The problem is that many people cling to the symbol but never understand the reality it is intended to represent. Most likely, tens of thousands of people have 'invited Christ into [their] hearts,' thinking that a mystical experience is what saves them. Then, they go on their merry way, living their lives as they did before. If you were to ask them, 'How do you know that you are going to heaven?' they would respond, 'Because I invited Christ into my heart.' But if you probe, there is nothing beneath the shallowness of that reply. They did what someone told them to do, but never really embraced the Savior.
Daniel Wallace

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Spurgeon PS1802

Spurgeon PS1802 EXPOSITION. "_The Lord is my rock and my fortress_." Dwelling among the crags and mountain fastnesses of Judea, David had escaped the malice of Saul, and here he…

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Spurgeon PS1818

Spurgeon PS1818 EXPOSITION. It was an ill day, a day of _calamity_, of which evil foes took cruel advantage while they used crafty means utterly to ruin him, yet David…

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Spurgeon PS1834

Spurgeon PS1834 EXPOSITION. "_He teacheth my hands to war_." Martial prowess and skill in the use of weapons are gratefully acknowledged to be the result of divine teaching; no sacrifice…

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Spurgeon PS1702

Spurgeon PS1702 EXPOSITION. "_Let my sentence come forth from thy presence_." The Psalmist has now grown bold by the strengthening influence of prayer, and he now entreats the Judge of…

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Spurgeon PS1703

Spurgeon PS1703 EXPOSITION. "_Thou hast proved mine heart_." Like Peter, David uses the argument, "Thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I love thee." It is a most assuring thing…

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Spurgeon PS1704

Spurgeon PS1704 EXPOSITION. "_Concerning the works of men_." While we are in the midst of men we shall have their works thrust under our notice, and we shall be compelled…

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Spurgeon PS1705

Spurgeon PS1705 EXPOSITION. Under trial it is not easy to behave ourselves aright; a candle is not easily kept alight when many envious mouths are puffing at it. In evil…

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Spurgeon PS1706

Spurgeon PS1706 EXPOSITION. "_I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God_." Thou hast always heard me, Only Lord, and therefore I have the utmost confidence in…

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Spurgeon PS1707

Spurgeon PS1707 EXPOSITION. "_Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness_." Marvellous in its antiquity, its distinguishing character, its faithfulness, its immutability, and above all, marvellous in the wonders which it works. That marvellous…

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Spurgeon PS1708

Spurgeon PS1708 EXPOSITION. "_Keep me as the apple of the eye_." No part of the body more precious, more tender, and more carefully guarded than the eye; and of the…

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