Thus saith the Lord… – various scriptures

It is in the Word that we must find wisdom and power, “because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.” The faintest whisper of Jehovah’s voice should fill us with a solemn awe and command the deepest obedience of our souls. Brethren, how careful should we be that we do not set up in God’s temple anything in opposition to His Word, that we do not permit the teachings of a creature to usurp the honor due to the Lord alone! “Thus saith antiquity,” “thus saith authority,” “thus saith learning,” “thus saith experience,”-these be but idol-gods, which defile the temple of God; be it yours and mine, as bold iconoclasts, to dash them in pieces without mercy, seeing that they usurp the place of the Word of God. “Thus saith the Lord “-this is the motto of our standard, the war-cry of our spiritual conflict,-the sword with which we hope yet to smite through the loins of the mighty who rise up against God’s truth. Nothing shall stand before this weapon in the day when God cometh out of His hiding-place; for even at this hour, when “Thus saith the Lord” sounds from the trumpet of the Lord’s ministers, the hosts of Midian begin to tremble; for well they know the might of that terrible watchword in days of yore.

Let me say to you, my hearers, have any of you a hope of heaven which will not stand the test of “Thus saith the Lord?” What are you resting upon? Are you building upon your own works? Are you depending upon your own feelings? Do you rely upon sacraments? Are you placing your trust upon the word of man? If so, remember that when God shakes all things, He will shake these false foundations; but oh! build upon the Word of my Lord and Master; trust your soul with Jesus. ~ C.H. Spurgeon

https://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/spurgeon_charles/sermons/0591.cfm

…that ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto His kingdom and glory. – 1 Thessalonians 2:12

Obedience is the glory of a human life-the glory which our Lord has given to His chosen, even His own glory. “He learned obedience.” He never struck out an original course, but He did always the things which pleased the Father. Be this our glory. By faith we yield our intelligence to the highest intelligence: we are led, guided, directed; and we follow where our Lord has gone. To a soldier it is the greatest honour to have accomplished his sovereign’s command. He does not debase his manhood who subjects it to honourable command; nay, he is even exalted by obeying in the day of danger. It is no dishonour to have it said :

“Theirs not to reason why;
Theirs but to dare and die.”

The bravest and the most honoured of men are those who implicitly obey the command of the King of kings. Among His children, they are best who best know their Father’s mind, and yield to it the gladdest obedience. Should we have any other ambition, within the walls of our Father’s house, than to be perfectly obedient children before Him, and implicitly trustful towards Him? God often hides His face behind the clouds of dust which His children make by their self-will. If we transgress against Him, we shall soon be in trouble; but a holy walk is heaven beneath the stars. God comes down to walk with men who obey. ~ C.H. Spurgeon

https://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/spurgeon_charles/sermons/2195.cfm

But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. – 1 Peter 1:25

I hope, beloved, you do not think of God’s sovereignty as tyranny, or imagine that He ever could or would do anything but that which is right. Neither will we admit into our minds a suspicion of the incorrectness of the Word of God in any matter whatever, as though the Lord Himself could err. We will not have it that God, in His Holy Book, makes mistakes about matters of history, or of science, any more than He does upon the great truths of salvation. If the Lord be God, He must be infallible; and if He can be described as in error in the little respects of human history and science, He cannot be trusted in the greater matters. My brethren, Jehovah never errs in deed, or in word; and when you find His law written either in the ten commandments, or anywhere else, you believe that there is not a precept too many, or too few. Whatever may be the precepts of the law, or of the gospel, they are pure and holy altogether. The words of the Lord are like fine gold, pure, precious, and weighty-not one of them may be neglected. We hear people talk about “minor points,” and so on; but we must not consider any word of our God as a minor thing, if by that expression is implied that it is of small importance. We must accept every single word of precept, or prohibition, or instruction, as being what it ought to be, and neither to be diminished nor increased. We should not reason about the command of God as though it might be set aside or amended. He bids, we obey. May we enter into that true spirit of obedience which is the unshaken belief that the Lord is right! Nothing short of this is the obedience of the inner man-the obedience which the Lord desires. ~ C.H. Spurgeon

https://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/spurgeon_charles/sermons/2195.cfm

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure. – Philippians 2:13

My soul pants and pines to see Christ glorious in the eyes of men. Now, if Christ is to be glorified, He must be glorified by you; if His kingdom is to come, it must come through you. God works, but God works by means. He worketh in you “to will and to do of His own good pleasure.” Souls are to be saved, but they are not saved without instruments. The feast is to be furnished with guests, but you are to go into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in… Now we, as a people, have been greatly blessed and helped of God, and I believe the Master has a very high claim upon us. We are indebted to the grace and mercy of God, and we ought to be doing something for the extension of the Savior’s kingdom. We are a feeble folk; what can we do for God? Why, do as much as the strong! What can we do for God? Do as much as the mighty!

I must fight for God! there must be victories won for Him! We must extend the range of the gospel; we must find places where souls can be brought to hear the Word. Hell shall not for ever laugh at our inactivity, and heaven shall not eternally weep at our sloth! In God’s name, go forward, and let something be done for God, and for His Christ, for a perishing age, for a dark world, for heaven’s glory, and for hell’s defeat. Up! ye who know the Lord; ye swordsmen of our Israel, up and at them, and God give you a great victory and deliverance! “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.” Hear ye that note, O dead souls, and live. ~ C.H. Spurgeon

https://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/spurgeon_charles/sermons/0560.cfm