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Spurgeon Morning and Evening June 27 AM
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June 27 MORNING

Exodus 8:28
"Only you shall not go very far away."

This is a crafty word from the lip of the Tyrant Pharaoh of Egypt. If the poor enslaved Israelites must go out of Egypt, then Pharoah bargains with them that it shall not be very far away; not too far for them to escape the terror of his army, and of his spies. In the same way, the world hates the non-conformity of nonconformist, or the dissidence of dissent, the worldly would have Christians be more charitable and not take matters too seriously.

Death to the world, and burial & resurrection with Christ, are experiences which carnal minds ridicule, and so the Bible, which teaches them is almost universally neglected, and even condemned. Worldly wisdom recommends the path of compromise, and talks of "moderation." According to this worldly policy, purity is very desirable, but we are warned against being too precise; truth is of course to be followed, but error is not to be hated.

"Yes," says the world, "be spiritually minded by all means, but do not deny yourself a little pleasure, an occasional party, and a visit to the world's "delights". What's the good of denying yourself something when it is so much "fun, and everybody does it?" Multitudes of professors yield to this deceptive advice, to their own eternal ruin. If we would follow Christ wholly, we must go right away into the wilderness of separation, and leave the Egypt of the carnal world behind us.

We must leave its maxims, its pleasures, and its religion too, and go far away to the place where Jesus Christ calls His sanctified ones. When the whole town is on fire, our house needs to be far from the flames. When the disease is all around, we need to be far from its haunts. The further from a snake the better, and the further from worldly compromise the better. To all true believers let the trumpet-call be sounded, "Come out from among them, and be separate."
Charles Spurgeon (1834 - 1892)
Edited by Pastor Gary June 27, 2025

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