No 'reverence' is due to me!
(by Charles Spurgeon)
I very much demur to the designation,
"To the Reverend C. H. Spurgeon,"
for no 'reverence' is due to me!
Assuredly, 'Reverend' and 'sinner' make
a curious combination. And as I know I
am the second, I repudiate the first.
To me, it is surprising that such a flattering
title should have been invented, and more
amazing still, that good men should be found who
are angry if this title be not duly given to them.
"It is the Lord your God you must follow,
and Him you must REVERE." Deut. 13:4
".... so that you may learn to REVERE the
Lord your God always." Deut. 14:23
".... REVERE this glorious and awesome
name: the Lord your God." Deut. 28:58
".... REVERE Him, all you descendants
of Israel!" Psalm 22:23
"Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the
people of the world REVERE Him." Psalm 33:8
".... holy and REVEREND is His name." Psalm 111:9
"I know that everything God does will endure
forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing
taken from it. God does it so that men will
REVERE Him." Eccles. 3:14
"Who should not REVERE You, O King of the
nations? This is Your due." Jeremiah 10:7
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It's true that doctrine divides. It's also true that love unifies. The unity we have in the faith is rooted and grounded in truth and love. Remove truth (right theology and doctrine) from the mix and you have less than Biblical unity. Remove love and you have no unity. Love causes us to seek truth and share that truth with others so that we become more unified. God is truth, and as we are more acquainted with His truth, the closer we are to Him, and the closer we become to each other
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