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USER COMMENTS BY “ EMILY SHEAROUSE ” |
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 4/11/07 1:33 PM |
| Emily Shearouse | | Nova Scotia, Canada | |  |  | |  |
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“ WONDERFUL Sermon! ”
I came to this message, discouraged over persistant, ever-present sin, thinking, "Ah yes, this is what I need--an exhortation against sin, counting all the things that tempt me loss..." If I had heard such a sermon, I would likely have become more discouraged at the failure of such efforts. What I truly needed was the relieving, refreshing and comforting reminder that even the best deeds (if I even could do them) would be loss, and that even the best saints have nothing to hope in but Christ! It's a breath of fresh air...a subject that can never be heard too often. |
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| 4/5/07 5:10 PM |
| Emily Shearouse | | Nova Scotia, Canada | | | | | |
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“ Interesting Sermon ”
I was quite interested in what Dr. Berg had to say, and I could definitely relate. However, it wasn't clear to me whether he meant "you either have it or you don't", or if he allowed for varying degrees. The Puritans, whom he quoted from, also speak frequently and familiarly of discouragement: even times of near-despair when they were only kept from worse by the candle of hope always left burning in true believers. Willem Teellinck has quite a lengthy and helpful section on that in "The Path of True Godliness", even explaining how God uses such disconsolacy for our good.
The Bible, too, is full of this, especially in the Psalms. Often we have supernatural comfort, joy and confidence, but many times we pray in the words of Ps. 88, or others: and "long", "mourn", "weep", or cry out, "how long, Lord? Return!" And in the Song of Songs: "I searched for my Beloved, but I could not find Him," while at other times we shout, "I am my Beloved's and He is mine!" At any rate, those glimpses we get encourage us and give us a foretaste of what the perfect, joyful communion in Heaven will be like! I liked his point that we must pray that we will "abound more and more" (and indeed, we will be exceedingly motivated to do so if we have tasted the sweetness of such assurance)! |
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| 4/2/07 3:11 PM |
| Emily Shearouse | | Nova Scotia, Canada | | | | | |
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“ Joy in the midst of suffering! ”
Oh, what a sweet message! I love Samuel Rutherford's quote, "Welcome, welcome, cross of Christ, if Christ be with it!" What joy there is in crosses, when it brings us closer to our dear Saviour, who bears both us and our crosses with, and for us! And how much easier it is to walk in His footsteps. I always think of that when I walk through three or more feet of freshly fallen snow: it's so hard--but when you have someone else's footsteps to place your feet in, it is still hard, but the hardest part is already done.
Nothing is worth the exchange for the cross of Christ! "Lead me in the way everlasting!" (Ps. 139) |
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