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  WE MAY SPEAK FOR GOD
  by C.H. Spurgeon
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of faithfulness and being
used by God to speak truth, with the promise of being as God's mouth and
seeing lives changed.

Topics: "Faithfulness in Ministry", "Speaking for God"
Scripture References: Isaiah 55:11, Jeremiah 15:19, Romans 10:14

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C.H. Spurgeon emphasizes the honor and responsibility of being a
mouthpiece for God, as exemplified by the prophet Jeremiah. Despite
facing hatred and rejection for speaking the truth, Jeremiah remained
faithful, and in return, God promised to speak through him. Spurgeon
encourages preachers and believers alike to desire this divine
privilege, as it allows them to share pure truth with power, bringing
life and hope to others. He highlights the transformative impact of
God's word, which can awaken the spiritually dead and bless those who
receive it. The sermon concludes with a call to pray for all servants of
the Lord to fulfill this calling.

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Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou return, then will I bring thee
again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the
precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth. (Jeremiah 15:19)

Poor Jeremiah! Yet why do we say so? The weeping prophet was one of the
choicest servants of God and honored by Him above many. He was hated for
speaking the truth. The word which was so sweet to him was bitter to his
hearers, yet he was accepted of his Lord. He was commanded to abide in
his faithfulness, and then the Lord would continue to speak through him.
He was to deal boldly and truthfully with men and perform the Lord's
winnowing work upon the professors of his day, and then the Lord gave
him this word: "Thou shalt be as my mouth."

What an honor! Should not every preacher, yea, every believer, covet it?
For God to speak by us, what a marvel! We shall speak sure, pure truth;
and we shall speak it with power. Our word shall not return void; it
shall be a blessing to those who receive it, and those who refuse it
shall do so at their peril. Our lips shall feed many. We shall arouse
the sleeping and call the dead to life.

O dear reader, pray that it may be so with all the sent servants of our
Lord.

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