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Morning and Evening

October 25, Morning

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"For the truths sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever." — 2 John 1:2 · KJV

Once let the truth of God gain an entrance into the human heart and subdue the whole man to itself, and no power, human or infernal, can dislodge it. We entertain it not as a guest, but as the master of the house — this is a Christian necessity; he is no Christian who does not thus believe. Those who feel the vital power of the gospel, and know the might of the Holy Spirit as He opens, applies, and seals the Lord's Word, would sooner be torn to pieces than be wrenched away from the gospel of their salvation. What a thousand mercies are wrapped up in the assurance that the truth will be with us for ever — our living support, our dying comfort, our rising song, our eternal glory! This is Christian privilege; without it, our faith would be worth little. Some truths we outgrow and leave behind, for they are but rudiments and lessons for beginners; but we cannot deal so with divine truth, for though it is sweet food for babes, it is in the highest sense strong meat for men. The truth that we are sinners stays painfully with us, to humble us and make us watchful; the more blessed truth that whoever believes on the Lord Jesus shall be saved abides with us as our hope and joy. Experience, far from loosening our hold on the doctrines of grace, has knit us to them more and more firmly; our grounds and motives for believing are now stronger and more numerous than ever, and we may expect it will be so till in death we clasp the Savior in our arms. Wherever this abiding love of truth can be discovered, we are bound to exercise our love. No narrow circle can contain our gracious sympathies; wide as the election of grace must be our communion of heart. Much error may be mingled with the truth a man has received; let us war with the error, but still love the brother for the measure of truth we see in him. And above all, let us love and spread the truth ourselves.