DAILY READINGS by Charles Spurgeon
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MORNING: February 11 A Christian should be a striking likeness of Jesus Christ. You have read lives of
Christ, beautifully and eloquently written, but the best life of Christ is his living
biography, written out in the words and actions of his people. If we were what we profess
to be, and what we should be, we should be pictures of Christ; yea, such striking
likenesses of him, that the world would not have to hold us up by the hour together, and
say, "Well, it seems somewhat of a likeness;" but they would, when they once
beheld us, exclaim, "He has been with Jesus; he has been taught of him; he is like
him; he has caught the very idea of the holy Man of Nazareth, and he works it out in his
life and every-day actions." A Christian should be like Christ in his boldness. Never
blush to own your religion; your profession will never disgrace you: take care you never
disgrace that. Be like Jesus, very valiant for your God. Imitate him in your loving
spirit; think kindly, speak kindly, and do kindly, that men may say of you, "He has
been with Jesus." Imitate Jesus in his holiness. Was he zealous for his Master? So be
you; ever go about doing good. Let not time be wasted: it is too precious. Was he
self-denying, never looking to his own interest? Be the same. Was he devout? Be you
fervent in your prayers. Had he deference to his Father's will? So submit yourselves to
him. Was he patient? So learn to endure. And best of all, as the highest portraiture of
Jesus, try to forgive your enemies, as he did; and let those sublime words of your Master,
"Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do," always ring in your
ears. Forgive, as you hope to be forgiven. Heap coals of fire on the head of your foe by
your kindness to him. Good for evil, recollect, is godlike. Be godlike, then; and in all
ways and by all means, so live that all may say of you, "He has been with
Jesus." |
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From Charles H. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening.
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