No Room in the Inn: Great Read!!

Got this from a friend back in Houston!!! I think the Lord would "approve"!!

No Room in the Inn
"And she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn." Luke 2:7 NIV

IF you will hold your tongue,
IF you will leave sinners to perish,
IF you will never endeavor to propagate your faith,
IF you will silence all witnessing for truth--,
IF, in fact, you will renounce all the attributes of a Christian,
IF you will cease to be what a Christian must be,
THEN the world will say, "Ah, That is right; this is the religion we like."
BUT IF you will believe, believe firmly,
AND IF you let your belief actuate in your life,
AND IF your belief is so precious that you feel compelled to spread it,
THEN at once you will find that there is no room for Christ even in the inn of public sentiment, where everything else is received."

This sounds like something a conservative Christian in our day might say, but it is actually from "No Room For Christ In The Inn" by C.H.Spurgeon preached on Dec. 21, 1862!!!

The math? 208 years ago! Amazing! This "Politically Correct" stuff is not new! The Cornerstone has always been a stumbling block to unbelievers!