{"id":3278,"date":"2008-10-04T03:09:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-04T03:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrianwarnock.com\/2008\/10\/spurgeon-conversions-are-gods-stamp-of-approval-on-preaching\/"},"modified":"2018-06-27T23:05:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T22:05:00","slug":"spurgeon-conversions-are-gods-stamp-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2008\/10\/spurgeon-conversions-are-gods-stamp-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurgeon – Conversions are God's Stamp of Approval on Preaching"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I\u2019ve been sharing a number of quotes from Spurgeon\u2019s The Soul Winner<\/a><\/em>. Today I thought I\u2019d share one which is quite striking. It argues that since conversion is a miracle, it is by a trail of such miracles we can know if someone is called to preach. <\/p>\n

\"Charles<\/a>\u201cA new and heavenly mind must be created by omnipotence, or the man must abide in death. You see, then, that we have before us a mighty work, for which we are of ourselves totally incapable. No minister living can save a soul; nor can all of us together, nor all the saints on earth or in heaven, work regeneration in a single person. The whole business on our part is the height of absurdity unless we regard ourselves as used by the Holy Ghost, and filled with His power. On the other hand, the marvels of regeneration which attend our ministry are the best seals and witnesses of our commission. Whereas the apostles could appeal to the miracles of Christ, and to those which they wrought in His name, we appeal to the miracles of the Holy Ghost, which are as divine and as real as those of our Lord Himself. These miracles are the creation of a new life in the human bosom, and the total change of the whole being of those upon whom the Spirit descends.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 C.H. Spurgeon<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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