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Ever increasingly we hear from the modern world “Live your truth.” or “Be your authentic self, find your own identity.” while the gospel tells us who our Savior is. It tells us what our identity is in our natural state, but more importantly it tells us what our identity can be in Christ. We cannot save ourselves, we cannot live out unnatural lives contrary to God’s design while demanding justification. Cling to the Cross, seek first the kingdom of God and lean on Him rather than yourself.

Paul wrote this to a congregation, not to a lone believer (Colossians 1:2). Our singing on the Lord’s Day is more than a warm-up for the sermon. As we sing God’s truth to one another, we serve each other. What hymn has preached to you most? #LordsDay

From “Morning & Evening” by Charles H. Spurgeon. “We need not fear that the smallness of our number will put us out of the list of Churches, for the Holy Spirit has here enrolled a family-church in the inspired book of remembrance.”

Today is Reformation Day. On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther challenged the sale of indulgences with his Ninety-five Theses, testing the church’s practice by God’s Word. What’s one teaching you once accepted that Scripture later corrected? #ReformationDay

From “Morning & Evening” by Charles H. Spurgeon. “He owned thee, O my soul, in thy poverty and shame—never be so treacherous as to be ashamed of him.”

Peters doesn’t stop at exposing error. In the same article he urges believers to pray that false teachers repent and come to know the truth (2 Timothy 2:24–26). Guard the flock firmly, and pray for the wolf’s repentance. #Discernment

Option 1 is honestly so much better. Modern women have forgotten that mystery + modesty adds beauty. Option 2 just shows that yes, she’s got legs, and it’s far too familiar with what she used to do. It takes away from the beauty that comes with modest femininity, leaving little to the imagination.

From “Morning & Evening” by Charles H. Spurgeon. “Let not the doctrine that you, unaided, can do nothing, make you sleep; but let it be a goad in your side to drive you with an awful earnestness to Israel’s strong Helper.”

Definitely will. 🫶🏼🙏🏼

Your spouse is a man, pretending that he’s a woman. You’re actively condoning both mental illness and enmity against God’s natural order for men and women. You’re not a Christian.

At the cross, God’s justice and mercy met: sin fully punished, sinners fully forgiven. When you consider what Christ endured there in your place, which truth about the cross moves you most, and why?

This is horribly weird and bothersome to me. Why are they talking about the men God chose as His instruments with which the early church was founded, as if they’re boys next door at the local bookstore?

From “Morning & Evening” by Charles H. Spurgeon. “Thou hast opened mine eye to see thee, and the sight has saved me.”

Pink wrote this on Christ’s cry from the cross, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” The Son was forsaken as the sin-bearer in His people’s place. That is why God can promise every believer, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

It’s yet another example of how cultish mainstream “christianity” can be, especially when it’s overly politicized. “Oh yes, I’ll absolutely support X person! Not because they’re a true Christian who holds to the gospel, but because they align with my ideology.” It’s eerily similar to liberalism, which makes it all the more concerning.

The “handwriting of requirements” was the record of debt that stood against us. God did not overlook it or lower it. He nailed it to the cross, where Christ paid it in full. Nothing written against the believer is still outstanding. #TheCross

From “Morning & Evening” by Charles H. Spurgeon. “To forget to praise God is to refuse to benefit ourselves; for praise, like prayer, is one great means of promoting the growth of the spiritual life.”