We Shall Be Without Spot or Wrinkle
Believers can be confident in their salvation and eternal life through God's promise and power.
C.H. Spurgeon emphasizes the promise of believers being made 'without spot or wrinkle' before God, highlighting the assurance that through faith in Jesus, we will ultimately be free from fault and receive eternal glory. He encourages believers to trust in God's omnipotence, recognizing that the challenges we face are insignificant compared to His power. Spurgeon reassures that our Redeemer lives, and because of His love and life, we can confidently expect to share in His joy and victory. The sermon calls for a faith that looks beyond difficulties to the glorious future promised by God.
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We believe according to God's promise that we shall one day be "without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing." I do believe that this head shall wear a crown of glory, and that this hand shall wave a palm branch. I am fully assured that he will one day sweetly say to me
"Close thine eyes that thou mays't see
What I have in store for thee.
Lay thine arms of warfare down,
Fall that thou mays't win a crown."
We, all, who are believers in Jesus, shall one day be without fault before the throne of God; but how is this to be? Surely our confidence is that he who has promised it is able to perform it. This is the faith which finds its way to glory - the faith which expects to enter into the Redeemer's joy, because of the Redeemer's love and life. Brethren, in this matter we see the difficulties, but we do not consider them: we count them as less than nothing since omnipotence has come into the field. "Thanks be unto God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." We know that our Redeemer liveth, and that because he lives we shall also live, and be with him where he is.
From a sermon by Charles Haddon Spurgeon entitled "How Is Salvation Received?," delivered April 1, 1877.
Sermon Outline
- God's Promise of Perfection
- The Nature of Faith
- The Power of Omnipotence
- The Assurance of Eternal Life
- Our Redeemer lives and gives us life
- We will be with him where he is
Key Quotes
“Close thine eyes that thou mays't see What I have in store for thee.” — C.H. Spurgeon
“Lay thine arms of warfare down, Fall that thou mays't win a crown.” — C.H. Spurgeon
“Thanks be unto God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” — C.H. Spurgeon
Application Points
- We can trust in God's promise and power to overcome difficulties in our faith.
- Faith that expects to enter into God's joy is the key to glory.
- Our victory in life comes through our Lord Jesus Christ.