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  HE IS PRECIOUS
  by C.H. Spurgeon
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the inestimable value and worth of Jesus
Christ to believers, highlighting His essentiality in their lives and
the desolate state of the world without Him.

Topics: "Humility", "Pride"
Scripture References: Romans 1:30

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The preacher discusses the concept of arrogance, describing it as a sin
that stems from a feeling of personal superiority and manifests in
contempt towards others. Arrogance is highlighted as a sin that shuts
individuals off from God due to self-sufficiency, independence, and a
lack of recognition of one's own sin. The sermon emphasizes the
importance of humility, as God opposes the proud but gives grace to the
humble, as seen in various Bible verses.

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CONTENT
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As all the rivers run into the sea, so all delights centre in our
Beloved. The glances of His eyes outshine the sun: the beauties of His
face are fairer than the choicest flowers: no fragrance is like the
breath of His mouth. Gems of the mine, and pearls from the sea, are
worthless things when measured by His preciousness. Peter tells us that
Jesus is precious, but he did not and could not tell us how precious,
nor could any of us compute the value of God's unspeakable gift.

Words cannot set forth the preciousness of the Lord Jesus to His people,
nor fully tell how essential He is to their satisfaction and happiness.
Believer, have you not found in the midst of plenty a sore famine if
your Lord has been absent? The sun was shining, but Christ had hidden
Himself, and all the world was black to you; or it was night, and since
the bright and morning star was gone, no other star could yield you so
much as a ray of light. What a howling wilderness is this world without
our Lord!

If once He hideth Himself from us, withered are the flowers of our
garden; our pleasant fruits decay; the birds suspend their songs, and a
tempest overturns our hopes. All earth's candles cannot make daylight if
the Sun of Righteousness be eclipsed. He is the soul of our soul, the
light of our light, the life of our life. Dear reader, what wouldst thou
do in the world without Him, when thou wakest up and lookest forward to
the day's battle? What wouldst thou do at night, when thou comest home
jaded and weary, if there were no door of fellowship between thee and
Christ? Blessed be His name, He will not suffer us to try our lot
without Him, for Jesus never forsakes His own. Yet, let the thought of
what life would be without Him enhance His preciousness.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/ch-spurgeon/he-is-precious/
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