The Treasury of David
by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
8. This verse contains the sum and substance of Calvinistic doctrine.
Search Scripture through, and you must, if you read it with a candid mind, be
persuaded that the doctrine of salvation by grace alone is the great doctrine
of the Word of God: Salvation belongeth unto the Lord. This is a point concerning which we are daily
fighting. Our opponents say, “Salvation
belongs to the free will of man; if not to man’s merit, yet at least to man’s
will.” But we hold and teach that salvation from first to last, in every iota
of it, belongs to the Most High God. It is God that chooses his people. He
calls them by his grace; he brings them life by his Spirit, and keeps
them by his power. It is not of man, neither by man (Romans 9:16). May we all learn this truth in our own experience, for our
proud flesh and blood will never permit us to learn it in any other way. In the
last sentence the peculiarity and speciality of salvation are plainly stated: thy
blessing is upon thy people. Neither upon Egypt, nor upon Tyre, nor upon
Nineveh; thy blessing is upon thy chosen, thy blood-bought, thine
everlastingly-beloved people. Selah: lift up your hearts, and pause, and
meditate upon this doctrine. “Thy
blessing is upon thy people.” Divine,
discriminating, distinguishing, eternal, infinite, immutable love is a subject
for constant adoration. Pause, my soul, at this Selah, and consider your
own interest in the salvation of God; and if by humble faith you are enabled to
see Jesus as yours by his own free gift of himself to you, if this greatest of
all blessings is upon you, rise and sing “Hallelujah!”
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