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  MORE SUITABLE TO SWINE!
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: Nothing on earth can satisfy or suit the immortal soul, only
union and communion with God can meet its needs.

Topics: "Spiritual Fulfillment", "The Immortal Soul"
Scripture References: Psalm 42:1-2, Ecclesiastes 5:10, Matthew 5:6, Luke 12:18-20, John 6:35

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Thomas Brooks emphasizes that earthly possessions cannot satisfy the
immortal soul, likening those who seek fulfillment in material wealth to
swine. He references the folly of a man who believed he could find
contentment in earthly pleasures, highlighting that true satisfaction
can only be found in a relationship with God. Brooks argues that the
soul's spiritual nature makes it incapable of being fulfilled by
anything less than divine communion, asserting that no amount of worldly
riches can fill the void that only God can satisfy.

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There is no earthly portion which can suit an immortal

soul; he is a fool upon record who said, "Soul, you have

plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life

easy; eat, drink and be merry," Luke 12:18-20. If the

man had the soul of a swine, what more could he have

said? for those things were more suitable to swine

than they were to an immortal soul!

Man's soul is a spiritual and immortal substance, it is

capable of union and communion with God; it is capable

of a choice enjoyment of God here, and of an eternal

fruition of God hereafter. Nothing can suit the soul

below God; nor can anything satisfy the soul without

God. The soul is so high and so noble a piece, that

all the riches of the east and west Indies, nor rocks

of diamonds, nor mountains of gold--can fill it, or

satisfy it, or suit it!

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/thomas-brooks/more-suitable-to-swine/
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