A message from God to his church and people E-Book

C. H. Spurgeon

• Herausgeber: Editora Oxigênio
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Seitenzahl: 34

Beschreibung

"O Lord, I have heard Your speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive Your work in the midstof the years! In the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy." Habakkuk 3:2. This is another volume in the series of Sermons by Charles Spurgeon. This Sermon on the biblical passage in Habakkuk 3:2 teaches us about the Glorious Love of God. A book that will bring growth and knowledge about prayer, and invite him to live with greater intimacy with God. Written by Charles Spurgeon, important preacher Christian.

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INTRODUCTION

BY C. H. SPURGEON

“O Lord, I have heard Your speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive Your work in the midst

of the years! In the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy.”

Habakkuk 3:2.

“O LORD, I have heard Your speech!” This is the language of reverent obedience, and is a fit preface to a fervent prayer. If we are not willing to hear God’s voice, we cannot expect Him to hear our voice. It is an admirable preparation for prayer, first to listen diligently to what God the Lord shall speak, and then to be obedient to His commands. He who would hear God speak needs not to wait long, for God speaks to men continually bythe Scriptures,which are given to us by Inspiration. Alas that we should be so deaf to its teachings!

This wonderful volume, so full of wisdom, is so little read that few of us could dare to gaze upon its pages and say, “O Lord, in this Book I have heard Your speech.”

At other times, the Lord speaks byprovidence;both national providences and personal providences have a meaning; providences that are afflicting, and providences which are comforting all have a voice; but, alas, I fear that oftentimes to us providence is dumb because we are deaf. How often, in ourstubbornness, we are like the horse and the mule, which have no understanding, and when God speaks to us we do not regard Him; He therefore multiplies our afflictions, and holds us in with the bit and bridle of adversity, because we will not be governed by gentler means.

Look, my brothers and sisters, at the providence of God throughout the whole of your lives, and I am afraid few of you can say of it, “O Lord, in providence I have heard Your speech.” The God of heaven speaks to men by HisHoly Spirit.

He does this, at times; in those common operations of the Spirit upon the ungodly which they resist as did also their fathers. The Spirit strives with men; He calls, and they refuse; He stretches out His hands, and they regard Him not. The unregenerate man is like the deaf adder that will not hear charm we ever so wisely.

Even when the Holy Spirit speaks to us His people, we are not always willing and obedient; and though we have ears to hear, we frequently quench the Spirit; we grieve Him, we neglect His warnings, and, if we do not despise His teachings, yet too often we forget them, and listen to the follies of earth, instead of regarding the wisdom of the skies. I am afraid that in looking into our own hearts and studying them in connection with the operations of the Holy Spirit, not one of us could dare to say, without exception, “O Lord, I have heard Your speech.”

In the text before us we meet with a prophet whose ears had been spiritually opened, and who therefore heard the still, small voice of Jehovah, where others perceived neither sound nor utterance.

There are times even with us when, being under the influence of the Holy Spirit, we hold near communion with our God; then are our hearts like wax to His seal, receiving the impression of the divine Mind. Are you not conscious of having been in such a state? It must be so, dear hearer, in a measure, with all the Lord’s servants; but especially must it be often so with those of us who are called to bear His messages to the people.