Sibbes was quite right, for “out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks” (Mt 12:34). If I don’t enjoy Christ, I won’t speak of him. Or, perhaps worse, I will, but without love and enjoyment—and if my mouth does give away my heart, people will hear of an unwanted Christ. And who would want that? The Spirit, of course, can use such loveless evangelism. But his real work is to bring us to, and keep us in, the sunshine of God’s love. It is there that we will sing heartily; it is there, abiding in Christ, that we will bear fruit. The Spirit shares the triune life of God by bringing God’s
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