The
thought struck me, How did you come to be a Christian? I sought the
Lord. But how did you come to seek the Lord? The truth flashed across my
mind in a moment—I should not have sought him unless there had been
some previous influence in my mind to make me seek him. I prayed,
thought I, but then I asked myself, How came I to pray? I was induced to
pray by reading the Scriptures. How came I to read the Scriptures? I did read them, but what led me to do so?
Then, in a moment, I saw that God was at the bottom of it all, and that
he was the Author of my faith, and so the whole doctrine of grace
opened up to me, and from that doctrine I have not departed to this day,
and I desire to make this my constant confession, “I ascribe my change
wholly to God.”
--Charles Spurgeon, as quoted in Dave Harvey, Am I Called? The Summons to Pastoral Ministry (Crossway, 2012), 38
Has the whole doctrine of grace opened up to you? Can you make the
confession Spurgeon made? "I ascribe my change wholly to God" This is
the beauty of the Lord's salvation.
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