| | The People's Christ by C. H. Spurgeon
Topic: Scripture(s): Psalm 89:19 | | Description: A SERMON DELIVERED ON SABBATH MORNING, FEBRUARY 25, 1855, BY THE REV. C. H. SPURGEON, AT EXETER HALL, STRAND. I have exalted one chosen out of the people. Psalm 89:19. ORIGINALLY, I have no doubt, these words referred to David... However, in this sermon we shall not speak of David, but of the Lord Jesus Christ, for David, as referred to in the text, is an eminent type of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, who was chosen out of the people; and of whom his Father can say I have exalted one chosen out of the people. Before I enter into the illustration of this truth I wish to make one statement, so that all objections may be avoided as to the doctrine of my sermon. Our Savior Jesus Christ, I say, was chosen out of the people; but this merely respects his manhood. As very God of very God he was not chosen out of the people, for there was none save him. He was his Fathers only-begotten Son, begotten of the Father before all worlds. He was Gods fellow, co-equal, and co-eternal; consequently when we speak of Jesus as being chosen out of the people, we must speak of him as a man. We are, I conceive, too forgetful of the real manhood of our Redeemer, for a man he was to all intents and purposes, and I love to sing, A Man there was, a real Man Who once on Calvary died. He was not man and God amalgamated the two natures suffered no confusion he was very God, without the diminution of his essence or attributes...
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