“Do
you want wisdom with which to master yourself? ‘Let the word of Christ
dwell in you richly.’ Do you need something to cheer a naturally sinking
spirit? ‘Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.’ Do you wish for
that which will calm an angry mind, a temper all too apt to be suddenly
excited? ‘Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.’ Are you in a
calling where you are sorely tempted and do you long to know how to be
kept from falling into sin? ‘Let the word of Christ dwell in you
richly.’ Is your position a very difficult one? Are you scarcely able to
balance the claims of different relationships? ‘Let the word of Christ
dwell in you richly.’ Are you expecting to have a time of intense strain
and trial such as you have never experienced before? Prepare yourself
for it by letting ‘the word of Christ dwell in you richly.’ It shall
give you all manner of wisdom by which you shall be able to baffle even
the subtlety of the old serpent himself! We used to have in many of our
churches a number of solid, substantial men—’men that had understanding
of the times, to know what Israel ought to do’—and an equal proportion
of deeply-taught, godly matrons, true mothers in Israel. Well, those
stalwart Christians were brought up on such spiritual meat as I have
been commending to you. They were diligent students of the Word of God
and if we are to have a succession of such men and women, they can only
be qualified by going to the University of Scripture and taking their
degree by permitting ‘the word of Christ’ to dwell in them richly!” “Let
the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and
admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing
with grace in your hearts to the Lord.” – Colossians 3:16
- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)
taken from: Christ’s Indwelling Word, Sermon No. 2679, April 10, 1881.
HT: Eric T. Young
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