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  BACK, THEN FORWARD
  by C.H. Spurgeon
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Summary: C.H. Spurgeon's sermon emphasizes God's unwavering faithfulness
in His covenant with us, encouraging believers to remember His love and
promises.

Topics: "God's Faithfulness", "Covenant Relationship"
Scripture References: Psalm 89:34, Isaiah 54:10, Lamentations 3:22-23, Ezekiel 16:60, John 10:28-29, Romans 8:38-39, 1 Corinthians 1:9, 2 Timothy 2:13, Hebrews 13:20-21, 1 Peter 5:10

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C.H. Spurgeon emphasizes God's unwavering faithfulness in His covenant
with us, reminding us that despite our sins, He looks back fondly on the
early days of our relationship with Him. The Lord does not hold our
insincerities against us but rather cherishes the sacred bond
established through His love. He reassures us that His promises are
everlasting and will not fail, as He remains steadfast in His commitment
to us. Spurgeon encourages believers to find comfort in the assurance
that God remembers the blood of the everlasting covenant through Jesus
Christ, who secures our relationship with Him. This message calls us to
reflect on God's grace and faithfulness in our lives.

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Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy
youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. (Ezekiel
16:60)

Notwithstanding our sins, the Lord is still faithful in His love to us.
He looks back. See how He remembers those early days of ours when He
took us into covenant with Himself, and we gave ourselves over to Him.
Happy days those! The Lord does not twit us with them and charge us with
being insincere. No, He looks rather to His covenant with us than to our
covenant with Him. There was no hypocrisy in that sacred compact, on His
part, at any rate. How gracious is the Lord thus to look back in love!

He looks forward also. He is resolved that the covenant shall not fail.
If me do not stand to it, He does. He solemnly declares, "I will
establish unto thee an everlasting covenant." He has no mind to draw
back from His promises. Blessed be His name, He sees the sacred seal,
"the blood of the everlasting covenant," and He remembers our Surety, in
whom He ratified that covenant, even His own dear Son; and therefore He
rests in His covenant engagements. "He abideth faithful; he cannot deny
himself."

O Lord, lay this precious word upon my heart and help me to feed upon it
all this day!

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