All or None; Or, Compromise Refused

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

Exodus 10:24-26

And Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, Go you, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed…

This was the Divine policy of "No surrender," and I plead for it with you. Satan says, "Do not use your property for God. Do not use your talents and your abilities; especially do not use your money for the Lord Jesus. Keep that for yourself. You will want it one of these days, perhaps. Keep it for your own enjoyment. Live to God in other things, but, as to that, live to yourself." Now, a genuine Christian says, "When I gave myself to the Lord I gave Him everything I had. From the crown of my head to the soul of my foot I am the Lord's. He bids me provide things honest in the sight of all men, and care for my household; and so I shall; but yet I am not my own, for I am bought with a price; and therefore it becomes me to feel that everything I have, or ever shall have, is a dedicated thing, and belongs unto the Lord, that I may use it as His steward, not as if it were mine, but at His discretion and at His bidding. I cannot leave my substance to be the devil's. That must come with me, and must be all my Lord's, for His it is even as I am."

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