C.H.S . -- It Is God's Choice ( My Title )

But , careless sinner , learn that thy salvation now hangs in God's hand . Oh , remember thou art entirely in the hand of God . Thou hast sinned against him , and if he wills to damn thee , damned thou art . Thou canst not resist his will nor thwart his purpose . Thou hast deserved his wrath , and if he chooses to pour the full shower of that wrath upon thy head , thou canst do nothing to avert it . If , on the other hand , he chooses to save thee , he is able to save thee to the very uttermost . But thou liest as much in his hand as the summer's moth beneath thine own finger . He is the God whom thou art grieving every day . Doth it not make thee tremble to think that thy eternal destiny now hangs upon the will of him whom thou hast angered and incensed ? Dost not this make thy knees knock together , and thy blood curdle ? If it does so I rejoice , inasmuch as this may be the first effect of the Spirit's drawing in thy soul . Oh , tremble to think that the God whom thou hast angered , is the God upon whom thy salvation or thy condemnation entirely depends . Tremble and " kiss the Son lest he be angry and ye perish from the way while his wrath is kindled but a little ."

 

Is there one man in the whole world who would have the impertinence to say that he merits anything of his Maker ? If so , be it known unto you that he shall have all he merits ; and his reward will be the flames of hell forever , for that is the utmost that any man ever merited of God . God is in no debt to man , and at the last great day every man shall have as much love , as much pity , as much goodness , as he deserves . Even the lost in hell shall have all they deserve ; and woe worth the day for them when they shall have the wrath of God , which will be the summit of their deservings . If God gives to every man as much as he merits , is He therefore to be accused of injustice because He gives to some infinitely more than they merit ?

[ AW Pink quotation of CHS in his book called " The Doctrine of Election " , chapter 5 -- ' Its Justice " . After the Spurgeon quote Pink stated : " How many who now speak of him eulogistically , and refer to him as ' beloved Spurgeon , ' would gnash their teeth and execrate him were they to hear his faithful and plain-spoken preaching . " ]