From “Morning & Evening” by Charles H. Spurgeon. “That man is out of joint with the universe who takes all but makes no return.”

Bunyan wrote this in Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners (1666), after years of torment over his sin. Peace came when he saw his righteousness was not in his feelings at all, but in Christ at God’s right hand. #Gospel

Notice who God justifies here: the ungodly. Not the improved or the almost good. The one who stops working to earn His favor and trusts Him is counted righteous, just as Abraham was (Romans 4:3). #SolaFide

From “Morning & Evening” by Charles H. Spurgeon. “It needs faith to act towards our God with an open hand, but surely he deserves it of us; and all that we can do is a very poor acknowledgment of our amazing indebtedness to his goodness.”

From “Morning & Evening” by Charles H. Spurgeon. “Chance is banished from the faith of Christians, for they see the hand of God in everything.”

Calvin was not pointing to Rome here. He meant any church where the Word of God is sincerely preached and heard and the sacraments are administered as Christ instituted them (Institutes 4.1.9). That is where God feeds His children. Don’t neglect it. #LocalChurch

When about three thousand received Peter’s word at Pentecost, they were baptized and added to the believers (Acts 2:41). And they stayed. The Christian life was never meant to be lived alone. What has your local church meant to your walk with Christ? #LordsDay

From “Morning & Evening” by Charles H. Spurgeon. “Once let the truth of God obtain an entrance into the human heart and subdue the whole man unto itself, no power human or infernal can dislodge it.”

From “Morning & Evening” by Charles H. Spurgeon. “Their poorest actions he accepts; their deepest sorrow he feels; their slenderest wish he hears, and their every transgression he forgives.”

Most people who drift into false teaching don’t lack access to a Bible. They lack the habit of living in it. Ryle’s answer isn’t clever, but it’s proven: the believer who regularly reads, prays over, and studies the Word is the hardest to deceive.

The Bereans were listening to the Apostle Paul himself, and they still checked his preaching against the Scriptures. Luke calls that fair-minded, not divisive. No preacher, author, or influencer is above being tested by the Word. #Discernment