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

By brucesbiblepage on August 25, 2024

On Halting Between Two Opinions
"Now," says the prophet, "if the Lord be God, follow Him. Let your conduct be
consistent with your opinions; if you believe the Lord to be God, carry it out in your
daily life; be holy, be prayerful, trust in Christ, be faithful, be upright, be loving; give
your whole heart to God and follow Him. If Baal be God, then follow him; but do not
pretend to follow the other." Let your conduct back up your opinion; if you really think
that the follies of this world are the best, and believe that a fine fashionable life, a life
of frivolity and gaiety, flying from flower to flower, getting honey from none, is the
most desirable, carry it out. If you think the life of the debauchee is so very desirable,
if you think his end is to be much wished for, if you think his pleasures are right,
follow them. Go the whole way with them. If you believe that to cheat in business is
right, put it up over your door — "I sell trickery goods here;" or if you do not say it to
the public, tell your conscience so; but do not deceive the public. If you mean to be
religious, follow out your determination thoroughly; but if you mean to be worldly, go
the whole way with the world. Let your conduct follow out your opinions. Make your
life tally with your profession. Carry out your opinions whatever they be. But you dare
not; you are too cowardly to sin as others do, honestly before God's sun; your
conscience will not let you.