Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Wednesday December 12, 2018 |
Evening Time: 6:17 PM PST
"They have dealt treacherously against the Lord." --Hosea 5:7
Believer, here is a sorrowful truth! Thou art the beloved of the Lord,
redeemed by blood, called by grace, preserved in Christ Jesus, accepted in the
Beloved, on thy way to heaven, and yet, "thou hast dealt treacherously" with
God, thy best friend; treacherously with Jesus, whose thou art; treacherously
with the Holy Spirit, by whom thou hast been quickened unto life eternal! How
treacherous you have been in the matter of vows and promises. Do you remember
the love of your espousals, that happy time--the springtide of your spiritual
life? Oh, how closely did you cling to your Master then! saying, "He shall never
charge me with indifference; my feet shall never grow slow in the way of His
service; I will not suffer my heart to wander after other loves; in Him is every
store of sweetness ineffable. I give all up for my Lord Jesus' sake." Has it
been so? Alas! if conscience speak, it will say, "He who promised so well has
performed most ill. Prayer has oftentimes been slurred--it has been short, but
not sweet; brief, but not fervent. Communion with Christ has been forgotten.
Instead of a heavenly mind, there have been carnal cares, worldly vanities and
thoughts of evil. Instead of service, there has been disobedience; instead of
fervency, lukewarmness; instead of patience, petulance; instead of faith,
confidence in an arm of flesh; and as a soldier of the cross there has been
cowardice, disobedience, and desertion, to a very shameful degree." "Thou hast
dealt treacherously." Treachery to Jesus! what words shall be used in denouncing
it? Words little avail: let our penitent thoughts execrate the sin which is so
surely in us. Treacherous to Thy wounds, O Jesus! Forgive us, and let us not sin
again! How shameful to be treacherous to Him who never forgets us, but who this
day stands with our names engraven on His breastplate before the eternal throne.
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