Yield to the Holy Spirit
The sermon emphasizes the importance of yielding to the Holy Spirit and believing in His goodness and power for spiritual growth and prosperity.
C.H. Spurgeon emphasizes the essential goodness of God, who patiently guides and nurtures us through our spiritual journey. He highlights that the Holy Spirit is the source of all spiritual good, prompting us towards good thoughts and actions, and that yielding to His influence transforms us into vessels of goodness. Spurgeon calls for reverence towards the Holy Spirit, urging believers to seek His aid in all endeavors and to honor Him in their lives. He asserts that the church's prosperity is tied to a deeper belief in the Holy Spirit's power and presence. Ultimately, the sermon encourages a relationship with the Holy Spirit that is marked by obedience and praise.
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As God He is good essentially . . . . He is good benevolently, tenderly bearing with our waywardness, striving with our rebellious wills; quickening us from our death in sin, and then training us for the skies as a loving nurse fosters her child. . . . He is good operatively. All His works are good in the most eminent degree: He suggests good thoughts, prompts good actions, reveals good truths, applies good promises, assists in good attainments, and leads to good results. There is no spiritual good in all the world of which He is not the author and sustainer. . . . They who yield to His influence become good; they who obey His impulses do good, they who live under His power receive good. . . .
Let us revere His person, and adore Him as God over all, blessed forever; let us own His power, and our need of Him by waiting upon Him in all our holy enterprises; let us hourly seek His aid, and never grieve Him; and let us speak to His praise whenever occasions occur. The church will never prosper until more reverently it believes in the Holy Spirit (Morning and Evening, p. 95).
For God, who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness," is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ (2 Corinthians 4:6).
Sermon Outline
- The Goodness of God
- God's Goodness is Operative
- Yielding to God's Influence
- Those who yield to God become good
- Those who obey God's impulses do good
- Those who live under God's power receive good
Key Quotes
“He is good benevolently, tenderly bearing with our waywardness, striving with our rebellious wills; quickening us from our death in sin, and then training us for the skies as a loving nurse fosters her child.” — C.H. Spurgeon
“The church will never prosper until more reverently it believes in the Holy Spirit” — C.H. Spurgeon
Application Points
- We should revere God's person and adore Him as God over all, blessed forever.
- We should own God's power and our need of Him by waiting upon Him in all our holy enterprises.
- We should seek God's aid hourly and never grieve Him.