Spurgeon: March PM
* 03/26/PM
"When He cometh in the glory of His Father with the holy
angels."
--Mark 8:38
If we have been partakers with Jesus in His shame, we shall
be sharers with Him in the lustre which shall surround Him when
He appears again in glory. Art thou, beloved one, with Christ
Jesus? Does a vital union knit thee to Him? Then thou art to-day
with Him in His shame; thou hast taken up His cross, and gone
with Him without the camp bearing His reproach; thou shalt
doubtless be with Him when the cross is exchanged for the crown.
But judge thyself this evening; for if thou art not with Him in
the regeneration, neither shalt thou be with Him when He shall
come in His glory. If thou start back from the black side of
communion, thou shalt not understand its bright, its happy
period, when the King shall come, and all His holy angels with
Him . What! are angels with Him ? And yet He took not up
angels--He took up the seed of Abraham. Are the holy angels
with Him ? Come, my soul, if thou art indeed His own beloved,
thou canst not be far from Him. If His friends and His
neighbours are called together to see His glory, what thinkest
thou if thou art married to Him? Shalt thou be distant? Though
it be a day of judgment, yet thou canst not be far from that
heart which, having admitted angels into intimacy, has admitted
thee into union. Has He not said to thee, O my soul, "I will
betroth thee unto Me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in
lovingkindness"? Have not His own lips said it, "I am married
unto thee, and My delight is in thee"? If the angels, who are
but friends and neighbours, shall be with Him, it is abundantly
certain that His own beloved Hephzibah, in whom is all His
delight, shall be near to Him, and sit at His right hand. Here
is a morning star of hope for thee, of such exceeding
brilliance, that it may well light up the darkest and most
desolate experience.