Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Wednesday February 29, 2017 |
Evening Time: 3:43 PM PST
"Now we have received . . . the spirit which is of God; that we might know
the things that are freely given to us of God." --1 Corinthians 2:12
Dear reader, have you received the spirit which is of God, wrought by the
Holy Ghost in your soul? The necessity of the work of the Holy Spirit in the
heart may be clearly seen from this fact, that all which has been done by God
the Father, and by God the Son, must be ineffectual to us, unless the Spirit
shall reveal these things to our souls. What effect does the doctrine of
election have upon any man until the Spirit of God enters into him? Election is
a dead letter in my consciousness until the Spirit of God calls me out of
darkness into marvellous light. Then through my calling, I see my
election, and knowing myself to be called of God, I know myself to have been
chosen in the eternal purpose. A covenant was made with the Lord Jesus Christ,
by His Father; but what avails that covenant to us until the Holy Spirit brings
us its blessings, and opens our hearts to receive them? There hang the blessings
on the nail--Christ Jesus; but being short of stature, we cannot reach them; the
Spirit of God takes them down and hands them to us, and thus they become
actually ours. Covenant blessings in themselves are like the manna in the skies,
far out of mortal reach, but the spirit of God opens the windows of heaven and
scatters the living bread around the camp of the spiritual Israel. Christ's
finished work is like wine stored in the wine-vat; through unbelief we can
neither draw nor drink. The Holy Spirit dips our vessel into this precious wine,
and then we drink; but without the Spirit we are as truly dead in sin as though
the Father never had elected, and though the Son had never bought us with His
blood. The Holy Spirit is absolutely necessary to our well-being. Let us walk
lovingly towards Him and tremble at the thought of grieving Him.
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