SermonIndex Audio Sermons
SermonIndex - Promoting Revival to this Generation
Give To SermonIndex
Discussion Forum : Articles and Sermons : Discipline in Christ's Army by C.H. Spurgeon

Print Thread (PDF)

PosterThread
sermonindex
Moderator



Joined: 2002/12/11
Posts: 39795
Canada

Online!
 Discipline in Christ's Army by C.H. Spurgeon


"Whatever post the Lord Jesus commits to you, take care that you hold it till he comes, or till you, yourself, are called home to the heavenly head quarters. Hold fast, as with a grip of steel, every doctrine which the Lord has taught you whether others approve of it or not. Hold fast also, and endeavor, by the aid of God’s Spirit, to put into practice, every precept of the Lord. Value the practical part of Christianity as well as the doctrinal, and prize them both beyond gold. Be not of the mind of those who say of Christ’s rules, “These are of little consequence.” No; your Master’s command cannot be a trifle, and the spirit which thinks little of anything which Jesus commands is an evil spirit, and we must pray against it, and strive against, it. Make it a matter of conscience to follow Jesus at all hazards whithersoever he goeth. Stand up for the Scriptures, and the true gospel, and “contend earnest for the faith once delivered to the saints.” Do not give up a hair of the head of truth, nor let her enemies take away so much as the latchet of her shoes.

Get hold of a truth, my dear brother or sister, and you have laid hold of that in which God dwells. Know your Bible thoroughly, and believe what the Bible reveals; and then, if there are arrayed against Biblical truth all the powers of Christendom, all the Kings and princes and prelates and priests joined together, you may rest assured that they will only be as so much chaff driven before the wind. If they believe error, and advocate error, all their pomp and power will be but as the wind, and the earthquake, and the fire, in which God was not; but in your calm, quiet adherence to the truth of God with a tenacity that would brave even martyrdom rather than renounce what God has revealed to you in his Word, and by his Spirit, there is a power that must win in the long run; so hold to it, and be not afraid.

“Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.” Never let go your shield of faith. Under ridicule and persecution, buckle it to your arm. Grip firmly that blessed sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; let no man take from you a single text of it. Speak up for the blessed truth, and stand to your gun; this will gall the enemy, and protect yourself. Rally to the colors, and wrap them around your heart when they seem to be in peril; — I mean, the blood-red colors of the cross of Christ.

Dear young brethren who love the Lord, I know you have a hard fight of it when you get among your fellow-men who are so mean as to ridicule you; but never say “Die”; never give up your faith, never yield to their sins, nor give them countenance by so much as joining in their laughter. Do not be misled by false teachers, but obey the Word of God, and follow that alone. Read it for yourselves, and what you see there lay hold upon, and let it be your religion."

--Charles Spurgeon


_________________
SI Moderator - Greg Gordon

 2011/4/2 18:51Profile
UntoBabes
Member



Joined: 2010/8/24
Posts: 1035
Oregon

 Re: Discipline in Christ's Army by C.H. Spurgeon

Quote:
Get hold of a truth, my dear brother or sister, and you have laid hold of that in which God dwells.



Amen Mr. Spurgeon.


_________________
Fifi

 2011/4/2 20:46Profile





©2002-2024 SermonIndex.net
Promoting Revival to this Generation.
Privacy Policy