Importance of Small Things in Religion

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

1 Chronicles 15:13

For because you did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach on us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

You have before you now the picture. I shall want you to look at it —

I. IN DETAIL. I observe —

1. That God's judgment of sin must differ exceedingly from ours.

2. That all changes from the written revelation of God are wrong.

3. Whenever the practices of Christians differ from Scripture they are sure to incur inconvenience.

4. One innovation upon Sacred Writ leads to another.

5. A wrong thing done from right motives is not acceptable with God.

II. AS A WHOLE. Here I have two pictures —

1. One for the people of God. Let us be done with everything erroneous. Then will the ark be brought up out of its obscurity into the place of glory. This is what is necessary to bring the kingdom of Christ on earth.

2. The other for the ungodly. It was a right thing for David to wish to bring up the ark, but perhaps he was ignorant of the way to bring it, and see what inconvenience he had to suffer. If you are not clear as to the plan of salvation, you will have many joltings, much shaking, and you will suffer much inconvenience. The plan of salvation is "Trust in Jesus."

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