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~ Around the Wicket Gate ~
Almost Saved, But Altogether Lost
Here in Chapter 10, Spurgeon addresses those who see it as unfair that unbelief should lead to ruin. He shows that rejecting Christ is not punished arbitrarily—it is the natural result of refusing the only means of life. Just as a man who will not eat must starve, or one who will not drink must die of thirst, the soul that refuses to trust Christ perishes by its own choice. Through clear and forceful illustrations Spurgeon demonstrates that unbelief is spiritual suicide. The gospel is God’s appointed remedy, and Christ alone is the way of salvation.
The following are select quotes from this chapter.
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…you would most certainly find that no climate, and no amount of exercise, would keep you alive if you refused food. Would you then complain, “It is an unjust thing that I should die just because I do not believe in eating”? It is not an unjust thing that if you are so foolish as not to eat, you must die. It is the same with believing. “Believe, and you will be saved.” If you will not believe, it is not unjust that you would be lost.
You must believe or die. Why refuse to obey the command? Drink, friend—drink! Take Christ and live! The way of salvation is before you. To enter, you must trust Christ. There is nothing unjust in the fact that you must perish if you refuse to trust the Savior.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
