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3. Because our eternal destiny depends upon our attitude towards Christ. See John 5:24; 8:21, 24; Matthew 7:21. What a man thinks of and does with Christ determines his eternal destiny. All other sins, however grievous, may be wiped out and forgiven, but this sin never, for it is the sin against the testimony and con vincing evidence of the Holy Spirit. One of two things will happen to the man who faces this question: either he seeks the righteousness of Christ, or he passes into the judgment and condemna tion of the devil. T h em e: G od’* R em em b ran ce of Us. (A C om m union S e rm o n ). . T ext : Jeremiah 2:2—“Thus saith Jeho vah, I do remember thee.” I ntroduction . God’s people were in captivity and were saying, God hath forgotten us; He hath forsaken us. Jehovah would assure His people that He had not forgotten nor for saken them. I. God remembers each one of His chil dren. God’s answer to His people’s cry, “Hath God forgotten us?” is given in Isaiah 49:15, 16. Multitudinous though His creatures and duties are,' not one of His children is overlooked. II. What God remembers concerning His people. 1. Not their sins and failures. These God hath cast behind His back and remembers no more (Hebrews 8:12). 2. “The kindness of thy youth.” * God remembers even amid our seeming backsliding the tender attachments of early days when we loved Him with the warmth of first love. 3. “He remembereth our frame.” He made us, fashioned us, and deals with us thoughtfully accordingly. 4. “The love of thine espousals.” The devotion of early days. Note that nothing is said of the years of wandering that intervened.
What stands out most prominently in your life in God’s sight is your kindness, love, and thought of Him. My Lord, dost Thou indeed remember me, Just me, the least and last? With all the names of Thy redeemed, And all Thy angels, has it seemed As though my name might perhaps be overpassed ; Yet here I find Thy word of tenderest grace True for this moment, perfect for my case, Thus saith Jehovah, I remember thee!’ My Lord, dost Thou remember this of me, The kindness of my youth? The tremulous gleams of early days, The first faith thrills of love and praise, Vibrating fitfully? Not much, in truth, Can I bring back at memory’s wondering call; Yet Thou, my faithful Lord, rememberest all— ‘Thus saith Jehovah, I remember thee!’ My Lord, dost Thou remember this of me, My love, so poor, so< cold? Oh, if I had but loved Thee more! Yet Thou hast pardoned. Let me pour My life s best wine for Thee, my heart’s best gold (Worthless, yet all I have), for very shame That Thou should’st tell me, calling me by name— Thus saith Jehovah, I remember thee!’ “My Lord, dost Thou remember this of me, The day of Thine own power? The love of mine espousals sweet, The laying wholly at Thy feet Of heart and life, in that glad, willing hour ? That love was Thine —I gave Thee but Thine own. And yet the Voice falls from the emerald throne, ‘Thus saith Jehovah, I remember thee!'
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