More Sample Gems from Robert Murray McCheyne

He loves the weakest of those for whom He died. Just as a mother loves all her children, even those that are weak and sickly, so Christ cares for those who are weak in the faith—who have many doubts and fears—who have heavy burdens and temptations....

Satan would make a man look anywhere rather than to Christ. There is such a thing as a false conversion. Satan sometimes stirs people up to care about their souls. He makes them look to ministers, or books, or meetings, or duties—to feelings, enlargement in prayer: he will let them look to anything in the universe except to one object, "the cross of Christ." The only thing he hides is the gospel, the glorious gospel of Christ....

There is only one thing you can claim from God as a right, and that is a place in hell. If you think you have any claim on God, you are deceiving yourself. You are not yet convinced of sin. Lie at the feet of God as a sovereign God—a God who owes you nothing but punishment. Lie at His feet as the God who alone can reveal Christ unto you. Cry night and day that He would reveal Christ unto you—that He would shine into your darkness, and give you the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. One glimpse of that face will give you peace. It may be you shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger....

Many people are willing to be saved from hell; but they are not willing to give themselves up to Christ to be His servants and followers: but everyone who is under the teaching of the Spirit, gives himself up to be the Lord's. So Matthew: the Lord said unto him, "Follow Me," and he arose and left all, and followed Jesus.

—From Gems of Robert Murray McCheyne.