DAILY READINGS by Charles Spurgeon
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MORNING: January 14 By the words "to save" we
understand the whole of the great work of salvation, from the first holy desire onward to
complete sanctification. The words are multum in parro: indeed, here is all mercy in one
word. Christ is not only "mighty to save" those who repent, but he is able to
make men repent. He will carry those to heaven who believe; but he is, moreover, mighty to
give men new hearts and to work faith in them. He is mighty to make the man who hates
holiness love it, and to constrain the despiser of his name to bend the knee before him.
Nay, this is not all the meaning, for the divine power is equally seen in the after-work.
The life of a believer is a series of miracles wrought by "the Mighty God." The
bush burns, but is not consumed. He is mighty to keep his people holy after he has made
them so, and to preserve them in his fear and love until he consummates their spiritual
existence in heaven. Christ's might doth not lie in making a believer and then leaving him
to shift for himself; but he who begins the good work carries it on; he who imparts the
first germ of life in the dead soul, prolongs the divine existence, and strengthens it
until it bursts asunder every bond of sin, and the soul leaps from earth, perfected in
glory. Believer, here is encouragement. Art thou praying for some beloved one? Oh, give
not up thy prayers, for Christ is "mighty to save." You are powerless to reclaim
the rebel, but your Lord is Almighty. Lay hold on that mighty arm, and rouse it to put
forth its strength. Does your own case trouble you? Fear not, for his strength is
sufficient for you. Whether to begin with others, or to carry on the work in you, Jesus is
"mighty to save;" the best proof of which lies in the fact that he has saved
you. What a thousand mercies that you have not found him mighty to destroy! |
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From Charles H. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening.
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