Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning Devotional For Friday September 18, 2020 |
Morning Time: 11:39 AM PST
"If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit." --Galatians 5:25
The two most important things in our holy religion are the life of
faith and the walk of faith. He who shall rightly understand these is
not far from being a master in experimental theology, for they are vital points
to a Christian. You will never find true faith unattended by true godliness; on
the other hand, you will never discover a truly holy life which has not for its
root a living faith upon the righteousness of Christ. Woe unto those who seek
after the one without the other! There are some who cultivate faith and forget
holiness; these may be very high in orthodoxy, but they shall be very deep in
condemnation, for they hold the truth in unrighteousness; and there are others
who have strained after holiness of life, but have denied the faith, like the
Pharisees of old, of whom the Master said, they were "whitewashed sepulchres."
We must have faith, for this is the foundation; we must have holiness of life,
for this is the superstructure. Of what service is the mere foundation of a
building to a man in the day of tempest? Can he hide himself therein? He wants a
house to cover him, as well as a foundation for that house. Even so we need the
superstructure of spiritual life if we would have comfort in the day of doubt.
But seek not a holy life without faith, for that would be to erect a house which
can afford no permanent shelter, because it has no foundation on a rock. Let
faith and life be put together, and, like the two abutments of an arch, they
will make our piety enduring. Like light and heat streaming from the same sun,
they are alike full of blessing. Like the two pillars of the temple, they are
for glory and for beauty. They are two streams from the fountain of grace; two
lamps lit with holy fire; two olive trees watered by heavenly care. O Lord, give
us this day life within, and it will reveal itself without to Thy glory.
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