Human inability
“No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him.”
John 6:44
Suggested Further Reading:
1 Timothy 4:1-5
When man fell in the garden, manhood fell entirely; there was not one single pillar in the temple of manhood that stood erect. It is true, conscience was not destroyed. The pillar was not shattered; it fell, and it fell in one piece, and there it lies along, the mightiest remnant of God’s once perfect work in man.
But that conscience is fallen, I am sure. Look at men.
Who among them is the possessor of a “good conscience towards God,” but the regenerated man? Do you imagine that if men’s consciences always spoke loudly and clearly to them, they would live in the daily commission of acts, which are as opposed to the right as darkness is to light? No, beloved; conscience can tell me that I am a sinner, but conscience cannot make me feel that I am one.
Conscience may tell me that such and such a thing is wrong, but how wrong it is conscience itself does not know. Did any man’s conscience, unenlightened by the Spirit, ever tell him that his sins deserved damnation?
Or if conscience did do that, did it ever lead any man to feel an abhorrence of sin as sin?
In fact, did conscience ever bring a man to such a self-renunciation, that he did totally abhor himself and all his works and come to Christ?
No, conscience, although it is not dead, is ruined, its power is impaired, it has not that clearness of eye and that strength of hand, and that thunder of voice, which it had before the fall; but has ceased to a great degree, to exert its supremacy in the town of Mansoul.
Then, beloved, it becomes necessary for this very reason, because conscience is depraved, that the Holy Spirit should step in, to show us our need of a Saviour, and draw us to the Lord Jesus Christ.
For meditation:
Our consciences need to be cleansed by the blood of Christ, like every other part of our being (Titus 1:15; Hebrews 9:9, 14; 10:22). The Christian now has the ability to seek to maintain a good conscience (Acts 24:16; 1 Timothy 1:5,19; 1 Peter 3:16).
Sermon no. 182
7 March (1858)
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
♥ <(((>< † ♥ † ><)))> ♥
“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 ~
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
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:
SPANISH:
TRANSLATORS AVAILABLE FOR ALL LANGUAGES...
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"
Copyright Statement
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 Flickr 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...
Mightywarrior...
Feb 10/2011 started this page.