Raised in Christ

🛐 Daily Prayer: "There is no coming to the Father, but by you; but in following you we have come to the Father"

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SpurgeonBooks
July 25, 2025

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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Blessed Savior, we ask for all believers to realize their union with Christ Jesus. Oh that our hearts might follow you upward to your throne ascending high. Let us rise with you by a joyous confidence for we shall be there before long, and let us now survey your power, your enthronement, the glories of your kingly condition, where you sit at the right hand of God forever, having finished the propitiation for the sins of men. We worship you, Immanuel, “God with us.” We adore you, Jesus, before the Father’s throne. There is no coming to the Father, but by you; but in following you we have come to the Father and to the place where the many mansions are.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus…” (Romans 8:1)

They would be condemned, every one of them, if it had not been that they are in Christ Jesus; and there is now no condemnation for them, solely because they are in Christ Jesus. Their being in Christ Jesus is the great method by which alone they have escaped condemnation.

If Paul had only stopped when he had got as far as “there is now no condemnation,” every drunkard and swearer and whoremonger would have cried, “Bravo, apostle, that is the gospel for us! Now you speak like a man of thought. You have broken loose from the horrible old doctrine of Jesus of Nazareth and have found for us a ‘larger hope.’ Hurray for Paul! He is in advance of his age; he is the man for the times!”

But Paul was too honest to court popularity by pandering to man’s desire of immunity in sin. He believed the terrible truth that the impenitent sinner is under condemnation, and believing that truth, he spoke it plainly. He did not deal out comfort hand over head, catch it who can; but he put it this way, “there is now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus.”

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

This week, we’re praying for the Nisu in southwestern China.

Jesus’ mission is “to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations” (Romans 1:5). This mission is not finished until the Nisu hear and believe.

Pray that God would be glorified among the Nisu.

TOMORROW IN THE WEEKEND EDITION

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  • Prayer for the Church — Prepare for Sunday with this prayer for the worship service

  • Q&A with Spurgeon — Can a non-Christian be saved?

  • Spurgeon’s Letters — A hilarious letter that Spurgeon sent to his uncle, complaining in jest that his uncle hadn’t sent very many letters.

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LAST WORD FROM SPURGEON

“Nothing can ever break the bond of love between God and those who are in his Son.” — Charles Spurgeon