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<div class="head">Faith's Checkbook</div>
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<div class="subhead">Charles Spurgeon</div>
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<div class="desc-center"><div class="pad2020">April 23rd</div></div>
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No Fear of Death
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He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; he that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
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— <a onClick="return mV('Rev',2,11);">Revelation 2:11</a>
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The first death we must endure unless the Lord should suddenly come to His temple. For this let us abide in readiness, awaiting it without fear, since Jesus has transformed death from a dreary cavern into a passage leading to glory.
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The thing to be feared is not the first, but the second death; not the parting of the soul from the body, but the final separation of the entire man from God. This is death indeed. This death kills all peace, joy, happiness, hope. When God is gone all is gone. Such a death is far worse than ceasing to be: it is existence without the life which makes existence worth the having.
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Now, if by God's grace we fight on to the end, and conquer in the glorious war, no second death can lay its chill finger upon us. We shall have no fear of death and hell, for we shall receive a crown of life which fadeth not away. How this nerves us for the fight! Eternal life is worth a life's battle. To escape the hurt of the second death is a thing worth struggling for throughout a lifetime.
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Lord, give us faith, so that we may overcome, and then grant us grace to remain unharmed though sin and Satan dog our heels!
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