A little stay on earth will make heaven more heavenly. Nothing makes rest so sweet as toil; nothing renders security so pleasant as exposure to alarms. The bitter quassia cups of earth will give a relish to the new wine which sparkles in the golden bowls of glory. Our battered armour and scarred countenances will render more illustrious our victory above, when we are welcomed to the seats of those who have overcome the world. We should not have full fellowship with Christ if we did not for awhile sojourn below, for He was baptized with a baptism of suffering among men, and we must be baptized with the same if we would share his kingdom. Fellowship with Christ is so honourable that the sorest sorrow is a light price by which to procure it. Another reason for our lingering here is for the good of others. We would not wish to enter heaven till our work is done, and it may be that we are yet ordained to minister light to souls benighted in the wilderness of sin. Our prolonged stay here is doubtless for God's glory. A tried saint, like a well-cut diamond, glitters much in the King's crown. Nothing reflects so much honour on a workman as a protracted and severe trial of his work, and its triumphant endurance of the ordeal without giving way in any part. We are God's workmanship, in whom He will be glorified by our afflictions. It is for the honour of Jesus that we endure the trial of our faith with sacred joy. Let each man surrender his own longings to the glory of Jesus, and feel, "If my lying in the dust would elevate my Lord by so much as an inch, let me still lie among the pots of earth. If to live on earth for ever would make my Lord more glorious, it should be my heaven to be shut out of heaven." Our time is fixed and settled by eternal decree. Let us not be anxious about it, but wait with patience till the gates of pearl shall open.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Spurgeon was a theological bad-ass. Dude could word-smith like no other.
True, that.... And he despised the schism between the laity and the clergy:
From the sermon, The World's Hope Metropolitan Temple, Newington England, 1863
Spot on.
Remember that Arkansas family with a shit ton of kids? One of them named their first son Spurgeon and I guess that's who they named him after. I'd forgotten about Charles Spurgeon. That kid will no doubt be teased ruthlessly throughout junior high though.
True that
Beautiful. Thank you.
"It had to be this way."
Come, Lord Jesus!
Come where?
He's seated at the right hand of the Father making all His enemies His footstool. You're seeing it play out.
When Jesus returns it will be for final judgment. That's the end. No one else gets saved. Game over for the unrepentant.
So no, give us more time Lord to carry out Your great commission and bring more people to faith for Your glory. Amen!
You are correct. When Jesus returns he will be as a warrior to defeat evil. Now is the time to accept Him as your One True God before it's too late.
*When Jesus returns He will be a judge.
God doesn't need to be a warrior, He's God and can speak His enemies out of existence. This isn't a battle for Him, it's a battle for us. One that we are destined to win.
But yes, repent and believe the Gospel. Christians this is YOUR fight right now. Christ purchases EVERYTHING with His blood. Go take it.
Revelation 19:11-21 11 Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. 12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. 15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written:
KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
It's called yin/yang
There is no perspective without scale.
No love without hate. No good without evil. No delicious without disgusting.
The earth matrix is a school of perspective.
I suspect we incarnate here specifically to experience perspective, because In eternity there is none.
There is no 'marriage' in heaven, per Jesus.
Marriage is the mixing of 2 into 1.
In heaven there is only 1. Just fully integrated beings or more likely just 1 being. And we all are that 1, experiencing individuality here in order to learn and appreciate creation.
Hear, hear Patriot! Or should I say Arf, arf? Kek
Life is a contrasting of opposites.
I've never understood this...a deity creating intelligent beings knowing they will all have an overwhelming desire to do all sorts of things that please them but irritate the piss out of him...and even though he knows in advance exactly what each will do, and when, and to whom, he's angry and vengeful about it, and pleased with their suffering
Gonna hafta ask him about that program if I'm ever blessed to have the opportunity
That's Question No. 2, right after nipples for men :)
I think the general idea is that our problems give opportunities for God's glory, love, mercy, justice to be made manifest. Like Moses and the Israelites being cornered by Pharaoh at the red sea manifested God's power to split the red sea and defeat God's enemies. There's a story of a nazi war criminal, rudolf hoess, who was the commandant of Auschwitz repented of his sins and reconciled with God at the last minute before his execution. This glorifies God's love and mercy.
That's become Yahweh isn't a God never mind the god...he is just an alien among the many elhomin who came here 5000 years ago and some say are still here.
You can't make sense of the Bible unless you realise when it talks about the kavod of yahweh it's a space craft..making a great deal of noise as they do and it isn't wise to stand close cos you will get burnt....
Overc280 came here..demanded we choose who we want to command us.. Yahweh a particularly evil POS demanded the abdomen fat of newborn baby and women and firstborn cattle of the enemy and forced his followers to make wine and beer etc. Hardly a God now is he?
Watch Mauro biglino official channel youtube English subtitles ...he translated the Bible for Vatican for many years.
Just try reading the Bible as to what it sayscnot what you believe it says ..even with the lies added on it still is clear.
Read Deuteronomy to see the monetary system given to yahweh followers tribe of jacob which still happens now..made to dominate all others..Rothschild???
No wonder they say this is the last pope
What a wordsmith! Inspired by the Almighty.
Thank you for that.
Needed this today. Thank you <3
Indeed.❤️