So it was in Hezekiah's time; so it is now, hard as
it may be to us to believe it. The Lord Jehovah, Jesus Christ, who
saved Jerusalem from the Assyrians, He still is King, let the earth
be never so unquiet. And all men, or governments, or doctrines, or
ways of thinking and behaving, which are contrary to His will, or
even pretend that they can do without Him, will as surely come to
nought as that great and terrible king of Assyria. Though man be too
weak to put them down, Christ is not. Though man neglect to put them
down, Christ will not. If man dare not fight on the Lord's side
against sin and evil, the Lord's earth will fight for Him. Storm and
tempest, blight and famine, earthquakes and burning mountains, will
do His work, if nothing else will. As He said Himself, if man stops
praising Him, the very stones will cry out, and own Him as their
King. Not that the blessed Lord is proud, or selfish, or revengeful;
God forbid! He is boundless pity, and love, and mercy. But it is
just because He is perfect love and pity that He hates sin, which
makes all the misery upon earth. He hates it, and he fights against
it for ever; lovingly at first, that He may lead sinners to
repentance; for He wills the death of none, but rather that all
should come to repentance.
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