October 27 Morning Devotional | Four Trustworthy Statements | Morning & Evening by Charles Spurgeon

Morning, October 27 | “It is a trustworthy statement.” —2 Timothy 2:11 (NASB)

This Morning's Scripture Reading: 2 Timothy 2:11-13 (NASB)

It is a trustworthy statement:
For if we died with Him, we will also live with Him;
If we endure, we will also reign with Him;
If we deny Him, He also will deny us;
If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

Devotional Transcript:

Paul has four of these “trustworthy statements.” The first occurs in 1 Timothy 1:15 (NASB), “It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” The next is in 1 Timothy 4:8–9 (NASB), “Godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. It is a trustworthy statement deserving full acceptance.” The third is in 2 Timothy 2:11–12 (NASB), “It is a trustworthy statement: For if we died with Him, we will also live with Him; If we endure, we will also reign with Him”. The fourth is in Titus 3:8 (NASB), “This is a trustworthy statement … that those who have believed God will be careful to engage in good deeds.”

We may trace a connection between these faithful sayings. The first one lays the foundation of our eternal salvation in the free grace of God, as shown to us in the mission of the great Redeemer. The next affirms the double blessedness that we obtain through this salvation — the blessings of the upper and nether springs — of time and of eternity. The third shows one of the duties to which the chosen people are called; we are ordained to suffer for Christ with the promise that “if we suffer, we shall also reign with him.” The last sets forth the active form of Christian service, bidding us diligently to maintain good works. Thus we have the root of salvation in free grace; next, the privileges of that salvation in the life which now is, and in that which is to come; and we have also the two great branches of suffering with Christ and serving with Christ, loaded with the fruits of the Spirit.

Treasure up these faithful sayings. Let them be the guides of our life, our comfort, and our instruction. The apostle of the Gentiles proved them to be faithful, they are faithful still, not one word shall fall to the ground; they are worthy of all acceptance, let us accept them now, and prove their faithfulness. Let these four faithful sayings be written on the four corners of my house.

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