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S P U R G E O N By C H A R L E S H A D D O N S P U R G E O N. |
he way of salvation is coming to Christ and I am afraid I
do not come in the right way." Dear, dear, how unwise we are in the matter of
salvation! We are much more foolish than little children are in common, everyday
life. A mother says to her little child, "Come here, my dear, and I will give
you this apple." Now I will tell you what the first thought of the child is
about; it is about the apple; and the second thought off the child is about its mother;
and the very last thought he has is about the way of coming. His mother told him
to come, and he does not say, "Well, but I do not know whether I shall come
right." He totters along as best he can, and that does not seem to occupy his
thoughts at all. But when you say to a sinner, "Come to Christ, and you shall
have eternal life," he thinks about nothing but his coming. He will not think
about eternal life, nor yet about Jesus Christ, to whom he is bidden to come, but
only about coming, when he need not think of that at all, but just do it–do what
Jesus bids him–simply trust him." "What kind of coming is that," says
John Bunyan, "which saves a soul?" and he answers, "Any coming in
all the world if it does but come to Jesus."
-from Coming to Christ
A Sermon (No. 3509) Published on Thursday, April 27th, 1916. Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. On Lord's-day Evening, June 17th, 1868.
"To whom coming."–1 Peter 2:4.
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