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Saturday, September 14, 2013

Good works



Good works

“Zealous of good works” 
Titus 2:14


Suggested Further Reading:

 1 Timothy 2:8-15

It would be a good thing, perhaps, if we went back to Wesley’s rule, to come out from the world in our apparel, and to dress as plainly and neatly as the Quakers, though alas! they have sadly gone from their primitive simplicity.

 I am obliged to depart a little sometimes, from what we call the high things of the gospel; for really the children of God cannot now be told by outward appearance from the children of the devil, and they really ought to be; there should be some distinction between the one and the other; and although religion allows distinction of rank and dress, yet everything in the Bible cries out against our arraying ourselves, and making ourselves proud, by reason of the goodliness of our apparel.

Some will say, “I wish you would leave that alone!” Of course you do, because it applies to yourself. But we let nothing alone which we believe to be in the Scriptures; and while I would not spare any man’s soul, honesty to every man’s conscience, and honesty to myself, demands that I should always speak of that which I see to be an evil breaking out in the Church.

We should always take care that in everything we keep as near as possible to the written Word. If you want ornaments here they are. Here are jewels, rings, dresses, and all kinds of ornament; men and women, you may dress yourselves up till you shine like angels.

 How can you do it? By dressing yourselves out in benevolence, in love to the saints, in honesty and integrity, in uprightness, in godliness, in brotherly-kindness, in charity. These are the ornaments which angels themselves admire, and which even the world will admire; for men must give admiration to the man or the woman who is arrayed in the jewels of a holy life and godly conversation.

 I beseech you, brethren, “adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.”

For meditation:

 Isaiah 3:16-23 : God is concerned about our outward appearance and our attitude to it. He wants spirituality, not showing off (1 Peter 3:3-4).

Sermon no. 70
16 March (1856)


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“The true minister of Christ knows that the true value of a sermon must lie, 
not in its fashion and manner, 
but in the truth which it contains.”
 ~ C. H. Spurgeon ~
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The purpose of these pages is to share the precious word of God, without acquiring any monetary reward. God gave me the salvation for free, so I share the gospel of his word the same way ..
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Blessings to all of You, rejoice in the sublime and infallible word of God 
♥♥♥ 
 PRAYER 
Father, I ask  You to bless my friends, relatives and those that I care deeply for, who are reading this right now. Show them a new revelation of Your love and power. Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to their spirit at this very moment. 
Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy.. 
Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace. 
Where there is need, I ask you to fulfill their needs.
Bless their homes, families, finances, their goings and their comings. 
Amen. 

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Friday, September 13, 2013

Christ precious to believers


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Christ precious to believers

“Unto you therefore which believe he is precious.” 
1 Peter 2:7


Suggested Further Reading: 

1 Peter 1:18-21

This text calls to my recollection the opening of my ministry. It is about eight years since as a lad of sixteen, I stood up for the first time in my life to preach the gospel in a cottage to a handful of poor people, who had come together for worship.

 I felt my own inability to preach, but I ventured to take this text, “Unto you therefore which believe he is precious.”

 I do not think I could have said anything upon any other text, but Christ was precious to my soul and I was in the flush of my youthful love, and I could not be silent when a precious Jesus was the subject.

 I had but just escaped from the bondage of Egypt, I had not forgotten the broken fetter; still did I recollect those flames which seemed to burn about my path, and that devouring gulf which opened its mouth as if ready to devour me.

 With all these things fresh in my youthful heart, I could but speak of his preciousness who had been my Saviour; and had plucked me as a brand from the burning, and set me upon a rock, and put a new song in my mouth, and established my goings.

And now, at this time what shall I say? “What hath God wrought?” How hath the little one become a thousand, and the small one a great people? And what shall I say concerning this text, but that if the Lord Jesus was precious then, he is as precious now? And if I could declare then, that Jesus was the object of my soul’s desire, that for him I hoped to live, and for him I would be prepared to die, can I not say, God being my witness, that he is more precious to me this day than ever he was?

For meditation: 

Is the Lord Jesus Christ precious to you? If so, the feeling is mutual (Isaiah 43:4; Psalm 116:15).

Sermon no. 242
13 March (1859)


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“The true minister of Christ knows that the true value of a sermon must lie, 
not in its fashion and manner, 
but in the truth which it contains.”
 ~ C. H. Spurgeon ~
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The purpose of these pages is to share the precious word of God, without acquiring any monetary reward. God gave me the salvation for free, so I share the gospel of his word the same way ..
( NO ADVERTISEMENTS ) ... 
 ♥♥♥ 
Blessings to all of You, rejoice in the sublime and infallible word of God 
♥♥♥ 
 PRAYER 
Father, I ask  You to bless my friends, relatives and those that I care deeply for, who are reading this right now. Show them a new revelation of Your love and power. Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to their spirit at this very moment. 
Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy.. 
Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace. 
Where there is need, I ask you to fulfill their needs.
Bless their homes, families, finances, their goings and their comings. 
Amen. 

You can see two post at the time, please go to the bottom and look for the "Blog Archive", there is many more, sometimes I do many during the day as the time permits.... 

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Feb 10/2011 started this page.

Thursday, September 12, 2013

"God is jealous."


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"God is jealous."
Nahum 1:2.

Our Lord is very jealous of your love, O believer.

Did He choose you? He cannot bear that you should choose another.
Did He buy you with His own blood? He cannot endure that you should think that you are your own, or that you belong to this world.

 He loved you with such a love that He would not stop in heaven without you; He would sooner die than you should perish, and He cannot endure that anything should stand between your heart's love and Himself.
He is very jealous of your trust.

 He will not permit you to trust in an arm of flesh.
He cannot bear that you should hew out broken cisterns, when the overflowing fountain is always free to you.

When we lean upon Him, He is glad, but when we transfer our dependence to another, when we rely upon our own wisdom, or the wisdom of a friend—worst of all, when we trust in any works of our own, He is displeased, and will chasten us that He may bring us to Himself.

 He is also very jealous of our company.
There should be no one with whom we converse so much as with Jesus.

To abide in Him only, this is true love; but to commune with the world, to find sufficient solace in our carnal comforts, to prefer even the society of our fellow Christians to secret intercourse with Him, this is grievous to our jealous Lord.

He would fain have us abide in Him, and enjoy constant fellowship with Himself; and many of the trials which He sends us are for the purpose of weaning our hearts from the creature, and fixing them more closely upon Himself.

Let this jealousy which would keep us near to Christ be also a comfort to us, for if He loves us so much as to care thus about our love we may be sure that He will suffer nothing to harm us, and will protect us from all our enemies.

 Oh that we may have grace this day to keep our hearts in sacred chastity for our Beloved alone, with sacred jealousy shutting our eyes to all the fascinations of the world!

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 <(((>< †   ><)))> ♥

“The true minister of Christ knows that the true value of a sermon must lie, 
not in its fashion and manner, 
but in the truth which it contains.”
 ~ C. H. Spurgeon ~
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The purpose of these pages is to share the precious word of God, without acquiring any monetary reward. God gave me the salvation for free, so I share the gospel of his word the same way ..
( NO ADVERTISEMENTS ) ... 
 ♥♥♥ 
Blessings to all of You, rejoice in the sublime and infallible word of God 
♥♥♥ 
 PRAYER 
Father, I ask  You to bless my friends, relatives and those that I care deeply for, who are reading this right now. Show them a new revelation of Your love and power. Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to their spirit at this very moment. 
Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy.. 
Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace. 
Where there is need, I ask you to fulfill their needs.
Bless their homes, families, finances, their goings and their comings. 
Amen. 

You can see two post at the time, please go to the bottom and look for the "Blog Archive", there is many more, sometimes I do many during the day as the time permits.... 

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 "HAVE A BLESSED DAY FULL OF PEACE, LOVE AND HAPPINESS" 
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This resource was produced before 1923 and therefore
 is considered in the "Public Domain". 
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Everything we do is for God Almighty's glory, our creator  and we pray for all the people that are making images available to continue spreading the Gospel. 
Thank You and God Bless.
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Feb 10/2011 started this page.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

"Be ye separate."



"Be ye separate."
2 Corinthians 6:17.

The Christian, while in the world, is not to be of the world. He should be distinguished from it in the great object of his life. To him, "to live," should be "Christ." Whether he eats, or drinks, or whatever he does, he should do all to God's glory.

 You may lay up treasure; but lay it up in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, where thieves break not through nor steal. You may strive to be rich; but be it your ambition to be "rich in faith," and good works.

You may have pleasure; but when you are merry, sing psalms and make melody in your hearts to the Lord. In your spirit, as well as in your aim, you should differ from the world.

Waiting humbly before God, always conscious of His presence, delighting in communion with Him, and seeking to know His will, you will prove that you are of heavenly race.

And you should be separate from the world in your actions. If a thing be right, though you lose by it, it must be done; if it be wrong, though you would gain by it, you must scorn the sin for your Master's sake. You must have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

Walk worthy of your high calling and dignity. Remember, O Christian, that thou art a son of the King of kings. Therefore, keep thyself unspotted from the world.

Soil not the fingers which are soon to sweep celestial strings; let not these eyes become the windows of lust which are soon to see the King in His beauty—let not those feet be defiled in miry places, which are soon to walk the golden streets—let not those hearts be filled with pride and bitterness which are ere long to be filled with heaven, and to overflow with ecstatic joy.


Then rise my soul! and soar away, Above the thoughtless crowd; Above the pleasures of the gay, And splendours of the proud; Up where eternal beauties bloom,

And pleasures all divine; Where wealth, that never can consume, And endless glories shine.


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 <(((>< †   ><)))> ♥

“The true minister of Christ knows that the true value of a sermon must lie, 
not in its fashion and manner, 
but in the truth which it contains.”
 ~ C. H. Spurgeon ~
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The purpose of these pages is to share the precious word of God, without acquiring any monetary reward. God gave me the salvation for free, so I share the gospel of his word the same way ..
( NO ADVERTISEMENTS ) ... 
 ♥♥♥ 
Blessings to all of You, rejoice in the sublime and infallible word of God 
♥♥♥ 
 PRAYER 
Father, I ask  You to bless my friends, relatives and those that I care deeply for, who are reading this right now. Show them a new revelation of Your love and power. Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to their spirit at this very moment. 
Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy.. 
Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace. 
Where there is need, I ask you to fulfill their needs.
Bless their homes, families, finances, their goings and their comings. 
Amen. 

You can see two post at the time, please go to the bottom and look for the "Blog Archive", there is many more, sometimes I do many during the day as the time permits.... 

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 "HAVE A BLESSED DAY FULL OF PEACE, LOVE AND HAPPINESS" 
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Reflection and inspiration from the "Prince of Preachers," Charles Haddon Spurgeon. 
This resource was produced before 1923 and therefore
 is considered in the "Public Domain". 
 "COPYRIGHT POLICY" 
We respect copyright laws and are committed to remove any copyright infringing material from our website. If you find any content on our website which infringes your copyrighted work, please contact us, we’ll be happy to verify and remove such content. Please do provide us the following details: 1) Your name, E-mail Address. 2) Location (URLs) of your copyrighted work on your website. 3) Location (URLs) of your copyrighted work on our website.
Some of the pictures from Flicker under Creative Commons License and also the bank of free Creative images for non commercial usage...
Everything we do is for God Almighty's glory, our creator  and we pray for all the people that are making images available to continue spreading the Gospel. 
Thank You and God Bless.
Mightywarrior...
Feb 10/2011 started this page.

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

"Evening wolves."



"Evening wolves."
Habakkuk 1:8.

While preparing the present volume, this particular expression recurred to me so frequently, that in order to be rid of its constant importunity I determined to give a page to it. 


The evening wolf, infuriated by a day of hunger, was fiercer and more ravenous than he would have been in the morning. 

May not the furious creature represent our doubts and fears after a day of distraction of mind, losses in business, and perhaps ungenerous tauntings from our fellow men? How our thoughts howl in our ears, "Where is now thy God?" How voracious and greedy they are, swallowing up all suggestions of comfort, and remaining as hungry as before. 

Great Shepherd, slay these evening wolves, and bid Thy sheep lie down in green pastures, undisturbed by insatiable unbelief. 

How like are the fiends of hell to evening wolves, for when the flock of Christ are in a cloudy and dark day, and their sun seems going down, they hasten to tear and to devour.

 They will scarcely attack the Christian in the daylight of faith, but in the gloom of soul conflict they fall upon him. 

O Thou who hast laid down Thy life for the sheep, preserve them from the fangs of the wolf.

False teachers who craftily and industriously hunt for the precious life, devouring men by their false-hoods, are as dangerous and detestable as evening wolves.

 Darkness is their element, deceit is their character, destruction is their end. We are most in danger from them when they wear the sheep's skin. 

Blessed is he who is kept from them, for thousands are made the prey of grievous wolves that enter within the fold of the church.

What a wonder of grace it is when fierce persecutors are converted, for then the wolf dwells with the lamb, and men of cruel ungovernable dispositions become gentle and teachable.

 O Lord, convert many such: for such we will pray to-night.

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 <(((>< †   ><)))> ♥

“The true minister of Christ knows that the true value of a sermon must lie, 
not in its fashion and manner, 
but in the truth which it contains.”
 ~ C. H. Spurgeon ~
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The purpose of these pages is to share the precious word of God, without acquiring any monetary reward. God gave me the salvation for free, so I share the gospel of his word the same way ..
( NO ADVERTISEMENTS ) ... 
 ♥♥♥ 
Blessings to all of You, rejoice in the sublime and infallible word of God 
♥♥♥ 
 PRAYER 
Father, I ask  You to bless my friends, relatives and those that I care deeply for, who are reading this right now. Show them a new revelation of Your love and power. Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to their spirit at this very moment. 
Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy.. 
Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace. 
Where there is need, I ask you to fulfill their needs.
Bless their homes, families, finances, their goings and their comings. 
Amen. 

You can see two post at the time, please go to the bottom and look for the "Blog Archive", there is many more, sometimes I do many during the day as the time permits.... 

 DO YOU ENJOY THIS BLOG ? .. 
If you like to visit my other blogs, please click at the link and If not clickable, please copy and paste the address to your browser, Thanks... 

ENGLISH: 
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TRADUCTOR AL ESPAÑOL Y OTROS LENGUAJES.... 
 Don't forget to spread The Word of GOD by sharing today's passage with friends... Please share with your family and friends using small envelope (E-mail) next to a pencil, under my name at the bottom of post, or using the share link.. 

 "HAVE A BLESSED DAY FULL OF PEACE, LOVE AND HAPPINESS" 
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Reflection and inspiration from the "Prince of Preachers," Charles Haddon Spurgeon. 
This resource was produced before 1923 and therefore
 is considered in the "Public Domain". 
 "COPYRIGHT POLICY" 
We respect copyright laws and are committed to remove any copyright infringing material from our website. If you find any content on our website which infringes your copyrighted work, please contact us, we’ll be happy to verify and remove such content. Please do provide us the following details: 1) Your name, E-mail Address. 2) Location (URLs) of your copyrighted work on your website. 3) Location (URLs) of your copyrighted work on our website.
Some of the pictures from Flicker under Creative Commons License and also the bank of free Creative images for non commercial usage...
Everything we do is for God Almighty's glory, our creator  and we pray for all the people that are making images available to continue spreading the Gospel. 
Thank You and God Bless.
Mightywarrior...
Feb 10/2011 started this page.