The Poor Raised Up Out Of The Dust and The Beggar Lifted Up From the Dunghill1

Summary

The sermon explores the spiritual journey of believers using the example of Hannah from 1 Samuel, highlighting the contrast between the professing church and the truly possessing church. It emphasizes the spiritual poverty and humility required before God raises the believer from a state of barrenness and despair to a place of honor and inheritance in His kingdom. The saints are described as the pillars supporting the world, chosen and shaped by God through trials and afflictions. Ultimately, the sermon calls believers to recognize their deep need for God's grace and to trust in His power to lift them from spiritual destitution to glory.