C. T. Studd Beliefs

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Two burning questions have arisen in my mind as I read about Charles T. Studd’s fruitful and powerful life of faith. Firstly, what was the secret of his spiritual life? Secondly, what is the work God has intended for us in this generation?

C.T. Studd was born in 1860 to a wealthy man named Edward Studd. His father made a fortune in India and came to England to spend it all. His father spent the money on hunting, horse races, gambling, and on the massive immaculate estate on which C.T. lived. In 1877, C.T. Studd’s father was converted to following God after being forced to attend a evangelistic campaign in London, by D.L. Moody. Edward immediately gave up on his old lifestyle and devoted the rest of his life to hold Christian meetings in his house to preach the …show more content…

Moody returned to America, C.T. wanted to know what the Lord wanted him to do. When C.T. went to his friends for hep instead of God, he became ill and had to go to the country to recuperate. He spent three months reading the Bible and praying to God for guidance, but he still didn’t know what God wanted him to do. He decided to read for the Bar until God showed him what he wanted him to do but he found it was very hard to conscientiously go into any business or profession. However, it seemed so inconsistent to him. 5 C.T. Studd wrote, “God had given me far more than was sufficient to keep my body and soul together,…how could I spend the best years of my life working for myself and the honours and pleasures of this while thousands and thousands of souls are perishing everyday without having heard of Christ?” Jesus’ word screamed in his conscience, “What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?” He then realized that this was the truly consistent Christian life. When he compared it to his own life he saw how inconsistent he had been. He became even more determined that his life should be consistent with what he believed and set out to find what was God’s will for

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