# “Banished from the public means of grace, we are not removed from the grace behind the means of grace” by Charles Spurgeon

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- Published: 2020-03-13T12:00:04-05:00
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**“MARCH 15**

_Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: Though I removed them far off among the
nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet I have been a sanctuary
to them for a while in the countries where they have gone.’_ **–Ezekiel 11:16**

Banished from the public means of grace, we are not removed from the grace behind
the means of grace. The Lord who places His people where they feel as exiles will
Himself be with them. He will be to them all that they could have had at home in
the place of their sacred assemblies. Take this promise as your own if you are called
to wander!

God is to His people a place of _refuge_. They find sanctuary with Him from every
adversary. He is their place of _worship_ too. He is with them as He was with Jacob
when he slept in the open field and woke, saying, ‘Surely God was in this place.’(
Gen. 28:16) To them He will also be a sanctuary of _peace_, like the Most Holy Place,
which was the noiseless abode of the Eternal. They will be kept from fear of evil.

God Himself, in Christ Jesus, is the sanctuary of _mercy_. The ark of the covenant
is the Lord Jesus, and Aaron’s rod, the pot of manna, the tables of the law are 
in Christ our sanctuary. In God we find the shrine of _holiness_ and of _communion_.
What more do we need?

Oh, Lord, fulfill this promise, and always be to us like a little sanctuary!”

–Charles H. Spurgeon, [_The Promises of God: A New Edition of the Classic Devotional Based on the English Standard Version_](https://amzn.to/33g36Gk),
Revised and Updated by Tim Chester (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2019), “March 15.” Originally
published in [_The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith: Being Precious Promises Arranged for Daily Use with Brief Comments_](https://amzn.to/33g36Gk)(
New York: American Tract Society, 1893), 75.

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