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Cargando... Faithful to Christ: A Challenge to Truly Live for Christpor Charles H. Spurgeon
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Only fear the Lord and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you. - 1 Samuel 12:24If there is a true faith, there must be a declaration of it. If you are a candle, and God has lit you, then let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in the heavens (Matthew 5:16). Soldiers of Christ must, like soldiers of our nation, wear their uniforms; and if they are ashamed of their uniforms, they ought to be drummed out of the army. I believe that many Christians get into a lot of trouble by not being honest in their convictions. For instance, if a person goes into a workshop, or a soldier into a barracks, and if he does not fly his flag from the beginning, it will be very difficult for him to run it up afterwards. But if he immediately and boldly lets them know, "I am a Christian, and there are certain things that I cannot do to please you, and certain other things that I cannot help doing even though they might displease you" - when that is clearly understood, after a while the peculiarity of the thing will be gone, and the person will be let alone.However, if he is a little dishonest and thinks that he is going to please the world and please Christ too, he can depend on it that he is in for a rough time. If he tries the way of compromise, his life will be like that of a toad under a harrow or a fox in a dog kennel. That will never do. Come out. Show your colors. Let it be known who you are and what you are. Although your course will not be smooth, it will certainly not be half as rough as if you tried to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, which is a very difficult piece of business.- Charles H. Spurgeon No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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He also spends a lot of time trying to open our eyes to the worthlessness of earthly pleasures and enjoyments, warning us that our comfort must be in the gospel of Jesus Christ, not luxury, selfish ease, amusement, indulgence, or lightheartedness. "He who does not love Christ more than all things does not love Him. Oh, for men and women of principle, who consider nothing as loss but loss of faith, and desire no gain except the glory of God!"
And throughout, he calls us to both a private and public faith. If we only have one or the other, that is not genuine faith: "The fact is that our Lord requires an open confession as well as a secret faith. If you will not give it, there is no promise of salvation for you, but instead a threat of being denied in the end. The apostle Paul puts it this way: That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved (Romans 10:9)." ( )