Sept. 12
Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook
WHAT OF MY HOUSE?
"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy
house" Acts 16:31
This gospel for a man with a sword at his throat is the gospel for me.
This would suit me if I were dying, and it is all that I need while I
am living. I look away from self, and sin, and all idea of personal
merit, and I trust the Lord Jesus as the Saviour whom God has given. I
believe in Him, I rest on Him, I accept Him to be my all in all. Lord,
I am saved, and I shall be saved to all eternity, for I believe in
Jesus. Blessed be thy name for this. May I daily prove by my life that
I am saved from selfishness, and worldliness, and every form of evil.
But those last words about my "house": Lord, I would not run away with
half a promise when thou dost give a whole one. I beseech thee, save
all my family. Save the nearest and dearest. Convert the children, and
the grandchildren, if I have any. Be gracious to my servants, and all
who dwell under my roof, or work for me. Thou makest this promise to me
personally if I believe in the Lord Jesus; I beseech thee to do as thou
hast said.
I would go over in my prayer every day the names of all my brothers and
sisters, parents, children, friends, relatives, servants, and give thee
no rest till that word is fulfilled, "and thy house."