Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning Devotional For Monday February 11, 2019 |
Morning Time: 12:50 AM PST
"And they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus." --Acts 4:13
A Christian should be a striking likeness of Jesus Christ. You have read
lives of Christ, beautifully and eloquently written, but the best life of Christ
is His living biography, written out in the words and actions of His people. If
we were what we profess to be, and what we should be, we should be pictures of
Christ; yea, such striking likenesses of Him, that the world would not have to
hold us up by the hour together, and say, "Well, it seems somewhat of a
likeness;" but they would, when they once beheld us, exclaim, "He has been with
Jesus; he has been taught of Him; he is like Him; he has caught the very idea of
the holy Man of Nazareth, and he works it out in his life and every-day
actions." A Christian should be like Christ in his boldness. Never blush
to own your religion; your profession will never disgrace you: take care you
never disgrace that. Be like Jesus, very valiant for your God. Imitate
Him in your loving spirit; think kindly, speak kindly, and do kindly,
that men may say of you, "He has been with Jesus." Imitate Jesus in His
holiness. Was He zealous for His Master? So be you; ever go about doing
good. Let not time be wasted: it is too precious. Was He self-denying, never
looking to His own interest? Be the same. Was He devout? Be you fervent in your
prayers. Had He deference to His Father's will? So submit yourselves to Him. Was
He patient? So learn to endure. And best of all, as the highest portraiture of
Jesus, try to forgive your enemies, as He did; and let those sublime words of
your Master, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do," always ring
in your ears. Forgive, as you hope to be forgiven. Heap coals of fire on the
head of your foe by your kindness to him. Good for evil, recollect, is godlike.
Be godlike, then; and in all ways and by all means, so live that all may say of
you, "He has been with Jesus."
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