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<p> In one of the coal-pits of the north, while a considerable number of the miners were dawn below, the top of the pit fell in, and the shaft was completely blocked up. Those who were in the mine, gathered to a spot where the last remains of air could be breathed. There they sat and sang and prayed after the lights had gone out because the air was unable to support the flame. They were in total darkness, but a gleam of hope cheered them when one of them said he had heard that there was a connection between that pit and an old pit which had been worked years ago. He said it was a long passage through which a man might get by crawling all the way, lying flat upon the ground; he would go and see if it were passable. The passage was very long, but they crept through it, and at last they came out to light at the bottom of the other shaft, and their li es were saved. </p> <p> If my present way of access to Christ as a saint is blocked up by doubts and fears, if [[I,]] cannot go straight up the shaft and see the light of my Father's face, there is an old working, the old-fashioned way by which sinners have gone of old, by which poor thieves go, by which harlots go. [[I]] will creep along it, lowly and humbly; [[I]] will go flat upon the ground. i will humble myself till [[I]] see my Lord, and cry, 'Father, [[I]] am not worthy to be called thy son, make me as one of thy hired servants, so long as [[I]] may but dwell in thy house.' In our very worst case of despondency we may still come to Jesus as sinners. 'Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners.' Call this to mind, and you may have hope. </p>
<p> [[A]] great monarch was accustomed on certain set occasions for all the beggars of the city. Around him were placed beggars, all clothed in rich apparel; the beggars sat at the table in their rags of poverty. Now it came to pass, a certain day, one of the courtiers had spoiled his silken apparel, so that he dared not put it on, and he felt, [['I]] cannot go to the king's feast to-day, for my robe is foul.' He sat weeping till the thought struck him, 'To-morrow when the king holds his feast, some will come as courtiers happily decked in their beautiful array, but others will come and be made quite as welcome who will be dressed in rags. Well, well,' said he, 'so long as [[I]] may see the king's face, and sit at the royal table, [[I]] will enter among the beggars.' So without mourning because he had lost his silken habit, he put on the rags of a beggar, and he saw the king's face as well as if he had worn his scarlet and fine linen. My soul has done this many a time, when her evidences of salvation have been dim; and [[I]] bid you do the same when you are in like case: only do come with simple faith to him, and you shall receive joy and peace. </p>


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<ref name="term_75713"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/charles-spurgeon-s-illustration-collection/coming+to+christ:+as+a+sinner+(2) Coming To Christ: As A Sinner from Charles Spurgeon's Illustration Collection]</ref>
<ref name="term_75714"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/charles-spurgeon-s-illustration-collection/coming+to+christ:+as+a+sinner Coming To Christ: As A Sinner from Charles Spurgeon's Illustration Collection]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 01:08, 13 October 2021

Coming To Christ: As A Sinner [1]

A great monarch was accustomed on certain set occasions for all the beggars of the city. Around him were placed beggars, all clothed in rich apparel; the beggars sat at the table in their rags of poverty. Now it came to pass, a certain day, one of the courtiers had spoiled his silken apparel, so that he dared not put it on, and he felt, 'I cannot go to the king's feast to-day, for my robe is foul.' He sat weeping till the thought struck him, 'To-morrow when the king holds his feast, some will come as courtiers happily decked in their beautiful array, but others will come and be made quite as welcome who will be dressed in rags. Well, well,' said he, 'so long as I may see the king's face, and sit at the royal table, I will enter among the beggars.' So without mourning because he had lost his silken habit, he put on the rags of a beggar, and he saw the king's face as well as if he had worn his scarlet and fine linen. My soul has done this many a time, when her evidences of salvation have been dim; and I bid you do the same when you are in like case: only do come with simple faith to him, and you shall receive joy and peace.

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  1. ↑ Coming To Christ: As A Sinner from Charles Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
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