9 JANUARY (PREACHED 8 JANUARY 1882)
The Touch
‘And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?’ Mark 5:30–31
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: 1 Corinthians 6:9–11
I have seen the proud man, who could not otherwise have been cured of his haughtiness, come and sit at Jesus’ feet and learn of him, until he has been made meek and lowly. I have seen the obstinate man come to Jesus and gladly take Christ’s yoke upon him, and become willingly and joyfully obedient to the supreme will of him who bought him with his blood. Often have I seen the unclean and the lascivious enticed to Jesus by his gentleness, and they have been made pure. How often have these eyes seen the despairing that have been on the verge of madness cheered and comforted till they have sung for joy of heart. How frequently have I seen the coward made brave, the morose made gentle, the revengeful made forgiving, by coming into contact with Jesus.
You cannot love my Lord and love sin. You cannot trust my Lord and yet delight yourselves in iniquity. Only get near to him, and he will begin a cure upon your character, and, before long, will perfect it. If your malady should be a delight in the pleasures and the pursuits of the world, he will teach you not to love the world, nor the things of it. Do you suffer from selfishness? He shall teach you to deny yourselves. His lance and nails and cross shall crucify you with himself till self-seeking shall die. Are you afflicted with a sloth that will not let you be active? My Master’s zeal shall fire your soul till, like him, you shall be consumed with energy. I do not mind what your fault is, my brother or my sister; but this I know, there is power in my divine Lord and Master to redeem you from that fault. He can destroy evil and create good. Behold, he makes all things new!
FOR MEDITATION: (Our Own Hymn Book no. 538 v. 7—Amelia Matilda Hull, 1860)
‘There is life for a look at the Crucified One;
There is life at this moment for thee:
Then look, sinner—look unto Him and be saved,
And know thyself spotless as He.’
Charles Haddon Spurgeon and Terence Peter Crosby, 365 Days with Spurgeon (Volume 5), ed. Terence Peter Crosby, (Leominster: Day One Publications, 2010), 14.
The Touch
‘And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?’ Mark 5:30–31
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: 1 Corinthians 6:9–11
I have seen the proud man, who could not otherwise have been cured of his haughtiness, come and sit at Jesus’ feet and learn of him, until he has been made meek and lowly. I have seen the obstinate man come to Jesus and gladly take Christ’s yoke upon him, and become willingly and joyfully obedient to the supreme will of him who bought him with his blood. Often have I seen the unclean and the lascivious enticed to Jesus by his gentleness, and they have been made pure. How often have these eyes seen the despairing that have been on the verge of madness cheered and comforted till they have sung for joy of heart. How frequently have I seen the coward made brave, the morose made gentle, the revengeful made forgiving, by coming into contact with Jesus.
You cannot love my Lord and love sin. You cannot trust my Lord and yet delight yourselves in iniquity. Only get near to him, and he will begin a cure upon your character, and, before long, will perfect it. If your malady should be a delight in the pleasures and the pursuits of the world, he will teach you not to love the world, nor the things of it. Do you suffer from selfishness? He shall teach you to deny yourselves. His lance and nails and cross shall crucify you with himself till self-seeking shall die. Are you afflicted with a sloth that will not let you be active? My Master’s zeal shall fire your soul till, like him, you shall be consumed with energy. I do not mind what your fault is, my brother or my sister; but this I know, there is power in my divine Lord and Master to redeem you from that fault. He can destroy evil and create good. Behold, he makes all things new!
FOR MEDITATION: (Our Own Hymn Book no. 538 v. 7—Amelia Matilda Hull, 1860)
‘There is life for a look at the Crucified One;
There is life at this moment for thee:
Then look, sinner—look unto Him and be saved,
And know thyself spotless as He.’
Charles Haddon Spurgeon and Terence Peter Crosby, 365 Days with Spurgeon (Volume 5), ed. Terence Peter Crosby, (Leominster: Day One Publications, 2010), 14.
9 JANUARY (PREACHED 8 JANUARY 1882)
The Touch
‘And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?’ Mark 5:30–31
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: 1 Corinthians 6:9–11
I have seen the proud man, who could not otherwise have been cured of his haughtiness, come and sit at Jesus’ feet and learn of him, until he has been made meek and lowly. I have seen the obstinate man come to Jesus and gladly take Christ’s yoke upon him, and become willingly and joyfully obedient to the supreme will of him who bought him with his blood. Often have I seen the unclean and the lascivious enticed to Jesus by his gentleness, and they have been made pure. How often have these eyes seen the despairing that have been on the verge of madness cheered and comforted till they have sung for joy of heart. How frequently have I seen the coward made brave, the morose made gentle, the revengeful made forgiving, by coming into contact with Jesus.
You cannot love my Lord and love sin. You cannot trust my Lord and yet delight yourselves in iniquity. Only get near to him, and he will begin a cure upon your character, and, before long, will perfect it. If your malady should be a delight in the pleasures and the pursuits of the world, he will teach you not to love the world, nor the things of it. Do you suffer from selfishness? He shall teach you to deny yourselves. His lance and nails and cross shall crucify you with himself till self-seeking shall die. Are you afflicted with a sloth that will not let you be active? My Master’s zeal shall fire your soul till, like him, you shall be consumed with energy. I do not mind what your fault is, my brother or my sister; but this I know, there is power in my divine Lord and Master to redeem you from that fault. He can destroy evil and create good. Behold, he makes all things new!
FOR MEDITATION: (Our Own Hymn Book no. 538 v. 7—Amelia Matilda Hull, 1860)
‘There is life for a look at the Crucified One;
There is life at this moment for thee:
Then look, sinner—look unto Him and be saved,
And know thyself spotless as He.’
Charles Haddon Spurgeon and Terence Peter Crosby, 365 Days with Spurgeon (Volume 5), ed. Terence Peter Crosby, (Leominster: Day One Publications, 2010), 14.
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