Charles Spurgeon said:
If you read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest the word of God, the qualities of that word will be displayed in you.
By the non-trinitarian Baptists Spurgeon was a treasured guide. His words, from the time when he saw the
only One God could bring the congregation to read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest the
word of God, so that the qualities of that word would be displayed in the
congregation.
He taught the sin-pardoning God in
Christ Jesus. For Spurgeon it was clear that we should come to the knowledge that
Jesus was the man send by God to save us by a gift of grace.
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| Saint George Preca has been likened as a successor to Saint Paul's evangelical work on the island of Malta. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
This is grace upon grace. Observe that if we climb on high, the
position may be dangerous; but if the Lord sets us there it is safe.
He may raise us to great usefulness, to eminent experience, to
success in service, to leadership among workers, to a father’s place
among the little ones.
If He does not do this, He may set us on high by near fellowship,
clear insight, holy triumph, and gracious anticipation of eternal glory.
For the non-trinitarian baptist as the same for us
Christadelphians we learned from Spurgeon how to go out into the world and give enough attention onto the
preaching of the
Gospel.
We should feel the same as the apostle
Paul who felt it a great privilege to be allowed to
preach the gospel. For us it is a privilege to be long to the chosen ones, to be a child of God but also a worker for God.
The
Apostle Paul did not look upon his calling as a drudgery, but
he entered upon it with intense delight. Yet while Paul was thus
thankful for his office, his success in it greatly humbled him. The
fuller a vessel becomes, the deeper it sinks in the water.
Today we still can use many of Spurgeons teachings to inspire us and remember his works:
If you seek humility, try hard work; if you would know your
nothingness, attempt some great thing for Jesus. If you would feel how
utterly powerless you are apart from the living God, attempt especially
the great work of proclaiming the unsearchable riches of Christ, and you
will know, as you never knew before, what a weak unworthy thing you
are.
Although the apostle thus knew and confessed his weakness, he was
never perplexed as to the subject of his ministry. We should find an example in the apostle Paul, who always wanted to do the work for the Only One god, first as Saul, thinking the followers of Christ where worng, but than after he got more insigth given him by Christ, he became a speaker for Christ. We too should be such an ardent speaker in the name of Christ, and show the world that Jesus did not preach an other Gospel than the many prophets before him. Jesus was that
fulfilment of the words of the prophets and the fulfilment of the
Word of God having become into the flesh (John 1:1)
Jesus was not another one who claimed to be God. No he clearly indicated the Father was grater than him and that he could not do anything without his Father, the Only One God. We too, can not do anything without
God the Father, who is in heaven. Like Jesus and the apostle Paul we should know that and be thankfull that God has drawn us near to Him and does allow us to work for HIm.
From his first sermon
to his last, Paul preached Christ, and nothing but Christ. He lifted up
the cross, and extolled the Son of God who bled thereon. Follow his
example in all your personal efforts to spread the glad tidings of
salvation, and let “Christ and Him crucified” be your ever recurring
theme. . .
Only because God wanted to accept the Peace offering of Christ we can be saved for ever. By the acceptance of the Ransom we have no debts any-more and can trust the
Good News of the coming
Kingdom. This marvellous
Good News we should proclaim all over the world, with gladness and full of grace.
If there is anyone who should be opposed to strife and bloodshed it is the man that names the name of Christ. Spurgeon considered the spirit of war to be absolutely foreign to the spirit of Christianity….
Modern conservative, fundamentalist,
and evangelical Christians, all of whom might claim him as one of their
own, have much to learn from Spurgeon, not only for his example of an
uncompromising and successful Christian minister, but also for his
consistent opposition to war and Christian war fever.--Laurence M. Vance [extended quotes and citations]
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| Spurgeon near the end of his life. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Our kingdom is not of this world; else would God’s servants fight with
sword and spear. Ours is a spiritual kingdom, and the weapons of our
warfare are not carnal, but spiritual, and mighty through God, to the
pulling down of strongholds.
We as Christians should bring the message of peace, which Jesus brought into the world, and should let others know the Word of God, without forcing it on them with violence but with the word of love, the arrow of the cupid. Our war should be a continuous war of bringing peacefully the message Jesus proclaimed. We should display the work of
God's Word in us. We should have become transformed so much by the Word of God that we can attract others with our righteousness.
We should not hesitate and wait until tomorrow but stand up in a hurry, before the End Times will surprise many, so that more people shall recognise when Jesus will return to the earth, and find us worthy followers of him, worthy to enter the Kingdom of God.
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