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  THE CHURCH NOW FRUITFUL
  by Clement of Rome
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the church's transformation from
spiritual barrenness to fruitfulness, highlighting God's desire to save
those who are perishing.

Topics: "Salvation For Sinners", "Faith And Redemption"
Scripture References: Isaiah 54:1, Luke 5:32, Romans 4:17, 1 Timothy 2:4, 2 Peter 3:9

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DESCRIPTION
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Clement of Rome preaches about rejoicing in barrenness and offering
sincere prayers to God. He explains that the church, once barren, now
has many children through faith. By referencing the outcasts who have
become numerous believers, he emphasizes the importance of salvation for
sinners. Clement highlights Christ's mission to save those who are
perishing, calling us to turn from destruction and embrace salvation.

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CONTENT
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Rejoice, you barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, you that
travailest not; for she that is desolate has many more children than she
that has an husband. In that He said, Rejoice, you barren that bearest
not, He referred to us, for our church was barren before that children
were given to her. But when He said, Cry out, you that travailest not,
He means this, that we should sincerely offer up our prayers to God, and
should not, like women in travail, show signs of weakness.

And in that He said, For she that is desolate has many more children
than she that has an husband, [He means] that our people seemed to be
outcast from God, but now, through believing, have become more numerous
than those who are reckoned to possess God. And another Scripture says,
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners. This means that those who
are perishing must be saved. For it is indeed a great and admirable
thing to establish not the things which are standing, but those that are
falling.

Thus also did Christ desire to save the things which were perishing, and
has saved many by coming and calling us when hastening to destruction.

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