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CHRIST TAKES THE GARBAGE?
From Spurgeon's sermon, "The Meek and Lowly One"
There are some great goldsmiths that of course can only think
of preparing and polishing the choicest diamonds. But Jesus
Christ polishes a common pebble, and makes a jewel of it.
Goldsmiths make their precious treasures out of precious materials.
Christ makes his precious things out of dross.
He begins always with bad material.
Christ takes the base,
the vilest,
the scum,
the offscouring,
the filth,
the garbage of the world--
and out of such stuff and matter as that, he builds up a holy temple,
and gathers to himself trophies for his honor and praise!
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