Evening, May 10

Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings

"The only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth."

  John 1:14

   Believer, you can bear your testimony that Christ is the only begotten
   of the Father, as well as the first begotten from the dead. You can
   say, "He is divine to me, if he be human to all the world beside. He
   has done that for me which none but a God could do. He has subdued my
   stubborn will, melted a heart of adamant, opened gates of brass, and
   snapped bars of iron. He hath turned for me my mourning into laughter,
   and my desolation into joy; he hath led my captivity captive, and made
   my heart rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. Let others
   think as they will of him, to me he must be the only begotten of the
   Father: blessed be his name. And he is full of grace. Ah! had he not
   been, I should never have been saved. He drew me when I struggled to
   escape from his grace; and when at last I came all trembling like a
   condemned culprit to his mercy-seat, he said, Thy sins which are many
   are all forgiven thee: be of good cheer.' And he is full of truth. True
   have his promises been, not one has failed. I bear witness that never
   servant had such a master as I have; never brother such a kinsman as he
   has been to me; never spouse such a husband as Christ has been to my
   soul; never sinner a better Saviour; never mourner a better comforter
   than Christ hath been to my spirit. I want none beside him. In life he
   is my life, and in death he shall be the death of death; in poverty
   Christ is my riches; in sickness he makes my bed; in darkness he is my
   star, and in brightness he is my sun; he is the manna of the camp in
   the wilderness, and he shall be the new corn of the host when they come
   to Canaan. Jesus is to me all grace and no wrath, all truth and no
   falsehood: and of truth and grace he is full, infinitely full. My soul,
   this night, bless with all thy might the only Begotten.'"