SALVATION: The Constellation of Favors

And it shall come to pass that whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord has said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call. Joel 2:32

 

"THE GLORIOUS PROCLAMATION.

Sin finds a nest in the carnal nature, 

but it hides there as a thief.

 

The blessing proclaimed in our text is precious—"Whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered,".... Salvation is a very comprehensive blessing. 

It is, in fact, a constellation of favors—a mass of mercies condensed into a word. 

 

It is a gift .... It is a diamond with many facets. 

 

The results of sin are not to be thought of without trembling. 

We preach salvation from the unutterable woe which follows on the heels of sin. 

 

You may then take a tourist's ticket and travel through Europe,
Africa and Asia ... You may sweep the southern seas and search Australia—and then come home by way of San Francisco—and in all that circular tour you will not have met man, woman, or child...., is encompassed by the circle of this word, "whoever." 

"Whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved." 

Charles Spurgeon