The Forgotten Spurgeon

This is an excerpt from a book that was written by Iain Murray. It gives a very brief but valuable information about the man known to Christians as "the Prince of Preachers"

[Charles Spurgeon] was steeped in what he called the golden era of English Theology - the Puritan period, and above all he had been a fluent reader of the bible since the age of six. What Spurgeon wrote of Bunyan (Author of Pilgrim's Progress) is equally applicable to himself:

'Read anything of his, and you will see that it is almost like reading the Bible itself. He had studied our Authorizer Version...; he had read it till his whole being was saturated with Scripture... Prick him anywhere; and you will find that his blood is Bibline. the very essebnce of the Bible flows from him. He cannot speak without quoting a text, for his soul is full of the Word of God'

Today, there is a call to change the way we preach, evangelise and to live. This is because presenting the Gospel upfront is deemed as "insensitive", "rash" or "offending". In the desire to reach our world today, some of us have watered down or done away with words like "Hell", "Repentance" and "Jesus Christ". Who is right and who is wrong? Can we put aside all our denominiational differences and go back to preaching and teaching the Word as it is? Is not all "all Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work?"

How do we know if we are glorifying God unless we abide His word? Won't his spirit gives us assurance, not just in our hearts, but thru the written word too? If you are a young believer in Christ, I do not blame u for not being knowledgeable in God's word. Knowing God more is a process like going to school. We start off as spiritual babies, needed to be spoon-fed, but if we are growing, we will eventually begin to feed ourselves and more is expected of us. Being a baby in faith thoughout a Christian life is not a sin, but staying in the state of spiritual infancy is sad. And I want my boyz and my CMs to grow out of this baby-state.

O God, pls help me and lead me by the power of Your Spirit to do what Your will!!