![]() Behold, I create new heavens, and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. Those who obey him in spirit and in truth-ĭISCOURSE: 1021 THE NEW HEAVENS AND THE NEW EARTH Those who disregard the warnings of their God. Certain it is that God will put a difference between those who serve him, and those who serve him not. Under the Jewish dispensation, the commands of God were enforced with temporal rewards and punishments: but to us he holds forth rather such as are spiritual and eternal. This we have done notwithstanding God’s incessant endeavours to reclaim us- From the evil which they committed, we proceed to notice, We have followed, every one of us, our own evil ways. Horae homileticae free#Yet, though free from gross idolatry, we have acted altogether on the same rebellious principle as they, in that, In this respect we, through mercy, stand on higher ground than they. This was indeed heinous beyond measure: for, notwithstanding all the remonstrances of successive prophets whom God sent to warn them of their guilt, “they forsook the Lord, and forgot his holy mountain,” where they ought to have worshipped him: and “offered sacrifices to a whole troop” of worthless idols. This is evident in the passage before us, where he specifies his own unwearied kindness to his people as greatly aggravating the guilt of their neglect, and as forming a ground for his executing the heavier judgments upon them. ![]() Whatever his people do, either in a way of obedience or of disobedience, he will notice it, in Order to a suitable retribution taking into the account every thing which, on the one hand, may either extenuate or aggravate the guilt of the disobedient, or, on the other hand, enhance or detract from the services of the obedient. IN every age, and every place, God is the same: he is the Governor of the universe, and expects obedience from all his creatures, and will deal with them in a way of approbation or displeasure, according as they conduct themselves towards him. Because when I called, ye did not answer when T spake, ye did not hear but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. DISCOURSE: 1020 DANGER OF DISREGARDING GOD ![]()
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