The carrion which delights the crow

(Charles Spurgeon)  LISTEN to audio!  Download Audio

" . . . Save me from the wicked . . . from men of the world whose portion is in this life!" Psalm 17:13-14

Does the world satisfy you?
Then you have your reward and portion in this life.
Make much of it, for you shall know no other joy!

God has not made this world to be a nest for us, and if we try to make it such for ourselves, He plants thorns in it, so that we may be compelled to mount and find our soul's true home in a higher and nobler sphere than this poor world can give!

The carrion which delights the crow, would disgust the dove. In the same way, those things which are delightful and full of pleasure to unsaved men, would shock and grieve the hearts of the godly.

I am sure that if you are a child of God, you cannot be happy in the world. Saving grace has spoiled you for the world, and it is futile for you to attempt to get comfort out of it.

Poor vain world! It is no friend to the Christian!

If you find your pleasure with the world, you shall have your condemnation with the world. If you live like the world, you shall die like the world, and be damned like the world!

To the true Christian, this poor world is nothing better than a huge penal colony, from which it would be a thousand mercies for both body and soul to be emancipated. "What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?"

Jesus says, "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."

Paul says, "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind."

James says, "Don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God."

John says, "Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him."