“If Jesus is precious to you (as he is to the Spirit), you will not be able to keep your good news to yourself; you will be whispering it into your child’s ear; you will be telling it to your husband; you will be earnestly imparting it to your friend; without the charms of eloquence you will be more than eloquent; your heart will speak, and your eyes will flash as you talk of his sweet love … It cannot be that there is high appreciation of Jesus and a totally silent tongue about him …”
“If you really know Christ, you are like one who has found honey; you will call others to taste of its sweetness, you are like the beggar who has discovered an endless supply of food: you must go tell the hungry crowd that you have found Jesus, and you are anxious that they should find him too.”
“Every Christian here is either a missionary or an imposter. You either try to spread abroad the kingdom of Christ, or else you do not love him at all.”
–Charles Spurgeon–
Convicting, piercing words that are challenging me …
How about you?
You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 1 Peter 2:9 (ESV)
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides IN him, and he IN God. 1 John 4:15 (ESV)
Bernie
Surgeon is such a challenger for all of us. Jim
… And so is Spurgeon!!!