A message from Pastor Spurgeon

I preached on 1 Timothy 4:13 as part of my message this last Sunday. "Until I come devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture. Charles Spurgeon preached a very heart stirring message on this text on September 5, 1912 which will help you learn how to read the Bible well in your own private worship of God. In summary he urges us to READ and. . .

• Depend on the Spirit of God
• Meditate
• Apply
• Practice
• Pray
• Try
• Tell out what you have read

Spurgeon ends the message by saying,

"What a grand crown and close to this night’s service it would be could we be used of God to bring a soul from darkness to light, and from slavery to liberty. We cannot do it of ourselves; but God may help us. Would you not walk a mile, ay! many miles to do it? Well, you need not walk miles. It is quite possible that the very person, who, as it were by chance, is sitting next to you to-night, is the person whom God has predestinated to be blessed, and to be blessed by you. At any rate, try it. There shall be nothing lost, there may be much gained. Why hath God taught the truth to thee? For thine own good? Ay, but thou art not to be selfish! Be thou, at least, as unselfish as the three lepers, who, when they found the Syrian camp deserted and an abundance of gold and silver, said, “We do not well to stay here; this is a day of good tidings; let us go in the city and tell.” Dear friend, thou doest not well if thou readest only for thyself. Having read go out and tell what thou hast read, and the blessing shall come into thine own bosom, even if it go not out to others, and thou shalt be blessed, and God shall be glorified."