The Theme of Ceaseless Praise

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace… But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. – Romans 6:14,22

Of redemption, redemption by price and by power, we are bidden to sing, a redemption so pre-eminently desirable that we can never sufficiently value it; a redemption which has delivered us from sin, of all slaveries the worst. “Sin shall not have dominion over you;” Christ has effectually redeemed you from its tyrannic sway. You enjoy also deliverance from the curse of the law, by Christ’s being made a curse for us, as it is written, “Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.” You are blest with deliverance from misery; wherever there is sin misery is sure to follow, but Jesus has borne the penalty for your sins and turned it aside from you. You are delivered from carking care, and unbelieving anxiety; the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keeps your heart and mind by Jesus Christ. And you are delivered from death and hell. Let this thought thrill you with delight: in your ear can never ring the doleful sentence, “Depart, ye cursed,” for you there is no bottomless pit, no fire which cannot be quenched, no worm which never can die. Christ has delivered you; you are no longer slaves to sin and victims to death, for you are set free from the thraldom of Satan’s power, who hath the power of death. He may tempt, but he cannot force; he may provoke, but he cannot subdue. Christ has undone the devil’s work, has cast him down from his throne, and torn up his stronghold; his empire over you is ended, never to be renewed. In you who have believed the Lord has set up His throne, and there will He reign for ever. Glory be to God for this. The Lord’s redemption is the theme of ceaseless praise, for it is a redemption which brings in its train hope, holiness, and heaven, deliverance from sin, likeness to Christ, and eternal glory with Christ. Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth! ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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