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The sermon contrasts the temporary nature of human empires, monuments, philosophies, and religious systems with the everlasting name and kingdom of Jesus Christ. Spurgeon presents Christ’s power as sufficient to save even the condemned thief, transforming him from guilty sinner to justified saint. Christ’s name also gives believers confidence and joy at death, grounded in His redeeming blood and the hope of heaven. The proper response is to trust and honor Christ, love the Scriptures, and willingly let personal reputation fade so that Jesus alone receives glory.
Theological center: Jesus Christ is the enduring Savior whose grace justifies condemned sinners, preserves His people, and ultimately triumphs over every rival and every enemy.
Applications: Honor Jesus’ enduring name · Seek salvation in Christ · Let personal fame perish · Christ alone is sufficient
Primary texts: Psalm 72:17 · Revelation 7:14
“His name shall endure for ever.” Psalm 72:17 NO one here requires to be told that this is the name of Jesus Christ, which “shall endure for ever.” Men have said of many of their works, “They shall endure for ever,” but how much have they been disappointed! In the age succeeding the flood, they made the brick, they gathered the slime, and when they had piled old Babel’s tower, they said, “This shall last for ever.” But God confounded their language. They finished it not. By His lightenings, He destroyed it, and left it a monument of their folly. Old Pharaoh and the Egyptian monarchs heaped up their pyramids, and they said, “They shall stand for ever,” and so indeed they do stand, but the time is approaching when age shall devour even these. So with all the proudest works of man, whether they have been his temples or his monarchs, he has written “everlasting” on them. But God has ordained their end and they have passed away. The most stable things have been evanescent as shadows and the bubbles of an hour, speedily destroyed at God’s bidding. Where is Nineveh and where is Babylon? Where the cities of Persia? Where are the high places of Edom? Where are Moab and the princes of Ammon? Where are the temples or the heroes of Greece? Where are the millions that passed from the gates of Thebes? Where are the hosts of Xerxes or where the vast armies of the Roman emperors? Have they not passed away? And though in their pride they said, “This monarchy is an everlasting one—this queen of the seven hills shall be called the eternal city,” its pride is dimmed and she who sat alone and said, “I shall be no widow, but a queen for ever,” she has fallen, has fallen, and in a little while she shall sink like a millstone in the flood, her name being a curse and a byword, and her site the habitation of dragons and of owls. Man calls his work eternal—God calls them fleeting. Man conceives that they are built of rock— God says, “Nay, sand. Or worse than that—they are air.” Man says he erects them for eternity—God blows but for a moment and where are they? Like baseless fabrics of a vision, they are passed and gone forever. It is pleasant, then, to find that there is one thing which is to last forever. Concerning that one thing we hope to speak tonight, if God will enable me to preach and you to hear, “His name shall endure for ever.” First, the religion sanctified by His name shall endure forever. Secondly, the honor of His name shall endure forever. And thirdly, the saving, comforting power of His name shall endure forever. I. First, THE RELIGION OF THE NAME OF JESUS IS TO…