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Ärende: 'Even thou wast as one of them.'-Obadiah 1:11 
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Daily Devotional  

M&E Sunday
Charles H. Spurgeon
Jul 22, 2006

 

July 07/23/AM 




'Even thou wast as one of them.'-Obadiah 1:11 




Brotherly kindness was due from Edom to Israel in the time of need, but instead
thereof, the men of Esau made common cause with Israel's foes. Special stress
in the sentence before us is laid upon the word thou; as when Caesar cried to
Brutus, 'and thou Brutus'; a bad action may be all the worse, because of the
person who has committed it. When we sin, who are the chosen favorites of
heaven, we sin with an emphasis; ours is a crying offence, because we are so
peculiarly indulged. If an angel should lay his hand upon us when we are doing
evil, he need not use any other rebuke than the question, 'What thou? What dost
thou here?' Much forgiven, much delivered, much instructed, much enriched, much
blessed, shall we dare to put forth our hand unto evil? God forbid!  A few
minutes of confession may be beneficial to thee, gentle reader, this morning.
Hast thou never been as the wicked? At an evening party certain men laughed at
uncleanness, and the joke was not altogether offensive to thine ear, even thou
wast as one of them. When hard things were spoken concerning the ways of God,
thou wast bashfully silent; and so, to on-lookers, thou wast as one of them.
When worldlings were bartering in the market, and driving hard bargains, wast
thou not as one of them? When they were pursuing vanity with a hunter's foot,
wert thou not as greedy for gain as they were? Could any difference be
discerned between thee and them? Is there any difference? Here we come to close
quarters. Be honest with thine own soul, and make sure that thou art a new
creature in Christ Jesus; but when this is sure, walk jealously, lest any
should again be able to say, 'Even thou wast as one of them.' Thou wouldst not
desire to share their eternal doom, why then be like them here? Come not thou
into their secret, lest thou come into their ruin. Side with the afflicted
people of God, and not with the world.



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July 07/23/PM 




'The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.'-1 John 1:7 




'Cleanseth,' says the text-not 'shall cleanse.' There are multitudes who think
that as a dying hope they may look forward to pardon. Oh! how infinitely better
to have cleansing now than to depend on the bare possibility of forgiveness
when I come to die. Some imagine that a sense of pardon is an attainment only
obtainable after many years of Christian experience. But forgiveness of sin is
a present thing-a privilege for this day, a joy for this very hour. The moment
a sinner trusts Jesus he is fully forgiven. The text, being written in the
present tense, also indicates continuance; it was 'cleanseth' yesterday, it is
'cleanseth' to-day, it will be 'cleanseth' tomorrow: it will be always so with
you, Christian, until you cross the river; every hour you may come to this
fountain, for it cleanseth still. Notice, likewise, the completeness of the
cleansing, 'The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin'-not
only from sin, but 'from all sin.' Reader, I cannot tell you the exceeding
sweetness of this word, but I pray God the Holy Ghost to give you a taste of
it. Manifold are our sins against God. Whether the bill be little or great, the
same receipt can discharge one as the other. The blood of Jesus Christ is as
blessed and divine a payment for the transgressions of blaspheming Peter as for
the shortcomings of loving John; our iniquity is gone, all gone at once, and
all gone for ever. Blessed completeness! What a sweet theme to dwell upon as
one gives himself to sleep. 
'Sins against a holy God; 
Sins against His righteous laws; 
Sins against His love, His blood; 
Sins against His name and cause; 
Sins immense as is the sea- 
From them all He cleanseth me.'



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Unless almighty grace shall supervene! 




The following is from Spurgeon’s sermon,  “INWARD CONFLICTSö 

We shall never be out of gunshot of the devil until we have crossed the river
of death. 

Our carnal minds are like gun-powder.  They only need a spark; and ah, what an
explosion there would be with any of us. May the Lord keep the sparks away. 

Let us be very vigilant and very careful; there is an enemy behind every hedge;
there is a foe waiting for us at every step; and before this day is over, you
and I may have slipped and have fallen into sin, to our own perpetual hurt and
hindrance, unless almighty grace shall  supervene. 





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