Spurgeons...cont

I agree with rr and max in a way. I dont think you should limit God by making fast rules with these second causes. If you examine the biblical teaching on second causes you will.find that it is much different saying that the first cause is one line and the second cause is the other parallel line.
Look what David says about second cause sacrifices. Sacrifice and offerings you did not require but my ears you have pierced. .....the In said here am I Lord ...I have come to do your will Your law is within my heart. Basically David is saying that he was Gods servant acting to preserve Gods kingdom. That being that salvation and grace are much bigger than sacrifices. So David narrows the purpose of salvation to one thing and it is unto full deliverance from all powers of this world.

And the apostle says I consider all things a loss for the sake of Christ. This is why Ive been saying that the Bible is not book of answers but its the language that we speak. Giving it all to God is the same thing as God working through us or every unified description of our inward experience is the reflection of Gods perfect description of us in words. This is why Paul said for me to live is Christ because He acted in perfect unity as the expression of the perfect word.

cont  The word of God unifies all things. God has spoken all things into existence for His purpose. The only reason there are things that are disjointed in our experience is because the word is not ruling in all hearts. This is why when Satan comes to steal the word it is his work to destroy the effect of the word. He blinds the hearts and minds of his followers. If Satan did not have an advantage in this world then all people would experience a oneness with nature, a pleasure in the gifts of others so that their hearts would be sown together , and be enlightened by the beauty of God so that everyone would be rejoicing in all things.

There are levels of adversity. The level of evil that reigns in society destroys the flourishing of the word of God. When evil rules then men delight in evil. If God did not oppose evil the very elect would be deceived. There is a perfect unity of heart and mind. But men are drawn away from this by lesser loves. Its like a frog in a frying pan. Just the sight of evil hardens mens hearts.

Ive experienced a very high level of unity in the past. If my life looked like a chart it would be like a mountain. I started out with a very low experience of unity, then it began to build until it was at the height and then it began to decline. So I do not look at my growth in the same way as I look at my experience. I may be more mature but I always point to the highest unity of my experience as a comparison of everything in my present experience. I saw God and now I long for that unity again.