"I know
not what arguments to use with you. I appeal to your own self-interests.
Oh my poor friend, would it not be better for you to be reconciled to
the God of heaven, than to be his enemy? What are you getting by
opposing God? Are you the happier for being his enemy? Answer,
pleasure-seeker; hast thou found delights in that cup? Answer me,
self-righteous man: hast thou found rest for the sole of thy foot in all
thy works? Oh thou that goest about to establish thine own
righteousness, I charge thee let conscience speak. Hast thou found it to
be a happy path? Ah, my friend, "Wherefore dost thou spend thy money
for that which is not bread, and thy labour for that which satisfieth
not; hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let
your soul delight itself in fatness." I exhort you by everything that is
sacred and solemn, everything that is important and eternal, flee for
your lives, look not behind you, stay not in all the plain, stay not
until you have proved, and found an interest in the blood of Jesus
Christ, that blood which cleanseth us from all sin." - From Spurgeon's Sermon Compel Them to Come InFurther recommended reading & listening:
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The Forgotten Spurgeon, by Iain Murray
