Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning Devotional For Friday January 12, 2018 |
Morning Time: 3:21 AM PST
"Ye are Christ's." --1 Corinthians 3:23
Ye are Christ's." You are His by donation, for the Father gave you to
the Son; His by His bloody purchase, for He counted down the price for your
redemption; His by dedication, for you have consecrated yourself to Him; His by
relation, for you are named by his name, and made one of His brethren and
joint-heirs. Labour practically to show the world that you are the servant, the
friend, the bride of Jesus. When tempted to sin, reply, "I cannot do this great
wickedness, for I am Christ's." Immortal principles forbid the friend of Christ
to sin. When wealth is before you to be won by sin, say that you are Christ's,
and touch it not. Are you exposed to difficulties and dangers? Stand fast in the
evil day, remembering that you are Christ's. Are you placed where others are
sitting down idly, doing nothing? Rise to the work with all your powers; and
when the sweat stands upon your brow, and you are tempted to loiter, cry, "No, I
cannot stop, for I am Christ's. If I were not purchased by blood, I might be
like Issachar, crouching between two burdens; but I am Christ's, and cannot
loiter." When the siren song of pleasure would tempt you from the path of right,
reply, "Thy music cannot charm me; I am Christ's." When the cause of God invites
thee, give thy goods and thyself away, for thou art Christ's. Never belie thy
profession. Be thou ever one of those whose manners are Christian, whose speech
is like the Nazarene, whose conduct and conversation are so redolent of heaven,
that all who see you may know that you are the Saviour's, recognizing in you His
features of love and His countenance of holiness. "I am a Roman!" was of old a
reason for integrity; far more, then, let it be your argument for holiness, "I
am Christ's!"
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