From a sermon entitled “A Well-Ordered Life” delivered June 27, 1869 by Charles H. Spurgeon:
There are occasionally impressions of the Holy Spirit which guide men where no other guidance could have answered the end. I do not doubt the old story of the Quaker who was disturbed at night and could not sleep, and was led to go to a person’s house miles away, and knock at the door just at the time when the inhabitant was about to commit suicide — just in time to prevent the act. I have been the subject of such impressions myself, and have seen very singular results therefrom; but to live by impressions is oftentimes to live the life of a fool, and even to fall into downright rebellion against the revealed word of God. Not your impressions, but that which is in this book must always guide you. “To the law and to the testimony;” if it be not according to that word, the impression comes not from God — it may proceed from Satan, or from thine own distempered brain. Our prayer must be, “Order my steps in thy word.”
(HT: The Daily Spurgeon)
3 Comments on "Impressions… and the Word"
“No matter how intense our experiences, no matter how acute our perceptions of what we think God would have us do, we cannot be certain God has spoken unless our revelation is based on Scripture”(Boice)
Amen! Excellent sermon by the Spurge, dude. And great quote from Boice too Alysa\!
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