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  BELIEVE IN HIM AND BE SAVED!
  by C.H. Spurgeon
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Summary: Believe in Jesus Christ with a personal, voluntary, and
intentional act of faith to be saved.

Topics: "Faith", "Salvation"
Scripture References: Mark 16:16, John 3:16, Acts 16:31, Ephesians 2:8

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C.H. Spurgeon emphasizes that salvation comes not from passive waiting
but from an active, personal belief in Jesus Christ. He urges
individuals to take the initiative to approach Christ with a resolute
faith, rather than relying on external signs or waiting for divine
intervention. Spurgeon highlights that while the Holy Spirit aids in
belief, it is ultimately the individual's responsibility to exercise
their faith. The gospel calls for a personal and intentional act of
faith, assuring that those who believe and are baptized will be saved.

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It is not every contact with Christ that saves men; it is the arousing
of yourself to come near to him, the determinate, the personal,
resolute, believing touch of Jesus Christ which saves. We must believe
for ourselves. The Spirit helps us, but we ourselves believe. Some of
you sit still and hope that the Lord will visit you, and you wait by the
pool till an angel comes and stirs the water, and all that kind of
thing; but that is not according to the tenor of the gospel command.

The gospel does not come to you and say, "Whosoever waits for
impressions shall be saved;" but it says, "Believe in the Lord Jesus
Christ; for he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved." Exercise
the personal, voluntary, intentional act of faith and you shall be
saved.

From a sermon by Charles Haddon Spurgeon entitled "The Touch," delivered
November 4, 1877.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/ch-spurgeon/believe-in-him-and-be-saved/
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