"Concerning the sinner he believes that he has fallen into a condition far more terrible and that he has a need which is much more colossal. And concerning grace he glories that it is efficacious to reach men even in such a position: 'You look at the spiritual thermometer and you say, "How low will the grace of God go? Will it descend to summer heat? Will it touch the freezing point? Will it go to zero?" Yes, it will go below the lowest conceivable point, - lower than any instrument can indicate: it will go below the zero of death.'It is at that point of spiritual death that the Holy Spirit first meets men in saving power and raises them from sin's sepulchre. Not until life is implanted can repentance and faith be exercised and therefore these spiritual acts are 'the first apparent result of regeneration.' 'Evangelical repentance never can exist in a unrenewed soul.'"
Iain Murray, The Forgotten Spurgeon, p. 86
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