You will drown, Sir Priest!
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The following is from Spurgeon's sermon,
"Noah's Flood" #823. Matthew 24:39,
"The flood came and took them all away."
The destruction caused by the deluge was universal. It did not merely sweep away some who were outside of the ark, but it swept them all away.
I doubt not that among those who perished in Noah's flood, there were many who were very zealous in the cause of religion.
But when the flood came, these men being outside of the ark, whether priests or not, did not escape; it swept them all away.
O you who wear the robes of priesthood, and profess to be sent of God to teach others, with all your boasted magical powers, if you do not believe in Jesus as poor guilty sinners, and look up to the cross alone for your salvation, when the flood comes it will sweep you all away.
You will drown, Sir Priest, despite your baptismal regeneration and your sacramental efficacy! You will sink with a lying absolution on your lips down to the nethermost hell!
In that day of wrath, the fiery deluge shall sweep you also all away.
The flood shall sweep away all at last- whether religious or profane, for they have not fled to the ark, and so have rejected the one only shelter.
"The flood came and took them all away."
It all hinges on this one matter-inside or outside the ark. (Christ)
Those inside the ark may have a thousand imperfections, but all are saved without a single exception at last!
Those outside the ark may have a thousand excellencies, but all are drowned without a single exception at last! They all perished in the universal destruction.
Here is the solemn thought.
Here is a rule without an exception-All outside of Christ lost; all in Christ saved.
All unbelievers perishing; all believers saved.
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