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And the young died too!
Spurgeon, "Noah's Flood" #823
"The flood came and took them all away."
Matthew 24:39
The destruction caused by the deluge
was universal. It did not merely sweep
away some who were outside of the
ark, but it swept them all away.
And the young died too. That one
dreadful destruction took away the little
child in his beauty, and the young man
in his strength, and the maiden in her
bloom. The flood took them all away...
No, neither shall the young nor the old
escape except by coming to Christ. "You must
be born again," is of universal application to
you who are young, and to you who are grey
headed. No youth can excuse, no experience
can exempt, but alike will the flood of divine
wrath overwhelm every human soul, unless
we find refuge in the ark of the covenant of
grace, even the work and person of Jesus,
the bleeding Lamb of God.
"The flood came and took them all away."
It all hinges on this one matter-
inside or outside the ark. (Christ)
Those inside the ark may have a thousand
imperfections, but all are saved without a
single exception at last!
Those outside the ark may have a thousand
excellencies, but all are drowned without a
single exception at last! They all perished
in the universal destruction.
Here is the solemn thought.
Here is a rule without an exception-
All outside of Christ lost; all in Christ saved.
All unbelievers perishing; all believers saved.
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