The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it. "Shortly." Happy word! Shortly we shall set our foot on the old serpent! What a joy to crush evil! What dishonor to Satan to have his head bruised by human feet! Let us by faith in Jesus tread the tempter down. In unquestioning confidence in God let us look for speedy victory. Let us bravely tread upon the tempter! Not only inferior spirits but the prince of darkness himself must go down before us. Though it would be under their feet, yet the bruising would be of the Lord alone. This victory would not come to the people of God through their own skill or power but God Himself would bruise Satan. The archenemy tripped up the feet of the unwary and deceived the hearts of the simple but he was to get the worst of it and to be trodden down by those whom he had troubled. The Roman believers were grieved with strife in the church but their God was "the God of peace" and gave them rest of soul. Even under our feet is the old dragon to be bruised. We are evidently to be conformed to our covenant Head, not only in His being bruised in His heel but in His conquest of the evil one. This promise follows well upon that of yesterday.
By faith let us rejoice that we shall still reign in Christ Jesus, the woman's seed.Īnd the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. They may so bruise us that we may limp with our sore heel but let us grasp the second part of the text, and we shall not be dismayed. Throughout this year we may have to learn the first part of this promise by experience, through the temptations of the devil and the unkindness of the ungodly, who are his seed. To us the promise stands as a prophecy that we shall be afflicted by the powers of evil in our lower nature, and thus bruised in our heel but we shall triumph in Christ, who sets His foot on the old serpent's head. How terrible will be the final bruising of the serpent's head! This was virtually done when Jesus took away sin, vanquished death, and broke the power of Satan but it awaits a still fuller accomplishment at our Lord's second advent and in the Day of Judgment. The seed of the woman, even our Lord Jesus, was bruised in His heel, and a terrible bruising it was. It contains the whole gospel and the essence of the covenant of grace. Spurgeon January 1 The Bible's First PromiseĪnd I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
He died on January 31, 1892, and was buried in London.Faith's Checkbook, by C. H. In addition to his studying and preaching, Spurgeon also founded the Pastor’s College (now Spurgeon’s College), various orphanages and schools, mission chapels, and numerous other social institutions.Ĭharles Spurgeon suffered from poor health throughout his life. Spurgeon read six books per week during his adult life, and read Pilgrim’s Progress more than 100 times. Moody was deeply influenced by Spurgeon’s preaching, and founded the Moody Bible Institute after seeing Spurgeon’s work at the Pastor’s College in London. Throughout his ministry, Spurgeon estimated that he preached to more than 10,000,000 people. Many of his sermons were published each week and regularly sold more than 25,000 copies in twenty languages. He gained instant fame, however, and the church grew from 232 members to more than five thousand at the end of his pastorate.
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He was appointed to a six month trial position, which he requested be cut to three months should the congregation dislike his preaching. In 1854, at nineteen years of age, Spurgeon began preaching at the New Park Street Chapel in London.
While there, he heard a sermon on Isaiah 45:22 and was saved-“Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is none else.” He began his own ministry of preaching and teaching immediately, and preached more than 500 sermons by the age of twenty. He converted to Christianity in 1850 at a small Methodist chapel, to which he detoured during a snowstorm. Charles Haddon Spurgeon was born in Kelvedon, Essex, England on June 19, 1834.
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