Saturday with Spurgeon

Spurgeon’s application of the excellency of Christ described in Colossians 1.15-23:

O thou despairing sinner, there is as much consolation in Christ to-day as when he said to the woman, “Thy sins are forgiven thee, go in peace.” His grace has not diminished. He is to-day as great a Savior as when Magdalen was delivered from seven devils. Till time shall be no more he will exercise the same infinite power to forgive, to renew, to deliver, to sanctify, to perfectly save souls.

Shall not all this make us praise Christ, since all fullness is permanent in him? Let our praises abide where the fullness abides. “All thy works praise thee, O God, but thy saints shall bless thee;” yea, they shall never cease their worship, because thou shalt never abate thy fullness.  This is a topic upon which we who love Christ, are all agreed. We can dispute about doctrines, and we have different views upon ordinances; but we have all one view concerning our Lord Jesus. Let him sit on a glorious high throne. When shall the day dawn that he shall ride through our streets in triumph? When shall England and Scotland, and all the nations become truly the dominions of the great King? Our prayer is that he may hasten the spread of the gospel, and his own coming as seemeth good in his sight. O that he were glorious in the eyes of men!