Can realize, we shall be happy. Hail the incarnate Deity, Pleased as Man with men to appear, Jesus our Immanuel here. Specially this week be not ashamed to be glad. Christmas sermons by charles h spurgeon. Tell them of the mighty works of God's hand which he hath wrought in you from his own free, sovereign, undeserved love. Why all this ringing of bells in the church steeples, as if all London were mad with joy? I say it may be true and real enough; God forbid I should say a word against the sincerity of those who practice it; but it is a sickly religion. The angel further went on to give these shepherds cause for joy by telling them that while their Savior was born to.
It unto the Lord, I doubt not that He will accept your devotion. Now, if you have gold and silver, if you have aught of this world's goods, give in your measure to Christ; but take care, above all, that you give yourself to him, and let your cry be from this day forth, "Do not I love thee dearest Lord? "Come, " is His own word to those who labor and are heavy laden, and that same word He will address to you at the last "Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from before the foundation of the world. " You have been resting perhaps in some hope that you would make yourself better, and so save yourself. Christmas sermons by charles spurgeon. O you people, oftentimes despised and downtrodden, the Prince of the Democracy is born one chosen out of the people is exalted to the throne! Give thyself to Christ. When every earthly prop gives way, This still is all my strength and stay. They believe in no doctrine which uncrowns Christ, and puts the crown upon the head of mortals.
She does not pause while she questions herself, "Have I any right to sing? " Others of you cannot preach, but you can sing. He is clear that Christmas is not a biblical holiday and so minces no words in criticizing the attempt to equate it with vital Christianity. If God shall spare me, on some future occasion I hope to take the other titles, "The Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. " The heir of all things cradled in a manger! I thought within myself, there are a large number of young men who always come to hear me preach; they always crowd the aisles of my chapel, and many of them have been converted to God. Even as I gave up Lucifer and all his host, so I abandon you to follow your own chosen course of rebellion! I want, this morning, to feel as if I saw the Glory of the Lord still shining in the heavens, for it was there, though I did not see it. God hath forsaken him.
And there have also. Are you content to believe mysteries without demanding to have them explained? It was not till the middle of the third century that any part of the church celebrated the nativity of our Lord; and it was not till very long after the Western church had set the example, that the Eastern adopted it. Immanuel, God with us . Notice how the language is couched in the past tense. And then fixedly gaze upon Him and so be blest! Are you quite sure of that? All that is within us sing for joy! "O wake our hearts, in gladness sing! Their teaching is not glad tidings. Superstition has fixed most positively the day of our Saviour's birth, although there is no possibility of discovering when it occurred.
But, lo, He has allied Himself. Now, poor soul, thou that art afraid lest God should destroy thee, and thou thinkest that God will never have mercy upon thee, look at the singing angels and doubt if thou darest. We do not even know what those four living creatures may be who are nearest the eternal Presence but God had never taken up the nature of any of them, nor allied Himself with them by any actual union with His Person. Unto you, O you who are the chief of sinners, even unto you, you consciously guilty ones, is born a Savior! True religion cannot be inconsistent with nature. From man his truest bliss! Concerning Christ and there was hearty and devout praise from a multitude all filled with heavenly joy!
Look them in the face and say, "If you had found him too you would not think it little. Change a man's principles, and you change his feelings, you change his actions. Now, if this Son is given to you, you are a son yourself. The ancients used to paint griffins, gryphons, dragons, chimeras, and all kinds of hideous things; but if a skillful hand could paint man accurately none of us would look at the picture, for it is a sight that none ever saw except the lost in hell; and that is one part of their intolerable pain, that they are compelled always to look upon themselves Now, then, see you not that ye must be born again, and unless ye are so this child is not born to you. Harps soon get out of tune, and when the wind blows from the doubting quarter, the strings snap by the wholesale. Seems to be one of the principal items of their Christmastide delight! Do not throw it to the winds; do not leave it as soon as you get out of Exeter Hall. And adoration, they gathered up their strength to pursue him, for they could not let him go to earth alone on such an. But in 1871 his tune changed a bit and he began his Christmas sermon with these words, "WE HAVE NO superstitious regard for times and seasons. "Well, sir, I confess I owe you five hundred pounds, " and by degrees he comes to confess that he owes the thousand. So distinct from Himself that a great gulf was fixed between the Creator and the created, so far as existence and relationship. What love is there revealed! I know it was grateful, because the man said, "I will tell thee how great things the Lord hath done for me;" and (not meaning a pun in the least degree) I may observe, that a man who is grateful is always full of the greatness of the mercy which God has shown him; he always thinks that what God has done for him is immensely good and supremely great.
Give up that delusive fancy. I wish these gentlemen had seen the angels when they sang about Christ; for angels sang about his birth, though it was no concern of theirs, certainly men ought to sing about it as long as they live, sing about it when they die, and sing about it when they live in heaven for ever. You can do nothing by your best prayers, your best tears, or your best works, to merit eternal life. Although the main matter of regeneration lies within, yet it manifests itself without. Go home to them, and tell them, not to make them glad, for they will very likely be angry with you; but tell them for their soul's salvation. But, Brothers and Sisters, they do not all rejoice, not even all of those who know this glorious Truth of God. If the angels of Heaven could have a doubt, it would turn Heaven into Hell. They have proven beyond all doubt, as far as their own dogmatism is concerned, that everything is to be doubted which is most sure and that nothing is to be believed at all except the infallibility of pretenders to science! You may be the means of bringing a man to Christ who has often heard the Word and only laughed at it, but who cannot resist a gentle admonition. Do you take God's Word just as it stands, simply because your heavenly Father says so? I hope, when you are telling the story of what God did for you, that they will be led by the Spirit to desire the same mercy themselves. Realize that which was, indeed, matter of fact, and you may almost hear the angelic choir up in yonder sky still singing, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. "