Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Morning and Evening: 03/11
Tuesday, March 10, 2009—posted by Jeremy Damato
» Today's reading at Blue Letter Bible
This morning Spurgeon contemplates whether Christians should concern themselves with little sin or only the large matters in life. He makes it very clear that even the littlest sin is enough to eternally separate us from the holiness of God.
I'm pretty sure I can't break too many rocks in half with my hands but it's amazing to think that a constant rain could. You can barely feel them when raindrops land on you as it begins to rain, but the same water can destroy hard surfaces. How similar it is to get unfazed by what seems to be insignificant sins. Before we know it we can be destroyed by the small things we overlooked early on.
Enjoy reading the evening session as Spurgeon discusses being sought out by God. We did not seek him, he came after us who were lost. Why did God do it? Spurgeon provides the only sufficient answer,
Praise God who searched for us, purchased our redemption through Christ Jesus our Lord then transfered us from a prison of darkness to a life of brilliant light.
This morning Spurgeon contemplates whether Christians should concern themselves with little sin or only the large matters in life. He makes it very clear that even the littlest sin is enough to eternally separate us from the holiness of God.
"Will not continual droppings [of rain] wear away stones?" (Spurgeon, p. 142)
I'm pretty sure I can't break too many rocks in half with my hands but it's amazing to think that a constant rain could. You can barely feel them when raindrops land on you as it begins to rain, but the same water can destroy hard surfaces. How similar it is to get unfazed by what seems to be insignificant sins. Before we know it we can be destroyed by the small things we overlooked early on.
Enjoy reading the evening session as Spurgeon discusses being sought out by God. We did not seek him, he came after us who were lost. Why did God do it? Spurgeon provides the only sufficient answer,
"That any should be sought out is matchless grace, but that we should be sought out is grace beyond degree! We can find no reason for it but God's own sovereign love..." (Spurgeon, p. 143; emphasis added)
Praise God who searched for us, purchased our redemption through Christ Jesus our Lord then transfered us from a prison of darkness to a life of brilliant light.
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So powerful was Spurgeon's illustration of being "sought out".
"Men seek for a thing which is lost upon the floor of the house, but in such a case there is only seeking, not seeking out. The loss is more perplexing and the search more persevering when a thing is sought out. We were mingled with the mire: we were as when some precious piece of gold falls into the sewer, and men gather out and carefully inspect a mass of abominable filth, and continue to stir and rake, and search among the heap until the treasure is found.....Blessed be His name, He never relinquishes the search until the chosen are sought out effectually."
So humbling that our great and awesome God would seek us out of the mire and filth! What amazing grace and love My response? What words could describe my gratitude. Thank you Lord that you sought me out. I am so undeserving. May my life be a sacrifice of praise.
<>< Allison
st finished reading "Respectable Sins" by Jerry Bridges... In it he deals with a bunch of those "little sins" or as he calls them Respectable/Acceptable... Reading through it I found how guilty we all are of things that don't even come to mind. Selfishness, Jealousies, Unholy talk, etc.
May we see God in His holiness, may we rejoice in our redemption, and may we go forward in faith and hope. May we live our lives set apart, holy to Him who is worthy of all praise.
Joey Hahne
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