10 JANUARY (UNDATED SERMON)
Beloved, and yet afflicted
‘Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.’ John 11:3
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: James 5:13–16
Jesus may give healing. It would not be wise to live by a supposed faith, and cast off the physician and his medicines, any more than to discharge the butcher, and the tailor, and expect to be fed and clothed by faith; but this would be far better than forgetting the Lord altogether, and trusting to man only. Healing for both body and soul must be sought from God. We make use of medicines, but these can do nothing apart from the Lord, ‘who healeth all thy diseases’. We may tell Jesus about our aches and pains, and gradual declinings, and hacking coughs. Some persons are afraid to go to God about their health: they pray for the pardon of sin, but dare not ask the Lord to remove a headache: and, yet, surely, if the hairs outside our head are all numbered by God it is not much more of a condescension for him to relieve throbs and pressures inside the head.
Our big things must be very little to the great God, and our little things cannot be much less. It is a proof of the greatness of the mind of God that while ruling the heavens and the earth, he is not so absorbed by these great concerns as to be forgetful of the least pain or want of any one of his poor children. We may go to him about our failing breath, for he first gave us lungs and life. We may tell him about the eye which grows dim, and the ear which loses hearing, for he made them both. We may mention the swollen knee, and the sore finger, the stiff neck, and the sprained foot, for he made all these our members, redeemed them all, and will raise them all from the grave. Go at once, and say, ‘Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.’
FOR MEDITATION: In healing, as in everything else, God usually employs means—Luke was a physician (Colossians 4:14). But in healing, as in everything else, we are to trust in God himself, not in the means he employs (Psalm 146:3–4; Jeremiah 17:5–8). To ignore this can be a risky business (2 Chronicles 16:12–13; Mark 5:25–26). Always remember that God does not always choose to heal the sick (2 Timothy 4:20).
N.B. This sermon was ‘preached before an audience of invalid ladies at Mentone’.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon and Terence Peter Crosby, 365 Days with Spurgeon (Volume 5), ed. Terence Peter Crosby, (Leominster: Day One Publications, 2010), 15.
Beloved, and yet afflicted
‘Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.’ John 11:3
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: James 5:13–16
Jesus may give healing. It would not be wise to live by a supposed faith, and cast off the physician and his medicines, any more than to discharge the butcher, and the tailor, and expect to be fed and clothed by faith; but this would be far better than forgetting the Lord altogether, and trusting to man only. Healing for both body and soul must be sought from God. We make use of medicines, but these can do nothing apart from the Lord, ‘who healeth all thy diseases’. We may tell Jesus about our aches and pains, and gradual declinings, and hacking coughs. Some persons are afraid to go to God about their health: they pray for the pardon of sin, but dare not ask the Lord to remove a headache: and, yet, surely, if the hairs outside our head are all numbered by God it is not much more of a condescension for him to relieve throbs and pressures inside the head.
Our big things must be very little to the great God, and our little things cannot be much less. It is a proof of the greatness of the mind of God that while ruling the heavens and the earth, he is not so absorbed by these great concerns as to be forgetful of the least pain or want of any one of his poor children. We may go to him about our failing breath, for he first gave us lungs and life. We may tell him about the eye which grows dim, and the ear which loses hearing, for he made them both. We may mention the swollen knee, and the sore finger, the stiff neck, and the sprained foot, for he made all these our members, redeemed them all, and will raise them all from the grave. Go at once, and say, ‘Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.’
FOR MEDITATION: In healing, as in everything else, God usually employs means—Luke was a physician (Colossians 4:14). But in healing, as in everything else, we are to trust in God himself, not in the means he employs (Psalm 146:3–4; Jeremiah 17:5–8). To ignore this can be a risky business (2 Chronicles 16:12–13; Mark 5:25–26). Always remember that God does not always choose to heal the sick (2 Timothy 4:20).
N.B. This sermon was ‘preached before an audience of invalid ladies at Mentone’.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon and Terence Peter Crosby, 365 Days with Spurgeon (Volume 5), ed. Terence Peter Crosby, (Leominster: Day One Publications, 2010), 15.
10 JANUARY (UNDATED SERMON)
Beloved, and yet afflicted
‘Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.’ John 11:3
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: James 5:13–16
Jesus may give healing. It would not be wise to live by a supposed faith, and cast off the physician and his medicines, any more than to discharge the butcher, and the tailor, and expect to be fed and clothed by faith; but this would be far better than forgetting the Lord altogether, and trusting to man only. Healing for both body and soul must be sought from God. We make use of medicines, but these can do nothing apart from the Lord, ‘who healeth all thy diseases’. We may tell Jesus about our aches and pains, and gradual declinings, and hacking coughs. Some persons are afraid to go to God about their health: they pray for the pardon of sin, but dare not ask the Lord to remove a headache: and, yet, surely, if the hairs outside our head are all numbered by God it is not much more of a condescension for him to relieve throbs and pressures inside the head.
Our big things must be very little to the great God, and our little things cannot be much less. It is a proof of the greatness of the mind of God that while ruling the heavens and the earth, he is not so absorbed by these great concerns as to be forgetful of the least pain or want of any one of his poor children. We may go to him about our failing breath, for he first gave us lungs and life. We may tell him about the eye which grows dim, and the ear which loses hearing, for he made them both. We may mention the swollen knee, and the sore finger, the stiff neck, and the sprained foot, for he made all these our members, redeemed them all, and will raise them all from the grave. Go at once, and say, ‘Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.’
FOR MEDITATION: In healing, as in everything else, God usually employs means—Luke was a physician (Colossians 4:14). But in healing, as in everything else, we are to trust in God himself, not in the means he employs (Psalm 146:3–4; Jeremiah 17:5–8). To ignore this can be a risky business (2 Chronicles 16:12–13; Mark 5:25–26). Always remember that God does not always choose to heal the sick (2 Timothy 4:20).
N.B. This sermon was ‘preached before an audience of invalid ladies at Mentone’.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon and Terence Peter Crosby, 365 Days with Spurgeon (Volume 5), ed. Terence Peter Crosby, (Leominster: Day One Publications, 2010), 15.
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