The four and twenty elders fall down before Him that sat on the throne, and worship Him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne… – Revelation 4:10

All the mighty doers in Christ’s church ascribe their crown to Him. What a glorious crown is that which Elijah will wear-the man who went to Ahab, and when Ahab said, “Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?” reproved him to his very face-the man who took the prophets of Baal, and let not one of them escape, but hewed them in pieces and made them a sacrifice to God. What a crown will he wear who ascended into heaven in a chariot of fire! What a crown, again, belongs to Daniel, saved from the lion’s den-Daniel, the earnest prophet of God. What a crown will be that which shall glitter on the head of the weeping Jeremiah, and the eloquent Esaias! What crowns are those which shall begirt the heads of the apostles! What a weighty diadem is that which Paul shall receive for his many years of service! And then, my friends, how shall the crown of Luther glitter, and the crown of Calvin; and what a noble diadem shall that be which Whitefield shall wear, and all those men who have so valiantly served God, and who by His might have put to flight the armies of the Aliens, and have maintained the gospel banner erect in troublous times! Nay, but let me point to you a scene. Elijah enters heaven, and where goes he with that crown which is instantly put upon his head? See, he flies to the throne, and stooping there, he uncrowns himself; “Not unto me, not unto me but unto Thy name be all the glory!” See the prophets as they stream in one by one; without exception, they put their crowns upon the head of Christ. And mark the apostles, and all the mighty teachers of the church; they all bow there and cast their crowns at His feet, who, by His grace, enabled them to win them.

“I ask them whence their victory came;
They, with united breath,
Ascribe their triumph to the Lamb,
Their conquest to HIS DEATH.”

~ C.H. Spurgeon

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But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. – 1 Corinthians 15:57

Sin has been more than a match for creatures of every kind. Sin fought the angels and a third part of the stars of heaven fell. Sin defied the perfect Adam and soon overcame him, for even at the first blow he fell. Sin had a stern contest with Jesus our Lord, but in Him it found its master. Sin came with all its temptations, but Christ resisted and overcame. It came with its horror and with its curse; Christ suffered, Christ endured, and so destroyed its power. He took the poisoned darts of the curse into His own heart, and there quenched its poison fires by shedding his own blood. By suffering, Christ has become master over sin. The dragon’s neck is now beneath His feet. There is not a temptation which He has not known and therefore not a sin which He has not overcome. He has cast down every shape and form of evil, and now for ever stands as more than a conqueror through His glorious sufferings…He died, and in that dreadful hour He overcame death, rifled the sepulcher, split the stone which guarded the mouth of the grave, hewed death in pieces and destroyed the arch-destroyer. Christ seized the iron limbs of Death and ground them to powder in His hand. Death swayed its scepter over all the bodies of men, but Christ has opened the gate of resurrection for His redeemed, and in that day when He shall put the trumpet to His lips and blow the resurrection blast, then shall it be seen how Christ is universal monarch over all the domains of death, for as the Lord our Saviour rose, so all His followers must… Oh, my brethren, how bright that crown which He deserves, who hath for ever put away our sin by the sacrifice of Himself. My soul enraptured restrains my voice, and once again I bow before His throne and worship, in spirit, my bleeding Ransomer, my suffering Saviour.~ C.H. Spurgeon

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These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. – John 16:33

Christ has a crown which I pray that every one of you may wear. He has a crown of victory over the world. For thus saith He Himself, “Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” Did you ever think of what a stern battle that was which Christ had to fight with the world? The world first said, “I will extinguish Him, He shall not be known;” and it threw on Christ heaps of poverty that there He might be smothered. But He shone in His poverty, and the seamless coat shone with greater light than the robe of the rabbi. Then the world attacked Him with its threatenings. Sometimes they dragged Him to the brow of a hill to cast Him down headlong; at another time they took up stones to stone Him… Have you never thought how through thirty years the world tempted Christ? That temptation of the devil in the wilderness was not the only one which He had to endure. Trials of every shape and size surrounded Him, the world emptied its quiver, and shot all its arrows against the breast of the spotless Redeemer; but all holy, all unharmed was He. Still separate from sinners, He walked among them without defilement; feasted among them, and yet did not sanction their gluttony; drank with them, and yet was not a drunkard, acted as they acted in all innocent things, and was the world’s man, and yet not a man of the world. He was in the world, but he was not of it; separate, and yet one of themselves; united to our race by closest ties, and yet evermore separate and distinguished from all mankind. I would, my brethren, that we could imitate Christ in our battle with the world… Stand upright amid all its pressure, and be not moved by all its enchantments. Christ did this, and therefore around His head is that right royal crown of victory; trophy of triumph over the entire forces of the world.~ C.H. Spurgeon

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You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in Your providence watched over my spirit. – Job 10:12

Believer, look to Christ’s thrice-crowned head this day and be comforted. Is providence against thee? Correct thy speech; thou hast erred, God hath not become thine enemy. Providence is not against thee, for Jesus is its King; He weighs its trials and counts its storms. Thy enemies may strive, but they shall not prevail against thee-He shall smite them upon the cheek-bone. Art thou passing through the fire? The fire is Christ’s dominion. Art thou going through the floods? They shall not drown thee; for even the floods obey the voice of the Omnipotent Messiah. Wherever thou art called, thou canst not go where Jesus’s love reigns not. Commit thyself into His hands. However dark thy circumstance, He can make thy pathway clear. Though night surround thee, He shall surely bring the day. Only trust thou in Him; leave thy concerns both little and great in His Almighty hands, and thou shalt yet see how kind His heart, how strong His hand to bring thee out and glorify thee.

I am sure there is no more delightful doctrine to a Christian, than that of Christ’s absolute sovereignty. I am glad there is no such thing as chance, that nothing is left to itself, but that Christ everywhere hath sway. If I thought that there was a devil in hell that Christ did not govern, I should be afraid that devil would destroy me. If I thought there was a circumstance on earth which Christ did not over-rule, I should fear that that circumstance would ruin me. Nay, if there were an angel in heaven that was not one of Jehovah’s subjects, I should tremble even at him. But since Christ is King of kings, and I am His poor brother, one whom He loves, I give all my cares to Him, for He careth for me; and leaning on His breast, my soul hath full repose, confidence, and security.~ C.H. Spurgeon

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And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith He that is holy, He that is true, He that hath the key of David, He that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth. – Revelation 3:7

He is the King of grace: He gives, or He withholds. The river of God’s mercy flows from underneath His throne; He sits as Sovereign in the dispensation of mercy. He hath the key of heaven; He openeth, and no man shutteth; He shutteth, and no man openeth; He calleth, and the stubborn heart obeys; He willeth, and the rebellious spirit bends its knee; for He is Master of men, and when He wills to bless, none can refuse the benediction. He reigneth in His church amidst willing spirits; and He reigns for His church over all the nations of the world, that He may gather unto Himself a people that no man can number who shall bow before the scepter of His love.

I pause here, overcome by the majesty of the subject, and instead of attempting to describe that brow, and those glittering crowns, I shall act the part of a seraph, and bow before that well-crowned head, and cry, “Holy, holy, holy, art Thou Lord God of hosts! The keys of heaven, and death, and hell, hang at Thy girdle; Thou art supreme, and unto Thee be glory for ever and ever.”~ C.H. Spurgeon

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