Un cambio radical

Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)

“De modo que si alguno está en Cristo, nueva criatura es; las cosas viejas pasaron; he aquí todas son hechas nuevas” (2 Corintios 5:17).

We shall consider His special and saving work in the people of God, dwelling mainly upon the absolute necessity for the same. It should make it easier for the Christian reader to perceive the absoluteness of this necessity, when we say that the whole work of the Spirit within the elect is to plant in the heart a hatred for and a loathing of sin as sin, and a love for and longing after holiness as holiness.

This is something that no human power can bring about. It is something that the most faithful preaching as such cannot produce. It is something that the mere circulating and reading of the Scripture does not impart. It is a miracle of grace, a divine wonder, which none but God can or does perform.

La doctrina que es conforme a la piedad (1 Ti. 6:3), define sin rodeos, la naturaleza de la doctrina divina, dando a entender que su designio o finalidad es inculcar una actitud mental y una conducta correcta en la vida consagrada a Dios. Porque si viven conforme a la carne, han de morir; pero si por el Espíritu hacen morir las prácticas de la carne, vivirán.

Si es absurdo afirmar que no importa lo que el hombre cree, siempre que su conducta sea correcta, lo es igualmente pensar que si lo que cree es correcto, poco importan sus acciones. “Porque si alguno no provee para los suyos, y mayormente para los de su casa, ha negado la fe, y es peor que un incrédulo” (1 Ti. 5:8)

Isaías 26:9

9  With my soul have I desired thee vin the night;

Yea, with my spirit within me will I wseek thee early:

For when xthy judgments are in the earth,

The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

Isaías 26:9

9  With my soul have I desired thee in the night;

Yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early:

For when thy judgments are in the earth,

The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

4 “But I have this against you: You have left the love you had in the beginning.

27 But David thought to himself, “Saul will catch me some day. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up looking for me in Israel. That way I will escape from Saul.”

2 So David and his 600 men left Israel and went to Achish son of Maoch. Achish was king of Gath. 3 David, his men, and their families lived in Gath with Achish. David had his two wives with him—Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel. Abigail was the widow of Nabal. 4 People told Saul that David had run away to Gath, so Saul stopped looking for him.

5 David said to Achish, “If you are pleased with me, give me a place in one of the country towns. I am only your servant. I should live there, not here with you in this royal city.”

6 That day Achish gave David the town of Ziklag. And Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since. 7 David lived with the Philistines one year and four months.

Job 29:12

12  Because I delivered the poor that cried, And the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

48 “Unless you people see signs and wonders,” Jesus told him, “you will never believe.”