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Monday, December 23rd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
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God: Acting As a Father
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A king is sitting with his council deliberating on high affairs of state involving the destiny of nations, when suddenly he hears the sorrowful cry of his little child who has fallen down, or been frightened by a wasp; he rises and runs to his relief, assuages his sorrows and relieves his fears. Is there anything unkingly here? Is it not most natural? Does it not even elevate the monarch in your esteem? Why then do we think it dishonorable to the King of kings, our heavenly Father, to consider the small matters of his children? It is infinitely condescending, but is it not also superlatively natural that being a Father he should act as such?
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Spurgeon, Charles. Entry for 'God: Acting As a Father'. Spurgeon's Illustration Collection. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fff/​g/god-acting-as-a-father.html. 1870.
Spurgeon, Charles. Entry for 'God: Acting As a Father'. Spurgeon's Illustration Collection. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fff/​g/god-acting-as-a-father.html. 1870.