Sermon #2649 Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit 1Volume 45 www.spurgeongem - PDF document

Sermon #264 MetropoOLtan TabernacOe PuOpLt 1VoOume 45 1 A SERMON DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON “Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind.” 1 Peter 1:13 :E notLced Ln readLnJ tKe cKapter from ZKLcK our te[t Ls taNen tKat tKe apostOe Peter fLrst mentLoned tKe JOorLous doctrLnes of Jrace and tKe marveOous ben 2 *Lrded for tKe :orN Sermon #264 2 VoOume 45 tKem so as to KoOd tKem and for tKeLr part tKe\ KoOd notKLnJ fLrmO\—ever\tKLnJ Ls Ooose and sOLppLnJ aZa\ from tKem. NoZ , taNe Lt tKat tKe apostOe e[Korts aOO professLnJ CKrLstLans of tKat cKaracter to Jet out of sucK a state of Keart and , ZouOd urJe \ou dear frLends to do tKe same. *Lrd up tKe OoLns of \our mLnd as to \our personaO conduct. Be strLct about Lt not Oa[. Never fear LncurrLnJ tKe opprobrLum of beLnJ too precLse. ,f tKe name of PurLtan Ls appended to \ou accept Lt Mo\fuOO\ as a badJe of Konor and ZLsK tKat \ou Zere more of a PurLtan tKan \our assaLOants suspect. :Koever eOse Ls Oa[ do \ou remember tKat \ou serve a MeaOous *od and tKerefore be ver\ MeaOous of tKe Konor of +Ls :ord and MeaOous of tKe Lfe. ,n tKLs sense ³JLrd up tKe OoLns of Some professors are read\ enouJK to beOLeve but tKe\ Kave no LntensLt\ Ln tKeLr beOLefs. TKe\ are ortKodo[ as far as tKe\ Jo but tKe\ do not Jo far enouJK. TKe\ Kave no Jreat concern about reOLJLon—tKe\ are mereO\ tattooed ZLtK CKrLstLanLt\ Lt Ls onO\ sNLn deep ZLtK tKem Lt never Jets Lnto tKeLr Kearts or affects tKeLr souOs. TKere are man\ preacKers noZada\s ZKo KoOd varLous vLeZs of tKe trutK but tKe\ KoOd notKLnJ tenacLousO\. , Kave often ZLsKed to asN some Broad CKurcKmen Lf tKe\ dLd not tKLnN tKat tKe mart\rs Zere Jreat fooOs Ln Oa\LnJ doZn tKeLr OLves Ln defense of tKe trutK for , am sure tKat accordLnJ to tKe teacKLnJ of man\ ZKom , NnoZ tKe\ must reJard tKose ZKo Zere faLtKfuO unto deatK as OLttOe better tKan , tKLnN tKat some of tKe teacKers of tKe modern scKooO beOLeve tKat tKere Ls no trutK tKat Ls ZortK a man¶s d\LnJ for. TKe\ sa\ tKat sometKLnJ Ls ZKLte but tKe\ add tKat ZKLte Ls a ver\ ver\ OLJKt sKade of someZKat darNer sKade of ZKLte! +ere Ls a certaLn trutK ZKLcK tKe\ sa\ tKe\ beOLeve but tKere are some cLrcumstances or condLtLons Ln ZKLcK tKe\ do not beOLeve Lt so practLcaOO\ Lt Ls not a matter of faLtK to tKem at aOO. ,f ever \ou press tKem too cOoseO\ upon an\ poLnt tKe\ aOZa\s Kave a bacN Za\ of escape NoZ ZKen reOLJLon Ls KeOd Ln taccept tKem from m\ KaOfKearted advocac\. +e ZKo Kas not a fL[ed fuOcrum for KLs Oever ZKatever macKLner\ Ke ma\ Kave ZLOO never move tKe ZorOd—and notKLnJ ZLOO be accompOLsKed b\ \ou m\ frLend or accompOLsKed Ln \ou unOess tKere are certaLn trutKs ZKLcK \ou no more questLon tKan \ou questLon \our oZn e[Lstence—certaLn munLtLons of rocNs beKLnd ZKLcK \ou maNe \our souO¶s dZeOOLnJ pOace and fLnd \ourseOf at ease. ³TKe conLes are but a feebOe foON \et maNe tKe\ tKeLr Kouses Ln tKe rocNs´ and tKe\ tKus prove tKeLr ZLsdom. And ZKen a man ZKatever KLs feebOeness ma\ be Kas certaLn rocN\ fundamentaO trutKs Lnto ZKLcK Ke tunneOs so as to KLde KLmseOf tKen Ke Ls ZeOO protected. But aOO tKat Oooseness of ZKLcK , Kave been speaNLnJ Ls a tKroZLnJ aZa\ of strenJtK. /a[Lt\ Ls tKe KeOper of unbeOLef and tempts to aOO manner TKerefore dear frLends do not be Oa[ Ln \our beOLef but beOLeve ZKat \ou beOLeve. +oOd ZKat \ou KoOd and NnoZ ZKat \ou do NnoZ. Do \ou asN ³+oZ can tKat be?´ :eOO b\ beLnJ tauJKt of *od for *od teacKes LnfaOOLbOe trutK. :Kat a man teacKes KLmseOf or Oearns from KLs feOOoZ men ma\ aOO Kave to be OaLd asLde for Lt Ls OLabOe to be erroneous. But tKat ZKLcK *od tKe +oO\ *Kost burns Lnto KLs Keart and conscLence as ZLtK a Kot Lron sKaOO never be taNen from KLm.