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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Everywhere he stepped Scotland shook. Whenever he opened his mouth a spiritual force swept in every direction. Thousands followed him to the feet of Christ (Courtland Meyers).
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Free-will doctrine – what does it? It magnifies man into God; it declares God’s purposes a nullity, since they cannot be carried out unless men are willing. It makes God’s will a waiting servant to the will of man, and the whole covenant of grace dependent upon human action. Denying election on the ground of injustice it holds God to be a debtor to sinners, so that if He gives grace to one He is bound to do so to all. It teaches that the blood of Christ was shed equally for all men and since some are lost, this doctrine ascribes the difference to man’s own will, thus making the atonement itself a powerless thing until the will of man gives it efficacy. Those sentiments dilute the scriptural description of man’s depravity, and by imputing strength to fallen humanity, rob the Spirit of the glory of His effectual grace: this theory says in effect that it is of him that willeth, and of him that runneth, and not of God that showeth mercy.
C.H. Spurgeon

    • CLXXXI. Preparation for Heaven.

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    2 COR. v. 5.
    “Now He that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God,
    who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.”

    I. THE work of preparation for heaven.
    There must be some kind of preparation. This prepara-
    tion must be wrought in us.
    It is possible for us to know whether we are thoroughly
    prepared.
    II. The author of this preparation is God. Without
    acquaintance with God we cannot be prepared. Consider
    the seal of this preparation—the earnest of the Spirit. A
    part of heaven, a young heaven. Nurse it within you.
    If we have this seal, we shall show patience, forgiveness,
    holy courage, and a living faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
    Charles H. Spurgeon

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