At the beginning of it all
Verse of the day: In love, he predestined us for him, for the adoption of children, for Jesus Christ, according to the will of his will (Ephesians 1:4-5).
Charles Spurgeon’s experience is no beyond the capacity of any common Christian.
Spurgeon (1834–1892) was a contemporary of George Mueller and served in the Metropolitan Tabernacle of London for more than thirty years as the most prominent pastor of his time.
His preaching was so powerful that people converted to Christ every week. His sermons are still printed today and many consider him a model for gaining souls.
He recalls an experience at the age of sixteen that shaped his life and ministry for the rest of his life.
When I went to Christ, I thought I was doing everything myself, and although I was looking for the Lord fervently, I had no idea that the Lord was looking for me, I don’t think the converted young man would realize that first.
Do I remember the day and time I first embraced these truths [the doctrine of choice] in my own soul?When, as John Bunyan says, they burned in my heart like a burning iron, and can I remember how I felt?Did I suddenly go from a baby to a man? That he had made progress in biblical knowledge by having found, once and for all, this key to God’s truth.
One night of the week, when I was sitting in God’s house, I didn’t think much of the preacher’s sermon, because I don’t think so.
I was asalted by thought: how did you become a Christian?I sought the Lord, but how did you come to seek the Lord?Did the truth come to mind in an instant?I wouldn’t have looked for him, unless there had been a previous influence on my mind to make me look for him. I prayed, I thought, but then I wondered: how did I start praying?How did I read the scriptures? I read them, but what prompted me to do it?
Then, in an instant, I saw that God was at the beginning of everything and that He was the author of my faith, and thus the whole doctrine of grace, of this doctrine that I do not know, was undoed. I am not ruled out to this day, and I wish to do so. my constant confession: “I fully attribute my conversion to God. “
Original: May 13 At the beginning of everything, © 2017 Faithful Ministérium. All rights are reserved. Website: MinisterioFiel. com. br: Camila Rebeca Almeida Critic: Vinicius Musselman Narration: Elalio Garofalo Neto.
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