Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Friday November 8, 2019 |
Evening Time: 5:48 PM PST
"The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover
with My disciples?" --Mark 14:14
Jerusalem at the time of the passover was one great inn; each householder had
invited his own friends, but no one had invited the Saviour, and He had no
dwelling of His own. It was by His own supernatural power that He found Himself
an upper room in which to keep the feast. It is so even to this day--Jesus is
not received among the sons of men save only where by His supernatural power and
grace He makes the heart anew. All doors are open enough to the prince of
darkness, but Jesus must clear a way for Himself or lodge in the streets. It was
through the mysterious power exerted by our Lord that the householder raised no
question, but at once cheerfully and joyfully opened his guestchamber. Who he
was, and what he was, we do not know, but he readily accepted the honour which
the Redeemer proposed to confer upon him. In like manner it is still discovered
who are the Lord's chosen, and who are not; for when the gospel comes to some,
they fight against it, and will not have it, but where men receive it, welcoming
it, this is a sure indication that there is a secret work going on in the soul,
and that God has chosen them unto eternal life. Are you willing, dear reader, to
receive Christ? then there is no difficulty in the way; Christ will be your
guest; His own power is working with you, making you willing. What an honour to
entertain the Son of God! The heaven of heavens cannot contain Him, and yet He
condescends to find a house within our hearts! We are not worthy that He should
come under our roof, but what an unutterable privilege when He condescends to
enter! for then He makes a feast, and causes us to feast with Him upon royal
dainties, we sit at a banquet where the viands are immortal, and give
immortality to those who feed thereon. Blessed among the sons of Adam is he who
entertains the angels' Lord.
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