DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Dear Father, there are many of us praying now from the bottom of our hearts, that all our children may be your children, and that all related to us may be of the family of Christ. Then, Lord, we thank you for that blessed word, “For the promise is for you and for your children” (Acts 2:39), but you did not stop there, for you have said, “and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call” (Acts 2:39). Lord, bring in the far-off ones. Save poor fallen women, save the equally fallen men.
Oh God, have mercy upon all nations. The Lord be pleased to let his light shine over all the sons of men, and accomplish the number of his redeemed; to the praise of the glory of his grace wherein he has made us accepted in the Beloved. And to Father, Son, and Holy Spirit be glory, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call.” (Acts 2:39)
Comprehending the vast population of the whole globe, throughout all time, Peter says, “This promise is to you all.” Therefore, that is a promise to me. Well do I remember the time when I first laid hold of that truth. I was in great sorrow of soul, for I thought that there was no gospel for me; but I caught a ray of hope from that blessed word “everyone”—oh, how I love that word “everyone”—“Then everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved” (Joel 2:32, Acts 2:21).
Whoever comes to Christ, he cannot possibly cast him out, for if he did, it would make Christ a liar.
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