracks, and you wonder that they do not come down in sudden ruin. So indeed they would, but, like those wretched houses, they hold each other up. Many professors only keep upright because they stand in a row, and derive support from their companions. I wish we could see more Christian men of the kind who dare to stand alone, like those old family mansions which each stand in its own garden, so well built that when we begin to take them down each brick is found to be solid as granite, and the mortar is as hard as a rock. Such buildings and such men become more rare every day, but we must come back to the old style, and the sooner the better. Those of you who are still in the early days of your piety should see to this. See that you are right, and sound, and thorough, and take firm hold of truth in the days of your first love, or yours will be only a sickly life in years to come.
9. This being taken for granted, the next help to a firm hold of Christ is hearty discipleship. Brethren, as soon as you are converted you become the disciples of Jesus, and if you are to become firm-holding Christians you must acknowledge him to be your Master, Teacher, and Lord in all things, and resolve to be good scholars in his school. He will be the best Christian who has Christ for his Master, and truly follows him. Some are disciples of the church, others are disciples of the minister, and a third kind are disciples of their own thoughts; he is the wise man who sits at Jesus' feet and learns from him, with the resolve to follow his teaching and imitate his example. He who tries to learn from Jesus himself, taking the very words from the Lord's own lips, binding himself to believe whatever the Lord has taught and to do whatever he has commanded — he, I say, is the stable Christian. Follow Jesus, my brethren, and not the church, for our Lord has never said to his disciples, "Follow your brethren," but he has said, "Follow me." He has not said, "Abide by the denominational confession," but he has said, "Abide in me." Nothing must come in between our souls and our Lord. What if fidelity to Jesus should sometimes lead us to differ from our brethren? What does it matter as long as we do not differ from our Master? Crochets and quibbles are evil things, but a keenly sensitive conscientiousness is invaluable. Be true disciples of Christ, and let his least word be precious to you. Remember that if a man loves him he will keep his words; and he has said, "he who shall break one of the least of my commandments and shall teach men to do so, the same shall be least in the kingdom of heaven." Shun all compromises and abatements of truth, but be thorough and determined, holding firm your Saviour's words. Follow the Lamb wherever he goes. If such is your resolve, by the grace of God, you will take firm hold of instruction and will never let it go.
10. It will help you much to do this if in the next place you have a studious consideration of the Word of God, and meditate much upon the truth which you have received. There is too little studying of the Scriptures nowadays, I am persuaded. Books, magazines, papers, and the like bury the Bible under heaps of rubbish; but he who intends to be a man of God to the fulness of his manhood will feed upon the word of God at first hand. Like the Bereans, he will be of a noble spirit, and he will search the Scriptures daily. "I want," he says, "to obtain my creed, not second-hand from others, but directly for myself from the very word of God itself — the pure well of undefiled gospel." This is a very important point. Recently I have often heard a misused expression, — "I do my own thinking": let us correct it and then adopt it by saying, "I do my own searching of the word of God." Remember, we are not called to think out a new gospel, as some imagine, but we are called to be thinkers upon the old gospel, so that we may know and understand its principles and its bearings, and become confirmed in the belief of it. We need to think over God's word until we are thoroughly imbued with it. The silk of certain insects takes its colour from the leaves upon which they feed, and a Christian man's life will always take its colour from what his soul feeds upon. Oh, to live upon the word of God, even upon the deep things of God, for so shall we be rooted and grounded in the faith, and shall take firm hold of eternal wisdom.
11. An established Christian is one who not only knows the doctrine, but who also knows the authority for it, having looked around it and pondered it in his heart. By careful meditation he is taught in the truth, and is able to give a reason for the hope that is in him with meekness and fear. Nor is he merely a man of the letter; his study in the power of the Holy Spirit has carried him into the essence of the word, he has asked the Spirit of God to make him acquainted with divine truth, so that he has not only read of it, but he has communed with it, and now he lives upon it, eats it, drinks it, receives it into the inward parts of his soul, and retains it there as a living and incorruptible seed. Now a man who does this year after year is the kind of man who, by God's grace, will take firm hold of instruction, and will prove a faithful witness for his Lord.
12. Add to this also an earnest seriousness of character, and you go a long way towards maintaining a firm hold on Christ. We do not mean by this that we are to dismiss cheerfulness — may the Lord give us more of it, for it is as oil to the wheels, and is a high recommendation of religion to the unconverted. There are some who are a great deal too gloomy in their religion, and seem to think that the grace of God is never displayed by them unless they are sullen and doleful. But at the same time there is a flippancy which is not commendable, and a levity which is far apart from the mind of Christ. Christian life is not child's play; we, above all men, ought to make our lives sublime, and not ridiculous. We are not called into this world to trifle away the hours and kill time in doing nothing; for this life links itself to eternity, and that eternity, in spite of all that is said to the contrary, will be one of endless misery or of endless joy; it is, therefore, no insignificant thing to possess an immortal mind and to be responsible before God. Sin is no trifle, pardon is no trifle, and condemnation is no trifle. Eternal life is precious beyond all things, and to lie under the wrath of God is dreadful beyond conception. I love to see, especially in young Christians, with regard to the things of God, deep seriousness of purpose and spirit, showing that they feel it to be a weighty thing to be a Christian, and that they cannot afford to have their Christianity put under the shadow of suspicion, nor dare they even appear to be mere actors upon a stage, for they fear and tremble at his word.
13. Now, if all these things are in you and abound, there will grow around them a verification by experience of the things of God. I mean that you will not only read about the love of God, but you will feel it from day to day, and so be assured of it. You read in the Scriptures about the power of sin, and you believe what you read, but to this will be added the confirming fact that you feel it in your members, and therefore cannot doubt it. You read of the efficacy of the precious blood of Jesus; but you do more, for you feel its cleansing power upon your heart, and its consoling influence over your conscience, and so you are established in the blessed truth. We hardly know anything until we have lived it. You must get truth burned into you with the hot iron of experience, or you will forget it. I believe that the pains and griefs and afflictions of many of God's children have been absolutely necessary to establish them in the faith; and I can only hope that you who are the children of joy may derive as much benefit from your gladness as mourners have found in their sorrows: it might be so, and should be so, but I fear it seldom is. Our entire life should be a daily testing of the gospel, and a continuous verification of its eternal truth. Our life should agree with this Book of life: just as the book of nature, being written by the same author as the book of revelation, shows the same hand and style; so the book of the new creation within us, being inscribed by the same Spirit who has written these Scriptures, will display the same style and manner; and by this we shall be growingly assured of the things which are truly revealed to us by God. Go on, dear friends, and may the Lord grant that whatever your experience may be, whether it shall abound in bitterness or in sweetness, the testimony of God may be confirmed in you, and your grip of it may be intensified by every year's experience.
14. I must add one other word. I believe that in the mode of taking firm hold upon the gospel practical Christianity has a great influence; I refer especially to practical usefulness. Some members enter the church and never do anything. We have the distinguished privilege of seeing them sit in their pews, and that is all we know about them. We cannot bring them under church censure, for they are punctual in religious observances; but they are barren boughs. Give me the young man who, when he joins the church, says, "I shall take a little time to study the gospel until I know more about it by the teaching of God's Spirit"; and then, having done so, says, "I have not learned this for myself. There is something for me to do in connection with the church of God, and I am determined to find out what it is and to do it." You see such a young believer going to the Sunday School, or you find him beginning to speak in a cottage, or doing visitation, and seeking to speak personally to individuals about their souls. If he is a man of the right kind his work will be another affirmation of his faith for his mind. Look at him, how he keeps to the gospel: how he clings to the old, old truth. He is not the man to run after new theories and modern doubts, for he is helped to keep right by his practical connection with spiritual disease and its remedy. Go into the back slums of London and see if you will doubt the doctrine of human depravity. Oh no, it is your ladies and gentlemen who wear lavender kid gloves who doubt that doctrine. Try to rescue a prostitute from her sin, and if you are enabled to lead her to Jesus you cannot doubt the power of the precious blood of Jesus to cleanse the heart. Not those who battle with vice, but those who practise it themselves, are found objecting to the doctrine of atonement. Those who are busy picking brands out of the fire are not given to speculation, but are firm believers in the gospel. I think there are few exceptions to the rule that the "advanced thought" gentlemen are not engaged in practical work for the salvation of souls. They are grand talkers, but very poor workers. I am not hypercritical when I say that if you will mention a "modern thought" professor it will generally turn out that he is not worth his salt as concerning practical usefulness: not he; he has the parrot-faculty of pulling things to pieces, but what positive work has he ever done? He may be a distinguished dignitary or a noble scholar, but concerning actually grappling with the hearts and consciences of men, and entering into the dark and troublesome experience of tempted souls, he is quite at sea, for he knows nothing about it. He would speak differently if his hand had ever been laid to hard work among sinful men and afflicted consciences. I tell you, sirs, that to argue with a poor distressed conscience and to try to bring it to peace in Christ soon lets you know the truth of the gospel. To stand by a deathbed and hear the holy triumph of even the most illiterate of the children of God, or what is equally efficacious, to watch the last sad hours of an impenitent sinner dying without hope, will make you know that there is a world to come, joyful or terrible as the case may be; and you will also learn that sin is a great evil, and that the atonement is a great reality. Young convert, if you want to be one of the firm holders of the gospel, you must get to work as well as to study, for this by the overruling power of the Holy Spirit will strengthen you in the faith of God's elect. Thus I have brought forward the method, may it prove to be instructive.
15. II. Very briefly, I want now to show THE DIFFICULTIES of taking firm hold of instruction, and every difficulty I mention will tend to show all the more clearly the necessity of it.
16. The first difficulty is that this is the age of questioning. Everyone questions now. Our friends over in Germany have pushed the questioning business to the furthest point, and in their thorough way they have produced its legitimate fruit in cold-blooded attempts to murder a venerable monarch. [a] Professed ministers of the gospel have taught the German mind to doubt everything, and now the basis of society is shaken, and law and order are undermined. What could they expect otherwise? He who does not fear God is not likely to honour the king. When men give up their Bibles they will care very little for human laws. We have plenty of the same evil leaven in England, and certain clergymen and dissenting divines are spreading it with hideous industry. Young gentlemen whose whiskers have not yet developed are authoritatively deciding that nothing can be decided, and dogmatically denouncing all dogmas. We meet them every day, and we notice that in proportion to their ignorance is their confidence in sneering at every holy thing. According to them no one is sincere, nothing is sacred. These great men, who would never have been heard of if they had not been heretical, know better by far than God himself. As for apostles and prophets, they are just nothing at all to these infallibles; their own "thought" is more precious than inspiration itself. This conceited scepticism is in the air; everywhere it seems to be abroad, and you cannot help encountering it; therefore let us be all the more earnest to hold firm the faith.
17. Worse than this, this is an age of worldliness. Everyone wants to be rich, and no one is rich now at the point at which his forefathers were content to stop. Our good old deacons and respected church members were content with very moderate incomes, they were satisfied and happy with thrift and prudence, and would have been deeply grieved with the extravagance which is seen on all sides at this time. They not only considered their shops and their fields, but they planned to have time to look after the Sunday Schools in which they were proud to serve, and the prayer meetings which they delighted to attend. But, dear me, prayer meetings, lectures, sermons, Sunday Schools, these are all despised now! If a man can make an extra guinea or two, by putting himself where they are out of the question, he jumps at the chance. We must be rich, we must make a mark for ourselves, we must spend more than our neighbours, and for this the work of the church may go to the dogs. Oh for a few simple, earnest Christians who will judge their Lord and his cause to be worth some consideration, and will lay themselves out to serve his church. When worldliness is so predominant it becomes so much the harder to take firm hold of eternal things. One needs to hear the word, "Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you," for unless we do hear it we shall be tempted to take firm hold on the world, and let the things of eternity slip by us.
18. Then, besides, there is and always has been a great desire for novelty. We are all the subjects of it: we all like something new. But there are some who are sick with the disease of change; you see them zealots for a creed today, but suddenly you find them deeply immersed in the opposite teaching. Ah, now they have found out something very wonderful: just as the idiot who saw the rainbow, and believed that there was a jewel at the end of it, ran for miles to seize a glittering sapphire and grasped a piece of a glass bottle; so they for ever pursue and never attain. We have a few of these gentlemen in most of our churches, but you will find them nowhere for long. Another inventor starts a new system, and away they go, pining always to be the first disciples of each new prophet. May God save us from the Athenian spirit, which for ever hungers for something new.
19. Another difficulty, and the worst of all, is the corruption of our own hearts. "Take firm hold of instruction," says the text. "Why," I hear a brother say, "my dear sir, sometimes it is as much as I can do to take hold of it at all. I have to question whether I have been converted. I go down into such depths of despondency, that unless the truth holds me, I shall never hold it." Well, but I hope this is all a means of helping you to hold it all the more firmly. You now see that salvation must be by grace from first to last. By this very process you will be compelled to hold the doctrines of grace all the more intensely, because you are made to see how utterly unable you are, in and of yourselves, to think a good thought, much less to remain steadfast in the whole truth of Christ.
20. And then there is Satan, too; how busy he is in trying to undermine the fundamentals of the faith! Has he not suggested to some of us all kinds of doubts? Yes. I said to a man one day, who had uttered some blasphemy in my presence against a certain truth, "You think you stagger me! My dear man, I have had more doubts pass through my thoughts a great deal worse than you could tell me, or fifty like you." The doubts which the devil insinuates into the minds of the people of God are at times quite as horrible as any which a Voltaire [b] or a Tom Paine [c] was ever able to invent, and yet by God's grace we have not given up the gospel, nor shall we though heaven and earth shall pass away. Because we are one with Christ we shall live in the truth of Christ, for he will keep and preserve us even to the end.
21. III. Thirdly, let us consider THE BENEFITS of taking firm hold.
22. I wish I had an hour in which to expound upon the benefit of so doing, but I must briefly say that it gives stability to the Christian character to have a firm grip of the gospel. Men who take firm hold are the backbone of a church. All through the dark reign of moderatism in Scotland, [d] who kept up the testimony for truth? Why, those solid Christians who were known as "the men" who held the faith and walked with God in the power of it. These were men much in prayer and much in meditation, who lived on when all sound teaching had left the pulpits, because their souls were sustained by secret communion with God on the hillside. When the time came for pure truth to revive in Scotland, these men came to the forefront and were honoured as the men who had kept the flame alive in the land. What was it that delivered our country in still earlier times from being altogether under the bondage of Rome? When prelates forsook Christ, and preachers by hundreds in Mary's day turned from Protestantism to Popery, the true faith lived on in the hearts of poor men and women, weavers and cobblers, who believed what they did believe, and could not deny the truth. Everyone in the parish knew that they were "stubborn heretics," who could not be frightened or argued down. They knew, they were sure, they were confident, and therefore they spoke. It did not matter to them that they were in a minority, for they knew that a minority of one on God's side is a majority. "I Athanasius against the world," said that grand old confessor, when they told him everyone had gone over to Arianism, and that no one believed in the deity of Christ. "The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved, I bear up its pillars," said one of old; and happy is that man to whom such an office is given.
23. A firm grip of the gospel will give you strength for service. The man who can "hold the fort" at one time is the very man who can capture a fort at another time. He who can stand well can march well. The hand of the church is made of the same material as its backbone. It is of no use sending poor hesitating professors into the field of holy labour. If you hardly know what you believe, how can you teach other people? But when the truth is written upon your very soul, and engraved as with the point of a diamond upon your heart, you will speak with confidence; and there will be a power about your utterances which no one shall be able to withstand or oppose. For the sake, then, of your spiritual strength I press the exhortation of the text, "Take firm hold of instruction."
24. And this, too, will bring you joy. The outskirts of our Jerusalem are dreary; her glory lies within. Where does the brightest light shine? It is in the holy of holies, in the innermost shrine. The skin and husks of religion are poor things, but the juice, the life, the vital power of religion, — the sweetness lies in it. You must not be satisfied with the "name to live"; it will never comfort you, it will even distress you. The life of Christ mightily developed in you must be the joy of your heart. Multitudes of Christian professors get next to nothing out of Christianity. How can they? They hold their religion as some rich farmers are absentee farmers. No one ever makes anything by not working their farms themselves: the man who makes farming pay lives on the place, and gives his whole time and energy to it. So it is in the things of God: if you make your minister your steward in religion you will get nothing out of it; you must live in it and upon it, and then you will prosper. I want you to say, "If there is anything in godliness I am going to know it; if prayer has power I am going to pray; if there is such a thing as communion with God I will enjoy it; if there is such a thing as likeness to Christ I will obtain it. Godliness shall not be an addition to my life, but it shall be my life itself." Ah, brother, you are the man of the shining countenance, you are the man of the sparkling eye; you drink deep, and you find that the deeper you drink the sweeter the draught becomes.
25. Lastly, with regard to this summary of benefits; — people of this kind are the very glory of the church, they are the people in whom true religion displays its brightest beams. They may be humble cottagers, or obscure members of a large church who are scarcely known, but those who live with them, those who are at all acquainted with them, say of them, "These men are a credit to the church, and an honour to the name of Christianity." Not your frothy talkers, not your flimsy professors, but your deep taught, grace-instructed men and women, these are those who are the beauty of the church and the glory of Christ. Oh that we had many more of that kind. I look around and see that the cause does not prosper as I could wish throughout the land, and then I remember in one place there is an earnest village preacher, in another a holy laborious deacon, in a third a gracious woman, zealous in every good work, and I am comforted. Thank God, there is life in the old church yet. There is hope for her yet because of her firm-holding people. If I study the statistics of the churches, I have to say, "What is the good of these figures? Probably a church of two hundred members might be cut down to twenty earnest workers." For my part, I would sooner stand on this platform with twelve holy men and women to back me up than with twelve thousand mere pretenders to religion such as can be found in crowds anywhere. No, it is the firm grip of faith, it is vital godliness which makes a man to be a real power in the church.
26. IV. Now, lastly, I have to mention THE ARGUMENTS of the text, which are three. All through the sermon I have been using argument, therefore I shall be all the more brief and draw to a close.
27. The first argument is, take firm hold of true religion, because it is your best friend. Read the text: "Take firm hold of instruction; do not let her go." You cannot find your way to heaven without this guide, therefore do not allow it to leave you. Do as Moses did, who when his brother-in-law, Hobab, was with him, would not allow him to depart, "for," he said, "you shall be to us instead of eyes, for you know where to camp in the wilderness." Just as Moses kept Hobab, so you keep the faith, for you cannot find your road except by holding the true gospel with a true heart. What a sweet companion the gospel is! How often it has cheered you! How easy has the road become while you have been in communion with it. Do what the disciples at Emmaus did when Jesus talked with them: they constrained him, saying, "Remain with us." Do not let him go; you will be a lonely pilgrim if you do. No, if you could be led by an angel, but must lose the presence of your God, you would be wise to cry out against such an evil, and like Moses plead: "If your presence does not go with us, do not carry us up there."
28. The next argument is that true godliness should be held firmly, for it is your treasure. "Keep it," says our text. It is your best inheritance at the present moment, and it is to be your eternal inheritance: keep it, then. Let everything else go, but do not part with a particle of truth. The slightest fragment of truth is more valuable than a diamond. Hold it then with all firmness. You are so much the richer by every truth you know; you will be so much the poorer by every truth you forget. Hold it then, and hide it in your heart. A certain king who had a rare diamond sent it to a foreign court, entrusting it to a very faithful servant. This servant was attacked, however, on the road by a band of robbers, and, since they could not find the diamond, they drew their swords and killed him. He was found dead, but his master exclaimed, "He has not lost the diamond, I am sure!" He judged truly, for the trusty servant had swallowed the gem and so preserved it with his life. We also should place the truth like this in our inward parts, and then we shall never be deprived of it. A priest took a Testament from an Irish boy. "But," cried the boy, "you cannot take away those six chapters of Matthew that I learned by heart." They may take away our books, but they cannot take away what we have fed upon and made our own. "His flesh is meat indeed, his blood is drink indeed," for when we have fed upon him our Lord Jesus remains in us the hope of glory. Hold firm to the truth, oh believers in Jesus, for it is your treasure.
Lastly, it is your "life." Mr. Arnot, in his very beautiful book
upon the Proverbs, tells a story to illustrate this text. He says
that in the Southern seas an American vessel was attacked by a
wounded whale. The huge monster ran out for the length of a mile from
the ship, and then turned around, and with the whole force of its
acquired speed struck the ship and made it leak at every timber, so
as to begin to sink. The sailors got out all their boats, filled them
as quickly as they could with the necessities of life, and began to
pull away from the ship. Just then two strong men might be seen
leaping into the water who swam to the vessel, leaped on board,
disappeared for a moment, and then came up, bringing something in
their hands. Just as they sprang into the sea down went the vessel,
and they were carried around in the vortex, but both of them were
observed to be swimming, not as if struggling to get away, but as if
looking for something, which at last they both seized and carried to
the boats. What was this treasure? What article could be so valued as
to lead them to risk their lives? It was the ship's compass, which
had been left behind, without which they could not have found their
way out of those lonely southern seas into the main shipping lanes
again. That compass was life for them, and the gospel of the living
God is the same for us. You and I must risk all for the gospel: this
infallible word of God must be guarded to the death. Men may tell us
what they please, and say what they wish, but we will risk everything
sooner than give up those eternal principles by which we have been
saved. May the Lord give all of us his abundant grace so that we may
take firm hold of divine instruction. Amen.
[Portion Of Scripture Read Before Sermon — Pr 4]
[See Spurgeon_Hymnal "Gospel, Received by Faith — The Voice Of Jesus" 560]
[See Spurgeon_Hymnal "The Christian, Conflict and Encouragement — Confidence In The Promises" 632]
[See Spurgeon_Hymnal "The Christian, Courage and Confidence — My Heart Is Fixed" 684]
[a] William I, German Emperor, (1871-1888) had two assassination attempts in 1878, one on May 11, and another on June 2 a week before this sermon. See Explorer "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I,_German_Emperor"
[b] Voltaire: (1694-1778) Enemy and critic of Christianity. See Explorer "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire"
[c] Paine: (1737-1809) Enemy and critic of Christianity. See Explorer "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine"
[d] Moderatism in Scotland: A seventeenth century hearesy that arose in Scotland. See Explorer "http://www.electricscotland.com/history/intellectual/chapter2.htm"
Gospel, Received by Faith
560 — The Voice Of Jesus
1 I heard the voice of Jesus say,
"Come unto me and rest;
Lay down, thou weary one, lay down
Thy head upon my breast."
I came to Jesus as I was,
Weary, and worn, and sad:
I found in him a resting place,
And he has made me glad.
2 I heard the voice of Jesus say,
"Behold, I freely give
The living water — thirsty one,
Stoop down, and drink, and live."
I came to Jesus, and I drank
Of that life giving stream;
My thirst was quench'd, my soul revived,
And now I live in him.
3 I heard the voice of Jesus say,
"I am this dark world's light:
Look unto me, thy morn shall rise,
And all thy day be bright."
I look'd to Jesus, and I found
In him my star, my sun;
And in that light of life I'll walk
Till travelling days are done.
Horatius Bonar, 1857.
The Christian, Conflict and Encouragement
632 — Confidence In The Promises
1 Why should I sorrow more?
I trust a Saviour slain,
And safe beneath his sheltering cross,
Unmoved I shall remain.
2 Let Satan and the world,
Now rage or now allure;
The promises in Christ are made
Immutable and sure.
3 The oath infallible
Is now my spirit's trust;
I know that he who spake the word,
Is faithful, true, and just.
4 He'll bring me on my way
Unto my journey's end;
He'll be my Father and my God,
My Saviour and my Friend.
5 So all my doubts and fears
Shall wholly flee away,
And every mournful night of tears
Be turn'd to joyous day.
6 All that remains for me
Is but to love and sing,
And wait until the angels come
To bear me to the King.
William Williams, 1772;
Charles H. Spurgeon, 1866
The Christian, Courage and Confidence
684 — My Heart Is Fixed
1 Now I have found the ground, wherein
Sure my soul's anchor may remain:
Before the world's foundation slain;
Whose mercy shall unshaken stay,
When heaven and earth are fled away.
2 Oh love! thou bottomless abyss!
My sins are swallow'd up in thee;
Cover'd is my unrighteousness,
Nor spot of guilt remains on me.
While Jesus' blood, through earth and skies,
Mercy, free, boundless mercy cries!
3 With faith I plunge me in this sea;
Here is my hope, my joy, my rest!
Hither, when hell assails, I flee,
I look into my Saviour's breast;
Away, sad doubt, and anxious fear!
Mercy, is all that's written there.
4 Though waves and storms go o'er my head
Though strength, and health, and friends be gone,
Though joys be wither'd all, and dead,
Though every comfort be withdrawn;
On this my steadfast soul relies,
Father, thy mercy never dies.
5 Fix'd on this ground will I remain,
Though my heart hail, and flesh decay;
This anchor shall my soul sustain,
When earth's foundations melt away;
Mercy's full power I then shall prove,
Loved with an everlasting love.
John Andrew Rothe, 1728.
tr. by John Wesley, 1740.


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What Trends are We Going to See in Real Estate in 2011?
One of the goals we have as investors is figuring out what's the next "hot trend" before it's hot. We've seen many trends in real estate such as high rise condos, urban living, the suburbs and McMansions, just to name a few. So what are the "hot trends" we see for 2011 and beyond?
Diana's Top Ten:
1. Senior Communities
2. Situational Housing
3. Rural Living
4. Condominiums
5. Quality is Key
6. NORC – Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities
7. Hot Décor Trends
8. Smart House/Green Homes
9. Tiny Houses
10. Walking Communities
Senior Communities – As the end of the Baby Boomer generation closes in on 55, we see some of the biggest opportunities developing in senior communities. But these won't be the "Sun Cities" of their parents' generation; the massive golf-oriented communities where retired couples go to live out their golden years but often found that after a few years, the communities no longer met their needs. These new 55+ communities will be diverse, smaller-scale and will offer independent/assisted/dementia care options as well as the resort aspect. There will also be "residential share" housing alternatives with universal designs and energy-smart features. Stats show that many seniors plan on working into their 70's and ONE-THIRD of all boomers don't have spouses or children. These seniors are looking for "communities" with more than just recreational services. They want these communities to be FULL-service, with a concierge, life-long learning options, technology, health services and on and on.
Situational Housing – This follows along with the senior communities. As stated above, one-third of all Boomers are single with no children.
So what kind of housing and communities are they looking for? This sector will rely on close friends, not family, as they age. This will be their "chosen family." So, rather than multi-generations sharing a house, there may be "like-minded" friends that share expenses, enjoy companionship and take care of each other. These might be referred to as "Boomer Roomies." Developers will need to design homes in which several adults can live together with large common areas and private quarters.
Rural Living – We know the American landscape has changed over the last 100 years. Look at these stats, according to the US Census Bureau:
1900: 39 percent of people were urban dwellers
1920: 51 percent of people were urban dwellers
1960: 63 percent of people were urban dwellers
1980: 73 percent of people were urban dwellers
2000: 79 percent of people were urban dwellers
But did you know that if you chose to live in a rural environment, there are numerous programs and incentives that can make the process easier? In today's working environment, many people can work remotely and live the country life.
In regions such as Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas, you may be eligible for a grant that will pay for connecting service lines to a residence. It can also be used to pay utility hook-up fees, install plumbing and related fixtures, i.e., bathroom sinks, showers, tubs etc...
There are loans and many other grants available. To learn more, visit the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development website; go to the programs and opportunities tab.
Condominiums – Condos here in the states are a bargain right now and in some areas, there are plenty of them. But in the Canadian market, they are a bright spot and it may be a pattern that will persist. "With an astonishing seven out of every ten new homes sold in October '10 being a high-rise condominium suite, high-rise condo sales were up 27 percent over October '09," according to Ontario's Building Industry & Land Development Association (BILD). This is the best October for real estate since 2000 and the second best month for high-rise sales since June 2007 for the city of Toronto. The two main reasons for condominium purchases remain the maintenance-free appeal and lower price tags.
Quality is Key – In a recent survey conducted by John Burns Real Estate Consulting, 24 national builders and a national realtor group, they found interesting data about what consumers want. They found that the location, style of home and design were more important than price. Consumers are looking for quality amenities and they are choosing very carefully. So, if you are doing a fix and flip, make your decisions carefully because the quality will help the resale.
We'll follow up with the last five trends next week.
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Everyday is Christmas (If Sia Says So)
Christmas is my absolute favorite holiday, and the music is one of the greatest parts about it. My deep love for this season is what fuels my desire to preserve and keep Christmas in its place. If we play Christmas music from October to January, then it's not really Christmas music. Rather, it's just fall/winter music! If EVERY DAY is Christmas, then NO DAY is Christmas. Or at least, that's what I thought, until Australian singer-songwriter Sia blessed 2017 with an early Christmas gift.
Sia released her new Christmas album, Everyday is Christmas, on November 17, 2017, and the only thing better than a new Sia album, is a new Sia Christmas album. If Sia, one of the greatest artists of this generation, says its Christmas, then it is Christmas, no questions asked.
The album has as many fun festive songs as it does slow jams. "Candy Cane Lane" will make you feel like you're in elementary school again, putting out cookies for Santa. "Santa's Coming for Us" is another fun one that reflects some of Sia's earlier, pre- "Chandelier" work. It also has the perfect feel for a music video featuring Maddie Ziegler, who is on the album cover. "Snowman" is the kind of slow ballad I can imagine Michel Bublé featuring doing a cover of. It's the perfect song for a slow dance by the fire place in a room sparkling with Christmas lights.
The album doesn't have any classic songs on it, which is challenging for a Christmas album, but if anyone can make it with all original material, it's definitely this Grammy-award winning artist. So, put on your sweater, grab a cup of hot cocoa, and rejoice in the fact that Everyday Is Christmas!


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AFTER reading letters in The Leader over several months urging us to pray for more priests, I have to ask, "where is our faith?"I cannot for one moment believe that the good Lord would let the institution of the Catholic Church disintegrate as we see it if he didn't have a plan for it to go in a different direction...Read More »
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Catholic priest allegedly spent $100K of church funds on other men and Grindr dates
A Downington priest has been arrested and charged with stealing nearly $100,000 of church funds for a beach house at the New Jersey shore, travel, Grindr dates with other men and other "sexual relationships with men."
The Chester County District Attorney's Office announced the arrest of Father Joseph McLoone, 56, for the theft of $98,405.50 from St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. McLoone is alleged to have diverted parish funds into a secret account, misappropriating fees charged to parishioners and other fraudulent activity. McLoone has been charged with "theft by unlawful taking" and related offenses.


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10 yard dumpster measurements in Miami Beach
A 10 yard dumpster is created to hold 10 cubic yards of waste and debris. A 10 yard dumpster will measure about 12 feet long by 8 feet wide by four feet high, although exact container sizes will change with different firms.
It can be hard to choose just the container size you'll need for your house endeavor, but a 10 yard dumpster functions well for smaller cleanup occupations. To provide you with an idea, a 10 yard dumpster would hold:
- Debris cleanout from a cellar or garage A 250 square foot deck which has been removed
- A single layer of 1,500 square feet of roof shingles
- The debris from a small kitchen or bathroom remodeling job
If your job is big enough that you don't have room in your truck to haul everything to the dump, but small enough that you don't need an enormous container, a 10 yard dumpster should work flawlessly.
30 yard dumpster dimensions in Miami Beach
If you rent a 30 yard dumpster, you'll be getting a container that can hold 30 cubic yards of waste or debris. Your 30 yard container will measure about 22 feet long by 8 feet wide by 6 feet high. These numbers could vary somewhat determined by the dumpster rental business in Miami Beach you choose. A 30 yard dumpster will hold between 9 and 15 pickup truck loads of waste, so itis the ideal choice for whole-dwelling residential cleanouts as well as commercial cleanup projects.
Examples of projects that would create enough waste for a 30 yard container contain:
- A major dwelling add-on
- Building of a new dwelling
- A garage demolition
- Whole-dwelling window or siding replacement (for a small- to moderate-size dwelling)
The weight allowance for a 30 yard dumpster will range from 2 to 8 tons (4,000 to 16,000 pounds). Make sure you do not exceed this weight limitation or you could face overage charges.
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What if I need my dumpster in Miami Beach picked up early?
When you make arrangements to rent a dumpster in Miami Beach, part of your rental agreement contains a given length of time you are permitted to use the container. You generally base this time on the length of time you think your project might take. The bigger the project, the longer you'll need the dumpster. Most dumpster rental businesses in Miami Beach give you a speed for a certain amount of days. Should you exceed that amount of days, you'll pay an extra fee per day. If the project goes more rapidly than expected, you may be ended with the dumpster sooner than you anticipated.
If this really is the case, give the dumpster company a call and they'll likely come pick your container up early; this will allow them to rent it to someone else more immediately. You generally will not get a discount on your own rate if you ask for early pickup. Your rental fee includes 7 days (or whatever your term is), whether you use them all or not.
The best way to Know When it is Time to Rent a Dumpster
Most folks do not desire to rent dumpsters unless they absolutely have to. Sometimes, though, it becomes clear that you simply have to rent a dumpster in Miami Beach for commercial and residential jobs.1. Removing a Roof
A dumpster is definitely the best way to eliminate debris after roof building.2. Remodeling
Most cities will not haul away building debris for you. It's your responsibility to ensure you have a suitable container to collect lost stuff from remodeling projects. Even if you simply have a tiny project, municipal waste management is not likely to haul the debris away.3. Clean Outs
A major clean out can collect more junk when compared to a normal receptacle can hold. Renting a small dumpster is a more suitable alternative that'll prevent making multiple trips to the local dump.In case you have one of these projects in mind, then you understand it's time to look for a dependable dumpster rental service in Miami Beach.
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Does my waste get recycled?
When you rent a temporary dumpster, your goal is to fill it up and have the waste hauled away. But if you'd like your waste recycled, you might need to go about it in a somewhat different way. Waste in the majority of temporary dumpsters is not recycled since the containers are so large and carry so much stuff.
If you are interested in recycling any waste from your project, check into getting smaller containers. Many dumpster rental companies in Miami Beach have a broad variety of containers available, including those for recycling. All these are normally smaller than temporary dumpsters; they are the size of routine trash bins and smaller.
In case you like to recycle, figure out whether the company you are working with uses single stream recycling (you usually do not need to sort the substance) or in the event you'll need to form the recyclable stuff into various containers (aluminum cans, cardboard, plastics, etc.) This is going to make a difference in the number of containers you have to rent.
When will my dumpster get picked up?
You are going to typically schedule the quantity of time you plan to keep the dumpster when you first phone to set up your dumpster service. This generally contains the drop off and pick up dates. Most companies do request that you be present when the dumpster is delivered. This really is required to ensure the dumpster is placed in the best area for your project. You don't need to be present when the dumpster is picked up to haul it away.
In case you get into your job and realize you desire pick up sooner or later than you initially requested, that is no problem. Only phone the business's office and clarify exactly what you want, and they will do everything they can to accommodate your request. There may be times they can't fulfill your adjusted schedule precisely because of previous obligations, but they will do the best they can to pick your dumpster up at the appropriate time.
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What You Need To Expect to Spend on your Dumpster Rental in Miami Beach
The amount of money that you spend renting a dumpster in Miami Beach will depend on several variables.
The size of the dumpster is a important consideration that can impact your rental fees. Smaller dumpsters are more often than not cheaper than larger ones.
The total amount of time that you need to keep the dumpster rental in Miami Beach will also affect the price. The more time you keep the dumpster, the further you can expect to pay.
Services are another consideration that could impact your overall price. Many companies include services like dumpster drop off and pick up in their costs. Some companies, however, charge for all these services. That makes it important for you to ask about any hidden fees.
Finally, you will need to pay higher costs for disposing of specific substances. In case you would like to add tires or appliances to the dumpster, for example, you can expect to pay a little more.
What is the Dissimilarity Between a Roll Off and Front Load Dumpster?
Roll off and front load dumpsters have characteristics which make them useful for various kinds of occupations.
A roll off dumpster is delivered to your job location and left there until you need a truck to haul it and your debris away. They generally have open tops as well as a door on the front. This makes it simple for workers to load a wide variety of debris into the dumpster.
A front load dumpster has mechanical arms that that lift containers off the earth. The arms tip to pour the debris into the truck's dumpster. This really is a useful alternative for companies that collect large amounts of garbage.
While roll off dumpsters are usually left on location, front load dumpsters will come pick up debris on a set program. This makes it possible for sterilization professionals to eliminate garbage and trash for multiple dwellings and companies in the region at reasonable costs.
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Dumpster Rental Companies Near Miami Beach
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|(561) 354-8254
|Dumpster Rentals Ft. Lauderdale
|(954) 426-9007
|Best Metal Recycling Inc
|(727) 536-6517
|Centec Equipment LLC
|(941) 225-7500
|All Service of Miami Dade
|(305) 888-5515
|University of Florida
|(352) 392-3261
|Sun Coast Sanitation
|(941) 359-8803
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