21 NOVEMBER (PREACHED 20 NOVEMBER 1870)
The saint one with his Saviour
‘He that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.’ 1 Corinthians 6:17
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Philippians 2:1–5
See here a rebuke for us. We have been joined to Christ, but have we been manifestly one spirit with him? Angry—was that Christ’s spirit? Worldly—was that Christ’s spirit? Frivolous, verging upon impropriety—was that Christ’s spirit? Proud, dictatorial, slothful, repining, or unbelieving—was that Christ’s spirit? If you can read this verse without a tear you are either better or worse than I; you are worse perhaps, for you do not feel the penitence you should; or you are better and have no need to confess the same faults which unhappily rise before my memory.
I trust we have a measure of the spirit of Jesus, but does not our own spirit adulterate it dreadfully? A second practical word is one of hope. We want to have the same spirit as Christ. Well, our hope is that we shall have it, for we are joined to the Lord, and ‘he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.’ Are you not joined to Jesus, my brother, my sister? I know what you say—‘I sometimes fear I am not.’ Yes, but what do you add to that? You add, ‘But I desire to be, and I do today renew my union with him by another act of faith and confidence in him. Dear Lord and Saviour, thou art my only hope; I at this hour embrace thy cross once more. I know thou savest sinners; I know that they who believe in thee are saved, and therefore I am saved; now being persuaded of this, I love thee. O that I could kiss thy feet where the nail prints are, and that my whole life could be a washing of those feet with my tears.’
Since then you are joined to Christ, you are one spirit, and though it is not yet fully seen, it will be before long. There are better times coming; there are deeper degrees of grace for you yet; only persevere.
FOR MEDITATION: Being joined to the Lord and one spirit with him is not only a private matter. Its outworking is to be seen in the corporate unity of mind enjoyed by those who are joined to the Lord (1 Corinthians 1:10; Philippians 2:2, 5). ‘Is Christ divided?’ (1 Corinthians 1:13).
C. H. Spurgeon and Terence Peter Crosby, 365 Days with Spurgeon (Volume 3), (Leominster, UK: Day One Publications, 2005), 333.
21 NOVEMBER (PREACHED 20 NOVEMBER 1870)
The saint one with his Saviour
‘He that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.’ 1 Corinthians 6:17
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Philippians 2:1–5
See here a rebuke for us. We have been joined to Christ, but have we been manifestly one spirit with him? Angry—was that Christ’s spirit? Worldly—was that Christ’s spirit? Frivolous, verging upon impropriety—was that Christ’s spirit? Proud, dictatorial, slothful, repining, or unbelieving—was that Christ’s spirit? If you can read this verse without a tear you are either better or worse than I; you are worse perhaps, for you do not feel the penitence you should; or you are better and have no need to confess the same faults which unhappily rise before my memory.
I trust we have a measure of the spirit of Jesus, but does not our own spirit adulterate it dreadfully? A second practical word is one of hope. We want to have the same spirit as Christ. Well, our hope is that we shall have it, for we are joined to the Lord, and ‘he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.’ Are you not joined to Jesus, my brother, my sister? I know what you say—‘I sometimes fear I am not.’ Yes, but what do you add to that? You add, ‘But I desire to be, and I do today renew my union with him by another act of faith and confidence in him. Dear Lord and Saviour, thou art my only hope; I at this hour embrace thy cross once more. I know thou savest sinners; I know that they who believe in thee are saved, and therefore I am saved; now being persuaded of this, I love thee. O that I could kiss thy feet where the nail prints are, and that my whole life could be a washing of those feet with my tears.’
Since then you are joined to Christ, you are one spirit, and though it is not yet fully seen, it will be before long. There are better times coming; there are deeper degrees of grace for you yet; only persevere.
FOR MEDITATION: Being joined to the Lord and one spirit with him is not only a private matter. Its outworking is to be seen in the corporate unity of mind enjoyed by those who are joined to the Lord (1 Corinthians 1:10; Philippians 2:2, 5). ‘Is Christ divided?’ (1 Corinthians 1:13).
C. H. Spurgeon and Terence Peter Crosby, 365 Days with Spurgeon (Volume 3), (Leominster, UK: Day One Publications, 2005), 333.
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