Zguy28
06-04-2012, 09:18 PM
I have found the Scripture-founded sermons and writings of Robert Murray M'Cheyne to be fresh water unlike much of what is produced today. He was a true preacher of the Word, caring shepherd of his flock, and winner of souls during a dark time in Scotland.
Hopefully you to will be refreshed!
Robert Murray M'Cheyne - Sermons - ON THE CLOSE OF A COMMUNION SABBATH. (http://www.mcheyne.info/sermons4.php)
SERMON XIV by Robert Murray M'Cheyne (1813-1843)
"What have I to do any more with idols?"—HOSEA 14:8
Every one who has been truly united to Christ, and has this day confessed Him before men, should now take up these words, and solemnly, in the presence of God, declare, "What have I to do any more with idols?" Two reasons are given.
God loves you freely.—Ver. 4. If you are this day come to Jesus, God loves you freely. If you believe on Him that justifieth the ungodly, your faith is counted for righteousness. As long as you come to God in yourself, you were infinitely vile, loathsome, condemned—mountains of iniquity covered your soul—but blessed, blessed, blessed be the Holy Spirit who has led you to Jesus. You have come to God's righteous servant, who by His knowledge justifies many, because He bears their iniquities. Your sins are covered, God sees no iniquity in you; God loves you freely, His anger is turned away from you. What have you to do then any more with idols? Is not the love of God enough for thee? The loving and much loved wife is satisfied with the love of her husband; his smile is her joy, she cares little for any other. So, if you have come to Christ, thy Maker is thine husband—His free love to you is all you need, and all you can care for—there is no cloud between you and God—there is no veil between you and the Father; you have access to Him who is the fountain of happiness—what have you to do any more with idols? Oh! if your heart swims in the rays of God's love, like a little mote swimming in the sunbeam, you will have no room in your heart for idols.
The Spirit, like dew, descends on your souls.—"I will be like the dew."—Ver. 5. If you are this day united to Jesus, the Spirit will come like dew upon your soul. The Spirit is given to them that obey Jesus—"I will pray the Father." When all nature is at rest, not a leaf moving, then at evening the dew comes down—no eye to see the pearly drops descending, no ear to hear them falling on the verdant grass—so does the Spirit come to you who believe. When the heart is at rest in Jesus—unseen, unheard by the world—the Spirit comes, and softly fills the believing soul, quickening all, renewing all within. "If I go away I will send Him unto you." Dear little ones, whom God hath chosen out of this world, you are like Gideon's fleece, the Lord will fill you with dew when all around is dry. You are His vineyard of red wine; He says, I will water it every moment—silently, unfelt, unseen but surely. But, ah! that Spirit is a Holy Spirit. "I the Lord thy God am a jealous God." He cannot bear an idol in His temple. When the ark of God was carried into the temple of Dagon, the idol fell flat before it; much more when the Holy Spirit comes into the heart will He cast out the idols.
Read on...
Hopefully you to will be refreshed!
Robert Murray M'Cheyne - Sermons - ON THE CLOSE OF A COMMUNION SABBATH. (http://www.mcheyne.info/sermons4.php)
SERMON XIV by Robert Murray M'Cheyne (1813-1843)
"What have I to do any more with idols?"—HOSEA 14:8
Every one who has been truly united to Christ, and has this day confessed Him before men, should now take up these words, and solemnly, in the presence of God, declare, "What have I to do any more with idols?" Two reasons are given.
God loves you freely.—Ver. 4. If you are this day come to Jesus, God loves you freely. If you believe on Him that justifieth the ungodly, your faith is counted for righteousness. As long as you come to God in yourself, you were infinitely vile, loathsome, condemned—mountains of iniquity covered your soul—but blessed, blessed, blessed be the Holy Spirit who has led you to Jesus. You have come to God's righteous servant, who by His knowledge justifies many, because He bears their iniquities. Your sins are covered, God sees no iniquity in you; God loves you freely, His anger is turned away from you. What have you to do then any more with idols? Is not the love of God enough for thee? The loving and much loved wife is satisfied with the love of her husband; his smile is her joy, she cares little for any other. So, if you have come to Christ, thy Maker is thine husband—His free love to you is all you need, and all you can care for—there is no cloud between you and God—there is no veil between you and the Father; you have access to Him who is the fountain of happiness—what have you to do any more with idols? Oh! if your heart swims in the rays of God's love, like a little mote swimming in the sunbeam, you will have no room in your heart for idols.
The Spirit, like dew, descends on your souls.—"I will be like the dew."—Ver. 5. If you are this day united to Jesus, the Spirit will come like dew upon your soul. The Spirit is given to them that obey Jesus—"I will pray the Father." When all nature is at rest, not a leaf moving, then at evening the dew comes down—no eye to see the pearly drops descending, no ear to hear them falling on the verdant grass—so does the Spirit come to you who believe. When the heart is at rest in Jesus—unseen, unheard by the world—the Spirit comes, and softly fills the believing soul, quickening all, renewing all within. "If I go away I will send Him unto you." Dear little ones, whom God hath chosen out of this world, you are like Gideon's fleece, the Lord will fill you with dew when all around is dry. You are His vineyard of red wine; He says, I will water it every moment—silently, unfelt, unseen but surely. But, ah! that Spirit is a Holy Spirit. "I the Lord thy God am a jealous God." He cannot bear an idol in His temple. When the ark of God was carried into the temple of Dagon, the idol fell flat before it; much more when the Holy Spirit comes into the heart will He cast out the idols.
Read on...