Charles Spurgeon pastored the great Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle of London in the last half of the 19th century. He spent his life and ministry calling men to come all out for the Saviour. He had little patience for those people who were “half-hearted” in their commitment to Christ. He said it this way; “I would recommend you either believe God up to the hilt, or else not to believe at all. Believe this book of God, every letter of it, or else reject it. There is no logical standing place between the two. Be satisfied with nothing less than a faith that swims in the deeps of divine revelation; a faith that paddles about the edge of the water is poor faith at best. It is little better than a dry-land faith, and is not good for much.” What is the depth of your faith? Jesus told his disciples who had caught no fish, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a draught.” We too need to get out of the shallows, and as Spurgeon said, “Believe God up to the hilt.”
– from November 4, 2012 bulletin