4. His lightnings enlightened the world. In times
of tempest the whole of nature is lighted up. Jesus in the Gospel lights up the
earth with such a blaze of truth and grace as was never seen or even imagined
before. The earth saw, and trembled. In God’s presence the solid earth
quakes; astonished by his glory it is convulsed with fear. To the advent of our
Lord and the setting up of his kingdom among mankind these words are also most
applicable; nothing ever caused such a shaking and commotion as the
proclamation of the Gospel. When the Holy Spirit rested upon his servants their
course was like that of a mighty storm, the truth flashed with the force and
speed of a thunderbolt, and philosophers and priests, princes and people were
utterly confounded, and altogether powerless to withstand it. It will be so
again. Faith even now sets the world on fire, and rocks the nations to and fro.
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