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Morning and Evening

April 6, Evening

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"In the name of the Lord I will destroy them." — Psalm 118:12 · KJV

Our Lord Jesus, by His death, did not purchase a right to a part of us only, but to the entire man. In His passion He had in view the sanctification of us wholly — spirit, soul, and body — that in this triple kingdom He Himself might reign supreme without a rival. It is the business of the newborn nature God has given to the regenerate to assert the rights of the Lord Jesus Christ. My soul, so far as you are a child of God, you must conquer all the rest of yourself that yet remains unblessed; you must subdue all your powers and passions to the silver scepter of Jesus' gracious reign, and never be satisfied till He who is King by purchase becomes also King by gracious coronation, and reigns in you supreme. Seeing, then, that sin has no right to any part of us, we go about a good and lawful warfare when we seek, in the name of God, to drive it out. O my body, you are a member of Christ — shall I tolerate your subjection to the prince of darkness? O my soul, Christ has suffered for your sins, and redeemed you with His most precious blood — shall I let your memory become a storehouse of evil, or your passions be firebrands of iniquity? Shall I surrender my judgment to be perverted by error, or my will to be led in the fetters of iniquity? No, my soul, you are Christ's, and sin has no right to you. Be courageous about this, O Christian! Be not dispirited, as though your spiritual enemies could never be destroyed. You are able to overcome them — not in your own strength, for the weakest of them would be too much for you there — but you can and shall overcome them through the blood of the Lamb. Do not ask, "How shall I dispossess them, for they are greater and mightier than I?" but go to the strong for strength, wait humbly on God, and the mighty God of Jacob will surely come to the rescue, and you shall sing of victory through His grace.