======================================================================== A POOR, DESPISED, CONTEMPTIBLE THING by Thomas Brooks ======================================================================== Summary: Christians should desire and long to get into heaven, seeing it as a glorious place with eternal glory and joy. Topics: "Eternal Perspective", "Desire for Heaven" Scripture References: Matthew 6:19, Philippians 3:20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thomas Brooks emphasizes the importance of valuing heaven, urging Christians to desire and long for the eternal glory of the heavenly city, which is filled with unimaginable treasures and delights. He critiques the attitude of many believers who live as if heaven is insignificant or unworthy of pursuit. Brooks reminds his audience that the eternal nature of heaven adds to its beauty and worth, encouraging them to seek it earnestly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Most professors live as if there were no heaven, or else as if heaven were not worth a seeking, worth a desiring; as if heaven were a poor, despised, contemptible thing. But ah, Christians! be much in desiring and longing to get into that glorious city, where streets, walls, and gates are all gold--yes, where pearl is but as mire and dirt; and where are . . . all pleasures, all treasures, all delights, all comforts, all contentments, and that forever! This word "forever" is a bottomless depth, a conception without end; it is a word which sweetens all the glory above, and that indeed makes heaven to be heaven! ======================================================================== Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/thomas-brooks/a-poor-despised-contemptible-thing/ ========================================================================