June 23 | Morning
6/23/20263 min
❖ This is the devotional for the morning of June 23.
❖ The Scripture for this devotion is Hosea 7:8.
❖ This podcast comes from Crossway's new edition of 'Morning and Evening' written by Charles H. Spurgeon and revised by Alistair Begg. This podcast is narrated by Frazer Blaxland.
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[gentle music] June twenty-third, morning. Ephraim is a cake not turned. Hosea chapter seven, verse eight. A cake not turned is uncooked on one side, and so Ephraim was in many respects untouched by divine grace. Though there was partial obedience, there was too much rebellion left. My soul, I charge you to see whether this is true of you. Are you thorough in the things of God? Has grace gone to the very center of your being so that its divine operation is felt in all your powers, your actions, your words, and your thoughts? To be sanctified spirit, soul, and body should be your aim and prayer. And although sanctification might not be complete in you, still it must be at work in you. There must not be the appearance of holiness in one place and reigning sin in another. Otherwise, you will also be a cake not turned. A cake not turned is soon burnt on the side nearest the fire. And although no man can have too much religion, there are some who seem burnt black with bigoted zeal for that part of truth that they overemphasize. Others are charred to a cinder