Go forth, then my
dear hearers, God-ward. Our text tonight begins with the words:
“And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward.” There is
something in every man’s heart that says after all, there is a
hereafter; there is something in every man’s heart that says,
there is a better way of living than I have lived; there is a
better home somewhere than I have got; there is more comfort
than I have received so far; there is a God and there is a way
to come to Him and that way is through Jesus Christ, who said, I
am the Way, the Truth and the Life, and no man cometh to the
Father but by Me. There is in every man’s soul and in every
man’s heart a something that says, I am immortal; I am not dead
when my body lies in the coffin; the old man, my body, is giving
away, but there is something in me that is young; there is
something in me that cannot die. The soul of an old man is as
young as the soul of a child. The philosophers of old knew that
the soul is immortal without the Word of God, but they never
could find the way. Christ has shown us the way. God has pointed
it out to us in this letter of recommendation, showing us how to
serve God and go God-ward. Walk in His path and follow Him, and
be faithful to Him until death that you may receive the crown of
eternal life. And this very night God comes to us in His Holy
Supper and says, I will come to you, and stand at the door of
your heart and knock, and I will sup with you and you with Me; I
will come to you that you may come to Me. There may be some here
tonight whose hearts are heavy, who are troubled with this and
that, and this same merciful God comes in this beautiful letter
of commendation to you and says, “Let not your heart be
troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in Me.” This is is the
good news, the Gospel, the glorious news of the letter of
recommendation. May God bless you all, is my prayer. Amen.
from Simon Peter
Long. The Eternal Epistle. “Twelfth Sunday After
Trinity. Letters Of Recommendation. 2 Cor. 3:4-11.”
