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Thought for the Day 29 November 2009

Categorised as Thought of the Day and published Sunday, November 29th, 2009
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We too are looking out for Christ’s coming,—we are bid look out,—we are bid pray for it; and yet it is to be a time of judgment. It is to be the deliverance of all Saints from sin and sorrow for ever; yet they, every one of them, must undergo an awful trial. How then can any look forward to it with joy, not knowing (for no one knows) the certainty of his own salvation?

From the sermon ‘Shrinking from Christ’s Coming’ (1836) Click here for the full text (leaves site)