(Kirje Heprealaisille 13:7)
Viime aikoina pohtiessani syvemmin omaa uskoa ja näkemystä, on tullut luettua paljon Charles Spurgeonin saarnoja ja kirjoituksia. Olitpa näkemykseltäsi luterilainen, baptisti tai metodisti, niin on vaikea olla huomaamatta sitä vakaumusta ja varmuutta, jotka heijastuvat Spurgeonin saarnoista. Vaikka miehen kuolemasta on jo yli 100 vuotta, silti monet löytävät hänen teoksiaan ja palaavat niiden äären. Itseni mukaan lukien. Uskon, että yksi syy tähän on siinä, että jokainen hänen saarnoistaan vie kuulijaa kohti tärkeintä, kohti Kristusta.
Laitan tähän oheen lainauksen hänen saarnastaan "Baptismal regeneration." Tärkeää sanomaa myös jokaiselle luterilaisen kirkon jäsenelle.
"None but Jesus, none but Jesus Can do helpless sinners good."
"There is life in a look at the crucified; there is life at this moment for you. Whoever among you can believe in the great love of God towards man in Christ Jesus, you shall be saved. If you can believe that our great Father desireth us to come to him—that he panteth for us—that he calleth us every day with the loud voice of his Son's wounds; if you can believe now that in Christ there is pardon for transgressions past, and cleansing for years to come; if you can trust him to save you, you have already the marks of regeneration. The work of salvation is commenced in you, so far as the Spirit's work is concerned: it is finished in you so far as Christ's work is concerned. O, I would plead with you—lay hold on Jesus Christ. This is the foundation: build on it. This is the rock of refuge: fly to it. I pray you fly to it now. Life is short: time speeds with eagle's-wing. Swift as the dove pursued by the hawk, fly, fly poor sinner, to God's dear Son; now touch the hem of his garment; now look into that dear face, once marred with sorrows for you; look into those eyes, once shedding tears for you. Trust him, and if you find him false, then you must perish; but false you never will find him while this word standeth true, "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned." God give us this vital, essential faith, without which there is no salvation. Baptized, re-baptized, circumcised, confirmed, fed upon sacraments, and buried in consecrated ground—ye shall all perish except ye believe in him. The word is express and plain—he that believeth not may plead his baptism, may plead anything he likes, "But he that believeth not shall be damned;" for him there is nothing but the wrath of God, the flames of hell, eternal perdition. So Christ declares, and so must it be."Voit lukea saarnan kokonaisuudessaan täältä
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