Your Own Salvation (Philippians
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- Опубліковано 4 кві 2024
- A sermon delivered by C.H. Spurgeon, Lord's day morning July 30th 1871.
From time to time, in our own fellowship, we call upon the congregation to each pray for their own salvation. It can sound selfish, but is a command: "make your calling and election sure".
Had Spurgeon lived in our day, he perhaps would have used the analogy of air travel. Oxygen masks fall from above us when the cabin depressurizes. We are told: "Fit our own mask, before helping someone else" Only when each of us is truly saved can we be of lasting spiritual benefit to others..
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My heart condemned me for so long after i confessed, repented, and turn from my sinful life. I for so long thought i was not worthy in my eyes for God to forgive me. I prayed for assurance and joy in my heart that i am a child of God. I praise the Lord and leap for joy that i know that i know my name is written in the LAMBS BOOK OF LIFE. Finally .
So WORTH IT!!!!!
I love these. I keep one earbud in at work for my 12 hour shifts and I like to keep the word of God going and praise music. Thank you for your ministry. May the Lord bless you.
@dougiebackus8801 I have been doing the exact same thing through my 12-hour shift at the hospital for the past month, and it has really helped me get through and keep my mind on Him
Praise God for Him delivering you! I feel exactly where you were. I too struggle with assurance and it currently has been such a struggle to know whether I’m truely His. Salvation is on my mind constantly for months. Trying to find true rest in Christ alone. There is nothing more important in life than to be a true child of God. Covet your prayers.
We must "STRIVE to enter in" (to his rest) The Lord has motivated your (and other soul's) to do that. It can be painful, but leads to the inner life of peace and healing and deep joy. The kingdom of God is within you as Christ says.
Spurgeon: "Presumption is not assurance, though alas; many think so..." WOW! Sobering words, my friends. And convicted me right to the core. I love these sermons, and even more so - the God who allows me to hear His truth spoken through His earthly servants. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Dear friends in Christ, please pray for me and my mother
What can we pray for?
This man truly continues to bear fruit. He truly was a man of God
Always a few of you that want to lift up the preacher instead of where it rightfully belongs...in Jesus...And without Jesus he would be nothing
@@nathankluttz2015 I don't get that out of her comment I thank God here was a man he used in such a way yes still bearing fruit unlike many since especially today many false ear ticklers
@@davestephen8679: Yes I agree with you completely. Those old timey preachers like him completely yielded themselves to the Holy Spirit and that's a good thing. But let us not forget who gives the fruit is all I'm saying. Jesus is the only one that should be lifted up. And amen about the false teachers. Ugh! I hate false doctrine.
@@nathankluttz2015 I was about to say that exact thing I was guilty of glorifying pastors myself, once we call Christ our teacher we call no one else teacher. A true watchmen never self exalts and lays all the glory where it rightfully belongs. ❤ Charles was very much not self exalting.
@@Mattebby20: Amen brother! That's is correct. Charles Stanley has always been one of my favorite preachers to listen to. Because when it comes to practical Christian living, he is always on point. But I heard him the other day talk about how inadequate he feels a lot of times, and that without Jesus he would be a failure. Jesus shares his glory with nobody
Please pray that I will see my need.
This is by far one of the best messages I’ve ever heard about Salvation.. spoke to my heart and caused me to reexamine my life as a believer.
Thank you Christ ❤
Thanks to no other.
Amen and Amen.
For it is God who works in you, both to will and to do of His good pleasure! Beloved, this is our hope. Salvation is of the Lord, from beginning to end. I pray His grace may be upon you all. Let us run to the cross of Christ and confess our sins for surely He is faithful to forgive and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Thank you brother Gavin, may God bless you and your family. These sermons have broken me, yet I trust that by God's providence they have helped me grow.
YES!! 🤲♥️
Praise and thanks be to the Lord my God and Savior Jesus Christ.
Truly this man is a servant preacher sent and taught by THE HOLY SPIRIT.
Vanity Fair cries to the pilgrims, "What will ye buy?" Christian & Faithful reply:
...."We buy THE TRUTH!!!"
S A L V A T I O N !
Thank you, Jesus!❤
Amen and halleluYah 🙏🙌
You truly honored His Name > hallelu”Y”ah
Wonderful sermon!
So good and wonderful truths.
I have soo much sin to confess as a soo called Christian. I can only come to Christ and his righteousness. I have none and need him. I don't have any assurance.
Brother, take heart! This promise was said to you “All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.” (John 6:37).
Your desire to agree and tell God that you’re a sinner (confession) is a sure sign of God bringing you to the Son. For behind confession there’s a seeking for cleansing, and we know that cleansing is only found through the finished work of Christ. Continue to commune with God through the means of grace and your heart will grow hot for Him and you will see the work that He has begun in you, and that will spring forth joy (assurance) inside out.
❤🙏
Thank you Jesus
Many think to highly of themselves in the church's these days
WOW !! This message really stirred up the devil, he turned loose his TROLLS in the comment section !!
Charles Spurgeon should have been honored as the Apostles of Christ
His crown will be more glorious than most saints there.
Oh how we need these old saints today instead of cotton candy people pretending to preach …they will be certain to get their just deserts as they already love candy
Only if you do not die in a state of grave sin.
Yes
Faith is a belief
Not a feeling
If that helps anyone out
God bless and keep you
In this video Are you saved? Never once said except you are born again, you will not be able to enter into the Kingdom of God. No need to say anymore!
Who by a word make a man out to be an offender, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gates, and with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right. Straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel.
What he says in this sermon is true and has stood the test of time. Saved and new birth, born anew, etc. are the same thing. In the same chapter Jesus speaks of the new birth (John 3:3 and 7) it also speaks of being saved ( see :16-21). I'll gladly listen to just one of Charles Spurgeon's sermons over binge watching sooo many of today's shallow, deceiving preachers.
After Jesus used the phrase "born anew" twice in John 3, only Peter uses it later, and that only twice (1 Peter 1:3 and :23).
Soli Deo Gloria. *But… Are you sure you are giving glory to Him?* When you distort the character of God by making Him look more like Shiva (the Hindu god of destruction), than the God of incredible love, patience and mercy from the Bible; The One who commands you to love your enemies and forgive them always!… Are you giving glory to Him? Because... friends, let's be honest. A “god” who creates billions of souls to be sent directly to hell, without any option to be saved… is an extremely cruel god. He is not the God of the Bible.
When you tell a sinner that Jesus has only died for a tiny portion of humanity, and that it is very, very unlikely that he will be among them; even though there are *several* texts in the Bible that claim that God sent His Son in ransom for humanity, because He doesn't want anyone to be lost... Are you giving glory to God? Sure?
Could it not be... That in the most hidden place of your heart you are giving glory to yourself?
One can easily feel “special” when he hears that he has been chosen by God.
I’ll take it for granted that you don't think God chose by lot who will go to hell and who not. I hope not!
The idea is absolutely ridiculous, and this god would also be very ridiculous.
And a “god” who sends better people than you to hell… would be even a sicker one.
The only coherent option has to be the one that makes you (the calvinist) better than the others. And here we finally get to the heart of the matter.
But there is a big problem, that “god” who chooses for something he finds in the person, is not the God of the Bible. He is no respecter of persons (Romans 2:11). That is, He does not favor or lean toward some people more than others for any particular reason or affection.
That is, for Him, you and all those who are going to end up in hell are exactly the same. Rebels. Sinners. You are not better than anyone.
Get this true deep in your head. And repeat it to yourself, over and over again, until you really understand it. Because this is a serious matter.
But the Bible says that we have been chosen. Based on what? How can God choose without violating His character and not based on anything in the man?
It's easy. He opened the door of Eternal Life to *ALL of his creatures.* And he says *to ALL of us:* Do you want to enter with me? Those who freely answer: “Yes” to that call, those whose answer He already knew before the foundation of the world, are His chosen ones. (Romans 8:29).
And certainly this speaks to us of a God of immense love. Love far superior to the human one, who easily makes preferences.
Let's be very careful, lest, pretending to give glory to God, we may be found liars. For the heart is wicked and deceitful above all things.
(Jeremiah 17:9)
Exactly! How can we be judged by a just God without the freedom to chose who we will serve. True love cannot be demonstrated without the freedom of choice. God knows the end from the beginning. From the foundation of the earth He saw the entirety of time and already knew who would and who would not love Him before mankind was even created.
*"Are you saved?" Not yet. Nobody is saved...yet. ✴ _...he (Christ) will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him._ (Hebrews 9: 28; NIV)
You have no idea what that scripture means.
@@HEAVENBOUND267 Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Karen. In your view, do I understand the following Scriptures?
✴ _Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and _*_in the age to come eternal life._* (Mark 10: 29-30, ESV) (c/w Luke 18: 30)
✴ _31 _*_When the Son of man shall come in his glory…._*_ [...] 46 …the righteous [shall go away] into life eternal._ (Matthew 25: 31 & 46; KJV)
Your original scripture means our final completed salvation. Not individual salvation which we receive when we accept Christ. It is talking about the eternal state.
@@HEAVENBOUND267 *"...which we receive when...."* Your understanding is preached from many a pulpit, Karen. I find something very different in the Bible (examples below).
✴ _To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life._ (Romans 2: 7, NIV)
✴ _Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life...._ (John 3: 36; ESV)
✴ 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. (Romans 8: 13; ESV)
✴ _Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt._ (Daniel 12: 2, NIV)
✴ _“When the Son of Man comes in his glory….“Then they [the goats] will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”_ (Matthew 25: 46; NIV)
✴ _“Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out-those who have done what is good will rise to live…._ (John 5:28-29, NIV)
@@Rileyed What did Jesus die to save us from? He died to save us from eternal death. When He comes again He will raise us from the dead. Until then the dead are...well...dead.
I'm so sorry for All who put their trust in C.H. Spurgeon because he quotes verses of the truth written in the scriptures! Everyone that is born in the flesh in this world have the knowledge of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in this world. So, also wolves in sheep's clothing knows more than most of us and able to preach the scriptures better than most of us!!! They are the ones also that are called fallen into apostasy believers that were also called by the hearing of the Word, but certainly not chosen to be saved. You should know the verse in the scriptures that says; Many are Called, but Few are Chossen!!! Just like the Church for centuries who calls themselves Christians and believes in vain they are saved, but are not. Because the word disciples and later calling themselves Christians in the scriptures simply means students and learners of the Word. Certainly not having been saved, converted redeemed and born again from above in Christ's spiritual Church. But of course this fallen into apostasy believer churches have been calling themselves Christians for centuries until today, because these wolves in sheep's clothing pastors and preachers have been doing a fine job in deceiving so many sheeps over centuries!!! Fallen into apostasy believer members goes from one generation to the next like clock work! Just like joining a club without even really thinking anything of it. Like politics!!! Don't expect anyone to wake up from the dead(sleep)! But still hoping somebody will.💤😴❤️😭
I have yet to see a comment in any of these many videos that a person said they put their faith in Spurgeon, sounds like you had to make up some fake fact in order to make your non-applicable rant, I pray you Repent,
@@TOMAS-lh4er Of course you never seen any comments saying they put their faith in Spurgeon, it's because wolves in sheep's clothing(pastors and preachers) will only preach quoting verses of the Truth in the scriptures! These wolves in sheep's clothing have the wisdom of serpents but gentle like a Dove so not to revealing themselves their conniving heart. I'm not trying to convince you or anyone else because we are each alone before our Most High God and Father in heaven responsible for our salvation!!! ❤️😭