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       Faith's Checkbook

      Charles H. Spurgeon
      Jun 29, 2006



June 28
One Look From the LORD!


"And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt
save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?" (Judges
6:14).



What a look was that which the LORD gave to Gideon! He looked him out of his
discouragement into a holy bravery. If our look to the LORD saves us, what will
not His look at us do? LORD, look on me this day and nerve me for its duties
and conflicts.



What a word was this which Jehovah spoke to Gideon! "Go." He must not hesitate.
He might have answered, "What, go in all this weakness?" But the LORD put that
word out of court by saying, "Go in this thy might." The LORD had looked might
into him, and he had now nothing to do but to use it and save Israel by smiting
the Midianites. It may be that the LORD has more to do by me than I ever
dreamed of. If He has looked upon me, He has made me strong. Let me by faith
exercise the power with which He has entrusted me. He never bids me "idle away
my time in this my might." Far from it. I must "go" because He strengthens me.
What a question is that which the LORD puts to me even as He put it to Gideon!
"Have not I sent thee!" Yes, LORD, Thou hast sent me, and I will go in Thy
strength. At Thy command I go, and, going, I am assured that Thou wilt conquer
by me.



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The Unrepenting Repenter
By Jim Elliff



Part 2 .......  continued ..........

7. You may repent of lesser sins for the purpose of continuing in greater sins.
(Lk. 11:42)



We try to salve our nagging conscience by some minor exercise of repentance,
which is really no repentance at all. The whole heart is changed in the
believer. The half repenter is a divided man: part against sin and part for it;
part against Christ, part for Him. But one or the other must win out, for man
cannot serve God and mammon (or any other idol); he must love the one and hate
the other. (Mt. 6:24)

8. You may repent so generally that you never repent of any specific sin at
all.



The man who repents in too great a generality is likely covering his sins.
(Prov. 28:13) If there are no particular changes, there is no repenting. Sin
has many heads, like the mythological Hydra. It cannot be dealt with in
general, but its heads must be cut off one by one.

9. You may repent for the love of friends and religious leaders and not repent
for the love of God. (Isa. 1: 10-17)



A man talked into repentance may reform for the love of friends or the respect
of the spiritually minded, yet do nothing substantial. If a man turns from sin
without turning to God, he will find his sin has only changed its name and is
hidden behind his pride. Now it will be harder to rout for its subterfuge. You
have loved others but not God. And you have loved yourself most of all. Lot's
wife left the city of sin at the insistence of an angel and for the love of her
family, but turned back. She had left her heart. "Remember Lot's wife." (Gen.
19:12-26; Lk. 17:32)

10. 'You may confess the finished action of sin and not repent from the
continuing habit of sin.



If a man is honest, he is a good man in human terms; but he is not a repenting
man until the sin is stabbed to death. He must be a murderer if he would be
God's: "For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the
Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live." (Rom. 8:13) God
knows what you have done; what He wants is obedience. (Lk. 6:46)

11. You may attempt repentance of your sin while consciously leaving open the
door of its opportunity.



A man who says " I repent" but will not leave the source or environment of that
sin is suspect. Though some situations which invite temptation cannot be
changed, most can. A man who will not flee the setting of his temptation when
he is able still loves his sin. A mouse is foolish to build his nest under the
cat's bed. "But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the
flesh, to fulfill its lusts." (Rom. 13:14)

12. You may make an effort to repent of some sins without repenting of all the
sin you know.



The businessman learns to show concern for the needs of his clients, yet he
batters his wife through neglect. Another gives his money in the offering plate
weekly but steals time from his employer daily. Every man boasts of some sins
conquered, but true repentance is a repulsion of sin as a whole. The repenter
hates all sin, though he fails more readily in some than in others. He may not
know all his sins, but what he knows he spurns. Repentance is universal in the
believer; the spirit is willing even when the flesh is weak (Mt. 26:41).


Repentance and faith are bound together. A repenting man has no hope for
obedience without faith in the source of all holiness, God Himself. In
repenting of sins, he loses his self-sufficiency. God is his sanctifier. (Jude
24-25; 1 Thess. 5:23-24; 1 Pet. 1:5)




Repentance is a gift of God (Acts 11:19; 2 Tim. 2:25) and a duty of man (Acts
17:30; Lk. 13:3). You will know if it has been granted by the exercise of it.
(Phil. 2:12-13) Do not wait for it; run toward it. "Be zealous and repent."
(Rev. 3:19) Pursue it and you will find it; forget it and perish.


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