Victory Over the Evil One

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And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed…and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her Seed; He shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise His heel. – Genesis 3:14,15

My brethren, the Lord has not only illustrated to every one His attributes in the great plan of redemption, but He has been pleased to show how the goodness of His nature triumphs over all the power of evil. Satan seemed to have gained a great advantage over God when he poisoned our race with his venom; the advantage was but temporary, and it ended in his greater defeat. Little did he know that by his craft and malice he was preparing a black background for divine love to lay its lovely tints upon that they might be the more conspicuous. How art thou baffled in thy dark designs, O Lucifer! How art thou vanquished, O thou enemy! How art thou spoiled, O thou spoiler! How art thou led captive, O captivity! Thou thoughtest that man would be thy weak and willing instrument with which to show thy spite against the Most High, but lo, man, whom thou didst disgrace and dishonor, triumphs over thee on God’s behalf. The Seed of the woman whom thou didst beguile has been wiser than thou; His bruised heel has been the breaking of thy head; while He hath all things under His feet, all sheep and oxen, yea, and the fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the sea. The man Christ Jesus is Lord of all, and at His name all creatures bow the knee. Even the devils are subject unto Him, and evil is overruled for good. See how the Lord “frustrateth the token of the liars, and maketh diviners mad.” Let the Lord be praised for ever and ever. ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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Rejoice in Your Redemption

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And they sung a new song, saying, Thou … hast redeemed us to God by Thy blood, out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation … – Revelation 5:8

…the Lord hath done it… – Isaiah 44:23

Sinner, though you have not this redemption, yet I would have you sing about it, for it is precisely what you want. You are slaves to sin, and ought you not to bless God that there can be such a thing as redemption? …Many are redeemed, and are rejoicing in it; why should it not come to you? At any rate, begin to hope.

Rejoice, because salvation is a work done for you by another hand. “The Lord hath done it.” A redemption in which you had to find a part of the price would not make you sing, for you are too poor to contribute a farthing, but the Lord has found the whole cost to the utmost penny. If ever you are saved, it must be by power beyond your own, for you are weak as water; be glad, then, that the Lord has done it. If you can ever get that thought into your mind (and I pray the Holy Ghost to put it there), that your salvation was completed on the tree by the Lord Jesus, why, methinks, you will with joy shout forth the Redeemer’s praise.

Think again “the Lord hath done it,” even He whom you have offended. The God whom you have grieved has condescended to work out your redemption. Ought not this to make your soul say, “Would God it were for me”? and then begin to sing even at the bare possibility of such a thing. “Only trust Him now! He will save you. He will save you. He will save you now.” ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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He Has Finished the Work

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Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it…for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob and glorified Himself in Israel. – Isaiah 44:23

We may lay peculiar force upon the word, “The Lord hath done it,” for He has finished the work. In the matter of the redemption of His people nothing remains to be done. There is no mortgage on the church of God to be ultimately discharged, the Lord has made us His unencumbered freehold, and we are His own portion for ever. There is not a little left of human merit for the sinner to work out for himself, or some little point in which the work of salvation is incomplete; but “The Lord hath done it.” No, brethren, even the fringe of the robe of righteousness is all there; you have not a thread to add to it, it is without seam, and woven from the top throughout, all of one piece. Consummatum est. “It is finished;” every type fulfilled, every commandment kept, every sin abolished, the wrath of God and everything that hindered put away.

A very important part of the song, however, lies in the fact that what God has done glorifies Himself. Infinite mercy and condescending love reflect glory upon God…In redemption you see all the attributes of God, blended in harmony, shining with benignant radiance, not with the flash and flame of Sinai, but with the soft beams of peace and love from Calvary. God is never so gloriously seen as at the cross; no, not even amidst the flaming seraphim do the saints above enjoy such a view of God as when they see Him in the wounds of Jesus and putting their finger into the print of the nails, exclaim with transport, “My Lord and my God.” ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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Sing!

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Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it.. – Isaiah 44:23

It is sweet to reflect that redemption is an accomplished fact. It is not “The Lord will do it,” but “The Lord hath done it.” …I have to-day to speak of a matter of history-“The Lord hath done it”; He who was the offended one has provided a propitiation; His own deed of transcendent grace has scattered the thick clouds of sin and poured eternal day upon the darkened earth. Jesus has bled and died and vanquished sin thereby. Our glorious Samson lay asleep in the Gaza of the tomb, and His foes thought they had Him fast for ever; but He awoke before the morning light, and He pulled up the gates of death and hell, post and bar and all, and carried them away, leading captivity captive. He hath done it, our divine Deliverer has spoiled death and the grave for us. “Sing, O ye heavens: shout, ye lower parts of the earth.” The Breaker is gone up before us, and our King is at the head of us; He hath broken up and cleared a pathway straight from the tomb to the throne of God. Glory be to His name; He has done it.

Then sinner, listen. Your sin can be blotted out…O man, those fetters are not, after all, eternal, they may be snapped; the bars in yonder window may be torn out so that you can escape into liberty. Begin to sing, then! Alas, I know you will not because I bid you, nor at any man’s bidding, till grace sets you free. The only thing to make you sing is for you to realize salvation; and oh, may you do so at this moment by believing in Jesus. Have done with everything but Christ and drop into His arms! Rest in Him; trust Him; depend upon Him, and all is well, and then will you cry aloud, “Sing, O ye heavens, for the Lord hath done it.”~ C.H. Spurgeon

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The Lord Hath Done It!

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Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it… – Isaiah 44:23

Brethren, the very center and emphasis of the song seems to me to lie in this: “The Lord hath done it.” How my heart delights in those five words, “The Lord hath done it!” Look at them for a minute. Whatever God does is the subject of joy to all pure beings. God in action is the delight of an intelligent universe. When God created the world, the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy. I can well conceive that they kept a more than ordinarily joyous festival on that Seventh Day, when the Lord “rested and was refreshed.” Wondrous expression! If we were perfect, everything that God did would cause us to sing, and as He is always acting, we should be always singing. If salvation were the work of man, our scantiest notes might suffice, for what is man but a worm, a creature that is crushed before the moth? Wherein is he to be accounted of? But when we sing of redemption it is the Lord’s redemption. He planned it from the beginning; He carried it out in the person of His Son; He applies it by His Holy Spirit. Salvation is of the Lord. “The Lord hath done it.” You who choose may invent a salvation that is partly by man and partly by God, and you may cry this up much as you please; as for me, I have no desire for any salvation but that which is all of God, neither is there any other. This one note shall occupy my entire being-“The Lord hath done it:” “The Lord hath done it.” Every new convert who has newly found peace knows that the Lord has done it; every man who has been for years a believer, and has learned his own weakness, will say clearly, “The Lord hath done it;” ay, and the aged Christian just about to depart is the man to say, “The Lord hath done it.” Grace reigns without a rival, the Lord alone is exalted. Sing, O heavens, and be joyful O earth, for redemption is Jehovah’s work. ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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The Reason Why Many Cannot Find Peace

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You who are King of kings and Lord of lords, we worship You. Before Jehovah’s awful throne we bow with sacred joy.

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The Theme of Ceaseless Praise

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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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