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Come as You Are: Empty, Ragged, and Filthy | Charles Spurgeon

"Based on the sermon ""Hope for the Worst Backsliders"" by Charles Spurgeon, here is a summary: Spurgeon preaches on Jeremiah 3:22-23, offering a message of profound mercy to those who have wandered from the faith. He begins by observing that while sin inevitably produces sorrow, God often uses this sorrow to draw sinners back to Himself. To illustrate God’s infinite patience, Spurgeon shares the story of a faithful wife who cared for a husband who had neglected her for forty years, arguing that God’s willingness to forgive is even greater. The central command of the text is to ""Return."" Spurgeon emphasizes that God invites ""backsliding children"" to return immediately, without waiting to improve their condition first. He insists that sinners must come ""empty, ragged, filthy,"" allowing God to perform the healing rather than attempting to cure themselves. To obey this call, the backslider must renounce all false trusts. Just as Israel vainly looked to the ""hills"" for salvation, individuals must abandon reliance on their own righteousness, strength, and wisdom, which Spurgeon dismisses as ""filthy rags"" and folly. True salvation requires complete surrender, likened to a defeated city yielding unconditionally to a conqueror. Finally, Spurgeon exhorts the listener to accept the Triune God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—and to ""believe and be baptized"" to enter into life."