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VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth. For I am God, and there is no other.” (Isaiah 45:22)

I have preached a good many times from this text. I hope to do so, if life be spared, many more times. It was January 6, 1850 that I looked unto the Lord, and found salvation, through this text. You have often heard me tell how I had been wandering about, seeking rest, and finding none, till a plain, unlettered, lay preacher among the Primitive Methodists stood up in the pulpit, and gave out this passage as his text: “Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth.” He had not much to say, thank God, for that compelled him to keep on repeating his text, and there was nothing needed—by me, at any rate—except his text. I remember how he said, “It is Christ that speaks. ‘I am in the garden in agony, pouring out my soul unto death; I am on the tree, dying for sinners; look unto me! Look unto me!’ That is all you have to do. A child can look. One who is almost an idiot can look. However weak, or however poor, a man may be, he can look; and if he looks, the promise is that he shall live.” Then, stopping, he pointed to where I was sitting under the gallery, and he said, “That young man there looks very miserable.” I expect I did, for that is how I felt. Then he said, “There is no hope for you, young man, or any chance of getting rid of your sin, but by looking to Jesus;” and he shouted, as I think only a Primitive Methodist can, “Look! Look, young man! Look now!” And I did look; and when they sang a hallelujah before they went home, in their own earnest way, I am sure I joined in it. It happened to be a day when the snow was lying deep, and more was falling; so, as I went home, those words of David kept ringing through my heart, “Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow;” and it seemed as if all nature was in accord with that blessed deliverance from sin which I had found in a single moment by looking to Jesus Christ.

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

This week, we’re praying for the Tumari Kanuri of Niger.

This is an ethnic group of 110,000 people. As far as we know, there has never been a Christian among them. They have no way of trusting Christ unless someone from the outside tells them about him.

Pray that God would send missionaries to the Tumari Kanuri.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE

Looking to Jesus in the fullness of his grace

This week, Spurgeon will invite us to look to Jesus to find hope and healing. Recently, I’ve been reading a book that has really encouraged me to look to Jesus and more confidently find grace.

The Whole Christ by Sinclair Ferguson has been on my reading list for years, but I hadn’t read the book until recently. And wow, I wish I hadn’t waited so long. This book is a masterpiece, beautifully explaining the heart of God in Christ.

From Adam and Eve until today, we’re tempted to qualify ourselves for Christ. But God has never expected this of us. Seeing all of grace in the whole Christ, we find ourselves free and accepted by the love of God. But Ferguson also makes clear that the grace that saves us as we are does not leave us as we are; he demands we walk in holiness. If you’ve ever needed help balancing these truths or finding assurance in the gospel, you need to read The Whole Christ.

I can’t recommend this book enough — I hope you’ll grab a copy soon and read it for yourself.

Buy The Whole Christ:

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