We Shall See God: Charles Spurgeon's Classic Devotional Thoughts on Heaven
No author in history has more material in print than Charles Spurgeon. During his lifetime, Spurgeon and his writings affected the world far and wide. Today, nearly 120 years after his death, countless people continue to have a passion for this London preacher, and more and more discover him every day. Some of Spurgeon’s most powerful sermons were those that he preached on the topic of Heaven. Up until now, however, very few of these sermons have been accessible to a mass audience. In what is sure to become an instant classic, best-selling author Randy Alcorn has compiled the most profound spiritual insights on the topic of eternity from these sermons and arranged them into an easily-accessible, highly inspirational devotional format complete with his own comments and devotional thoughts. Whether you are familiar with the works of Charles Spurgeon or not, you are in for a treat, as Alcorn invites you to sit at the feet of the Prince of Preachers and discover timeless pearls of wisdom from one of the greatest theological minds of all time.
Top Highlights
“The day will come when the Lord Jesus will descend from Heaven with a shout, with the trump of the archangel and the voice of God. Some think that this descent of the Lord will be postmillennial—that is, after the thousand years of his reign. I cannot think so. I conceive that the advent will be premillennial—that he will come first and then will come the Millennium as the result of his personal reign upon Earth.” (source)
“The text says they shall ‘see his face,’ by which I understand two things. First, that they shall literally and physically, with their risen bodies, actually look into the face of Jesus. Second, that spiritually their mental faculties shall be enlarged so that they shall be enabled to look into the very heart and soul and character of Christ, so as to understand him, his work, his love, his all in all, as they never understood him before.” (source)
“Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob have long been enjoying happiness and shall enjoy it throughout eternity. He [God] would not have spoken as he did if the visible were all and there were no future to counterbalance the tribulations of this mortal life. God is not the God of the short lived, who are so speedily dead, but he is the living God of an immortal race, whose present is but a dark passage into a bright future which can never end.” (source)
“We are not, as Plato supposed, merely spiritual beings temporarily encased in bodies. Adam did not become a ‘living being’ until he was both body and spirit (Genesis 2:7, NIV). We are physical beings as much as we are spiritual beings. That’s why the bodily resurrection is so central in God’s plan of redemption—it is essential that God endow us with eternal, righteous humanity.” (source)
Product Details
- Title : We Shall See God: Charles Spurgeon's Classic Devotional Thoughts on Heaven
- Authors:
- Alcorn, Randy
- Alcorn, Randy
- Spurgeon, Charles H.
- Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
- Publication Date: 2011
- ISBN: 9781414360676
