Have You Grown Indifferent?

Upon reading a series of messages by Charles Haddon Spurgeon on soul winning and coming to one entitled, "SOUL-SAVING OUR ONE BUSINESS", based upon 1st Corinthians 9:22, "That I might by all means save some", the following poem came to mind, with some preceding thoughts to consider.

With a clear understanding that salvation is of the LORD! That it is He, according to the good pleasure of His will, having chosen us from the foundation of the world, who are the called according to His Own purpose and grace to bring us by the power of the Holy Spirit, through the preaching of the gospel into a saving relationship with Himself for His Own glory, it is yet incumbent upon us to remember the rock from which we were hewn and the pit from which we were dug. He has called us who make up His church, while we are here on earth, to preach the good news of Jesus Christ and Him crucified, making disciples of every nation unto the glory of God!

With that in mind, the following are a few excerpts from that message by C. H. Spurgeon:


"The expression used gives great prominence to instrumentality, and this is the wont of scripture."

"It has pleased God to save souls by His people, and therefore He places in them a sacred longing by all means to save some."


"...the Lord has implanted in the heart of all genuine believers a passion for the salvation of souls: in some this is more lively than others."


"...He knows best how to glorify His Own Name. He puts a longing to save others into our souls, that He may get glory by using us, even us who have little fitness for such work except this passion which He has implanted in our breasts."

"Lo, God has given to His church the work of conquering the world, the plucking of brands from the burning, the feeding of His sheep and lambs, and this it is which trains the church to deeds of daring and to nobility of soul."

"Unquestionably the Lord will see that His Own elect are called in due season, but He will do this by the preaching or teaching of the Word."

"...if you have grown indifferent to the conversion of those around you, search out the secret reason, find what is the worm at the root of your piety, and in the Name of Christ seek to be delivered therefrom."

Oh does God's passion in you rise
To lay up souls beyond the skies.
For by His glory He instills
A broken heart to sow the fields,

Of men who are as once you were,
Whose chief desire was to self-serve.
And blinded by their lust and sin
Will not receive God's Son within,

Their hardened hearts with which they're born
With only thoughts of God with scorn.
And yet for us the Savior died
And cried forgive when crucified,

And by His Spirit we were born
To praise Him, Who we once had torn.
It was our sins which held the whip,
And from His back His flesh did rip,

And plunged the spear into the side
Of Christ by Whom we're sanctified.
For by His blood we are made fit
To preach by faith and Holy Writ.

For we know not who are elect
But preach Christ, Who will then perfect
A holy people unto the praise
Of God who from the dead did raise

The church to be His instrument
To preach the truth, that men repent,
And turn them to our God above
And praise Him for His endless love.

Michael E. Wood
July 24, 2010