C.H. Spurgeon – Words of Warning for Daily Living

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June 4

The Gospel Feast
THE plan of salvation is simply declared — "Whosoever believeth in the Lord Jesus
Christ shall be saved." For you who have violated all the precepts of God, and have
disdained His mercy and dared His vengeance, there is yet mercy proclaimed, for
"Whosoever calleth upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." "For this is a faithful
saying and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save
sinners, of whom I am chief;" "Whosoever cometh unto Him He will in no wise cast
out, for He is able also to save unto the uttermost them that come unto God by Him,
seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for us." Now all that God asks of you —
and this He gives you — is that you will simply look at His bleeding Dying Son, and
trust your souls in the hands of Him whose name alone can save from death and hell.
Is it not a marvelous thing, that the proclamation of this gospel does not receive the
unanimous consent of men? One would think that as soon as ever this was
preached, "That whosoever believeth shall have eternal life," everyone, "casting away
every man his sins and his iniquities," would lay hold on Jesus Christ, and look alone
to His cross. But alas! such is the desperate evil of our nature, such the pernicious
depravity of our character, that this message is despised, the invitation to the Gospel
feast is rejected, and there are many who are enemies of God by wicked works,
enemies to the God who preaches Christ, enemies to Him who sent His Son to give
His life a ransom for many. Strange, I say, it is that it should be so, yet nevertheless it
is the fact, and hence the necessity for the command — "Compel them to come in."