Morning Devotional by C.H. Spurgeon
"Ye are Christ's." — 1Co_3:23
"Ye are Christ's." You are his by donation, for
the Father gave you to the Son; his by his bloody purchase, for he counted down
the price for your redemption; his by dedication, for you have consecrated
yourself to him; his by relation, for you are named by his name, and made one
of his brethren and joint-heirs. Labour practically to show the world that you
are the servant, the friend, the bride of Jesus. When tempted to sin, reply,
"I cannot do this great wickedness, for I am Christ's." Immortal
principles forbid the friend of Christ to sin. When wealth is before you to be
won by sin, say that you are Christ's, and touch it not. Are you exposed to
difficulties and dangers? Stand fast in the evil day, remembering that you are
Christ's. Are you placed where others are sitting down idly, doing nothing?
Rise to the work with all your powers; and when the sweat stands upon your
brow, and you are tempted to loiter, cry, "No, I cannot stop, for I am
Christ's. If I were not purchased by blood, I might be like Issachar, crouching
between two burdens; but I am Christ's, and cannot loiter." When the siren
song of pleasure would tempt you from the path of right, reply, "Thy music
cannot charm me; I am Christ's." When the cause of God invites thee, give
thy goods and thyself away, for thou art Christ's. Never belie thy profession.
Be thou ever one of those whose manners are Christian, whose speech is like the
Nazarene, whose conduct and conversation are so redolent of heaven, that all
who see you may know that you are the Saviour's, recognizing in you his
features of love and his countenance of holiness. "I am a Roman!" was
of old a reason for integrity; far more, then, let it be your argument for
holiness, "I am Christ's!"
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