Spurgeon: September AM
* 09/18/AM
"If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit."
--Galatians 5:25
The two most important things in our holy religion are the
life of faith and the walk of faith . He who shall rightly
understand these is not far from being a master in experimental
theology, for they are vital points to a Christian. You will
never find true faith unattended by true godliness; on the other
hand, you will never discover a truly holy life which has not
for its root a living faith upon the righteousness of Christ.
Woe unto those who seek after the one without the other! There
are some who cultivate faith and forget holiness; these may be
very high in orthodoxy, but they shall be very deep in
condemnation, for they hold the truth in unrighteousness; and
there are others who have strained after holiness of life, but
have denied the faith, like the Pharisees of old, of whom the
Master said, they were "whitewashed sepulchres." We must have
faith, for this is the foundation; we must have holiness of
life, for this is the superstructure. Of what service is the
mere foundation of a building to a man in the day of tempest?
Can he hide himself therein? He wants a house to cover him, as
well as a foundation for that house. Even so we need the
superstructure of spiritual life if we would have comfort in the
day of doubt. But seek not a holy life without faith, for that
would be to erect a house which can afford no permanent shelter,
because it has no foundation on a rock. Let faith and life be
put together, and, like the two abutments of an arch, they will
make our piety enduring. Like light and heat streaming from the
same sun, they are alike full of blessing. Like the two pillars
of the temple, they are for glory and for beauty. They are two
streams from the fountain of grace; two lamps lit with holy
fire; two olive trees watered by heavenly care. O Lord, give us
this day life within, and it will reveal itself without to Thy
glory.