Are you hungry or thirsty? he is called Bread and Water of Life. Are you in straits? he is called your way. Are you afflicted with many enemies, inward and outward? he is called a King, and King of kings. Are you guilty of sin? he is called a Priest, and High Priest. Are you ignorant? he is called the Prophet. “Are you accused by Satan, world, or your own conscience? he is called your Advocate. “though your sin be great, is not God's mercy great, exceeding great? is not the satisfaction of Christ great? are the merits of Christ's blood small? Is not God, the great God of heaven and earth, able to do great things? You grant that God is almighty in providing for you and is he not almighty also in pardoning: will ye spoil God of his almightiness in pardoning? You say your sin is great, but is it infinite is there any more infinites than one, and that is God? Is your sin as big as God, as big as Christ is Jesus Christ only a Mediator for small sins will you bring down the satisfaction of Christ, and the mercy of God, to your own model? Hath not the Lord said concerning pardoning mercy, that his "thoughts are not as our thoughts, but as the heavens are greater than the earth, so are his thoughts (in this respect) beyond our thoughts." Hath not the Lord said, in Isaiah xliii, unto the people of the Jews, at verse 22, "But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel." Verse 23, "Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offering, neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices." Verse 24, "Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifice but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thy iniquity." Yet, verse 25, "I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgression for my own sake, and will not remember thy sins." Here are sins, and great sins and if the Lord will therefore pardon sin because it is great, unto his people then surely they have no reason to be quite discouraged in this respect.” So may you do though God hath forsaken you, though you want the sense of his love, yea, and are under the sense of God's anger yet at the same time you may say, The Lord is my Father, and you may go to him as your Father: and if you can say, God is my Father, have you any reason for your discouragements?” And I pray tell me, is it not sufficient to be as our Master was? Did not Christ want the sense of God's love, when he said, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" Yea, had not Christ the sense of God's anger upon him when he did perform the greatest act of obedience that ever the sun saw: yet did he then say, I am not the child of God, because I want the sense of God's love, because I am under the sense of God's anger? No, but with the same breath that he said he was forsaken, he said, "My God, my God " and at the same time he called God Father, "Father, forgive them," &c. No highlighting of text, no writing in the margins, and no missing pages.“We do not live by feeling, but by faith: it is the duty of a Christian to begin with faith, and so to rise up to feeling: you would begin with feeling, and so come down to faith but you must begin with faith, and so rise up to feeling. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. If this is a hard cover, the dust jacket may be missing. Good Condition: A book that has been read, but is in good condition. With over 7 million ratings, you can buy from us with confidence. Condition: Good, Condition: This product has passed our meticulous quality checks and is guaranteed to be in good condition. Lifting up the downcast by Patrick Sookhdeo (Paperback / softback) Amazing ValueTitle: Lifting up the downcast Format: Paperback / softback Type: BOOK Edition: New edition Publisher: Isaac Publishing UK Release Date: 20210301 Language: English. Item: 384096007301 Lifting up the downcast by Patrick Sookhdeo (Paperback / softback) Amazing Value.
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