Gleams Of Salvation

By Charles H. Spurgeon

 is a Bible study book written by the famous preacher Charles Spurgeon. In this work, Spurgeon guides us through the Scriptures to explore the glorious salvation offered to us in Jesus Christ. In his profound and passionate style, Spurgeon invites us to contemplate the wonders of divine grace, and challenges us to live lives that reflect the light and love of Christ. This book is a valuable resource for anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of salvation and God's redemptive plan for humanity.

• Language: English
• Publisher: FELIPE CHAVARRO POLANÍA INC
• Release date: Jun 20, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223171201

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GLEAMS OF SALVATION

by

CHARLES SPURGEON

Shines of Salvation is a Bible study book written by the famous preacher Charles Spurgeon. In this work, Spurgeon guides us through the Scriptures to explore the glorious salvation offered to us in Jesus Christ. In his profound and passionate style, Spurgeon invites us to contemplate the wonders of divine grace, and challenges us to live lives that reflect the light and love of Christ. This book is a valuable resource for anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of salvation and God's redemptive plan for humanity.

Contents

591. Peace must be sought among Christians

594. The people, triumph of the Gospel among the

597. Persecution sifts the Church

601. Philosophy and Christianity

612. Praise, universal employment

618. Prayer, a cry

624. Ejaculatory prayer

631. Prayer pleasing to God

639. Prayer, Victorious

648. Preacher, the self-sacrifice necessary for a

653. The preaching of Jesus

659. Pride that leads the soul away from Christ

663. Early Church, Power of the

670. Promises, preciousness

676. The Providence of God in the whole life of the believer

684. The Purity of the Church, Christ's Desire

693. Rejection of Christ

701. The religion of Christ is a fire

711. Necessary Rest for Workers

713. Rest in the bosom of God

591. Peace must be sought among Christians

In the best church there will always be a fallen leaf. Someone elbows another brother. None of us are perfect. We get along more than reasonably well with each other as a church. I never saw a church that was so well united in Christian love as ours; but there are always a few leaves around, and no little dust to put in a corner and burn. Let me ask a brother, whenever he sees any mischief, to sweep it away and say nothing about it. Whenever he sees this or that brother going a little wrong, speak to him about it in a low voice; do not spread it all over the church, or provoke jealousy and suspicion. Pick up the leaf and destroy it. When a brother member has offended you, so that you feel vexed, forgive him, for I dare say you will want forgiveness before many days have passed. Perhaps none of us have the sweetest of tempers, but, if we have, the way to show it is to forgive those who have not. If all would seek to make peace, there would never be in the King's garden any great heap of discord to trouble him; but when he came strolling in, he would find everything beautiful and in good order, and all the flowers blooming deliciously, and he would find his delights with the children of men.

592. PEACE, NONE WITH Sin

Oh, those blessed tempests! Give me no calm weather when the air is still and heavy, and when lethargy seizes the spirit. Lord, send a hurricane, give us a little stormy weather: when the lightning flashes and the thunder rolls, then the servants of God will know that the Lord is away, and that His right hand is no more in His bosom, that the moral atmosphere will clear, that the kingdom of God will come, and His will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Peace, peace, peace, that is the flapping of the dragon's wings; the stern voice proclaiming perpetual war is the voice of the Captain of our salvation. How is this? Think not that I am come to bring peace on earth: I am not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a man's enemies will be those of his own household. Peace, physical peace, Christ does make; there is to be no strife with the fist, nor blow with the sword, but moral peace, and spiritual peace there can never be in this world where Jesus Christ is, so long as error is there. But you know, beloved, that you can do no good thing but what the devil will surely hinder you. Cowardly looks and weak counsel are not for the warriors of the cross. Expect fights, and you will not be disappointed. Whitfield used to say that some theologians went from the first of January to the end of December with their skins perfectly whole; the devil never thought them worth attacking; but, said he, let us begin to preach with all our strength, and soul, and fortitude, the gospel of Jesus Christ, and men will soon put a fool's cap on our heads, and begin to laugh at us, and ridicule us; but if so, so much the better. We are not alarmed because Satan hinders us.

593. PECULIARITIES TO be harnessed for God

SOME of us have a temperamental streak, and even if we try to keep it under control, it will flare up. What to do then? Let us make it wear the yoke of the Lord. This faculty is not necessarily common or impure: let us make it a chopper of wood and drawer of water for the Lord. On the other hand, some of you have a touch of despondency in your nature; be careful to submit it to the praise of the Lord. You are the men to sing those low melodies which in some respects are the pearls of song. A little thoughtfulness is a good seasoning. The muse is at her best when she is pleasantly melancholy. Praise God, my brethren, just as you are. The larks should not refrain from singing because they are not nightingales, nor should the sparrow refuse to chirp because it cannot emulate the linnet. Let every tree planted by the Lord praise the Lord; clap your hands, you trees of the forest, as the fruit trees and all the cedars join in his praise. Young men and maidens, old men and children, praise the name of the Lord, each in his peculiar note; for you are all needed for perfect harmony. The Lord would not have you borrow your brother's tones, but use all that is in you, all that is peculiar to your own idiosyncrasy, for His glory.

594. The people, triumph of the Gospel among the

In the old days of persecution and the stake, who were the men who most nobly put themselves at the stake? Here and there it was a bishop and a nobleman, but the bulk of the heroes belonged to the poor or middle class. There was a great man, with an unworthy right hand, who recanted, and yet did well in the end; but the poor weavers of Colchester, and the shoemakers of Bow, never recanted at all, but gloried in being made holocausts for the truth. Wherever the Gospel has been held up chiefly by the great of the land, it has had little success. Take, for instance, Spain and Italy, the converts of the Reformation there almost all belonged to the higher ranks, and in a short time its doctrines died out, but it lived among the German peasants and the British artisans. The brave men of Israel still come from the loom, the smithy, the plough and the bench. Wherever the Gospel entrenches itself among the common people, not even the devil himself can destroy it; it is then like a lion in its own forest, and none can drive it out.

595. PERFECTION, THE Christian's goal

YET a young artist, when he begins his work, dare not hope that he will reach Praxiteles in sculpture, or Apelles in painting; yet if he were to aim at anything less than the highest standard, he would not be likely to attain honour as a scholar. When he begins to work, he does not study imperfect pictures, but models. He studies