Part of you or all of you?

[Christ4Ever]

"He did it with all his heart and prospered. 2 Chronicles 31:21

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This is no unusual occurrence; it is the general rule of the moral universe that those men prosper who do their work with all their hearts, while those are almost certain to fail who go to their labour leaving half their hearts behind them. God does not give harvests to idle men except harvests of thistles, nor is He pleased to send wealth to those who will not dig in the field to find its hid treasure. It is universally confessed that if a man would prosper, he must be diligent in business. It is the same in religion as it is in other things. If you would prosper in your work for Jesus, let it be heart work, and let it be done with all your heart. Put as much force, energy, heartiness, and earnestness into religion as ever you do into business, for it deserves far more. The Holy Spirit helps our infirmities, but He does not encourage our idleness; He loves active believers. Who are the most useful men in the Christian church? The men who do what they undertake for God with all their hearts. Who are the most successful Sabbath-school teachers? The most talented? No; the most zealous; the men whose hearts are on fire, those are the men who see their Lord riding forth prosperously in the majesty of His salvation. Whole-heartedness shows itself in perseverance; there may be failure at first, but the earnest worker will say, "It is the Lord's work, and it must be done; my Lord has bidden me do it, and in His strength I will accomplish it." Christian, art thou thus "with all thine heart" serving thy Master? Remember the earnestness of Jesus! Think what heart-work was His! He could say, "The zeal of Thine house hath eaten Me up." When He sweat great drops of blood, it was no light burden He had to carry upon those blessed shoulders; and when He poured out His heart, it was no weak effort He was making for the salvation of His people. Was Jesus in earnest, and are we lukewarm?

Charles Spurgeon

 

[B-A-C]

Amen!!

Heb 11:6; And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Are you looking for Him?

Isa 55:6; Seek the LORD while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near.

Jer 29:13; 'You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

 

[RJ]

"He did it with all his heart and prospered. 2 Chronicles 31:21

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This is no unusual occurrence; it is the general rule of the moral universe that those men prosper who do their work with all their hearts, while those are almost certain to fail who go to their labour leaving half their hearts behind them. God does not give harvests to idle men except harvests of thistles, nor is He pleased to send wealth to those who will not dig in the field to find its hid treasure. It is universally confessed that if a man would prosper, he must be diligent in business. It is the same in religion as it is in other things. If you would prosper in your work for Jesus, let it be heart work, and let it be done with all your heart. Put as much force, energy, heartiness, and earnestness into religion as ever you do into business, for it deserves far more. The Holy Spirit helps our infirmities, but He does not encourage our idleness; He loves active believers. Who are the most useful men in the Christian church? The men who do what they undertake for God with all their hearts. Who are the most successful Sabbath-school teachers? The most talented? No; the most zealous; the men whose hearts are on fire, those are the men who see their Lord riding forth prosperously in the majesty of His salvation. Whole-heartedness shows itself in perseverance; there may be failure at first, but the earnest worker will say, "It is the Lord's work, and it must be done; my Lord has bidden me do it, and in His strength I will accomplish it." Christian, art thou thus "with all thine heart" serving thy Master? Remember the earnestness of Jesus! Think what heart-work was His! He could say, "The zeal of Thine house hath eaten Me up." When He sweat great drops of blood, it was no light burden He had to carry upon those blessed shoulders; and when He poured out His heart, it was no weak effort He was making for the salvation of His people. Was Jesus in earnest, and are we lukewarm?

Charles Spurgeon

I love most of Spugeon's work but , I am not too sure about his use of "Luke Warm"? Above, he said God loves an active believer. Is he saying that active believers can also be luke warm? Nowing him, I would ay not. Revelation 3:15-16
Jesus has obvious concern about the luke warm believer. Jesus was perfect in his sacrifice, of which this perfection we have no true concept but the active believer is not luke warm!
I would comment that it us up to God to determine who is actve and who is not....not man! Also,until we are perfected in his sight, he will never have all of us, just part but, he knows that better than us!

 

[Christ4Ever]

I love most of Spugeon's work but , I am not too sure about his use of "Luke Warm"? Above, he said God loves an active believer. Is he saying that active believers can also be luke warm? Nowing him, I would ay not. Revelation 3:15-16
Jesus has obvious concern about the luke warm believer. Jesus was perfect in his sacrifice, of which this perfection we have no true concept but the active believer is not luke warm!
I would comment that it us up to God to determine who is actve and who is not....not man! Also,until we are perfected in his sight, he will never have all of us, just part but, he knows that better than us!

With Joy I hear from you RJ.

I believe what he is trying to do, is to get the believer who may be lukewarm to change direction from where they are currently sitting. I don't believe that this part of the sermon that is used as a devotional captures the entirety of the purpose for its presentation to the congregation he was talking to. The sermon was directed to the complacent believer. Sometimes we don't always remember that the new believer needs to be discipled, and instructed. Sermons such as the one Mr. Spurgeon spoke to his congregation on that day, might I prayed have moved them from their inactivity, or made them aware of such, so as to not be that one you apply mentioned by referenced Scripture.

This is a powerful sermon. So much so, I'll reformat to allow for inclusion into the "Sermons" portion of TJ.
As always a joy, and with much love.
YBIC
C4E