THE UNDERLYING GOSPEL FOR THE DYING YEAR – Charles Spurgeon

THE UNDERLYING GOSPEL FOR THE DYING YEAR – Charles Spurgeon THE UNDERLYING GOSPEL FOR THE DYING YEAR “For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.” Romans 5:6. BELOVED Friends, whatever the condition of a child of God is, he is not without hope. A believer in the Lord […]

THE BEST CHRISTMAS FARE – Charles Spurgeon

THE BEST CHRISTMAS FARE – Charles Spurgeon THE BEST CHRISTMAS FARE “How sweet are Your Words unto my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” Psalm 119:103. THIS is a time of feasting and we may as well have our feast as other people have theirs. Let us see whether there is not something […]

BAPTISM ESSENTIAL TO OBEDIENCE – Charles Spurgeon

BAPTISM ESSENTIAL TO OBEDIENCE – Charles Spurgeon BAPTISM ESSENTIAL TO OBEDIENCE “He who believes and is baptized shall be saved.” Mark 16:16. IF our congregations were what they ought to be, it would be a very simple matter to preach, for a sermon would then only need to be like the orders given by a […]

THE CRISIS OF THIS WORLD – Charles Spurgeon

THE CRISIS OF THIS WORLD – Charles Spurgeon THE CRISIS OF THIS WORLD “Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me. This He said, signifying what death He should die.” […]

THE PHYSICIAN PARDONS HIS PALSIED PATIENT – Charles Spurgeon

THE PHYSICIAN PARDONS HIS PALSIED PATIENT – Charles Spurgeon THE PHYSICIAN PARDONS HIS PALSIED PATIENT “And, behold, they brought to Him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus, seeing their faith, said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you. And, behold, […]

THE LOVE OF JONATHAN AND THE LOVE OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

THE LOVE OF JONATHAN AND THE LOVE OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon THE LOVE OF JONATHAN AND THE LOVE OF JESUS “Your love to me was wonderful, surpassing the love of women.” 2 Samuel 1:26. DAVID was a poet and when he found that his best-beloved friend had fallen by the arrows of the Philistines, […]

THREE TEXTS, BUT ONE SUBJECT— FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

THREE TEXTS, BUT ONE SUBJECT— FAITH – Charles Spurgeon THREE TEXTS, BUT ONE SUBJECT— FAITH “In the shadow of Your wings will I make my refuge.” Psalm 57:1. “Cast your burden upon the LORD, and He shall sustain you.” Psalm 55:22. “Let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.” […]

OUR SERVICE FOR CHRIST NEVER FINISHED – Charles Spurgeon

OUR SERVICE FOR CHRIST NEVER FINISHED – Charles Spurgeon OUR SERVICE FOR CHRIST NEVER FINISHED “But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him, by-and-by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat? And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I […]

THE WHOLE BAND AGAINST CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

THE WHOLE BAND AGAINST CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon THE WHOLE BAND AGAINST CHRIST “Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Common Hall and gathered unto Him the whole band of soldiers.” Matthew 27:27. I HAVE not observed that anyone has turned to account the fact that “the whole band of soldiers” gathered […]

LESSONS FROM THE MANNA – Charles Spurgeon

LESSONS FROM THE MANNA – Charles Spurgeon LESSONS FROM THE MANNA “Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from Heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain quota every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in My Law, or no.” Exodus 16:4. […]

CHRIST’S PASTORAL PRAYER FOR HIS PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST’S PASTORAL PRAYER FOR HIS PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST’S PASTORAL PRAYER FOR HIS PEOPLE “I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which You have given Me; for they are Yours. And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I am glorified in them.” John 17:9, 10. […]

WITNESSING BETTER THAN KNOWING THE FUTURE – Charles Spurgeon

WITNESSING BETTER THAN KNOWING THE FUTURE – Charles Spurgeon WITNESSING BETTER THAN KNOWING THE FUTURE “When they therefore were come together, they asked of Him, saying, Lord, will you at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And He said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons […]

THE LAMB OF GOD IN SCRIPTURE – Charles Spurgeon

HE LAMB OF GOD IN SCRIPTURE – Charles Spurgeon THE LAMB OF GOD IN SCRIPTURE “Again, the next day, John stood with two of his disciples. And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, “Behold the Lamb of God!” John 1:35, 36. You all know the old, old story. The world was lost. God […]

MICAH’S MESSAGE FOR TODAY – Charles Spurgeon

MICAH’S MESSAGE FOR TODAY – Charles Spurgeon MICAH’S MESSAGE FOR TODAY “Walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8. THIS is the essence of the Law of God, the spiritual side of it—its Ten Commandments are an enlargement of this verse. The Law is spiritual and touches the thoughts, the intents, the emotions, the words, the […]

THE WHOLE MACHINERY OF SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon

THE WHOLE MACHINERY OF SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon THE WHOLE MACHINERY OF SALVATION “How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they are […]

SATAN DEPARTING, ANGELS MINISTERING – Charles Spurgeon

SATAN DEPARTING, ANGELS MINISTERING – Charles Spurgeon SATAN DEPARTING, ANGELS MINISTERING “And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from Him for a season.” Luke 4:13. “Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered unto Him.” Matthew 4:11. BELOVED Friends, we have very much to learn from our Lord’s […]

THE FAR-OFF, NEAR—THE NEAR, FAR OFF – Charles Spurgeon

THE FAR-OFF, NEAR—THE NEAR, FAR OFF – Charles Spurgeon THE FAR-OFF, NEAR—THE NEAR, FAR OFF “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the King, behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem, saying, Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we […]

THE FOLLOWERS OF THE LAMB – Charles Spurgeon

THE FOLLOWERS OF THE LAMB – Charles Spurgeon THE FOLLOWERS OF THE LAMB “These are they which follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from among men, being the first fruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the Throne […]

OBEDIENCE REWARDED – Charles Spurgeon

OBEDIENCE REWARDED – Charles Spurgeon OBEDIENCE REWARDED “And they departed quickly from the sepulcher with fear and great joy; and did run to bring His disciples word. And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held Him by the feet, and worshipped Him. Then […]

WHEN CAN WE FIND COMFORTERS?- Charles Spurgeon

WHEN CAN WE FIND COMFORTERS? – Charles Spurgeon WHEN CAN WE FIND COMFORTERS? “Where shall I seek comforters for you?” Nahum 3:7. IT is the business of the Prophet of God and of the minister of Christ to seek comfort for those who are in distress. “Comfort you, comfort you My people, says your God.” […]

THE HEAVENLY SINGERS AND THEIR SONG – Charles Spurgeon

THE HEAVENLY SINGERS AND THEIR SONG – Charles Spurgeon THE HEAVENLY SINGERS AND THEIR SONG “And when He had taken the Book, the four beasts and twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, having, every one of them, harps and golden vials full of odors, which are the prayers of saints. And they sung a […]

THE BELOVED PASTOR’S PLEA FOR UNITY – Charles Spurgeon

THE BELOVED PASTOR’S PLEA FOR UNITY – Charles Spurgeon THE BELOVED PASTOR’S PLEA FOR UNITY “To all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 1:7. IN a few minutes we shall gather together as members of […]

THE LORD’S CHOSEN MINISTERS – Charles Spurgeon

THE LORD’S CHOSEN MINISTERS – Charles Spurgeon THE LORD’S CHOSEN MINISTERS “In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank You, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that You have hid these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good […]

GOD’S PUPIL, GOD’S PREACHER—AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S PUPIL, GOD’S PREACHER—AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S PUPIL, GOD’S PREACHER—AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY “O God, You have taught me from my youth: and until this time have I declared Your wondrous works.” Psalm 71:17. You notice how much David is at home with God. He talks about Him. He does better, he talks to Him. […]

OBEYING CHRIST’S ORDERS – Charles Spurgeon

OBEYING CHRIST’S ORDERS – Charles Spurgeon OBEYING CHRIST’S ORDERS “His mother said unto the servants, Whatever He says unto you, do it.” John 2:5. IT does not need a strong imagination to picture Mary, probably at that time the widowed mother of our Lord. She is full of love and of a naturally kind, sympathetic […]

TWELVE COVENANT MERCIES – Charles Spurgeon

TWELVE COVENANT MERCIES – Charles Spurgeon TWELVE COVENANT MERCIES “Incline your ear, and come unto Me: hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting Covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.” Isaiah 55:3. I GOT so far this morning as to plead with men to come to God to […]

PAUL APPREHENDED AND APPREHENDING – Charles Spurgeon

PAUL APPREHENDED AND APPREHENDING – Charles Spurgeon PAUL APPREHENDED AND APPREHENDING “Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfected; but I press on, that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:12. OBSERVE the Apostle’s condition when he wrote these words. I do not think […]

THREE BLESSINGS OF THE HEAVENLY CHARTER – Charles Spurgeon

THREE BLESSINGS OF THE HEAVENLY CHARTER – Charles Spurgeon THREE BLESSINGS OF THE HEAVENLY CHARTER “You have granted me life and favor, and Your visitation has preserved my spirit.” Job 10:12. IT is well, sometimes, to sit down and take a grateful review of all that God has done for us, and with us, from […]

CHARITY AND PURITY – Charles Spurgeon

CHARITY AND PURITY – Charles Spurgeon CHARITY AND PURITY “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep ourselves unspotted from the world.” James 1:27. THERE is a great deal said, a great deal written, a great deal of zeal on […]

ACHSAH’S ASKING—A PATTERN OF PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon

ACHSAH’S ASKING—A PATTERN OF PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon ACHSAH’S ASKING—A PATTERN OF PRAYER “And Caleb said, He that smites Kirjathsepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah, my daughter, to wife. And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah, his daughter, to wife. And it […]

OUR LORD’S LAST CRY FROM THE CROSS – Charles Spurgeon

OUR LORD’S LAST CRY FROM THE CROSS – Charles Spurgeon OUR LORD’S LAST CRY FROM THE CROSS “And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, He said, Father, into Your hands I commend My spirit: and having said this, He gave up the ghost.” Luke 23:46. THESE were the dying words of our Lord […]

HOWLING CHANGED TO SINGING – Charles Spurgeon

HOWLING CHANGED TO SINGING – Charles Spurgeon HOWLING CHANGED TO SINGING “How long will You forget me, O LORD? Forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?…I will sing […]

GOD’S WORKS MADE MANIFEST – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S WORKS MADE MANIFEST – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S WORKS MADE MANIFEST “Jesus answered, Neither has this man sinned, nor his parents” (that he was born blind): “but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.” John 9:3. NEVER attribute any special sorrow endured by men to some special sin. There is a […]

TEN WRONG KINDS OF HEARERS – Charles Spurgeon

TEN WRONG KINDS OF HEARERS – Charles Spurgeon TEN WRONG KINDS OF HEARERS “Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show My people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. Yet they seek Me daily and delight to know My ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and […]

THE GREATEST EXHIBITION OF THE AGE – Charles Spurgeon

THE GREATEST EXHIBITION OF THE AGE – Charles Spurgeon THE GREATEST EXHIBITION OF THE AGE “For as often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you do show the Lord’s death till He comes.” 1 Corinthians 11:26. FIRST, let me say that the Lord’s Supper is nothing to us unless we partake of […]

SERVITUDE OR SERVICE—WHICH? – Charles Spurgeon

SERVITUDE OR SERVICE—WHICH? – Charles Spurgeon SERVITUDE OR SERVICE—WHICH? “Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know My service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.” 2 Chronicles 12:8. THE people of God had left their God and He had left them, so that Shishak, the king of Egypt, came against […]

NO FIXITY WITHOUT FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

NO FIXITY WITHOUT FAITH – Charles Spurgeon NO FIXITY WITHOUT FAITH “If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.” Isaiah 7:9. As I told you in the reading, Isaiah had a very heavy commission from God. He was to go and speak to people who would not hear him and to be […]

BLINDED BY SATAN – Charles Spurgeon

BLINDED BY SATAN – Charles Spurgeon BLINDED BY SATAN “The god of this world has blinded the minds of them which believe not.” 2 Corinthians 4:4. THE practice of blinding men is a horrible process, too horrible for us to say another word about it, but there is also a spiritual blindness which comes upon […]

THREE ARROWS—OR SIX? – Charles Spurgeon

THREE ARROWS—OR SIX? – Charles Spurgeon THREE ARROWS—OR SIX? “And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Strike the ground. And he struck three times, and stopped. And the man of God was angry with him, and said, You should have struck five or six […]

WATCHING FOR CHRIST’S COMING – Charles Spurgeon

WATCHING FOR CHRIST’S COMING – Charles Spurgeon WATCHING FOR CHRIST’S COMING “Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to eat, and will come forth and serve them. And if he shall come in […]

MARAH BETTER THAN ELIM – Charles Spurgeon

MARAH BETTER THAN ELIM – Charles Spurgeon MARAH BETTER THAN ELIM “So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, […]

THE WHOLE GOSPEL IN A SINGLE VERSE – Charles Spurgeon

THE WHOLE GOSPEL IN A SINGLE VERSE – Charles Spurgeon THE WHOLE GOSPEL IN A SINGLE VERSE “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.” 1 Timothy 1:15. I SPOKE, yesterday, with a brother minister who had been […]

THORNS AND THISTLES – Charles Spurgeon

THORNS AND THISTLES – Charles Spurgeon THORNS AND THISTLES “Thorns, also, and thistles shall it bring forth to you.” Genesis 3:18. THIS was not the penalty which might have been pronounced upon Adam. This curse does not fall directly on him— it glances obliquely and falls upon the ground whereon he stands—“Cursed is the ground […]

THE CHRIST-GIVEN REST – Charles Spurgeon

THE CHRIST-GIVEN REST – Charles Spurgeon THE CHRIST-GIVEN REST “I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28. I AM afraid that we have not always noticed the fullness of this promise. Usually the text is preached from as an invitation to the unconverted to come to Christ and, very properly so—“Come unto Me, all you that […]

SEALED AND OPEN EVIDENCES – Charles Spurgeon

SEALED AND OPEN EVIDENCES – Charles Spurgeon SEALED AND OPEN EVIDENCES “Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel; Take these deeds, this deed of the purchase, which is sealed, and this deed which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may last many days.” Jeremiah 32:14. THE discourse […]

SAINTS GUARDED FROM STUMBLING – Charles Spurgeon

SAINTS GUARDED FROM STUMBLING – Charles Spurgeon SAINTS GUARDED FROM STUMBLING “Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.” […]

GOD’S PEOPLE—OR NOT GOD’S PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S PEOPLE—OR NOT GOD’S PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S PEOPLE—OR NOT GOD’S PEOPLE “I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not My people, You are My people; and they shall say, You are my God.” Hosea 2:23. “As He says also in Hosea, […]

THE MEMORY OF CHRIST’S LOVE – Charles Spurgeon

THE MEMORY OF CHRIST’S LOVE – Charles Spurgeon THE MEMORY OF CHRIST’S LOVE “We will remember Your love more than wine: the upright love You.” Song of Solomon 1:4. I Do not think I can preach tonight. I feel so weary, and worn, and ill. Still, I can talk to you a little concerning the […]

SIMEON’S SWAN SONG – Charles Spurgeon

SIMEON’S SWAN SONG – Charles Spurgeon SIMEON’S SWAN SONG “Lord, now let You Your servant depart in peace, according to Your word: for my eyes have seen Your salvation.” Luke 2:29, 30. IF we are believers in Christ, we shall one day use words like these. Perhaps not just at present and yet, possibly, sooner […]

ABRAHAM, A PATTERN TO BELIEVERS – Charles Spurgeon

ABRAHAM, A PATTERN TO BELIEVERS – Charles Spurgeon ABRAHAM, A PATTERN TO BELIEVERS “By faith he (Abraham) sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: for he looked for a city which has foundations, whose Builder and […]

“DARE TO BE A DANIEL” – Charles Spurgeon

“DARE TO BE A DANIEL” – Charles Spurgeon “DARE TO BE A DANIEL” “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank.” Daniel 1:8. VERY much of our future life will depend upon our earliest days. I like […]

GOD’S UNSPEAKABLE GIFT – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S UNSPEAKABLE GIFT – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S UNSPEAKABLE GIFT “Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable Gift.” 2 Corinthians 9:15. IF you will read, at home, the chapter from which our text is taken, you will find that Paul was stirring up the Corinthians to an act of liberality. He had boasted of what they […]

PRODIGAL LOVE FOR THE PRODIGAL SON – Charles Spurgeon

PRODIGAL LOVE FOR THE PRODIGAL SON – Charles Spurgeon PRODIGAL LOVE FOR THE PRODIGAL SON “And kissed him.” Luke 15:20. IN the Revised Version, if you will kindly look at the margin, you will find that the text there reads, “and kissed him much.” This is a very good translation of the Greek which might […]

A WARRANT FOR YOUR APPREHENSION – Charles Spurgeon

A WARRANT FOR YOUR APPREHENSION – Charles Spurgeon A WARRANT FOR YOUR APPREHENSION “The word of the Lord is against you.” Zephaniah 2:5. The word of the Lord was against the land to which these words were spoken. The whole verse reads, “Woe unto the inhabitants of the seacoast, the nation of the Cherethites! The […]

THE BEST DONATION – Charles Spurgeon

THE BEST DONATION – Charles Spurgeon THE BEST DONATION “And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave themselves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.” 2 Corinthians 8:5. HERE we see the Apostle Paul disappointed, though he was never discontented. God had taught him how to abound and […]

BOTH SIDES OF THE SHIELD – Charles Spurgeon

BOTH SIDES OF THE SHIELD – Charles Spurgeon BOTH SIDES OF THE SHIELD “Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.” […]

CHRIST’S MOTIVE AND OURS – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST’S MOTIVE AND OURS – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST’S MOTIVE AND OURS “For your sakes.” 2 Corinthians 8:9. “For His sake.” Philippians 1:29. The true test of any action lies in its motive. Many a deed which seems to be glorious is really mean and ignoble because it is done with a base intention. While other […]

AN URGENT REQUEST FOR AN IMMEDIATE ANSWER – Charles Spurgeon

AN URGENT REQUEST FOR AN IMMEDIATE ANSWER – Charles Spurgeon AN URGENT REQUEST FOR AN IMMEDIATE ANSWER “And now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.” Genesis 24:49. THE chapter from which the […]

LOVED AND WASHED – Charles Spurgeon

LOVED AND WASHED – Charles Spurgeon LOVED AND WASHED “Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests unto God and His Father; to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.” Revelation 1:5, 6. John was the beloved disciple, the […]

GOD’S GLORIOUS AND EVERLASTING NAME – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S GLORIOUS AND EVERLASTING NAME – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S GLORIOUS AND EVERLASTING NAME “To make Himself an everlasting name…To make Yourself a glorious name.” Isaiah 63:12, 14. MAN’S chief end is to glorify and enjoy God. God’s greatest and highest objective is to make to Himself a glorious and an everlasting name. Since God is […]

THE LAW’S FAILURE AND FULFILLMENT – Charles Spurgeon

THE LAW’S FAILURE AND FULFILLMENT – Charles Spurgeon THE LAW’S FAILURE AND FULFILLMENT “For what the Law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned in the flesh. That the righteousness of the Law might be fulfilled […]

WANTED! —VOLUNTEERS – Charles Spurgeon

WANTED! —VOLUNTEERS – Charles Spurgeon WANTED! —VOLUNTEERS “And next to him was Amasiah the Son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to the Lord; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.” 2 Chronicles 17:16. IT was a great thing for King Jehoshaphat to have such a pious lord-lieutenant, one who could command […]

“LAY HOLD ON ETERNAL LIFE!” – Charles Spurgeon

“LAY HOLD ON ETERNAL LIFE!” – Charles Spurgeon “LAY HOLD ON ETERNAL LIFE!” “Lay hold on eternal life.” 1 Timothy 6:12. PAUL was very anxious about Timothy, his own son in the faith. He loved him greatly and he had much confidence in him, but still he felt that the work of preaching the Gospel […]

A CLARION CALL TO SAINTS AND SINNERS – Charles Spurgeon

A CLARION CALL TO SAINTS AND SINNERS – Charles Spurgeon A CLARION CALL TO SAINTS AND SINNERS “Arise you, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.” Micah 2:10. THERE is a miserable tendency in men to cling to things that are […]

“IF YOU CAN”—“IF YOU CAN” – Charles Spurgeon

“IF YOU CAN”—“IF YOU CAN” – Charles Spurgeon “IF YOU CAN”—“IF YOU CAN” “If You can do anything, have compassion on us, and help us. Jesus said unto him, If you can believe, all things are possible to him that believes.” Mark 9:22, 23. WE are all familiar with the story of this youth who […]

LYDIA, THE FIRST EUROPEAN CONVERT – Charles Spurgeon

LYDIA, THE FIRST EUROPEAN CONVERT – Charles Spurgeon LYDIA, THE FIRST EUROPEAN CONVERT “Now a certain woman named Lydia heard us. She was a seller of purple, from the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.” Acts 16:14. We may […]

ABRAHAM’S TRIAL—A LESSON FOR BELIEVERS – Charles Spurgeon

ABRAHAM’S TRIAL—A LESSON FOR BELIEVERS – Charles Spurgeon ABRAHAM’S TRIAL—A LESSON FOR BELIEVERS “And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.” Genesis 22:1. WE may regard the father of the faithful as being a pattern of his children. […]

THE FIRST, LAST—AND THE LAST, FIRST – Charles Spurgeon

THE FIRST, LAST—AND THE LAST, FIRST – Charles Spurgeon THE FIRST, LAST—AND THE LAST, FIRST “But many who are first will be last, and the last, first.” Matthew 19:30. “So the last will be first, and the first, last.” Matthew 20:16. We must be saved if we would serve the Lord. We cannot serve God […]

THREE DECISIVE STEPS – Charles Spurgeon

THREE DECISIVE STEPS – Charles Spurgeon THREE DECISIVE STEPS “And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath Jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years. And all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord. And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you return to […]

A HARP OF TEN STRINGS – Charles Spurgeon

A HARP OF TEN STRINGS – Charles Spurgeon A HARP OF TEN STRINGS “And Mary said, My soul does magnify the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.” Luke 1:46, 47. IT is very clear that Mary was not beginning a new thing, for she speaks in the present tense, and in […]

“IS THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD STRAITENED?” – Charles Spurgeon

“IS THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD STRAITENED?” – Charles Spurgeon “IS THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD STRAITENED?” “O you that are named the house of Jacob, is the Spirit of the Lord straitened?” Micah 2:7. THERE may be some who think they can convert the world by philosophy; that they can renew the heart by […]

THREE NAMES HIGH ON THE MUSTER ROLL – Charles Spurgeon

THREE NAMES HIGH ON THE MUSTER ROLL – Charles Spurgeon THREE NAMES HIGH ON THE MUSTER ROLL “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer you in this matter. If it is so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the […]

THE LAD’S LOAVES IN THE LORD’S HANDS – Charles Spurgeon

THE LAD’S LOAVES IN THE LORD’S HANDS – Charles Spurgeon THE LAD’S LOAVES IN THE LORD’S HANDS “Jesus took the loaves.” John 6:11. Look, there are the people! Five thousand of them, as hungry as hunters, and they all need to have food given to them, for they cannot, any of them, travel to buy […]

YOUNG MAN! A PRAYER FOR YOU – Charles Spurgeon

YOUNG MAN! A PRAYER FOR YOU – Charles Spurgeon YOUNG MAN! A PRAYER FOR YOU “And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray, open his eyes, that he may see! And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire […]

BARRIERS BROKEN DOWN – Charles Spurgeon

BARRIERS BROKEN DOWN – Charles Spurgeon BARRIERS BROKEN DOWN “For they, being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.” Romans 10:3. You that have your Bibles open, kindly follow me from the first verse of the chapter. It begins, “Brethren, my […]

“HONEY IN THE MOUTH!” – Charles Spurgeon

“HONEY IN THE MOUTH!” – Charles Spurgeon “HONEY IN THE MOUTH!” “He shall glorify Me: for He shall receive of Mine, and shall show it unto you. All things that the Father has are Mine: therefore said I, that He shall take of Mine and shall show it unto you.” John 16:14, 15. BELOVED Friends, […]

THE PRIVATE THOUGHTS AND WORDS OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

THE PRIVATE THOUGHTS AND WORDS OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon THE PRIVATE THOUGHTS AND WORDS OF JESUS “And Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of Man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto […]

GOD REJOICING IN THE NEW CREATION – Charles Spurgeon

GOD REJOICING IN THE NEW CREATION – Charles Spurgeon GOD REJOICING IN THE NEW CREATION “Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be you glad and rejoice forever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and […]

THE AGREEMENT OF SALVATION BY GRACE WITH WALKING IN GOOD WORKS – Charles Spurgeon

THE AGREEMENT OF SALVATION BY GRACE WITH WALKING IN GOOD WORKS – Charles Spurgeon THE AGREEMENT OF SALVATION BY GRACE WITH WALKING IN GOOD WORKS “Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in […]

THE BEST STRENGTHENING MEDICINE – Charles Spurgeon

THE BEST STRENGTHENING MEDICINE – Charles Spurgeon THE BEST STRENGTHENING MEDICINE “Out of weakness were made strong.” Hebrews 11:34. THOSE who out of weakness were made strong are written among the heroes of faith and are, by no means, the least of them. Believers “quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, […]

THE STATUTE OF DAVID FOR THE SHARING OF THE SPOIL – Charles Spurgeon

THE STATUTE OF DAVID FOR THE SHARING OF THE SPOIL – Charles Spurgeon THE STATUTE OF DAVID FOR THE SHARING OF THE SPOIL “And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went […]

REDEMPTION THROUGH BLOOD—THE GRACIOUS FORGIVENESS OF SINS – Charles Spurgeon

REDEMPTION THROUGH BLOOD—THE GRACIOUS FORGIVENESS OF SINS – Charles Spurgeon REDEMPTION THROUGH BLOOD—THE GRACIOUS FORGIVENESS OF SINS “In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His Grace.” Ephesians 1:7. READ the chapter and carefully note how the Apostle goes to the back of everything and commences […]

“AM I A SEA, OR A WHALE?” – Charles Spurgeon

“AM I A SEA, OR A WHALE?” – Charles Spurgeon “AM I A SEA, OR A WHALE?” ON THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1891. “Am I a sea, or a whale, that You set a watch over me?” Job 7:12. JOB was in great pain when he thus bitterly complained. These moans came from him when […]

“MY TIMES ARE IN YOUR HAND”- Charles Spurgeon

“MY TIMES ARE IN YOUR HAND” – Charles Spurgeon “MY TIMES ARE IN YOUR HAND” “My times are in Your hand.” Psalm 31:15. DAVID was sad—his life was spent with grief and his years with sighing. His sorrow had wasted his strength and even his bones were consumed within him. Cruel enemies pursued him with […]

SIN—ITS SPRINGHEAD, STREAM AND SEA – Charles Spurgeon

SIN—ITS SPRINGHEAD, STREAM AND SEA – Charles Spurgeon SIN—ITS SPRINGHEAD, STREAM AND SEA “Our fathers understood not Your wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of Your mercies; but provoked Him at the sea, even at the Red Sea.” Psalm 106:7. OUR fathers! From them we derive our nature. We inherit our fathers’ propensities, […]

“LO, I COME”- APPLICATION – Charles Spurgeon

“LO, I COME”- APPLICATION – Charles Spurgeon “LO, I COME”—APPLICATION “Then said I, Lo, I come.” Psalm 40:7. To my great sorrow, last Sunday night I was unable to preach. I had prepared a sermon upon this text with much hope of its usefulness, for I intended it to be a supplement to the morning […]

“LO, I COME”—EXPOSITION – Charles Spurgeon

“LO, I COME”—EXPOSITION – Charles Spurgeon “LO, I COME”—EXPOSITION “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, My ears have You opened: burnt offering and sin offering have You not required. Then said I, Lo, I have come—in the volume of the Book it is written of Me—I delight to do Your will, O My God: […]

THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon

THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT “Take the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.” Ephesians 6:17. To be a Christian is to be a warrior. The good soldier of Jesus Christ must not expect to find ease in this world—it is a battlefield! Neither […]

THE COVENANT PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon

THE COVENANT PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon THE COVENANT PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT “And I will put My Spirit within you.” Ezekiel 36:27. No preface is needed and the largeness of our subject forbids our wasting time in beating about the bush. I shall try to do two things this morning—first, I would […]

ISRAEL’S HOPE—OR, THE CENTER OF THE TARGET – Charles Spurgeon

ISRAEL’S HOPE—OR, THE CENTER OF THE TARGET – Charles Spurgeon ISRAEL’S HOPE—OR, THE CENTER OF THE TARGET “Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous redemption.” Psalm 130:7. When he penned this Psalm, the writer, David, was in deep distress, if not of circumstances, yet […]

THE CENSUS OF ISRAEL – Charles Spurgeon

THE CENSUS OF ISRAEL – Charles Spurgeon THE CENSUS OF ISRAEL “These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar, the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron, the Priest, numbered, […]

CHRIST’S RESURRECTION AND OUR NEWNESS OF LIFE – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST’S RESURRECTION AND OUR NEWNESS OF LIFE – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST’S RESURRECTION AND OUR NEWNESS OF LIFE “Therefore we are buried with Him through baptism into death: that just as Christ was raised up from the dead by the Glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” Romans 6:4. […]

HOSANNA! – Charles Spurgeon

HOSANNA! – Charles Spurgeon HOSANNA! “And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest” Matthew 21:9. AFTER the miracle of the raising of Lazarus, a great fame went abroad concerning our Lord. […]

THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH – Charles Spurgeon THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH “By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he went. Hebrews 11:8. THE part of the text to which I shall call your […]

BETWEEN THE TWO APPEARINGS – Charles Spurgeon

BETWEEN THE TWO APPEARINGS – Charles Spurgeon BETWEEN THE TWO APPEARINGS “Now once in the end of the world has He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: so Christ was once offered to bear the sins […]

A POOR MAN’S CRY—AND WHAT CAME OF IT – Charles Spurgeon

A POOR MAN’S CRY—AND WHAT CAME OF IT – Charles Spurgeon A POOR MAN’S CRY—AND WHAT CAME OF IT “This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.” Psalm 34:6 ON the morning of last Lord’s-Day we labored to bring sinners to their God and the Lord […]

THE JOYOUS RETURN – Charles Spurgeon

THE JOYOUS RETURN – Charles Spurgeon THE JOYOUS RETURN “O Israel, return unto the Lord your God; for you have fallen by your iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto Him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. Ashur shall […]

BELIEVING ON JESUS—AND ITS COUNTERFEITS – Charles Spurgeon

BELIEVING ON JESUS—AND ITS COUNTERFEITS – Charles Spurgeon BELIEVING ON JESUS—AND ITS COUNTERFEITS “As He spoke these words, many believed on Him. Then said Jesus to those Jews which had believed Him, If you continue in My Word, then are you My disciples, indeed; and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make […]

BIT AND BRIDLE—HOW TO ESCAPE THEM – Charles Spurgeon

BIT AND BRIDLE—HOW TO ESCAPE THEM – Charles Spurgeon BIT AND BRIDLE—HOW TO ESCAPE THEM “I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go: I will guide you with My eyes. Be you not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held […]

A CALL TO PRAYER AND TESTIMONY – Charles Spurgeon

A CALL TO PRAYER AND TESTIMONY – Charles Spurgeon A CALL TO PRAYER AND TESTIMONY “I have set watchmen upon your walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: you that make mention of the Lord, keep not silent, and give Him no rest, till He establishes, and till he makes […]

ENTANGLED IN THE LAND – Charles Spurgeon

ENTANGLED IN THE LAND – Charles Spurgeon ENTANGLED IN THE LAND “For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has shut them in.” Exodus 14:3. ISRAEL was clean escaped from Egypt. Not a hoof of their cattle was left behind, nor foot of child or aged […]

JESUS—“ALL BLESSING AND ALL BLESSED” – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS—“ALL BLESSING AND ALL BLESSED” – Charles Spurgeon JESUS—“ALL BLESSING AND ALL BLESSED” “Men shall be blessed in Him: all nations shall call Him blessed.” Psalm 72:17. THERE are many famous names in human history, but many of them are connected with deeds which have brought no blessing upon mankind. To bless and to be […]

OUR EXPECTATION – Charles Spurgeon

OUR EXPECTATION – Charles Spurgeon OUR EXPECTATION “He shall see His seed.” Isaiah 53:10. THE first thought suggested by this text is that Jesus is still alive, for to see anything is the act of a living person. Our Lord Jesus died. We know that He died. We are glad that there is overwhelming evidence […]

OUR MANIFESTO – Charles Spurgeon

OUR MANIFESTO – Charles Spurgeon OUR MANIFESTO “But I make known to you, Brethren, that the Gospel which was preached of me is not after man.” Galatians 1:11. To me it is a pitiful sight to see Paul defending himself as an Apostle and, doing this, not against the gainsaying world, but against cold-hearted members […]

A PRIVATE ENQUIRY – Charles Spurgeon

A PRIVATE ENQUIRY – Charles Spurgeon A PRIVATE ENQUIRY “What is the thing that the Lord has said unto you?” 1 Samuel 3:17. THE Lord would not speak directly to Eli, although he was the High Priest. In ordinary circumstances it would have been so, but Eli had grieved the Lord, and thus had lost […]

A GRACIOUS DISMISSAL – Charles Spurgeon

A GRACIOUS DISMISSAL – Charles Spurgeon A GRACIOUS DISMISSAL “And He said to the woman, Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” Luke 7:50. THE main part of my subject will be—that gracious dismissal, “Go in peace.” To her who had been so lately blessed, the word, “Go,” sounded mournfully, for she would gladly […]

JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH—A GLORIOUS NAME FOR THE NEW YEAR – Charles Spurgeon

JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH—A GLORIOUS NAME FOR THE NEW YEAR – Charles Spurgeon JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH—A GLORIOUS NAME FOR THE NEW YEAR “The name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord Is There [or in the Hebrew, ‘Jehovah-Shammah.’]” Ezekiel 48:35 THESE words may be used as a test as well as a text. They may serve for […]

Our Magnificent Savior – Charles Spurgeon

Our Magnificent Savior – Charles Spurgeon  OUR MAGNIFICENT SAVIOR “He shall see of the travail of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge shall My righteous servant justify many, for He shall bear their iniquities.” Isaiah 53:11. EVERY word of the text is peculiarly full of meaning. There are passages of Scripture which are […]

With Golden Band girded – Charles Spurgeon

With Golden Band girded – Charles Spurgeon  WITH GOLDEN BAND GIRDED “He was girded about the chest with a golden band.” Revelation 1:13 (NKJV) [The original title of this sermon was WITH GOLDEN GIRDLE GIRT.] BE assured, my brethren, the more real Jesus Christ is to us, the more power there will be in our […]

Absconding and Apostasy – Charles Spurgeon

Absconding and Apostasy – Charles Spurgeon  ABSCONDING AND APOSTASY. “Will you also go away?” John 6:67. NO mischief that ever befalls our Christian communities is more lamentable than that which comes from the defection of the members. The heaviest sorrow that can wring a pastor’s heart is such as comes from the treachery of his […]

An Urgent Necessity – Charles Spurgeon

An Urgent Necessity – Charles Spurgeon  AN URGENT NECESSITY “It is time to seek the Lord till He comes and rains righteousness upon you.” Hosea 10:12. HOSEA uses a great many figures taken from farming. He describe the seeking of the Lord in the former part of this verse as plowing, and sowing, and breaking […]

A Plea from the cross-C.H.Spurgeon

A Plea from the cross – C.H.Spurgeon  A PLEA FROM THE CROSS “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Luke 23:34. TO the godly heart there is a brighter light on Calvary than anywhere else beneath the sun. He who often resorts to Golgotha, if his spirit is right, must be wise. […]

The Pierced Heart of Jesus-C H Spurgeon

The Pierced Heart of Jesus – C H Spurgeon  THE PIERCED HEART OF JESUS. “Then came the soldiers and broke the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with Him. But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was dead already, they broke not His legs, but one of […]

The Strait gate-C.H Spurgeon

The Strait gate – C.H Spurgeon  THE STRAIT GATE “Strive to enter in at the strait gate; for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.” Luke 13:24. THE precepts of our Lord Jesus Christ are dictated by the soundest wisdom. He has given us divine prescriptions for […]

The drawings of Love-C.H Spurgeon

The drawings of Love – C.H Spurgeon THE DRAWINGS OF LOVE AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. “The Lord has appeared of old unto me, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore, with loving-kindness have I drawn you.” Jeremiah 31:3. FROM the context it is clear that this passage primarily refers to […]

PETER WALKING ON THE SEA NO – Charles Spurgeon

PETER WALKING ON THE SEA NO – Charles Spurgeon PETER WALKING ON THE SEA NO “And Peter answered Him and said, Lord, if it is You, bid me come unto You on the water. And He said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water. But when […]

A CHEERING CONGRATULATION-Charles Spurgeon

A CHEERING CONGRATULATION – Charles Spurgeon A CHEERING CONGRATULATION “Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven; whose sin is covered.” Psalm 32:1. MEN have, all of them, their own ideals of blessedness. Those ideals are often altogether contrary to the sayings which our Savior uttered in His Sermon on the Mount. They count those to […]

THE EMPTY PLACE – Charles Spurgeon

THE EMPTY PLACE – Charles Spurgeon THE EMPTY PLACE —A CHRISTMAS DAY SERMON “And David’s place was empty.” 1 Samuel 20:25. THERE may be much to learn from an empty place. The world thinks much of the places which have been emptied through the home-going of its celebrated men. Those who have served the world […]

“IF THERE IS NO RESURRECTION” – Charles Spurgeon

“IF THERE IS NO RESURRECTION” – Charles Spurgeon “IF THERE IS NO RESURRECTION”  “Now if Christ is preached that He rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: and if Christ is […]

A ANCIENT QUESTION MODERNIZED – Charles Spurgeon

A ANCIENT QUESTION MODERNIZED – Charles Spurgeon A ANCIENT QUESTION MODERNIZED “And the people said unto me, Will you not tell us what these things mean to us, that you behave so?” Ezekiel 24:19. EZEKIEL’S wife died. His heart was bleeding, but he received orders from his divine Master that he should not mourn, nor […]

PAUL, THE READY – Charles Spurgeon

PAUL, THE READY – Charles Spurgeon PAUL, THE READY “I am ready.” Romans 1:15. I THINK Paul might have used these words as his motto. We had once a Saxon king called Ethelred the Unready. Here we have an apostle who might be called Paul the Ready. The Lord Jesus no sooner called to him […]

“CLEAR SHINING AFTER RAIN” – Charles Spurgeon

“CLEAR SHINING AFTER RAIN” – Charles Spurgeon “CLEAR SHINING AFTER RAIN” “As the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.” 2 Samuel 23:4. WHAT a blessing it is to the country if, at certain seasons, we have a time of clear shining after the rain! Under some circumstances, nothing but […]

CHRIST’S ONE SACRIFICE FOR SIN – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST’S ONE SACRIFICE FOR SIN – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST’S ONE SACRIFICE FOR SIN “Now once in the end of the world has He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.” Hebrews 9:26. I NEED not read the text again, for I shall not go far away from it, but again and again […]

DAVID’S PRAYER IN THE CAVE – Charles Spurgeon

DAVID’S PRAYER IN THE CAVE – Charles Spurgeon DAVID’S PRAYER IN THE CAVE “Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave.” Title of Psalm 142. “A PRAYER when he was in the cave.” David prayed when he was in the cave. If he had prayed half as much when he was in […]

OUR LORD IN THE VALLEY OF HUMILIATION – Charles Spurgeon

OUR LORD IN THE VALLEY OF HUMILIATION – Charles Spurgeon OUR LORD IN THE VALLEY OF HUMILIATION “And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” Philippians 2:8. PAUL wishes to unite the saints in Philippi in the holy bands of love. […]

GOD’S HANDWRITING UPON DAVID – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S HANDWRITING UPON DAVID – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S HANDWRITING UPON DAVID “All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by His hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.” 1 Chronicles 28:19. THE temple was not to be built according to the designs of David, or Solomon, or any other […]

JOY HINDERING FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

JOY HINDERING FAITH – Charles Spurgeon JOY HINDERING FAITH “And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, He said unto them, Have you here any meat? And they gave Him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. And He took it, and did eat before them. And He said unto […]

FEEDING ON THE WORD – Charles Spurgeon

FEEDING ON THE WORD – Charles Spurgeon FEEDING ON THE WORD “Listen diligently to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.” Isaiah 55:2. How important it is that we should hear God, that we should have an attentive ear to His Word, and that it should, through our […]

SYCHAR’S SINNER SAVED – Charles Spurgeon

SYCHAR’S SINNER SAVED – Charles Spurgeon SYCHAR’S SINNER SAVED “Jesus answered and said unto her, If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that says to you, Give Me to drink; you would have asked of Him, and He would have given you living water.” John 4:10. I COULD not help saying, […]

FORGIVENESS, FREEDOM, FAVOR – Charles Spurgeon

FORGIVENESS, FREEDOM, FAVOR – Charles Spurgeon FORGIVENESS, FREEDOM, FAVOR “And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lends anything unto his neighbor shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD’S release.” Deuteronomy 15:2. THIS wonderful transaction of “the Lord’s […]

BELIEF, BAPTISM, BLESSING – Charles Spurgeon

BELIEF, BAPTISM, BLESSING – Charles Spurgeon BELIEF, BAPTISM, BLESSING “And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.” Acts […]

GOD’S PEOPLE MELTED AND TRIED – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S PEOPLE MELTED AND TRIED – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S PEOPLE MELTED AND TRIED “Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I deal with the daughter of My people?” Jeremiah 9:7. OBSERVE here that God represents Himself as greatly concerned to know what to do […]

FICKLE FOLLOWERS – Charles Spurgeon

FICKLE FOLLOWERS – Charles Spurgeon FICKLE FOLLOWERS “And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto Him, Lord, I will follow You wherever You go. And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has not […]

LONGING TO FIND GOD – Charles Spurgeon

LONGING TO FIND GOD – Charles Spurgeon LONGING TO FIND GOD “Oh, that I knew where I might find Him!” Job 23:3. OH, that I knew where I might find Him!” Observe that Job is so taken up with his one great desire that he forgets that everybody else is not thinking in the same […]

ALONE, YET NOT ALONE – Charles Spurgeon

ALONE, YET NOT ALONE – Charles Spurgeon ALONE, YET NOT ALONE “Jesus answered them, Do you now believe? Behold, the hour comes, yes, is now come, that you shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave Me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.” John 16:31, […]

TWO “I WILLS” IN ISAIAH 41 – Charles Spurgeon

TWO “I WILLS” IN ISAIAH 41 – Charles Spurgeon TWO “I WILLS” IN ISAIAH 41 “I will open rivers in high places, and a fountain in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.” Isaiah 41:18. YOU notice that in this verse, […]

IMPOTENCE AND OMNIPOTENCE – Charles Spurgeon

IMPOTENCE AND OMNIPOTENCE – Charles Spurgeon IMPOTENCE AND OMNIPOTENCE “And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been a long time in that case, He said to him, Will you be made whole? The impotent man answered him, Sir, I […]

A QUESTION FOR COMMUNICANTS – Charles Spurgeon

A QUESTION FOR COMMUNICANTS – Charles Spurgeon A QUESTION FOR COMMUNICANTS What do you mean by this service?” Exodus 12:26. IN a spiritual religion, everything must be understood. That which is not spiritual, but ritualistic, contents itself with the outward form. Under the Jewish dispensation, there was a very strong tendency in that direction, but […]

LIFE FROM THE DEAD – Charles Spurgeon

LIFE FROM THE DEAD – Charles Spurgeon LIFE FROM THE DEAD “And you has He quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins.” Ephesians 2:1. OUR translators, as you observe, have put in the words, “has He quickened,” because Paul had thrown the sense a little farther on and it was possible for the reader […]

BLESSING FOR BLESSING – Charles Spurgeon

BLESSING FOR BLESSING – Charles Spurgeon BLESSING FOR BLESSING “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: according as He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame […]

HARVEST JOY – Charles Spurgeon

HARVEST JOY – Charles Spurgeon HARVEST JOY “You have magnified the nation, and increased the joy: they joy before You according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.” Isaiah 9:3. NOTICE that I make a correction in the version from which I am reading. The Authorized Version has […]

SOWING IN THE WIND, REAPING UNDER CLOUDS – Charles Spurgeon

SOWING IN THE WIND, REAPING UNDER CLOUDS – Charles Spurgeon SOWING IN THE WIND, REAPING UNDER CLOUDS “He that observes the wind shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall not reap.” Ecclesiastes 11:4. SOW when the time comes, whatever wind blows. Reap when the times comes, whatever clouds are in the sky. […]

CHRIST’S PLEA FOR IGNORANT SINNERS – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST’S PLEA FOR IGNORANT SINNERS – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST’S PLEA FOR IGNORANT SINNERS “Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” Luke 23:34. WHAT tenderness we have here; what self-forgetfulness; what almighty love! Jesus did not say to those who crucified Him, “Be gone!” One such word and they must […]

CHRIST’S CURATE IN DECAPOLIS – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST’S CURATE IN DECAPOLIS – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST’S CURATE IN DECAPOLIS “And they began to pray Him to depart out of their coasts. And when He was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed Him that he might be with Him. However, Jesus did not permit him, but said […]

ONE WORKER PREPARING FOR ANOTHER – Charles Spurgeon

ONE WORKER PREPARING FOR ANOTHER – Charles Spurgeon ONE WORKER PREPARING FOR ANOTHER “Now behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight: for it is in abundance: timber also and stone […]

CHRIST’S HOSPITAL – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST’S HOSPITAL – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST’S HOSPITAL “He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3. OFTEN as we have read this Psalm, we can never fail to be struck with the connection in which this verse stands, especially its connection with the verse that follows. Read the two together—“He heals […]

THE SIMPLICITY AND SUBLIMITY OF SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon

THE SIMPLICITY AND SUBLIMITY OF SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon THE SIMPLICITY AND SUBLIMITY OF SALVATION “He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name: Which were born, not […]

WHERE IS THE LORD? – Charles Spurgeon

WHERE IS THE LORD? – Charles Spurgeon WHERE IS THE LORD? “Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and His people, saying, Where is He that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of His flock? Where is He that put His Holy Spirit within him? That led them by the […]

INEXCUSABLE IRREVERENCE AND INGRATITUDE – Charles Spurgeon

INEXCUSABLE IRREVERENCE AND INGRATITUDE – Charles Spurgeon INEXCUSABLE IRREVERENCE AND INGRATITUDE “They are without excuse: because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful.” Romans 1:20, 21. THIS first chapter of the Epistle to the Romans is a dreadful portion of the Word of God. I should hardly like […]

DANIEL’S BAND – Charles Spurgeon

DANIEL’S BAND – Charles Spurgeon DANIEL’S BAND “O Daniel, a man greatly beloved.” Daniel 10:11. IT did not do Daniel any harm to know that he was greatly beloved of God, or else he would not have received that information from heaven. Some people are always afraid that if Christian people obtain full assurance and […]

GOD JUSTIFIED, THOUGH MAN BELIEVES NOT – Charles Spurgeon

GOD JUSTIFIED, THOUGH MAN BELIEVES NOT – Charles Spurgeon GOD JUSTIFIED, THOUGH MAN BELIEVES NOT “For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid: yes, let God be true, and every man a liar; as it is written, That You might be justified in Your […]

THE TWO GUARDS PRAYING AND WATCHING – Charles Spurgeon

THE TWO GUARDS PRAYING AND WATCHING – Charles Spurgeon THE TWO GUARDS PRAYING AND WATCHING “Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.” Nehemiah 4:9. NEHEMIAH and the Jews with him were rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. Sanballat and others were angry with […]

THE PERSEVERANCE OF FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

THE PERSEVERANCE OF FAITH – Charles Spurgeon THE PERSEVERANCE OF FAITH “Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is your faith: be it unto you even as you will. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.” Matthew 15:28. I HAVE frequently spoken to you concerning the faith of this […]

THE UNKNOWN GIVER AND THE MISUSED GIFTS – Charles Spurgeon

THE UNKNOWN GIVER AND THE MISUSED GIFTS – Charles Spurgeon THE UNKNOWN GIVER AND THE MISUSED GIFTS “For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. Therefore I will return, and take away My corn in the time thereof, […]

OUR COMPASSIONATE HIGH PRIEST – Charles Spurgeon

OUR COMPASSIONATE HIGH PRIEST – Charles Spurgeon OUR COMPASSIONATE HIGH PRIEST “We can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for He Himself is also compassed with infirmity.” Hebrews 5:2. THE high priest looked Godward and therefore he had need to be holy, for he had to deal […]

WORDS TO REST ON – Charles Spurgeon

WORDS TO REST ON – Charles Spurgeon WORDS TO REST ON “And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.” 2 Chronicles 32:8. IT is very beautiful reading the story of Hezekiah to see how the people always went with him. God had prepared the nation for a change and when […]

“EVEN NOW” – Charles Spurgeon

“EVEN NOW” – Charles Spurgeon “EVEN NOW” “Even now.” John 11:22. I HOPE that there are a great many persons here who are interested in the souls of those around them. We shall certainly never exercise faith concerning those for whose salvation we have no care. I trust also that we are diligent in looking […]

SAD FASTS CHANGED TO GLAD FEASTS – Charles Spurgeon

SAD FASTS CHANGED TO GLAD FEASTS – Charles Spurgeon SAD FASTS CHANGED TO GLAD FEASTS “Thus says the Lord of hosts, The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, […]

PRAISE FOR THE GIFT OF GIFTS – Charles Spurgeon

PRAISE FOR THE GIFT OF GIFTS – Charles Spurgeon PRAISE FOR THE GIFT OF GIFTS “Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift.” 2 Corinthians 9:15. IN the chapter from which my text is taken, Paul is stirring up the Christians at Corinth to be ready with liberal gifts for the poor saints at Jerusalem. […]

COME FROM THE FOUR WINDS, O BREATH! – Charles Spurgeon

COME FROM THE FOUR WINDS, O BREATH! – Charles Spurgeon COME FROM THE FOUR WINDS, O BREATH! “He said to me, Prophesy unto the wind, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus says the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.” Ezekiel […]

“LIVING, LOVING, LASTING UNION” – Charles Spurgeon

“LIVING, LOVING, LASTING UNION” – Charles Spurgeon “LIVING, LOVING, LASTING UNION” “For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones.” Ephesians 5:30. BEFORE the funeral, at Norwood Cemetery, of the late Mr. William Olney, senior deacon of the church at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, a service was held in the Tabernacle. […]

MEMBERS OF CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

MEMBERS OF CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon MEMBERS OF CHRIST “For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones.” Ephesians 5:30. YESTERDAY, when I had the painful task of speaking at the funeral of our dear friend, Mr. William Olney, I took the text which I am going to take again […]

HIS OWN FUNERAL SERMON* – Charles Spurgeon

HIS OWN FUNERAL SERMON* – Charles Spurgeon HIS OWN FUNERAL SERMON* *This sermon was preached on the Lord’s-Day evening after Mr. William Olney “fell on sleep.” Long before the beloved preacher was “called home,” it was selected for publication this week. Mrs. Spurgeon feels that her dear husband could not have delivered a more suitable […]

GOD’S WILL ABOUT THE FUTURE – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S WILL ABOUT THE FUTURE – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S WILL ABOUT THE FUTURE “Come now, you that say, today or tomorrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? […]

A STANZA OF DELIVERANCE – Charles Spurgeon

A STANZA OF DELIVERANCE – Charles Spurgeon A STANZA OF DELIVERANCE “He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.” Psalm 105:37. THIS verse has been making music in my heart for several days and at times it has even claimed utterance from my tongue. […]

A CHALLENGE AND A SHIELD – Charles Spurgeon

A CHALLENGE AND A SHIELD – Charles Spurgeon A CHALLENGE AND A SHIELD “Who is he that condemns? It is Christ that died.” Romans 8:34. HERE are two very wonderful challenges thrown out by the apostle Paul. First, he boldly defies anyone to charge the chosen of God with sin—“Who shall lay anything to the […]

“IS GOD IN THE CAMP?” – Charles Spurgeon

“IS GOD IN THE CAMP?” – Charles Spurgeon “IS GOD IN THE CAMP?” “And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! For there has not been such a thing before” 1 Samuel 4:7. ISRAEL was out of gear with God. The people had […]

“YOU ARE NOW THE BLESSED OF THE LORD” – Charles Spurgeon

“YOU ARE NOW THE BLESSED OF THE LORD” – Charles Spurgeon “YOU ARE NOW THE BLESSED OF THE LORD” “You are now the blessed of the Lord.” Genesis 26:29. THESE words truly describe the position of many whom I address at this time. There are hundreds here upon whom my eyes can rest and to […]

GRATITUDE FOR DELIVERANCE FROM THE GRAVE – Charles Spurgeon

GRATITUDE FOR DELIVERANCE FROM THE GRAVE – Charles Spurgeon GRATITUDE FOR DELIVERANCE FROM THE GRAVE “I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. The Lord has chastened me sorely: but He has not given me over unto death.” Psalm 118:17, 18. THIS sermon begins a new volume—in fact it commences […]

GOD FORGIVING SIN – Charles Spurgeon

GOD FORGIVING SIN – Charles Spurgeon GOD FORGIVING SIN “He will abundantly pardon. For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:7-9. AT […]

GOD FIGHTING SIN – Charles Spurgeon

GOD FIGHTING SIN – Charles Spurgeon GOD FIGHTING SIN “But they rebelled, and vexed His Holy Spirit; therefore He was turned to be their enemy, and He fought against them.” Isaiah 63:10. THIS is a terrible case. When God is turned to be a man’s enemy and fights against him, he is in a desperate […]

A MEDIATOR – Charles Spurgeon

A MEDIATOR – Charles Spurgeon A MEDIATOR “Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.” Galatians 3:20. THE text does not strike you as difficult, but it is exceedingly perplexing to the interpreter. I was looking at one very old commentator who is a great favorite of mine and I […]

ZEDEKIAH—OR, THE MAN WHO CANNOT SAY, “NO”- Charles Spurgeon

ZEDEKIAH—OR, THE MAN WHO CANNOT SAY, “NO” – Charles Spurgeon ZEDEKIAH—OR, THE MAN WHO CANNOT SAY, “NO” “Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hands: for the king is not he that can do anything against you.” Jeremiah 38:5. “PUT not your trust in princes.” Zedekiah professed to be a friend to […]

CAMP LAW AND CAMP LIFE – Charles Spurgeon

CAMP LAW AND CAMP LIFE – Charles Spurgeon CAMP LAW AND CAMP LIFE “For the Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you, therefore shall your camp be holy that He sees no unclean thing in you, and turn away from you.” […]

THE LORD NO MORE ANGRY WITH HIS PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon

THE LORD NO MORE ANGRY WITH HIS PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon THE LORD NO MORE ANGRY WITH HIS PEOPLE “For this is as the waters of Noah unto Me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be […]

“SO IT IS” – Charles Spurgeon

“SO IT IS” – Charles Spurgeon “SO IT IS” “Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know you it for your good.” Job 5:27. THUS closed a forcible speech by Eliphaz the Temanite—it may be called his “summing up.” He virtually says, “What I have testified in the name of […]

FEVER AND ITS CURE – Charles Spurgeon

FEVER AND ITS CURE – Charles Spurgeon FEVER AND ITS CURE “And He arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. And Simon’s wife’s mother was taken with a great fever, and they besought Him for her. And He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she […]

LITTLE FAITH AND GREAT FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

LITTLE FAITH AND GREAT FAITH – Charles Spurgeon LITTLE FAITH AND GREAT FAITH “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” Matthew 14:31. “O woman, great is your faith: be it unto you even as you will.” Matthew 15:28. BETWEEN the very lowest degree of faith and a state of unbelief there is a […]

PATIENT JOB AND THE BAFFLED ENEMY – Charles Spurgeon

PATIENT JOB AND THE BAFFLED ENEMY – Charles Spurgeon PATIENT JOB AND THE BAFFLED ENEMY “In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.” Job 1:22. THAT is to say, in all this trial and under all this temptation, Job kept right with God. During all the losses of his estate and the deaths […]

RUNAWAY JONAH AND THE CONVENIENT SHIP – Charles Spurgeon

RUNAWAY JONAH AND THE CONVENIENT SHIP – Charles Spurgeon RUNAWAY JONAH AND THE CONVENIENT SHIP “But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish.” Jonah 1:3. SAD sight! Here is a servant of God running away from […]

THE BLESSING OF THE HIGH PRIEST – Charles Spurgeon

THE BLESSING OF THE HIGH PRIEST – Charles Spurgeon THE BLESSING OF THE HIGH PRIEST “And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons saying, On this wise you shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, The Lord bless you, and keep you: the Lord make His face […]

THE MAN WHO SHALL NEVER SEE DEATH – Charles Spurgeon

THE MAN WHO SHALL NEVER SEE DEATH – Charles Spurgeon THE MAN WHO SHALL NEVER SEE DEATH “Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep My saying, he shall never see death. Then said the Jews unto Him, Now we know that You have a devil. Abraham is dead, and the Prophets, and […]

THE TEST OF TASTE – Charles Spurgeon

THE TEST OF TASTE – Charles Spurgeon THE TEST OF TASTE “If so be you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.” 1 Peter 2:3. I THINK there can be very little doubt that Peter is here quoting from Psalm 34:8: “O taste and see that the LORD is good.” As I read you the […]

JEHOVAH’S VALUATION OF HIS PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon

JEHOVAH’S VALUATION OF HIS PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon JEHOVAH’S VALUATION OF HIS PEOPLE “I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior: I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for you.” Isaiah 43:3. IN this chapter the Lord comforts His people. By His Divine foresight He perceives that there […]

EXPERIENCE AND ASSURANCE – Charles Spurgeon

EXPERIENCE AND ASSURANCE – Charles Spurgeon EXPERIENCE AND ASSURANCE “Because You have been my help, therefore in the shadow of Your wings will I rejoice.” Psalm 63:7. In their time of trouble the children of God return to their Father. It is according to their newborn nature to seek Him from whom it came. The […]

THE SERPENT’S SENTENCE – Charles Spurgeon

THE SERPENT’S SENTENCE – Charles Spurgeon THE SERPENT’S SENTENCE “And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field. Upon your belly shall you go, and dust shall you eat all the days of your life: and I will […]

FAITH’S FIRM RESOLVE – Charles Spurgeon

FAITH’S FIRM RESOLVE – Charles Spurgeon FAITH’S FIRM RESOLVE “I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of Your righteousness, even of Yours only.” Psalm 71:16. This is a Psalm of David’s old age and we will carefully notice the characteristic feature of it. It is not addressed to […]

IMMANUEL—THE LIGHT OF LIFE – Charles Spurgeon

IMMANUEL—THE LIGHT OF LIFE – Charles Spurgeon IMMANUEL—THE LIGHT OF LIFE “Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such us was in her vexation, when at the first He highly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in […]

AND WHY NOT ME? – Charles Spurgeon

AND WHY NOT ME? – Charles Spurgeon AND WHY NOT ME? “Behold, there came a leper and worshipped Him, saying, Lord, if You will, You can make me clean. And Jesus put forth His hand and touched him, saying, I will, be you clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.” Matthew 8:2, 3. MATTHEW has […]

SELF LOW, BUT CHRIST HIGH – Charles Spurgeon

SELF LOW, BUT CHRIST HIGH – Charles Spurgeon SELF LOW, BUT CHRIST HIGH “The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.” Matthew 8:8. THIS centurion was a worthy man from the human point of view, […]

NOT SUFFICIENT AND YET SUFFICIENT – Charles Spurgeon

NOT SUFFICIENT AND YET SUFFICIENT – Charles Spurgeon NOT SUFFICIENT AND YET SUFFICIENT “Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God, who also has made us able ministers of the new testament, not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter kills, […]

THE HOLDFASTS OF FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

THE HOLDFASTS OF FAITH – Charles Spurgeon THE HOLDFASTS OF FAITH Genesis 15:1-6 and Romans 4. “Who is the father of us all, (as it is written, I have made you a father of many nations,) before Him whom he believed, even God, who quickens the dead, and calls those things which are not as […]

CHRIST’S TESTIMONY RECEIVED – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST’S TESTIMONY RECEIVED – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST’S TESTIMONY RECEIVED “He that has received His testimony has set to his seal that God is true.” John 3:33. IN opening this discourse I would call your attention to the different statistics given by John’s disciples and by John himself. In the 26th verse, the disciples say, “All […]

THE PEACE OF THE DEVIL AND THE PEACE OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon

THE PEACE OF THE DEVIL AND THE PEACE OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon THE PEACE OF THE DEVIL AND THE PEACE OF GOD “When a strong man armed keeps his palace, his goods are in peace.” Luke 11:21. “The Lord will give strength unto His people, the Lord will bless His people with peace.” Psalm […]

ROBBERS OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon

ROBBERS OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon ROBBERS OF GOD   “Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me!” Malachi 3:8. These Prophets would have made poor royal chaplains if those who dwell in kings’ houses have to use smooth speech. Malachi here charges the people with robbery and with the very worst form […]

THE BEGINNING OF MIRACLES WHICH JESUS DID – Charles Spurgeon

THE BEGINNING OF MIRACLES WHICH JESUS DID – Charles Spurgeon THE BEGINNING OF MIRACLES WHICH JESUS DID “This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth His Glory; and His disciples believed on Him.” John 2:11. AT this time I shall not consider the relation of this miracle to total abstinence. […]

THE PASTOR’S JOY AND CONFIDENCE – Charles Spurgeon

THE PASTOR’S JOY AND CONFIDENCE – Charles Spurgeon THE PASTOR’S JOY AND CONFIDENCE “I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, for your fellowship in the Gospel from the first day until now being confident of this very thing that He […]

THE INIQUITY OF OUR HOLY THINGS – Charles Spurgeon

THE INIQUITY OF OUR HOLY THINGS – Charles Spurgeon THE INIQUITY OF OUR HOLY THINGS “And you shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. And you shall put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the miter; upon […]

THREE IMPORTANT PRECEPTS -Charles Spurgeon

THREE IMPORTANT PRECEPTS – Charles Spurgeon THREE IMPORTANT PRECEPTS “Hear you, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.” Proverbs 23:19. THE words are very direct and personal—and that is what I wish my sermon to be. My soul is more and more set upon immediate conversions. I have no voice […]

HOLY LONGINGS – Charles Spurgeon

HOLY LONGINGS – Charles Spurgeon HOLY LONGINGS “I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for Your commandments. Look You upon me, and be merciful unto me, as You used to do unto those that love Your name. Order my steps in Your Word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.” Psalm […]

“ALL THE DAY LONG” – Charles Spurgeon

“ALL THE DAY LONG” – Charles Spurgeon “ALL THE DAY LONG” “Let not your heart envy sinners: but be you in the fear of the Lord all the day long. For surely there is an end, and your expectation shall not be cut off.” Proverbs 23:17, 18. LAST Lord’s-Day we had for our texts two […]

EVERLASTING LOVE REVEALED – Charles Spurgeon

EVERLASTING LOVE REVEALED – Charles Spurgeon EVERLASTING LOVE REVEALED “The Lord has appeared of old unto me, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you.” Jeremiah 31:3. THUS speaks the Israel of God. She seems to wake up as if she had long been asleep […]

THE TENDERNESS OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

THE TENDERNESS OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon THE TENDERNESS OF JESUS “We have not a High Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.” Hebrews 4:15. BELOVED, we have a High Priest. All that Israel had under the Law […]

NOAH’S FAITH, FEAR, OBEDIENCE AND SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon

NOAH’S FAITH, FEAR, OBEDIENCE AND SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon NOAH’S FAITH, FEAR, OBEDIENCE AND SALVATION “By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house, by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by […]

JOY, JOY FOREVER – Charles Spurgeon

JOY, JOY FOREVER – Charles Spurgeon JOY, JOY FOREVER “But let all those that put their trust in You rejoice: let them always shout for joy, because You defend them: let those also that love Your name be joyful in You.” Psalm 5:11. “THE Lord does put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.” There […]

SCRIPTURAL SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon

SCRIPTURAL SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon SCRIPTURAL SALVATION “For the Scripture says, Whoever believes on Him shall not be ashamed.” Romans 10:11. THE shepherd on the hill is most of all anxious about his sheep—he cares for his cottage, he trains the woodbine around his porch, sows flowers before his door and digs his little plot […]

BELIEVERS SENT BY CHRIST, AS CHRIST IS SENT BY THE FATHER – Charles Spurgeon

BELIEVERS SENT BY CHRIST, AS CHRIST IS SENT BY THE FATHER – Charles Spurgeon BELIEVERS SENT BY CHRIST, AS CHRIST IS SENT BY THE FATHER John 17:18. HERE is a great fact mentioned, namely, that the Father sent the Son into the world. Our Lord’s disciples believed this. Jesus says Himself, “They have believed that […]

THE SHINING OF THE FACE OF MOSES – Charles Spurgeon

THE SHINING OF THE FACE OF MOSES – Charles Spurgeon THE SHINING OF THE FACE OF MOSES “And it came to pass when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face […]

OUR LORD’S TRIUMPHANT ASCENSION – Charles Spurgeon

OUR LORD’S TRIUMPHANT ASCENSION – Charles Spurgeon OUR LORD’S TRIUMPHANT ASCENSION “You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive: You have received gifts for men; yes, for the rebellious, also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.” Psalm 68:18. The hill of Zion had been taken out of the hand of the […]

THE QUESTION OF QUESTIONS – Charles Spurgeon

THE QUESTION OF QUESTIONS – Charles Spurgeon THE QUESTION OF QUESTIONS “Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said unto him, Do you believe on the Son of God?” John 9:35. THE eyes of the Lord Jesus are always on His chosen and He knows every circumstance […]

A HOMILY FOR HUMBLE FOLKS – Charles Spurgeon

A HOMILY FOR HUMBLE FOLKS – Charles Spurgeon A HOMILY FOR HUMBLE FOLKS “Surely I am more stupid than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.” Proverbs 30:2. SOMETIMES it is necessary for a speaker to refer to himself and he may feel it necessary to do so in a way peculiar […]

THE PRINCE OF LIFE – Charles Spurgeon

THE PRINCE OF LIFE – Charles Spurgeon THE PRINCE OF LIFE “And killed the Prince of Life, whom God has raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.” Acts 3:15. PETER does not conceal the death of Christ—he is not ashamed of the fact that his Lord was crucified. God forbid that any of […]

THE SHANK-BONE SERMON—OR, TRUE BELIEVERS AND THEIR HELPERS – Charles Spurgeon

THE SHANK-BONE SERMON — OR, TRUE BELIEVERS AND THEIR HELPERS – Charles Spurgeon THE SHANK-BONE SERMON — OR, TRUE BELIEVERS AND THEIR HELPERS “Who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through Grace.” Acts 18:27. APOLLOS is not Paul, and Paul is not Apollos. To blend the two in one would be […]

CHRIST PRECIOUS TO BELIEVERS – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST PRECIOUS TO BELIEVERS – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST PRECIOUS TO BELIEVERS “Unto you therefore which believe He is precious.” 1 Peter 2:7. HERE we have no far-fetched statement—it belongs to everyday life. Those now present who believe can verify it on the spot! As Believers they can tell us whether the Lord Jesus is precious […]

POSSESSING POSSESSIONS – Charles Spurgeon

POSSESSING POSSESSIONS – Charles Spurgeon POSSESSING POSSESSIONS “But upon Mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. Obadiah 1:17. THIS is a remarkable passage. Its wording is singular. It begins with a, “but,” because the previous verses have been denouncing judgments upon Edom. When […]

THE WARNINGS AND THE REWARDS OF THE WORD OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon

THE WARNINGS AND THE REWARDS OF THE WORD OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon THE WARNINGS AND THE REWARDS OF THE WORD OF GOD “Moreover by them is Your servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.” Psalm 19:11. THIS is the declaration of one of God’s servants—“by them is Your servant warned.” […]

THE ROUGH HEWER – Charles Spurgeon

THE ROUGH HEWER – Charles Spurgeon THE ROUGH HEWER “O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goes away. Therefore have I hewed them by the Prophets; I have slain them by the […]

“MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?”- Charles Spurgeon

“MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?” – Charles Spurgeon “MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?” “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, crying, Eli, Eli, lama Sabachthani? that is to say, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” Matthew 27:46. “THERE was darkness […]

CHRIST PUT ON – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST PUT ON – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST PUT ON “But put you on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.” Romans 13:14. Christ must be in us before He can be on us. Divine Grace puts Christ within and enables us to put on Christ without. […]

TO THOSE WHO FEEL UNFIT FOR COMMUNION – Charles Spurgeon

TO THOSE WHO FEEL UNFIT FOR COMMUNION – Charles Spurgeon TO THOSE WHO FEEL UNFIT FOR COMMUNION “For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the Passover lambs for everyone that was not clean to sanctify them unto the Lord. For a […]

THE DECEITFULNESS OF SIN – Charles Spurgeon

THE DECEITFULNESS OF SIN – Charles Spurgeon THE DECEITFULNESS OF SIN “But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.” Hebrews 3:13. SIN is the greatest evil in the universe. It is the parent of all other ills. All manner of evils draw […]

PLEADING, NOT CONTRADICTING – Charles Spurgeon

PLEADING, NOT CONTRADICTING – Charles Spurgeon PLEADING, NOT CONTRADICTING “She said, Truth, Lord: yet.” Matthew 15:27. DID YOU notice, in the reading of this narrative of the Syro-Phoenician woman, the two facts mentioned in the 21st and 22nd verses? “Then Jesus went from there and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And, behold, […]

HEAVEN ABOVE AND HEAVEN BELOW – Charles Spurgeon

HEAVEN ABOVE AND HEAVEN BELOW – Charles Spurgeon HEAVEN ABOVE AND HEAVEN BELOW “They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters.” […]

LOVE’S COMPETITION – Charles Spurgeon

LOVE’S COMPETITION – Charles Spurgeon LOVE’S COMPETITION “Tell Me therefore, which of them will love him most? Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And He said unto him, You have rightly judged.” Luke 7:42, 43. I REMEMBER seeing, somewhere or other, as a sign upon an inn, the […]

SOMETHING DONE FOR JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

SOMETHING DONE FOR JESUS – Charles Spurgeon SOMETHING DONE FOR JESUS “She has worked a good work upon Me.” Matthew 26:10. STUDY carefully the story of the enthusiastic Christian woman who poured the alabaster box of very precious ointment upon the head of our ever-blessed Lord and Savior. Honored as that action is by the […]

HOPE FOR YOUR FUTURE – Charles Spurgeon

HOPE FOR YOUR FUTURE – Charles Spurgeon HOPE FOR YOUR FUTURE “I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings.” Ezekiel 36:11. THESE words were spoken to the mountains, valleys and rivers of Judah—and we know that the Lord cares not for hills and rivers, but […]

HELP FOR YOUR SICKNESS – Charles Spurgeon

HELP FOR YOUR SICKNESS – Charles Spurgeon HELP FOR YOUR SICKNESS “When evening was come, they brought unto Him many that were possessed with devils: and He cast out the spirits with His word, and healed all that were sick: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the Prophet, saying, He took […]

WITNESSES AGAINST YOU – Charles Spurgeon

WITNESSES AGAINST YOU – Charles Spurgeon WITNESSES AGAINST YOU “I set a great assembly against them.” Nehemiah 5:7. THE facts are these. At the time when certain of the Jews returned with Nehemiah to Jerusalem, many of them were in very straitened circumstances and, contrary to the Jewish Law, the richer Jews lent them money […]

A STRAIGHT TALK – Charles Spurgeon

A STRAIGHT TALK – Charles Spurgeon A STRAIGHT TALK “I cannot come.” Luke 14:20. THERE are different ways of replying to the invitation of the Gospel when you mean to refuse it. They are all, at best, bad, and they may all be classed under one head, for, “they all with one consent began to […]

THE KEYNOTE OF THE YEAR – Charles Spurgeon

THE KEYNOTE OF THE YEAR – Charles Spurgeon THE KEYNOTE OF THE YEAR “Bless the Lord, O my Soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy name.” Psalm 103:1. BEFORE our friend who leads us in singing begins, we sometimes hear his tuning fork. He is getting the keynote into his ear. When […]

THE SECURITY OF BELIEVERS—OR, SHEEP WHO SHALL NEVER PERISH – Charles Spurgeon

THE SECURITY OF BELIEVERS—OR, SHEEP WHO SHALL NEVER PERISH – Charles Spurgeon THE SECURITY OF BELIEVERS—OR, SHEEP WHO SHALL NEVER PERISH “My sheep hear My voice and I know them and they follow Me: and I give unto them eternal life. And they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My […]

MAGDALENE AT THE SEPULCHER—AN INSTRUCTIVE SCENE – Charles Spurgeon

MAGDALENE AT THE SEPULCHER—AN INSTRUCTIVE SCENE – Charles Spurgeon MAGDALENE AT THE SEPULCHER—AN INSTRUCTIVE SCENE “Then the disciples went away again unto their own homes. But Mary stood without at the sepulcher weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down and looked into the sepulcher and saw two angels in white sitting, the one at […]

THE PLANTER OF THE EAR MUST HEAR – Charles Spurgeon

THE PLANTER OF THE EAR MUST HEAR – Charles Spurgeon THE PLANTER OF THE EAR MUST HEAR “He that planted the ear, shall He not hear? He that formed the eye, shall He not see?” Psalm 94:9 THE character of a man hinges upon his relation to God. You may know what manner of man […]

THE FATHER’S LOVE TO HIS DYING SON – Charles Spurgeon

THE FATHER’S LOVE TO HIS DYING SON – Charles Spurgeon THE FATHER’S LOVE TO HIS DYING SON “Therefore does My Father love Me, because I lay down My life, that I might take it again.” John 10:17 OUR Lord Jesus here speaks of Himself in His complex personality as God and Man, the Mediator between […]

THE UNCHANGING GOD CHEERING JACOB IN HIS CHANGE OF DWELLING PLACE – Charles Spurgeon

THE UNCHANGING GOD CHEERING JACOB IN HIS CHANGE OF DWELLING PLACE – Charles Spurgeon THE UNCHANGING GOD CHEERING JACOB IN HIS CHANGE OF DWELLING PLACE “And Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. And God spoke unto Israel in […]

THE DROUGHT OF NATURE, THE RAIN OF GRACE AND THE LESSON THEREFROM – Charles Spurgeon

THE DROUGHT OF NATURE, THE RAIN OF GRACE AND THE LESSON THEREFROM – Charles Spurgeon THE DROUGHT OF NATURE, THE RAIN OF GRACE AND THE LESSON THEREFROM “And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits and found no water. They returned with their vessels empty. They were […]

THE BURDEN OF THE WORD OF THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon

THE BURDEN OF THE WORD OF THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon THE BURDEN OF THE WORD OF THE LORD ‘‘The burden of the Word of the Lord.’’ Malachi 1:1. THE Prophets of old were no triflers. They did not run about as idle tellers of tales, but they carried a burden. Those who at this […]

BY THE FOUNTAIN – Charles Spurgeon

BY THE FOUNTAIN – Charles Spurgeon BY THE FOUNTAIN “Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall.” Genesis 49:22. “And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of Heaven, for the dew and for the deep that […]

PEACE—HOW GAINED, HOW BROKEN – Charles Spurgeon

PEACE—HOW GAINED, HOW BROKEN – Charles Spurgeon PEACE—HOW GAINED, HOW BROKEN “I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for He will speak peace unto His people and to His saints: but let them not turn again to folly.” Psalm 85:8. “I WILL hear what God the Lord will speak.” There were voices and […]

FILLING WITH THE SPIRIT AND DRUNKENNESS WITH WINE – Charles Spurgeon

FILLING WITH THE SPIRIT AND DRUNKENNESS WITH WINE – Charles Spurgeon FILLING WITH THE SPIRIT AND DRUNKENNESS WITH WINE “And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess. But be filled with the Spirit.” Ephesians 5:18. WHILE I was reading to you just now, in the fourth and fifth chapters of Paul’s letter to the […]

THE MUSTARD SEED – Charles Spurgeon

THE MUSTARD SEED – Charles Spurgeon THE MUSTARD SEED —A SERMON FOR THE SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER “Then said He, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I resemble it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his garden. And it grew and […]

THE EYE AND THE LIGHT – Charles Spurgeon

THE EYE AND THE LIGHT – Charles Spurgeon THE EYE AND THE LIGHT “No man, when he has lighted a candle, puts it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. The light of the body is the eye: therefore when your […]

PERSEVERANCE IN HOLINESS – Charles Spurgeon

PERSEVERANCE IN HOLINESS – Charles Spurgeon PERSEVERANCE IN HOLINESS “And I will make an Everlasting Covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good. But I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me” Jeremiah 32:40. LAST Sabbath morning we were called to […]

THE WITHERED FIG TREE – Charles Spurgeon

THE WITHERED FIG TREE – Charles Spurgeon THE WITHERED FIG TREE “And He left them and went out of the city into Bethany. And He lodged there. Now in the morning as He returned into the city, He hungered. And when He saw a fig tree in the way, He came to it and found […]

“IN THE GARDEN WITH HIM” – Charles Spurgeon

“IN THE GARDEN WITH HIM” – Charles Spurgeon “IN THE GARDEN WITH HIM” “One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, said, Did not I see you in the garden with Him?” John 18:26 PETER was on dangerous ground. When his Master was being buffeted, he was […]

PREPARATION FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon

PREPARATION FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon PREPARATION FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD “And now, little children, abide in Him. That, when He shall appear, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.” 1 John 2:28. OUR first anxious desire is that our hearers would come […]

THE INNER SIDE OF CONVERSION – Charles Spurgeon

THE INNER SIDE OF CONVERSION – Charles Spurgeon THE INNER SIDE OF CONVERSION “I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus: You have chastised me and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn You me and I shall be turned. For You are the Lord my God. Surely after that I […]

THE HUNGER AND THIRST WHICH ARE BLESSED – Charles Spurgeon

THE HUNGER AND THIRST WHICH ARE BLESSED – Charles Spurgeon THE HUNGER AND THIRST WHICH ARE BLESSED “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” Matthew 5:6. BECAUSE man had perfect righteousness before the Fall, he enjoyed perfect blessedness. If you and I shall, by Divine Grace, attain […]

“PRICKED IN THEIR HEART” – Charles Spurgeon

“PRICKED IN THEIR HEART” – Charles Spurgeon “PRICKED IN THEIR HEART” “Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God has made that same Jesus, whom you have crucified, both Lord and Christ. Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of […]

LIFE AND PARDON – Charles Spurgeon

LIFE AND PARDON – Charles Spurgeon LIFE AND PARDON “And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, has He quickened together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses.” Colossians 2:13. THE teaching of this verse is much the same as that in preceding verses—but the Apostle does not hesitate to […]

FAITH ESSENTIAL TO PLEASING GOD – Charles Spurgeon

FAITH ESSENTIAL TO PLEASING GOD – Charles Spurgeon FAITH ESSENTIAL TO PLEASING GOD “But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a Rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.” Hebrews 11:6. MEN have lived who have pleased God—Enoch was […]

CONCERNING THE CONSOLATIONS OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon

CONCERNING THE CONSOLATIONS OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon CONCERNING THE CONSOLATIONS OF GOD “Are the consolations of God too small for you? Is there any secret thing with you?” Job 15:11. THESE are the words of Eliphaz, one of those three friends of Job who blundered dreadfully over his case. Their words are not to […]

WHERE GO YOU? – Charles Spurgeon

WHERE GO YOU? – Charles Spurgeon WHERE GO YOU? “But He knows the way that I take: when He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” Job 23:10 On several Sabbath mornings of late I have earnestly handled spiritual subjects which I trust may have been for the edification of the people of […]

WHERE ARE YOU GOING? – Charles Spurgeon

WHERE ARE YOU GOING? – Charles Spurgeon WHERE ARE YOU GOING? “But He knows the way that I take: when He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” Job 23:10. On several Sabbath mornings of late I have earnestly handled spiritual subjects which I trust may have been for the edification of the […]

THE MEDIATOR—THE INTERPRETER – Charles Spurgeon

THE MEDIATOR—THE INTERPRETER – Charles Spurgeon THE MEDIATOR—THE INTERPRETER “And all the people witnessed the thunder and the lightning and the noise of the trumpet and the mountain smoking. And when the people saw it, they removed and stood afar off. And they said unto Moses, Speak you with us and we will hear. But […]

“THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB” – Charles Spurgeon

“THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB” – Charles Spurgeon “THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB” “Let us be glad and rejoice and give honor to Him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come and His wife has made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: […]

THE LAMB IN GLORY – Charles Spurgeon

THE LAMB IN GLORY – Charles Spurgeon THE LAMB IN GLORY   “And I beheld and, lo, in the midst of the Throne and of the four living creatures and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits […]

FOUNDATION WORK – Charles Spurgeon

FOUNDATION WORK – Charles Spurgeon FOUNDATION WORK “And the king commanded and they brought great stones, costly stones and hewed atones, to lay the foundation of the house.” 1 Kings 5:17. “THE king commanded”—that is the beginning of all. Holy zeal waits for the king’s orders. But as soon as the command was given there […]

THE CURSE AND THE CURSE FOR US – Charles Spurgeon

THE CURSE AND THE CURSE FOR US – Charles Spurgeon THE CURSE AND THE CURSE FOR US “For as many as are of the works of the Law are under the curse; for it is written, Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, […]

GOD’S OWN GOSPEL CALL – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S OWN GOSPEL CALL – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S OWN GOSPEL CALL “Incline your ear and come unto Me: hear and your soul shall live. And I will make an Everlasting Covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.” Isaiah 55:3. THIS very memorable chapter may be called God’s own Gospel sermon. In reading it […]

“JESUS WEPT” – Charles Spurgeon

“JESUS WEPT” – Charles Spurgeon “JESUS WEPT” “John 11:35. A GREAT storm was stirring the mind of Jesus. We find, on looking at the original, that He was indignant and troubled. We have a very literal translation in the margin of the Revised Version. And instead of reading, “He groaned in the spirit and was […]

A DELICIOUS EXPERIENCE – Charles Spurgeon

A DELICIOUS EXPERIENCE – Charles Spurgeon A DELICIOUS EXPERIENCE “For we which have believed do enter into rest, as He said, As I have sworn in My wrath, if they shall enter into My rest.” Hebrews 4:3. LAST Sabbath we meditated upon the fact that those who came out of Egypt did not enter into […]

PROFITABLE MIXTURE – Charles Spurgeon

PROFITABLE MIXTURE – Charles Spurgeon PROFITABLE MIXTURE “For unto us was the Gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.” Hebrews 4:2. THE people that came out of Egypt were an interesting company, if we think of what […]

THE FORM OF GODLINESS WITHOUT THE POWER – Charles Spurgeon

THE FORM OF GODLINESS WITHOUT THE POWER – Charles Spurgeon THE FORM OF GODLINESS WITHOUT THE POWER “Having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.” 2 Timothy 3:5. PAUL warns us of certain characters which will appear in the last times. It is a very terrible list. The like […]

GRACE FOR GRACE – Charles Spurgeon

GRACE FOR GRACE – Charles Spurgeon GRACE FOR GRACE “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world but the spirit which is of God, that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.” 1 Corinthians 2:12. THE course of our fallen race has been a succession of failures. […]

TAKING POSSESSION OF OUR INHERITANCE – Charles Spurgeon

TAKING POSSESSION OF OUR INHERITANCE – Charles Spurgeon TAKING POSSESSION OF OUR INHERITANCE “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread […]

A DIRGE FOR THE DOWN-GRADE AND A SONG FOR FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

A DIRGE FOR THE DOWN-GRADE AND A SONG FOR FAITH – Charles Spurgeon A DIRGE FOR THE DOWN-GRADE AND A SONG FOR FAITH “Rejoice for joy with her, all you that mourn for her.” Isaiah 66:10. A MOURNER is always an interesting person. We pass by joyful people without a thought. But when we see […]

THE BIBLE TRIED AND PROVED – Charles Spurgeon

THE BIBLE TRIED AND PROVED – Charles Spurgeon THE BIBLE TRIED AND PROVED “The Words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.” Psalm 12:6. IN this Psalm our text stands in contrast with the evil of the age. The Psalmist complains that the “godly man […]

ONE LOST SHEEP – Charles Spurgeon

ONE LOST SHEEP – Charles Spurgeon ONE LOST SHEEP “How think you? If a man has an hundred sheep and one of them is gone astray, does he not leave the ninety and nine and go into the mountains and seek that which is gone astray? And if he should find it, verily I say […]

A FREE GRACE PROMISE – Charles Spurgeon

A FREE GRACE PROMISE – Charles Spurgeon A FREE GRACE PROMISE “And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered.” Joel 2:32. VENGEANCE was in full career. The armies of Divine justice had been called forth for war—“They shall run like mighty men. They shall […]

TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION – Charles Spurgeon

TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION – Charles Spurgeon TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION “And I will restore to you the years that the locust has eaten.” Joel 2:25. LOST years can never be restored literally. Time once past is gone forever. Let no man make any mistake about this or trifle with the present moment under any […]

THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION – Charles Spurgeon

THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION – Charles Spurgeon THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION “That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection.” Philippians 3:10. PAUL, in the verses before the text, had deliberately laid aside his own personal righteousness. “But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ, for […]

MAN UNKNOWN TO MAN – Charles Spurgeon

MAN UNKNOWN TO MAN – Charles Spurgeon MAN UNKNOWN TO MAN “The heart knows his own bitterness. And a stranger does not understand with his joy.” Proverbs 14:10. YOU lift up your eyes and you behold the stars. Surely, it is no idle imagination that these heavenly lights are distant worlds. But they are entirely […]

THE BELIEVING THIEF – Charles Spurgeon

THE BELIEVING THIEF – Charles Spurgeon THE BELIEVING THIEF “And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto you, Today shall you be with Me in Paradise.” Luke 23:42, 43. SOME time ago I preached upon the whole story of the […]

THE GOSPEL OF THE GLORY OF CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

THE GOSPEL OF THE GLORY OF CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon THE GOSPEL OF THE GLORY OF CHRIST “The light of the glorious Gospel of Christ.” 2 Corinthians 4:4 SHINING in the center of the verse, like a pearl in its setting, you find these words. Literally and accurately translated, they run thus—“The light of the […]

SOUNDING OUT THE WORD OF THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon

SOUNDING OUT THE WORD OF THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon SOUNDING OUT THE WORD OF THE LORD “For from you sounded out the Word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak anything.” 1 Thessalonians […]

OUR LORD’S ENTRANCE WITHIN THE VEIL – Charles Spurgeon

OUR LORD’S ENTRANCE WITHIN THE VEIL – Charles Spurgeon OUR LORD’S ENTRANCE WITHIN THE VEIL “Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once and for all, having obtained eternal redemption for us.” Hebrews 9:12. UNDER the old covenant the Lord was set forth […]

TWO ESSENTIAL THINGS – Charles Spurgeon

TWO ESSENTIAL THINGS – Charles Spurgeon TWO ESSENTIAL THINGS “Testifying both to the Jews and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.” Acts 20:21. THIS was the practical drift of Paul’s teaching at Ephesus and everywhere else. He kept back nothing which was profitable to them. And the […]

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS – Charles Spurgeon BREAKFAST WITH JESUS “Jesus said unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples dared ask Him, Who are you? knowing that it was the Lord.” Or, as we have it in the Revised Version, “Jesus said unto them, Come and break your fast. And none of the […]

TREMBLING AT THE WORD OF THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon

TREMBLING AT THE WORD OF THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon TREMBLING AT THE WORD OF THE LORD “To this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit and trembles at My Word.” Isaiah 66:2. PORTRAIT painting is a great art. Many pretend to it but the masters of […]

CHRIST’S CONNECTION WITH SINNERS THE SOURCE OF HIS GLORY – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST’S CONNECTION WITH SINNERS THE SOURCE OF HIS GLORY – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST’S CONNECTION WITH SINNERS THE SOURCE OF HIS GLORY “Therefore will I divide Him a portion with the great. And He shall divide the spoil with the strong. Because He has poured out His soul unto death. And He was numbered with the […]

MY OWN PERSONAL HOLDFAST – Charles Spurgeon

MY OWN PERSONAL HOLDFAST – Charles Spurgeon MY OWN PERSONAL HOLDFAST “My God will hear me.” Micah 7:7. OBSERVE that the Prophet has no sort of doubt. He insinuates no “if” or “an” or “but” or “perhaps,” but he says it straight out as a fact of which he is infallibly convinced—“My God will hear […]

NATHANAEL—THE MAN NEEDED FOR THE DAY – Charles Spurgeon

NATHANAEL—THE MAN NEEDED FOR THE DAY – Charles Spurgeon NATHANAEL—THE MAN NEEDED FOR THE DAY “Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!” John 1:47. THIS morning we had a “behold”—a behold about a new convert. “Behold, he prays!” It seemed to me most suitable to occupy the evening with another “behold”—a behold about […]

THE SPIRIT AND THE WIND – Charles Spurgeon

THE SPIRIT AND THE WIND – Charles Spurgeon THE SPIRIT AND THE WIND “The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it but cannot tell from where it comes and where it goes. So is everyone that is born of the Spirit.” John 3:8. OUR Savior’s words are infinite. Some men […]

OUR PLACE—AT JESUS’ FEET – Charles Spurgeon

OUR PLACE—AT JESUS’ FEET – Charles Spurgeon OUR PLACE—AT JESUS’ FEET “At His feet.” Luke 7:38. THE Easterns pay more attention to posture than we do. They are demonstrative and express by outward signs much which we do not express, or express less energetically. In their courts certain positions must be taken up by courtiers. […]

OUR GREAT SHEPHERD FINDING THE SHEEP – Charles Spurgeon

OUR GREAT SHEPHERD FINDING THE SHEEP – Charles Spurgeon OUR GREAT SHEPHERD FINDING THE SHEEP “Until he finds it. And when he has found it. And when he comes home.” Luke 15:4, 5, 6. THE love of Jesus, the Great Shepherd, is very practical and active. There is a sheep lost and the Lord regrets […]

ESSENTIAL POINTS IN PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon

ESSENTIAL POINTS IN PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon ESSENTIAL POINTS IN PRAYER “The Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as He had appeared unto him at Gibeon. And the Lord said unto him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before Me: I have hallowed this house, which you have […]

THE FILLING OF EMPTY VESSELS – Charles Spurgeon

THE FILLING OF EMPTY VESSELS – Charles Spurgeon THE FILLING OF EMPTY VESSELS “Even empty vessels; borrow not a few.” 2 Kings 4:3. IT is needful that we read the whole story—“Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the Prophets unto Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead. […]

SHOES OF IRON AND STRENGTH SUFFICIENT— A NEW YEAR’S PROMISE – Charles Spurgeon

SHOES OF IRON AND STRENGTH SUFFICIENT— A NEW YEAR’S PROMISE – Charles Spurgeon SHOES OF IRON AND STRENGTH SUFFICIENT— A NEW YEAR’S PROMISE “And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren and let him dip his foot in oil. Your shoes shall be iron and […]

THE EVIDENCE OF OUR LORD’S WOUNDS – Charles Spurgeon

THE EVIDENCE OF OUR LORD’S WOUNDS – Charles Spurgeon THE EVIDENCE OF OUR LORD’S WOUNDS “Then said He to Thomas, Reach here your finger and behold My hands. And reach here your hand and thrust it into My side: and be not faithless but believing.” John 20:27. AMONG US in this day we have many […]

THE MESSAGES OF OUR LORD’S LOVE – Charles Spurgeon

THE MESSAGES OF OUR LORD’S LOVE – Charles Spurgeon THE MESSAGES OF OUR LORD’S LOVE “Go your way, tell His disciples and Peter that He goes before you into Galilee: there shall you see Him, as He said unto you.” Mark 16:7. SEE, Brethren! Jesus delights to meet His people. He is no sooner risen […]

THE MIRACLES OF OUR LORD’S DEATH – Charles Spurgeon

THE MIRACLES OF OUR LORD’S DEATH – Charles Spurgeon THE MIRACLES OF OUR LORD’S DEATH “Jesus, when He had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom. And the earth did quake and the rocks rent; […]

“EYES RIGHT” – Charles Spurgeon

“EYES RIGHT” – Charles Spurgeon “EYES RIGHT” “Let your eyes look right on and let your eyelids look straight before you.” Proverbs 4:25. THESE words occur in a passage wherein the wise man exhorts us to take care of all parts of our nature which he indicates by members of the body. “Keep your heart,” […]

THE LORD’S OWN SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon

THE LORD’S OWN SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon THE LORD’S OWN SALVATION “But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah and will save them by the Lord their God and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen” Hosea 1:7. GOD is very considerate towards […]

IDOLS FOUND WANTING, BUT JEHOVAH FOUND FAITHFUL – Charles Spurgeon

IDOLS FOUND WANTING, BUT JEHOVAH FOUND FAITHFUL – Charles Spurgeon IDOLS FOUND WANTING, BUT JEHOVAH FOUND FAITHFUL “Bel bows down, Nebo stoops, their idols were upon the beasts and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaded. They are a burden to the weary beast. They stoop, they bow down together. They could not deliver […]

THE TRIAL OF YOUR FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

THE TRIAL OF YOUR FAITH – Charles Spurgeon THE TRIAL OF YOUR FAITH “The trial of your faith.” 1 Peter 1:7. IT is a great thing if any man can truthfully speak to you, my Brothers and Sisters, about “your faith,” for all men have not faith and wherever faith is found, it is the […]

JUDGMENTS AND NO REPENTANCE—REPENTANCE AND NO SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon

JUDGMENTS AND NO REPENTANCE—REPENTANCE AND NO SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon JUDGMENTS AND NO REPENTANCE—REPENTANCE AND NO SALVATION “They repented not to give Him glory.” Revelation 16:9. IN reading this chapter, dear Friends—this very terrible chapter—you must have been struck, I think, with the forces of God. How great are the armies of the Lord of […]

CONCERNING PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon

CONCERNING PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon CONCERNING PRAYER “Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer and attend to the voice of my supplications. In the day of my trouble I will call upon You: for You will answer me.” Psalm 86:6, 7. WHEN I was reading this eighty-sixth Psalm, I reminded you that the title of […]

“ON HIS BREAST” – Charles Spurgeon

“ON HIS BREAST” – Charles Spurgeon “ON HIS BREAST” “Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom He spoke. He then lying on Jesus’ breast said unto Him, Lord, who is it? Jesus […]

SETTING JESUS AT NOTHING—TREATING HIM WITH CONTEMPT – Charles Spurgeon

SETTING JESUS AT NOTHING—TREATING HIM WITH CONTEMPT – Charles Spurgeon SETTING JESUS AT NOTHING—TREATING HIM WITH CONTEMPT “And Herod with his men of war set Him at nothing.” Luke 23:11. IT is your Lord whom Herod set at nothing! Once worshipped of angels and all the heavenly host, He is treated with contempt by a […]

A PARADOX – Charles Spurgeon

A PARADOX – Charles Spurgeon A PARADOX “When I am weak, then am I strong.” 2 Corinthians 12:10. The expression is paradoxical and seems somewhat singular. Yet it was the experience of the Apostle Paul, a man of calm spirit. He was by no means fanciful—he was a wise man and far removed from a […]

DRIVING OUT THE CANAANITES AND THEIR IRON CHARIOTS – Charles Spurgeon

DRIVING OUT THE CANAANITES AND THEIR IRON CHARIOTS – Charles Spurgeon DRIVING OUT THE CANAANITES AND THEIR IRON CHARIOTS “For you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots and though they are strong.” Joshua 17:18. WHEN the children of Israel had come to Canaan and by God’s good care had entered into […]

A LIFE-LONG OCCUPATION – Charles Spurgeon

A LIFE-LONG OCCUPATION – Charles Spurgeon A LIFE-LONG OCCUPATION “By Him, therefore, let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to His name.” Hebrews 13:15. IT is instructive to notice where this verse stands. The connection is a golden setting to the gem of […]

NO COMPROMISE – Charles Spurgeon

NO COMPROMISE – Charles Spurgeon NO COMPROMISE “And the servant said unto him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring your son again unto the land from where you came? And Abraham said unto him, Beware you that you bring not my son there again. […]

CONSOLATION FROM RESURRECTION – Charles Spurgeon

CONSOLATION FROM RESURRECTION – Charles Spurgeon CONSOLATION FROM RESURRECTION “I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be your plagues; O grave, I will be your destruction: repentance shall be hid from My eyes.” Hosea 13:14. THIS verse stands in the midst of […]

FURTHER AFIELD – Charles Spurgeon

FURTHER AFIELD – Charles Spurgeon FURTHER AFIELD “Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold and said, It was necessary that the Word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing you put it from you and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. For so has the Lord […]

ALL AT IT – Charles Spurgeon

ALL AT IT – Charles Spurgeon ALL AT IT “Therefore they that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the Word. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.” Acts 8:4, 5. “Then Philip opened his mouth and began at the same Scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.” Acts 8:35. […]

THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB, THE CONQUERING WEAPON – Charles Spurgeon

THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB, THE CONQUERING WEAPON – Charles Spurgeon THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB, THE CONQUERING WEAPON “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they loved not their lives unto the death.” Revelation 12:11. WHEREVER evil appears, it is to be fought […]

THE MAINTENANCE OF GOOD WORKS – Charles Spurgeon

THE MAINTENANCE OF GOOD WORKS – Charles Spurgeon THE MAINTENANCE OF GOOD WORKS “For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving many lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. But after that the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of […]

JESUS KNOWN BY PERSONAL REVELATION – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS KNOWN BY PERSONAL REVELATION – Charles Spurgeon JESUS KNOWN BY PERSONAL REVELATION “When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I, the Son of Man, am? And they said, Some say that You are John the Baptist: some, Elijah. And others, Jeremiah, or […]

SOWN AMONG THORNS – Charles Spurgeon

SOWN AMONG THORNS – Charles Spurgeon SOWN AMONG THORNS “And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up and choked them.” Matthew 13:7. “He also that received seed among the thorns is he that hears the Word; and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the Word and he becomes […]

CROSSING THE JORDAN – Charles Spurgeon

CROSSING THE JORDAN – Charles Spurgeon CROSSING THE JORDAN “Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, Pass through the host and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals. For within three days you shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God gives you to […]

THE LORD’S SUPPER—A REMEMBRANCE OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

THE LORD’S SUPPER—A REMEMBRANCE OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon THE LORD’S SUPPER—A REMEMBRANCE OF JESUS “This do in remembrance of Me.” Luke 22:19. “THIS do”—that is, take bread, give thanks, break it and eat it—take the cup, filled with the fruit of the vine, give thanks and drink you all of it. “This do.” Take […]

THE RULE OF THE RACE – Charles Spurgeon

THE RULE OF THE RACE – Charles Spurgeon THE RULE OF THE RACE “Let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the Cross, despising the shame and is set down at […]

THE WHOLE-HEARTEDNESS OF GOD IN BLESSING HIS PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon

THE WHOLE-HEARTEDNESS OF GOD IN BLESSING HIS PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon THE WHOLE-HEARTEDNESS OF GOD IN BLESSING HIS PEOPLE “Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good and I will plant them in this land assuredly with My whole heart and with My whole soul.” Jeremiah 32:41. WE cannot help looking for the […]

PETER AFTER HIS RESTORATION – Charles Spurgeon

PETER AFTER HIS RESTORATION – Charles Spurgeon PETER AFTER HIS RESTORATION “When you are converted, strengthen your Brethren.” Luke 22:32. PETER was to be sifted, so our Lord warned him. And Satan was to operate with the sieve. Satan had an intense desire to destroy Peter—indeed, he would like to destroy all the chosen of […]

PETER’S RESTORATION – Charles Spurgeon

PETER’S RESTORATION – Charles Spurgeon PETER’S RESTORATION “And immediately, while he yet spoke, the cock crowed. And the Lord turned and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said unto him, Before the cock crowed, you shall deny Me thrice. And Peter went out and wept bitterly.” Luke […]

PLAIN DIRECTIONS TO THOSE WHO WOULD BE SAVED FROM SIN – Charles Spurgeon

PLAIN DIRECTIONS TO THOSE WHO WOULD BE SAVED FROM SIN – Charles Spurgeon PLAIN DIRECTIONS TO THOSE WHO WOULD BE SAVED FROM SIN “Stand in awe and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed and be still. Selah. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord.” Psalm 4:4, […]

THE CHARGE OF THE ANGEL – Charles Spurgeon

THE CHARGE OF THE ANGEL – Charles Spurgeon THE CHARGE OF THE ANGEL “But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.” Acts 5:19, 20. THE second persecution of the […]

DAVID DANCING BEFORE THE ARK BECAUSE OF HIS ELECTION – Charles Spurgeon

DAVID DANCING BEFORE THE ARK BECAUSE OF HIS ELECTION – Charles Spurgeon DAVID DANCING BEFORE THE ARK BECAUSE OF HIS ELECTION “Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered himself today in the […]

MOSES—HIS FAITH AND DECISION – Charles Spurgeon

MOSES—HIS FAITH AND DECISION – Charles Spurgeon MOSES—HIS FAITH AND DECISION “By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; esteeming the reproach of Christ greater […]

“LET HIM DELIVER HIM NOW” – Charles Spurgeon

“LET HIM DELIVER HIM NOW” – Charles Spurgeon “LET HIM DELIVER HIM NOW” “He trusted in God. Let Him deliver Him now, if He will have Him: for He said I am the Son of God.” Matthew 27:43. THESE words are a fulfillment of the prophecy contained in the twenty-second Psalm. Read from the seventh […]

THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE PATIENCE OF CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE PATIENCE OF CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE PATIENCE OF CHRIST “And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.” 2 Thessalonians 3:5. FOR the moment, Paul in spirit is coasting the purple shores of the […]

THE SLUGGARD’S FARM – Charles Spurgeon

THE SLUGGARD’S FARM – Charles Spurgeon THE SLUGGARD’S FARM “I went by the field of the slothful and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding. And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw and […]

TO THE SADDEST OF THE SAD – Charles Spurgeon

TO THE SADDEST OF THE SAD – Charles Spurgeon TO THE SADDEST OF THE SAD “And Moses spoke so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit and for cruel bondage.” Exodus 6:9. LITTLE words often contain great meanings. It is often the case with that monosyllable “so.” […]

THE TENDER ENQUIRY OF A FRIEND – Charles Spurgeon

THE TENDER ENQUIRY OF A FRIEND – Charles Spurgeon THE TENDER ENQUIRY OF A FRIEND “How long will you cut yourself?” Jeremiah 47:5. TRAVELERS in the East tell us that among the most melancholy scenes they witness is the following: Men inflict upon themselves very grievous voluntary wounds and then exhibit themselves in public. They […]

WHAT IS THE WEDDING GARMENT? – Charles Spurgeon

WHAT IS THE WEDDING GARMENT? – Charles Spurgeon WHAT IS THE WEDDING GARMENT? “And when the king came in to see the guests he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: and he said unto him, Friend, how came you in here not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. […]

THE BLESSING OF FULL ASSURANCE – Charles Spurgeon

THE BLESSING OF FULL ASSURANCE – Charles Spurgeon THE BLESSING OF FULL ASSURANCE “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that you may know that you have eternal life and that you may believe on the name of the Son of God.” 1 John 5:13. […]

“THE WEDDING WAS FURNISHED WITH GUESTS” – Charles Spurgeon

“THE WEDDING WAS FURNISHED WITH GUESTS” – Charles Spurgeon “THE WEDDING WAS FURNISHED WITH GUESTS” “The wedding was furnished with guests.” Matthew 22:10. OUR discourse will follow the lines of the parable. A king desired to honor his son right royally. He loved his son well, for he deserved richly of him and therefore, as […]

NATHANAEL—OR, THE READY BELIEVER AND HIS REWARD – Charles Spurgeon

NATHANAEL—OR, THE READY BELIEVER AND HIS REWARD – Charles Spurgeon NATHANAEL—OR, THE READY BELIEVER AND HIS REWARD “Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto you, I saw you under the fig tree, you believe? You shall see greater things than these.” John 1:50. NATHANAEL was by nature a man free from cunning […]

“IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD?” – Charles Spurgeon

“IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD?” – Charles Spurgeon “IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD?” “Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying, Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for Me?” Jeremiah 32:26, 27. THIS method of questioning the person to be […]

“SHE WAS NOT HID” – Charles Spurgeon

“SHE WAS NOT HID” – Charles Spurgeon “SHE WAS NOT HID” “And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before Him, she declared unto Him before all the people for what cause she had touched Him and how she was healed immediately.” Luke 8:47. LAST Sabbath morning […]

CURED AT LAST! – Charles Spurgeon

CURED AT LAST! – Charles Spurgeon CURED AT LAST! “And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, came behind Him and touched the border of His garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.” Luke 8:43, 44. THOUGH I […]

“DAVID’S SPOIL”- Charles Spurgeon

“DAVID’S SPOIL” – Charles Spurgeon “DAVID’S SPOIL” “This is David’s spoil.” 1 Samuel 30:20. We have earlier gathered spoil for ourselves out of David’s behavior in the hour of his sorrow at Ziklag and we will now turn to the other side of this leaf in his history and receive instruction from the time of […]

JESUS AFFIRMED TO BE ALIVE – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS AFFIRMED TO BE ALIVE – Charles Spurgeon JESUS AFFIRMED TO BE ALIVE “Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed: but had certain questions against him of their own superstition and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.” Acts 25:18, […]

THE RENT VEIL – Charles Spurgeon

THE RENT VEIL – Charles Spurgeon THE RENT VEIL “Jesus, when He had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.” Matthew 27:50-51. “Having therefore, Brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of […]

“AS WE HAVE HEARD, SO HAVE WE SEEN” – Charles Spurgeon

“AS WE HAVE HEARD, SO HAVE WE SEEN” – Charles Spurgeon “AS WE HAVE HEARD, SO HAVE WE SEEN” “As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it forever.” Psalm 48:8. “As we have heard, so have we […]

THE INFALLIBILITY OF SCRIPTURE – Charles Spurgeon

THE INFALLIBILITY OF SCRIPTURE – Charles Spurgeon THE INFALLIBILITY OF SCRIPTURE “The mouth of the Lord has spoken it.” Isaiah 1:20. WHAT Isaiah said was therefore spoken by Jehovah. It was audibly the utterance of a man. But, really, it was the utterance of the Lord Himself. The lips which delivered the words were those […]

GRACE ABOUNDING OVER ABOUNDING SIN – Charles Spurgeon

GRACE ABOUNDING OVER ABOUNDING SIN – Charles Spurgeon GRACE ABOUNDING OVER ABOUNDING SIN “Moreover the Law entered, that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.” Romans 5:20. THE first sentence will serve as a preface. The second sentence will be the actual text. “Moreover the Law entered, that the […]

ABRAM’S CALL—OR, HALF-WAY—AND ALL THE WAY – Charles Spurgeon

ABRAM’S CAL L— OR, HALF-WAY—AND ALL THE WAY – Charles Spurgeon ABRAM’S CALL — OR,  HALF-WAY—AND ALL THE WAY “And Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go […]

THE WORD A SWORD – Charles Spurgeon

THE WORD A SWORD – Charles Spurgeon THE WORD A SWORD “For the Word of God is quick and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit and of the joints and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Hebrews […]

JOB AMONG THE ASHES – Charles Spurgeon

JOB AMONG THE ASHES – Charles Spurgeon JOB AMONG THE ASHES “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear: but now my eye sees You. Wherefore I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes.” Job 42:5, 6. JEHOVAH had spoken, Job had trembled. The Lord had revealed Himself, Job had seen […]

THE LORD AND THE LEPER – Charles Spurgeon

THE LORD AND THE LEPER – Charles Spurgeon THE LORD AND THE LEPER “And there came a leper to Him, beseeching Him and kneeling down to Him and saying unto Him, if You will, You can make me clean. And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth His hand and touched him and said unto him, […]

HOLDING FAST THE FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

HOLDING FAST THE FAITH – Charles Spurgeon HOLDING FAST THE FAITH “And to the angel of the Church in Pergamos write: These things says He which has the sharp sword with two edges. I know your works and where you dwell, even where Satan’s seat is: and you hold fast My name and have not […]

KNOWING THE LORD THROUGH PARDONED SIN – Charles Spurgeon

KNOWING THE LORD THROUGH PARDONED SIN – Charles Spurgeon KNOWING THE LORD THROUGH PARDONED SIN “And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know Me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, says the Lord; for I […]

THE HAIRS OF YOUR HEAD NUMBERED – Charles Spurgeon

THE HAIRS OF YOUR HEAD NUMBERED – Charles Spurgeon THE HAIRS OF YOUR HEAD NUMBERED “But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.” Matthew 10:30. IT is most delightful to see how familiarly our Lord Jesus talked with His disciples. He was very great and yet He was among them as one that […]

THE LOVER OF GOD’S LAW FILLED WITH PEACE – Charles Spurgeon

THE LOVER OF GOD’S LAW FILLED WITH PEACE – Charles Spurgeon THE LOVER OF GOD’S LAW FILLED WITH PEACE “Great peace have they which love Your Law: and nothing shall offend them.” Psalm 119:165. THIS forms part of a devotional passage. It is not merely a statement that great peace comes to those who love […]

YOUNG MAN, IS THIS FOR YOU? – Charles Spurgeon

YOUNG MAN, IS THIS FOR YOU? – Charles Spurgeon YOUNG MAN, IS THIS FOR YOU? “And it came to pass the day after, that He went into a city called Nain; and many of His disciples went with Him and much people. Now when He came near to the gate of the city, behold, there […]

THE SECRET OF POWER IN PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon

THE SECRET OF POWER IN PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon THE SECRET OF POWER IN PRAYER “If you abide in Me and My Words abide in you, you shall ask what you will and it shall be done unto you.” John 15:7. THE gifts of Divine Grace are not enjoyed all at once by Believers. Coming […]

“A LITTLE SANCTUARY” – Charles Spurgeon

“A LITTLE SANCTUARY” – Charles Spurgeon “A LITTLE SANCTUARY” “Therefore say, Thus says the Lord God; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.” Ezekiel 11:16. THE […]

NUMBER TWO-THOUSAND—HEALING BY THE STRIPES OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

NUMBER TWO-THOUSAND—HEALING BY THE STRIPES OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon HEALING BY THE STRIPES OF JESUS “By His stripes we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5. BEING one evening in Exeter Hall, I heard our late beloved Brother, Mr. Mackay, of Hull, make a speech in which he told us of a person who was under very […]

SMALL RAIN FOR TENDER HERBS – Charles Spurgeon

SMALL RAIN FOR TENDER HERBS – Charles Spurgeon SMALL RAIN FOR TENDER HERBS “As the small rain upon the tender herb.” Deuteronomy 32:2. THIS is the language of the great Prophet, Moses, “My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and […]

NOT BOUND YET – Charles Spurgeon

NOT BOUND YET – Charles Spurgeon NOT BOUND YET “Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the Word of God is not bound.” 2 Timothy 2:9. YOU will observe, if you read the preceding verse, which, indeed, it would be wrong to sever from the text, that the doctrine of […]

GOD’S LONG-SUFFERING—AN APPEAL TO THE CONSCIENCE – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S LONG-SUFFERING—AN APPEAL TO THE CONSCIENCE – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S LONG-SUFFERING—AN APPEAL TO THE CONSCIENCE “And account that the long-suffering of our Lord is salvation.” 2 Peter 3:15. JESUS is well called, “our Lord.” Let us, at the commencement, adore Him. Let us each one cry to Him, “My Lord, and my God.” It is […]

PUBLIC TESTIMONY—A DEBT TO GOD AND MAN – Charles Spurgeon

PUBLIC TESTIMONY—A DEBT TO GOD AND MAN – Charles Spurgeon PUBLIC TESTIMONY—A DEBT TO GOD AND MAN “Then they said to one another, We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we remain silent. If we wait until morning light, some punishment will come upon us. Now therefore, come, […]

THE HEART—A GIFT FOR GOD – Charles Spurgeon

THE HEART—A GIFT FOR GOD – Charles Spurgeon THE HEART—A GIFT FOR GOD “My son, give Me your heart.” Proverbs 23:26. THESE are the words of Solomon speaking in the name of Wisdom, which wisdom is but another name for the Lord Jesus Christ, who is made of God unto us Wisdom. If you ask, […]

SWEET PEACE FOR TRIED BELIEVERS – Charles Spurgeon

SWEET PEACE FOR TRIED BELIEVERS – Charles Spurgeon SWEET PEACE FOR TRIED BELIEVERS “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you might have peace. In the world you will have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33. THIS most delightful passage occurs at the close of […]

DRIVING THE VULTURES AWAY FROM THE SACRIFICE – Charles Spurgeon

DRIVING THE VULTURES AWAY FROM THE SACRIFICE – Charles Spurgeon DRIVING THE VULTURES AWAY FROM THE SACRIFICE “And when the fowls came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.” Genesis 15:11. ABRAHAM, when he was childless, received the amazing promise that his seed should be as the stars of Heaven for number. This he […]

SONG FOR THE FREE—HOPE FOR THE BOUND – Charles Spurgeon

SONG FOR THE FREE—HOPE FOR THE BOUND – Charles Spurgeon SONG FOR THE FREE—HOPE FOR THE BOUND “He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their chains in pieces. Oh that men would praise the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! For […]

“SITTING BY” – Charles Spurgeon

“SITTING BY” – Charles Spurgeon “SITTING BY” “And it came to pass on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the Law sitting by.” Luke 5:17. A CONGREGATION is a strange aggregate—it is like the gatherings of a net, or the collections of a dredge. If it is […]

A SERMON FOR THE TIME PRESENT – Charles Spurgeon

A SERMON FOR THE TIME PRESENT – Charles Spurgeon A SERMON FOR THE TIME PRESENT “In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear not: and to Zion, Let not your hands be slack. The Lord your God in the midst of you is mighty. He will save, He will rejoice over you with […]

“HE COMES WITH CLOUDS” – Charles Spurgeon

“HE COMES WITH CLOUDS” – Charles Spurgeon “HE COMES WITH CLOUDS” “Behold, He comes with clouds; and every eye shall see Him, and they also which pierced Him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of Him. Even so, Amen.” Revelation 1:7. IN reading the chapter we observed how the beloved John saluted […]

THE BLOOD OF SPRINKLING AND THE CHILDREN – Charles Spurgeon

THE BLOOD OF SPRINKLING AND THE CHILDREN – Charles Spurgeon THE BLOOD OF SPRINKLING AND THE CHILDREN “Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the Passover lamb. And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, and […]

“BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD” – Charles Spurgeon

“BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD” – Charles Spurgeon “BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD” “The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.” John 1:29. JOHN the Baptist’s one business was to bear witness to Christ. He was the morning star […]

THE CHILD OF LIGHT WALKING IN LIGHT – Charles Spurgeon

THE CHILD OF LIGHT WALKING IN LIGHT – Charles Spurgeon THE CHILD OF LIGHT WALKING IN LIGHT “If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: but if we walk in the Light, as He is in the Light, we have fellowship with one […]

THE CHILD OF LIGHT WALKING IN DARKNESS – Charles Spurgeon

THE CHILD OF LIGHT WALKING IN DARKNESS – Charles Spurgeon THE CHILD OF LIGHT WALKING IN DARKNESS “Who among you fears the Lord? Who obeys the voice of His servant? Who walks in darkness and has no Light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord, and rely upon his God.” Isaiah 50:10. SEE […]

MAN, WHOSE BREATH IS IN HIS NOSTRILS – Charles Spurgeon

MAN, WHOSE BREATH IS IN HIS NOSTRILS – Charles Spurgeon MAN, WHOSE BREATH IS IN HIS NOSTRILS “Cease you from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for of what account is he?” Isaiah 2:22. MAN, especially since the Fall, is a very unspiritual creature. His disposition is animal. He is made up, as the […]

HOW HEARTS ARE SOFTENED – Charles Spurgeon

HOW HEARTS ARE SOFTENED – Charles Spurgeon HOW HEARTS ARE SOFTENED “And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and of supplications: then they will look upon Me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him as one mourns for his only […]

LOVE AT ITS UTMOST – Charles Spurgeon

LOVE AT ITS UTMOST – Charles Spurgeon LOVE AT ITS UTMOST “As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you: continue you in My love.” John 15:9. IN the love of Christ we find our best joy. The pastures of the Great Shepherd are wide, but the sweetest grasses grow close to His […]

GOD THE WONDER-WORKER – Charles Spurgeon

GOD THE WONDER-WORKER – Charles Spurgeon GOD THE WONDER-WORKER “To Him who alone does great wonders: for His mercy endures forever.” Psalm 136:4. BELOVED, when we get into God’s world of wonders, we have range enough. Which way shall I turn? On what subject shall I speak? If I turn to nature, it teems with […]

FOLLY OF UNBELIEF – Charles Spurgeon

FOLLY OF UNBELIEF – Charles Spurgeon FOLLY OF UNBELIEF Then He said unto them, O foolish men and slow of heart to believe all that the Prophets have spoken.” Luke 24:25. THE two disciples who walked to Emmaus and conversed together and were sad, were true Believers. We may not judge men by their occasional […]

THREE SIGHTS WORTH SEEING – Charles Spurgeon

THREE SIGHTS WORTH SEEING – Charles Spurgeon THREE SIGHTS WORTH SEEING “For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the Word of God which you heard from us, you received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the Word of God which also works […]

TRUST – Charles Spurgeon

TRUST – Charles Spurgeon TRUST “That we should be to the praise of His glory, who first trusted in Christ. In whom you also trusted, after you heard the Word of truth, the Gospel of your salvation.” Ephesians 1:12, 13. IT appears from the preceding verse that the predestinating purpose of God deals not only […]

THE BLIND BEGGAR OF THE TEMPLE AND HIS WONDERFUL CURE – Charles Spurgeon

THE BLIND BEGGAR OF THE TEMPLE AND HIS WONDERFUL CURE – Charles Spurgeon THE BLIND BEGGAR OF THE TEMPLE AND HIS WONDERFUL CURE “As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. When He had thus spoken, He spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and […]

LESSONS FROM THE CHRIST OF PATMOS – Charles Spurgeon

LESSONS FROM THE CHRIST OF PATMOS – Charles Spurgeon LESSONS FROM THE CHRIST OF PATMOS “And He had in His right hand seven stars: and out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and His Countenance was as the sun shines in its strength.” Revelation 1:16. WE have carefully read John’s description of the […]

THE COVENANTER – Charles Spurgeon

THE COVENANTER – Charles Spurgeon THE COVENANTER “All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep His Covenant and His testimonies.” Psalm 25:10. THIS Psalm is intensely earnest. “Unto You, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.” The sentences are ingots of gold. Every word is exceedingly weighty with […]

THE SUFFERING SAVIOR’S SYMPATHY – Charles Spurgeon

THE SUFFERING SAVIOR’S SYMPATHY – Charles Spurgeon THE  SUFFERING  SAVIOR’S  SYMPATHY “For in that He Himself has suffered being tempted, He is able to succor them that are tempted.” Hebrews 2:18. WE are told by the Apostle in the fifth chapter that one special requisite in a High Priest was that he have compassion upon […]

GOD’S NEARNESS TO US – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S NEARNESS TO US – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S NEARNESS TO US  “Though He is not far from each one of us.” Acts 17:27. WHEN man disobeyed his God he died spiritually and that death consisted in the separation of his soul from God. From that moment man began to think that God was far away […]

A BIT OF HISTORY FOR OLD AND YOUNG – Charles Spurgeon

A BIT OF HISTORY FOR OLD AND YOUNG – Charles Spurgeon A BIT OF HISTORY FOR OLD AND YOUNG “And he blessed Joseph and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, […]

THE BLOOD SHED FOR MANY – Charles Spurgeon

THE BLOOD SHED FOR MANY – Charles Spurgeon THE BLOOD SHED FOR MANY “For this is My blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” Matthew 26:28. THE Lord Jesus Christ was then alive, sitting at the table and yet, pointing to the cup filled with red wine, […]

LOVING PERSUASION – Charles Spurgeon

LOVING PERSUASION – Charles Spurgeon LOVING PERSUASION “Persuading them concerning Jesus.” Acts 28:23. WHEREVER Paul is, he has but one errand and whenever Paul preaches, he has but one subject. Once at Athens, when he addressed the Areopagus, he seemed to wander a little from his main point and no special good followed, but this […]

JUBILEE JOY—OR, BELIEVERS JOYFUL IN THEIR KING – Charles Spurgeon

JUBILEE JOY—OR, BELIEVERS JOYFUL IN THEIR KING – Charles Spurgeon JUBILEE JOY—OR, BELIEVERS JOYFUL IN THEIR KING “Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.” Psalm 149:2 YOUR streets will ring with joyous acclamations when the Queen and court pass through them to the Abbey—and well they may! The jubilee of a good […]

PLAIN GOSPEL FOR PLAIN PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon

PLAIN GOSPEL FOR PLAIN PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon PLAIN GOSPEL FOR PLAIN PEOPLE “For this commandment which I command you this day, it is not hidden from you, neither is it far off. It is not in Heaven, that you should say, Who shall go up for us to Heaven and bring it unto us, […]

THE DEATH OF MOSES – Charles Spurgeon

THE DEATH OF MOSES – Charles Spurgeon THE DEATH OF MOSES  “So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, according to the Word of the Lord.” Deuteronomy 34:5. WHAT an honorable title! Moses is distinguished as “the servant of Jehovah.” He was this of choice, for he willed to […]

GOD’S THOUGHTS OF PEACE AND OUR EXPECTED END – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S THOUGHTS OF PEACE AND OUR EXPECTED END – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S THOUGHTS OF PEACE AND OUR EXPECTED END “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” Jeremiah 29:11. I HAVE already explained to you, while expounding […]

WHY IS FAITH SO FEEBLE? – Charles Spurgeon

WHY IS FAITH SO FEEBLE? – Charles Spurgeon WHY IS FAITH SO FEEBLE? “And He said unto them, Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?” Mark 4:40. LAST Lord’s-Day morning our music was pitched upon a high key. We sought after great faith in the Master’s name [Sermon #1963, […]

THE SEARCH FOR FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

THE SEARCH FOR FAITH – Charles Spurgeon THE SEARCH FOR FAITH “Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” Luke 18:8. IT is absolutely certain that God will hear the prayers of His people. From beneath the altar, souls cry unto Him day and night to vindicate the cause […]

THE FRIEND OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon

THE FRIEND OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon THE FRIEND OF GOD “You, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham My friend.” Isaiah 41:8. “And he was called the Friend of God.” James 2:23. ABRAHAM was called the Friend of God because he was so. The title only declares a […]

S. S.—OR, THE SINNER SAVED – Charles Spurgeon

S. S.—OR, THE SINNER SAVED – Charles Spurgeon S. S.—OR, THE SINNER SAVED “What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith? But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness. Why? […]

THE SERVANTS AND THE POUNDS – Charles Spurgeon

THE SERVANTS AND THE POUNDS – Charles Spurgeon THE SERVANTS AND THE POUNDS “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. So he called ten of his servants and delivered to them ten pounds, and said to them, Do business till I come.” Luke 19:12, 13. […]

THE WATCHWORD FOR TODAY—“STAND FAST” – Charles Spurgeon

THE WATCHWORD FOR TODAY—“STAND FAST” – Charles Spurgeon THE WATCHWORD FOR TODAY—“STAND FAST” “For our citizenship is in Heaven, from where, also, we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body according to the working whereby He is able […]

THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE RISEN LORD TO THE ELEVEN – Charles Spurgeon

THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE RISEN LORD TO THE ELEVEN – Charles Spurgeon THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE RISEN LORD TO THE ELEVEN “And as they thus spoke, Jesus, Himself, stood in the midst of them and said unto them, Peace be unto you. But they were terrified and frightened, and supposed that they had […]

THE LORD’S OWN VIEW OF HIS CHURCH AND PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon

THE LORD’S OWN VIEW OF HIS CHURCH AND PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon THE LORD’S OWN VIEW OF HIS CHURCH AND PEOPLE “A garden enclosed is My sister, My spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.” Song of Solomon 4:12. WE understand this sacred love song to be a Canticle of Communion between the Lord […]

ON THE CROSS AFTER DEATH – Charles Spurgeon

ON THE CROSS AFTER DEATH – Charles Spurgeon ON THE CROSS AFTER DEATH “The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath day was a high day), besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be […]

JESUS DECLINING THE LEGIONS – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS DECLINING THE LEGIONS – Charles Spurgeon JESUS DECLINING THE LEGIONS “Do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? But how, then, shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?” Matthew 26:53, 54. IT is the garden of […]

THE BREAKER AND THE FLOCK – Charles Spurgeon

THE BREAKER AND THE FLOCK – Charles Spurgeon THE BREAKER AND THE FLOCK “I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of you; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel, I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by […]

A TESTIMONY TO FREE AND SOVEREIGN GRACE – Charles Spurgeon

A TESTIMONY TO FREE AND SOVEREIGN GRACE – Charles Spurgeon A TESTIMONY TO FREE AND SOVEREIGN GRACE “But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord.” Psalm 37:39. SALVATION is a blessing peculiar to the righteous. The ungodly do not, as a rule, believe that they have any need of salvation and, therefore, they […]

THE HOLY SPIRIT—THE NEED OF THE AGE – Charles Spurgeon

THE HOLY SPIRIT—THE NEED OF THE AGE – Charles Spurgeon THE HOLY SPIRIT—THE NEED OF THE AGE “O you that are named the House of Jacob, is the Spirit of the Lord straitened? are these His doings? Do not My words do good to him that walks uprightly?” Micah 2:7. BROTHERS AND SISTERS, what a […]

THE PLEADING OF THE LAST MESSENGER – Charles Spurgeon

THE PLEADING OF THE LAST MESSENGER – Charles Spurgeon THE PLEADING OF THE LAST MESSENGER “Having yet therefore one son, his well-beloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son. But those vinedressers said among themselves, This is the heir, come, let us kill him and the inheritance shall be […]

EARTHQUAKE BUT NOT HEARTQUAKE – Charles Spurgeon

EARTHQUAKE BUT NOT HEARTQUAKE – Charles Spurgeon EARTHQUAKE BUT NOT HEARTQUAKE “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; though its waters roar and be troubled, though the mountains […]

A SERMON FOR THE WORST MAN ON EARTH – Charles Spurgeon

A SERMON FOR THE WORST MAN ON EARTH – Charles Spurgeon A SERMON FOR THE WORST MAN ON EARTH “And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto Heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.” Luke 18:13. IT was the fault […]

THE HEDGE OF THORNS AND THE PLAIN WAY – Charles Spurgeon

THE HEDGE OF THORNS AND THE PLAIN WAY – Charles Spurgeon THE HEDGE OF THORNS AND THE PLAIN WAY “The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.” Proverbs 15:19. You must have noticed how frequently godly people almost wear out their Bibles […]

ETERNAL LIFE WITHIN PRESENT GRASP – Charles Spurgeon

ETERNAL LIFE WITHIN PRESENT GRASP – Charles Spurgeon ETERNAL LIFE WITHIN PRESENT GRASP “Lay hold on eternal life.” 1 Timothy 6:12. “Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.” 1 Timothy 6:19. “LAY hold on eternal life.” Observe that this precept […]

CHRIST’S WORK NO FAILURE – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST’S WORK NO FAILURE – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST’S WORK NO FAILURE “He shall not fail nor be discouraged till He has set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for His Law.” Isaiah 42:4. PREVIOUS verses at the close of the 41st Chapter indicate the utter failure of the hope of man from […]

MIGHT HAVE BEEN, OR MAY BE – Charles Spurgeon

MIGHT HAVE BEEN, OR MAY BE – Charles Spurgeon MIGHT HAVE BEEN, OR MAY BE “And some of them said, Could not this Man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?” John 11:37. “JESUS WEPT.” It does not mean that He shed a tear or […]

LOVE JOYING IN LOVE – Charles Spurgeon

LOVE JOYING IN LOVE – Charles Spurgeon LOVE JOYING IN LOVE “I am come into My garden, My Sister, My Spouse: I have gathered My myrrh with My spice; I have eaten My honeycomb with My honey; I have drunk My wine with My milk: eat, O friends; drink, yes, drink abundantly, O Beloved.” Song […]

SALT FOR SACRIFICE – Charles Spurgeon

SALT FOR SACRIFICE – Charles Spurgeon SALT FOR SACRIFICE “And every oblation of your meat offering shall you season with salt; neither shall you suffer the salt of the Covenant of your God to be lacking from your meat offering: with all your offerings you shall offer salt.” Leviticus 2:13. IT is taken for granted […]

GRACE FOR COMMUNION – Charles Spurgeon

GRACE FOR COMMUNION – Charles Spurgeon GRACE FOR COMMUNION “Awake, O north wind, and come, you south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my Beloved come into His garden and eat His pleasant fruits.” Song of Solomon 4:16. THE soul of the Believer is the garden of the Lord. […]

THE BEST BREAD – Charles Spurgeon

THE BEST BREAD – Charles Spurgeon THE BEST BREAD “I am that bread of life.” John 6:48. You will observe that our Lord here speaks concerning Himself. He speaks not merely of His Words, nor of His offices, nor of His work, but of Himself. “I am that bread of life.” And herein He teaches […]

SHAVED AND SHORN, BUT NOT BEYOND HOPE – Charles Spurgeon

SHAVED AND SHORN, BUT NOT BEYOND HOPE – Charles Spurgeon SHAVED AND SHORN, BUT NOT BEYOND HOPE “However, the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.” Judges 16:22. LET me introduce the text to you. Samson was set apart from his birth to be the champion of Israel—to break the […]

THE MASTER KEY—OPENING THE GATE OF HEAVEN – Charles Spurgeon

THE MASTER KEY—OPENING THE GATE OF HEAVEN – Charles Spurgeon THE MASTER KEY—OPENING THE GATE OF HEAVEN “And You said, I will surely do you good.” Genesis 32:12. THE possession of a God, or the non-possession of a God, makes the greatest possible difference between man and man. Esau is a princely being, but he […]

THE HOLY ROAD – Charles Spurgeon

THE HOLY ROAD – Charles Spurgeon THE HOLY ROAD “And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for others. The wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err in it.” Isaiah 35:8. TWICE has Israel […]

CONFIDENCE AND CONCERN – Charles Spurgeon

CONFIDENCE AND CONCERN – Charles Spurgeon CONFIDENCE AND CONCERN “For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day. Hold fast the form of sound words, […]

SECRET DRAWINGS GRACIOUSLY EXPLAINED – Charles Spurgeon

SECRET DRAWINGS GRACIOUSLY EXPLAINED – Charles Spurgeon SECRET DRAWINGS GRACIOUSLY EXPLAINED “The Lord has appeared of old unto me, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you.” Jeremiah 31:3. THE dread of Divine Justice has often driven men to seek mercy. Many have been caught […]

THE EVER-LIVING PRIEST – Charles Spurgeon

THE EVER-LIVING PRIEST – Charles Spurgeon THE EVER-LIVING PRIEST “And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: but this Man, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. Therefore He is able to save them to the uttermost who come to God by Him, seeing He […]

THE GREAT SIN OF DOING NOTHING – Charles Spurgeon

THE GREAT SIN OF DOING NOTHING – Charles Spurgeon THE GREAT SIN OF DOING NOTHING “But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.” Numbers 32:23. THERE are many dear friends engaged in business who can only reach the Tabernacle in […]

IN CHRIST NO CONDEMNATION – Charles Spurgeon

IN CHRIST NO CONDEMNATION – Charles Spurgeon IN CHRIST NO CONDEMNATION “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” Romans 8:1. You are well aware, dear Friends, that the division into chapters has only been made for convenience sake and […]

THE ABIDING OF THE SPIRIT THE GLORY OF THE CHURCH – Charles Spurgeon

THE ABIDING OF THE SPIRIT THE GLORY OF THE CHURCH – Charles Spurgeon THE ABIDING OF THE SPIRIT THE GLORY OF THE CHURCH “Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, says the Lord; and be strong, O Joshua, Son of Josedech, the High Priest, and be strong, all you people of the land, says the Lord, […]

THE VERY BOLD PROPHECY – Charles Spurgeon

THE VERY BOLD PROPHECY – Charles Spurgeon THE VERY BOLD PROPHECY “I was sought by those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me: I said, Behold Me, behold Me, to a nation that was not called by My name” Isaiah 65:1. THIS is the passage which […]

BELIEVERS AS BLESSED AS THE BLESSED VIRGIN – Charles Spurgeon

BELIEVERS AS BLESSED AS THE BLESSED VIRGIN – Charles Spurgeon BELIEVERS AS BLESSED AS THE BLESSED VIRGIN “And it came to pass, as He spoke those things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said to Him, Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts which nursed You. But […]

CLEANSING—A COVENANT BLESSING – Charles Spurgeon

CLEANSING—A COVENANT BLESSING – Charles Spurgeon CLEANSING—A COVENANT BLESSING “Then will I sprinkle clean water on you and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness and from all your idols, I will cleanse you.” Ezekiel 36:25. THIS is one of the opening words of the glorious Covenant of Grace. Ezekiel’s copy of the Covenant […]

CONCERNING DEATH – Charles Spurgeon

CONCERNING DEATH – Charles Spurgeon CONCERNING DEATH “For I know that You will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.” Job 30:23. JOB suffered from a terrible sickness which filled him with pain both day and night. It is supposed that, in addition to his grievous eruptions upon the skin, […]

A CHEERING INCIDENT AT BETHABARA – Charles Spurgeon

A CHEERING INCIDENT AT BETHABARA – Charles Spurgeon A CHEERING INCIDENT AT BETHABARA “Therefore they sought again to take Him, but He escaped out of their hands, and went away, again, beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized, and there He abode. And many came to Him, and said, John did no […]

THE ANNUAL ATONEMENT – Charles Spurgeon

THE ANNUAL ATONEMENT – Charles Spurgeon THE ANNUAL ATONEMENT “For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that you may be clean from all your sins before the Lord.” Leviticus 16:30. BEFORE Adam transgressed, he lived in communion with God, but after he had broken the Covenant and […]

JESUS AND THE CHILDREN – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS AND THE CHILDREN – Charles Spurgeon JESUS AND THE CHILDREN “And they brought young children to Him, that He should touch them: and His disciples rebuked those who brought them. But when Jesus saw it, He was much displeased and said to them, Suffer the little children to come to Me, and forbid them […]

LOVE’S COMPLAINING – Charles Spurgeon

LOVE’S COMPLAINING – Charles Spurgeon LOVE’S COMPLAINING “Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember, therefore, from where you are fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come to you quickly and will remove your lamp stand from its place—unless you repent.” Revelation 2:4, […]

OUR SYMPATHIZING HIGH PRIEST – Charles Spurgeon

OUR SYMPATHIZING HIGH PRIEST – Charles Spurgeon OUR SYMPATHIZING HIGH PRIEST “Who in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplication, with strong crying and tears unto Him that was able to save Him from death, and was heard in that He feared; though He were a Son, yet He […]

OUR ASCENDED LORD – Charles Spurgeon

OUR ASCENDED LORD – Charles Spurgeon OUR ASCENDED LORD “Who has gone into Heaven and is at the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject to Him.” 1 Peter 3:22. LAST Lord’s Day morning [#1927—Our Sympathizing High Priest] we considered the humiliation of our Divine Lord and, I think, if […]

TO THOSE WHO ARE ANGRY WITH THEIR GODLY FRIENDS – Charles Spurgeon

TO THOSE WHO ARE ANGRY WITH THEIR GODLY FRIENDS – Charles Spurgeon TO THOSE WHO ARE ANGRY WITH THEIR GODLY FRIENDS “And the Lord said unto Cain, Why are you angry? And why is your countenance fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies […]

IS IT TRUE? – Charles Spurgeon

IS IT TRUE? – Charles Spurgeon IS IT TRUE? “Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said to them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?” Daniel 3:14. DEAR Friends who are not yet decided, if you would become followers of […]

ONE MORE CAST OF THE GREAT NET – Charles Spurgeon

ONE MORE CAST OF THE GREAT NET – Charles Spurgeon ONE MORE CAST OF THE GREAT NET “And it shall come to pass that whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord has said, and in the remnant […]

LOVE’S LAW AND LIFE – Charles Spurgeon

LOVE’S LAW AND LIFE – Charles Spurgeon LOVE’S LAW AND LIFE “If you love Me, keep My commandments.” John 14:15. THIS is a chapter singularly full of certainties and remarkably studded with “ifs.” Concerning most of the great things in it there never can be an, “if,” and yet, “if,” comes up, I think, no […]

“YOUR ROWERS HAVE BROUGHT YOU INTO GREAT WATERS” – Charles Spurgeon

“YOUR ROWERS HAVE BROUGHT YOU INTO GREAT WATERS” – Charles Spurgeon “YOUR ROWERS HAVE BROUGHT YOU INTO GREAT WATERS” “Your rowers have brought you into great waters.” Ezekiel 27:26. THIS was spoken by the Prophet concerning Tyre, that great mercantile city where all the commerce of the East found its outlet towards the West. Tyre, […]

“AND WE ARE”—A JEWEL FROM THE REVISED VERSION – Charles Spurgeon

“AND WE ARE”—A JEWEL FROM THE REVISED VERSION – Charles Spurgeon “AND WE ARE”—A JEWEL FROM THE REVISED VERSION DEAR friends, the most of my text will be found in our Old Version, but for once I shall ask you to look elsewhere for a part of it. A genuine fragment of Inspired Scripture has […]

“WHERE ARE THE NINE?” – Charles Spurgeon

“WHERE ARE THE NINE?” – Charles Spurgeon “WHERE ARE THE NINE?”—OR, PRAISE NEGLECTED “And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering said, Were […]

THE UNKEPT VINEYARD—OR, PERSONAL WORK NEGLECTED – Charles Spurgeon

THE UNKEPT VINEYARD—OR, PERSONAL WORK NEGLECTED – Charles Spurgeon THE UNKEPT VINEYARD—OR, PERSONAL WORK NEGLECTED “They made me the keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard have I not kept.” Song of Solomon 1:6. The text is spoken in the first person singular—“They made me.” Therefore let the preaching, tonight, be personal to you, […]

A MINGLED STRAIN – Charles Spurgeon

A MINGLED STRAIN – Charles Spurgeon A MINGLED STRAIN “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” Psalm 51:7. IN what state of heart should we come to the Communion Table? It is no light matter—in what manner shall we come before the Lord in […]

HIDEOUS DISCOVERY – Charles Spurgeon

HIDEOUS DISCOVERY – Charles Spurgeon HIDEOUS DISCOVERY “And He said, That which comes out of the man, that defiles the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: all these evil things come from within and […]

THE HEART OF THE GOSPEL – Charles Spurgeon

THE HEART OF THE GOSPEL – Charles Spurgeon THE HEART OF THE GOSPEL “Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. For He has made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might […]

A SEASONABLE EXHORTATION – Charles Spurgeon

A SEASONABLE EXHORTATION – Charles Spurgeon A SEASONABLE EXHORTATION “Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober and hope to the end for the Grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” 1 Peter 1:13. To read the whole chapter is most helpful to the understanding of […]

WASHED TO GREATER FOULNESS – Charles Spurgeon

WASHED TO GREATER FOULNESS – Charles Spurgeon WASHED TO GREATER FOULNESS “If I wash myself with snow water and make my hands never so clean; yet You will plunge me into the pit and my own clothes will abhor me.” Job 9:30, 31. I FEEL certain that I am sent on a special errand at […]

“THE TENDER MERCY OF OUR GOD” – Charles Spurgeon

“THE TENDER MERCY OF OUR GOD” – Charles Spurgeon “THE TENDER MERCY OF OUR GOD” “To give knowledge of salvation unto His people by the remission of their sins through the tender mercy of our God, with which the Dayspring from on high has visited us, to give light to those who sit in darkness […]

HOW TO BECOME FISHERS OF MEN – Charles Spurgeon

HOW TO BECOME FISHERS OF MEN – Charles Spurgeon HOW TO BECOME FISHERS OF MEN “And Jesus said to them, Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Matthew 4:19. WHEN Christ calls us by His Grace we ought not only to remember what we are, but we ought also to think of […]

HEALING AND PARDON – Charles Spurgeon

HEALING AND PARDON – Charles Spurgeon HEALING AND PARDON “And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell in it shall be forgiven their iniquity.” Isaiah 33:24. This whole chapter was a gracious message from God to a people who were in extremis. They were made to drink the foulest dregs […]

THE PERSONAL PENTECOST AND THE GLORIOUS HOPE – Charles Spurgeon

THE PERSONAL PENTECOST AND THE GLORIOUS HOPE – Charles Spurgeon THE PERSONAL PENTECOST AND THE GLORIOUS HOPE “And hope makes us not ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which is given unto us.” Romans 5:5. PENTECOST is repeated in the heart of every Believer. Let […]

WHO FOUND IT OUT? – Charles Spurgeon

WHO FOUND IT OUT? – Charles Spurgeon WHO FOUND IT OUT? “And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate and they said to one another, Why are we sitting here until we die? If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we […]

THE HAPPY DUTY OF DAILY PRAISE – Charles Spurgeon

THE HAPPY DUTY OF DAILY PRAISE – Charles Spurgeon THE HAPPY DUTY OF DAILY PRAISE “I will extol You, my God, O King; and I will bless Your name forever and ever. Every day will I bless You; and I will praise Your name forever and ever.” Psalm 114:1, 2. IF I were to put […]

MYSTERIOUS MEAT – Charles Spurgeon

MYSTERIOUS MEAT – Charles Spurgeon MYSTERIOUS MEAT “In the meantime His disciples urged Him, saying, Master, eat. But He said to them, I have meat to eat that you know not of. Therefore the disciples said to one another, Has anyone brought Him anything to eat? Jesus said to them, My meat is to do […]

REJOICE EVERMORE – Charles Spurgeon

REJOICE EVERMORE – Charles Spurgeon REJOICE EVERMORE “Rejoice evermore.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16. THIS is a sunny precept. When we read it, we feel that the time of the singing of birds has come. That joy should be made a duty is a sure token of the blessedness of the New Covenant. Because Jesus has suffered, […]

ZEALOUS, BUT WRONG – Charles Spurgeon

ZEALOUS, BUT WRONG – Charles Spurgeon ZEALOUS, BUT WRONG “Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their […]

MOUTH AND HEART – Charles Spurgeon

MOUTH AND HEART – Charles Spurgeon MOUTH AND HEART “That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and shall believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.” Romans 10:9. PAUL’S great work was saving souls. Whatever else he might be doing, he never forgot, […]

HOLDING FAST OUR PROFESSION – Charles Spurgeon

HOLDING FAST OUR PROFESSION – Charles Spurgeon HOLDING FAST OUR PROFESSION “Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for He is faithful who promised).” Hebrews 10:23. THE Apostle is drawing certain inferences from the Covenant of Grace upon which he has been enlarging. He shows that God has made a Covenant […]

THE THREE HOURS OF DARKNESS – Charles Spurgeon

THE THREE HOURS OF DARKNESS – Charles Spurgeon THE THREE HOURS OF DARKNESS “Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.” Matthew 27:45. FROM nine till noon the usual degree of light was present, so that there was time enough for our Lord’s adversaries to behold and […]

LOVE ABOUNDING, LOVE COMPLAINING, LOVE ABIDING – Charles Spurgeon

LOVE ABOUNDING, LOVE COMPLAINING, LOVE ABIDING – Charles Spurgeon LOVE ABOUNDING, LOVE COMPLAINING, LOVE ABIDING “But now thus says the Lord that created you, O Jacob, and He that formed you O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed you, I have called you by your name, you are Mine. When you pass through the […]

THE TWO APPEARINGS AND THE DISCIPLINE OF GRACE – Charles Spurgeon

THE TWO APPEARINGS AND THE DISCIPLINE OF GRACE – Charles Spurgeon THE TWO APPEARINGS AND THE DISCIPLINE OF GRACE “For the Grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously and godly in this present world; looking for that blessed […]

JESUS ANGRY WITH HARD HEARTS – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS ANGRY WITH HARD HEARTS – Charles Spurgeon JESUS ANGRY WITH HARD HEARTS “And when He had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, He said unto the man, Stretch forth your hand.” Mark 3:5. MY text will really consist of these words—“He looked round about on […]

WHY THEY LEAVE US – Charles Spurgeon

WHY THEY LEAVE US – Charles Spurgeon WHY THEY LEAVE US “Father, I will that they, also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am; that they may behold My Glory, which You have given Me: for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.” John 17:24. THE prayer of the […]

THE SERMON OF THE SEASONS – Charles Spurgeon

THE SERMON OF THE SEASONS – Charles Spurgeon THE SERMON OF THE SEASONS “While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” Genesis 8:22. OUR Savior constantly taught the people by parables and I think He would have His ministers do the […]

OUR LORD’S PRAYER FOR HIS PEOPLE’S SANCTIFICATION – Charles Spurgeon

OUR LORD’S PRAYER FOR HIS PEOPLE’S SANCTIFICATION – Charles Spurgeon OUR LORD’S PRAYER FOR HIS PEOPLE’S SANCTIFICATION “Sanctify them through Your truth: Your Word is truth.” John 17:17. OUR Lord Jesus prayed much for His people while He was here on earth. He made Peter the special subject of His intercession when He knew that […]

THE BLOOD OF SPRINKLING 2 – Charles Spurgeon

THE BLOOD OF SPRINKLING 2 – Charles Spurgeon THE BLOOD OF SPRINKLING “You have come…to Jesus, the Mediator of the New Covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaks better things than that of Abel. See that you refuse not Him who speaks.” Hebrews 12:24, 25. IN the former part of this sermon the […]

THE BLOOD OF SPRINKLING 1 – Charles Spurgeon

THE BLOOD OF SPRINKLING 1 – Charles Spurgeon THE BLOOD OF SPRINKLING “And to Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaks better things than that of Abel. See that you refuse not Him who speaks. For if they escaped not who refused Him who spoke on earth, […]

PLEADING FOR PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon

PLEADING FOR PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon PLEADING FOR PRAYER “Now I beseech you, Brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me; that I may be delivered from those in Judea who do not believe, and that […]

GOD’S REMEMBRANCE OF HIS COVENANT – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S REMEMBRANCE OF HIS COVENANT – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S REMEMBRANCE OF HIS COVENANT “Nevertheless He regarded their affliction, when He heard their cry: And He remembered, for their sake, His Covenant, and repented according to the multitude of His mercies.” Psalm 106:44, 45. THIS Psalm deserves to be read very carefully. It mentions many of […]

THE PROBLEM OF THE AGE – Charles Spurgeon

THE PROBLEM OF THE AGE – Charles Spurgeon THE PROBLEM OF THE AGE “And His disciples answered Him, How can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?” Mark 8:4. I HAVE been, for a while, lying outside the crowd, unable either to feed the multitude or to bring the sick to […]

EXHORTATION—“SET YOUR HEART” – Charles Spurgeon

EXHORTATION—“SET YOUR HEART” – Charles Spurgeon EXHORTATION—“SET YOUR HEART” “Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God.” 1 Chronicles 22:19. THIS exhortation may be most fitly directed to those who are already saved. It was first given to the elders of Israel and we would gladly hope that they were […]

PROSPECT—“HE WILL KEEP” – Charles Spurgeon

PROSPECT—“HE WILL KEEP” – Charles Spurgeon PROSPECT—“HE WILL KEEP” “Now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your own name those whom You have given Me that they may be one, as We are. While I was with them in […]

RETROSPECT—“THE LORD HAS BLESSED”- Charles Spurgeon

RETROSPECT—“THE LORD HAS BLESSED” – Charles Spurgeon RETROSPECT—“THE LORD HAS BLESSED” “Inasmuch as the Lord has blessed me until now.” Joshua 17:14. IT is not an easy task to divide land among different claimants. Joshua divided Canaan with strict impartiality. He was a man of God and he was also shrewdly wise, as you may […]

THE DYING THIEF IN A NEW LIGHT – Charles Spurgeon

THE DYING THIEF IN A NEW LIGHT – Charles Spurgeon THE DYING THIEF IN A NEW LIGHT “But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, Do you not fear God, seeing you are in the same condemnation? And we, indeed, justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this Man has done nothing […]

A LESSON AND A FORTUNE FOR CHRISTIAN MEN OF BUSINESS – Charles Spurgeon

A LESSON AND A FORTUNE FOR CHRISTIAN MEN OF BUSINESS – Charles Spurgeon A LESSON AND A FORTUNE FOR CHRISTIAN MEN OF BUSINESS “Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for He has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5. THE Apostle warns […]

A PLAIN MAN’S SERMON – Charles Spurgeon

A PLAIN MAN’S SERMON – Charles Spurgeon A PLAIN MAN’S SERMON “It must be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it.” Leviticus 22:21. THE Ceremonial Law, as ordained by the hand of Moses and Aaron, called the worshippers of God to great carefulness before Him. Before their minds that solemn Truth […]

A TRAITOR SUSPECTED AND CONVICTED – Charles Spurgeon

A TRAITOR SUSPECTED AND CONVICTED – Charles Spurgeon A TRAITOR SUSPECTED AND CONVICTED “The carnal mind is enmity against God.” Romans 8:7. MEN naturally mind the things of the flesh. This is as sad as if a seraph should rake upon a dunghill! It is not amazing that a brute beast cares for the flesh, […]

OUR OWN DEAR SHEPHERD – Charles Spurgeon

OUR OWN DEAR SHEPHERD – Charles Spurgeon OUR OWN DEAR SHEPHERD “I am the good Shepherd, and know My sheep, and am known of Mine. As the Father knows Me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down My life for the sheep.” John 10:14, 15. As the passage stands in the Authorized […]

A DISCOURSE UPON TRUE BLESSEDNESS HERE AND HEREAFTER – Charles Spurgeon

A DISCOURSE UPON TRUE BLESSEDNESS HERE AND HEREAFTER – Charles Spurgeon A DISCOURSE UPON TRUE BLESSEDNESS HERE AND HEREAFTER “Blessed is the man that endures temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love Him.” James 1:12. THE text is a Beatitude. […]

THE DREAM OF THE BARLEY CAKE – Charles Spurgeon

THE DREAM OF THE BARLEY CAKE – Charles Spurgeon THE DREAM OF THE BARLEY CAKE “And when Gideon had come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his companion and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto […]

MY COMFORT IN AFFLICTION – Charles Spurgeon

MY COMFORT IN AFFLICTION – Charles Spurgeon MY COMFORT IN AFFLICTION “This is my comfort in my affliction, for Your Word has quickened me.” Psalm 119:50. IT is almost needless for me to say that, in some respects, the same events happen unto all men alike—in the matter of afflictions it is certainly so. None […]

LOVE’S TRANSFORMATIONS—A COMMUNION MEDITATION – Charles Spurgeon

LOVE’S TRANSFORMATIONS—A COMMUNION MEDITATION – Charles Spurgeon LOVE’S TRANSFORMATIONS—A COMMUNION MEDITATION “If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, I go unto the Father.” John 14:28. THE loving Jesus saw a shade of sadness fall upon the faces of the 12 while He talked to them of His departure. Though He was, Himself, […]

BUT A STEP – Charles Spurgeon

BUT A STEP – Charles Spurgeon BUT A STEP “There is but a step between me and death.” 1 Samuel 20:3. THIS was David’s description of his own condition. King Saul was seeking to destroy him. The bitter malice of that king would not be satisfied with anything short of the blood of his rival. […]

HAGAR AT THE FOUNTAIN – Charles Spurgeon

HAGAR AT THE FOUNTAIN – Charles Spurgeon HAGAR AT THE FOUNTAIN “And she called the name of the Lord that spoke unto her, You-Are-the-God-Who-Sees: for she said, Have I, also, here looked after Him who sees me? Therefore the well was called Beer-Lahai-Roi.” Genesis 16:13, 14. You know the story of Hagar. I am not […]

DEATH AND LIFE—THE WAGE AND THE GIFT – Charles Spurgeon

DEATH AND LIFE—THE WAGE AND THE GIFT – Charles Spurgeon DEATH AND LIFE—THE WAGE AND THE GIFT “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23. IN the fifth chapter of this Epistle, Paul had shown, at considerable length, our justification from […]

JUBILATE – Charles Spurgeon

JUBILATE – Charles Spurgeon JUBILATE “Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spoke, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider has He thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and song, and He is become my […]

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL AND THE SCRIPTURES – Charles Spurgeon

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL AND THE SCRIPTURES – Charles Spurgeon THE SUNDAY SCHOOL AND THE SCRIPTURES “And that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.” 2 Timothy 3:15. HOW very remarkably the times repeat themselves! As I said just […]

THE NOBLEMAN’S FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

THE NOBLEMAN’S FAITH – Charles Spurgeon THE NOBLEMAN’S FAITH “There was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee, he went unto Him, and besought Him that He would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of […]

FIRST THINGS FIRST – Charles Spurgeon

FIRST THINGS FIRST – Charles Spurgeon FIRST THINGS FIRST I am so in the habit of preaching that almost of necessity my talk drops into sermon form. I have heard a story of a painter of signboards in Harp Alley in the olden times which illustrates the force of habit. An innkeeper selected an angel […]

DEPARTED SAINTS YET LIVING – Charles Spurgeon

DEPARTED SAINTS YET LIVING – Charles Spurgeon DEPARTED SAINTS YET LIVING “But even Moses showed in the burning bush passage that the dead are raised, when he called the Lord, ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ For He is not the God of the dead but of the […]

THE TRUE TABERNACLE AND ITS GLORY OF GRACE AND PEACE – Charles Spurgeon

THE TRUE TABERNACLE AND ITS GLORY OF GRACE AND PEACE – Charles Spurgeon THE TRUE TABERNACLE AND ITS GLORY OF GRACE AND PEACE “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His Glory, the Glory as of the Only-Begotten of the Father,) full of Grace and Truth.” John 1:14. “For […]

THE LOWLY KING – Charles Spurgeon

THE LOWLY KING – Charles Spurgeon THE LOWLY KING “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you. He is just and having salvation, lowly, and riding on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey.” Zechariah 9:9. I DO not intend to expound the […]

“BEHOLD, HE PRAYS” – Charles Spurgeon

“BEHOLD, HE PRAYS” – Charles Spurgeon “BEHOLD, HE PRAYS” “Inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus, for, behold, he prays.” Acts 9:11. THESE words are the hallmark of genuine conversion. “Behold, he prays” is a surer witness of a man’s conversion than, “Behold, he sings,” or, “Behold, he reads the […]

THE CROSS OUR GLORY – Charles Spurgeon

THE CROSS OUR GLORY – Charles Spurgeon THE CROSS OUR GLORY “But God forbid that I should glory except in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.” Galatians 6:14. ALMOST all men have something in which to glory. Every bird has its […]

GOD OUR CONTINUAL RESORT – Charles Spurgeon

GOD OUR CONTINUAL RESORT – Charles Spurgeon GOD OUR CONTINUAL RESORT “Be You my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort.” Psalm 71:3. DAVID, in his younger days, had been obliged to hide himself away with his followers in the great caverns and rocks of his native land. In the cave of Adullam, by the […]

THE NECESSITY OF GROWING FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

THE NECESSITY OF GROWING FAITH – Charles Spurgeon THE NECESSITY OF GROWING FAITH “We are bound to thank God always for you, Brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all abounds toward each other.” 2 Thessalonians 1:3. LAST Lord’s-Day I tried to say cheering […]

THE HISTORY OF LITTLE-FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

THE HISTORY OF LITTLE-FAITH – Charles Spurgeon THE HISTORY OF LITTLE-FAITH “And immediately Jesus stretched forth His hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” Matthew 14:31. THERE is only one word in the original for the phrase, “O you of little faith.” The Lord Jesus […]

WHAT IS THE VERDICT? – Charles Spurgeon

WHAT IS THE VERDICT? – Charles Spurgeon WHAT IS THE VERDICT? “Beloved, if our heart condemns us not, then have we confidence toward God.” 1 John 3:21. CAREFULLY observe that this text is spoken to the people of God. It speaks to those who are called, “beloved.” These are the people who are especially loved […]

THE FOUNDATION AND ITS SEAL—A SERMON FOR THE TIMES – Charles Spurgeon

THE FOUNDATION AND ITS SEAL—A SERMON FOR THE TIMES – Charles Spurgeon THE FOUNDATION AND ITS SEAL—A SERMON FOR THE TIMES “Nevertheless the foundation of God stands sure, having this seal, ‘The Lord knows them that are His,’ and, ‘Let everyone that names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.’” 2 Timothy 2:19. PAUL had […]

UP FROM THE COUNTRY AND PRESSED INTO SERVICE – Charles Spurgeon

UP FROM THE COUNTRY AND PRESSED INTO SERVICE – Charles Spurgeon UP FROM THE COUNTRY AND PRESSED INTO SERVICE “And they compelled one Simon, a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear His Cross.” Mark 15:21. JOHN tells us that our Savior went forth bearing […]

THE MODERN DEAD SEA AND THE LIVING WATERS – Charles Spurgeon

THE MODERN DEAD SEA AND THE LIVING WATERS – Charles Spurgeon THE MODERN DEAD SEA AND THE LIVING WATERS “The waters shall be healed.” Ezekiel 47:8. Ezekiel is robed in dreadful tempest and his whole book is “as the terrible crystal” for brightness and for mystery, yet he often gives us visions of exceeding comfort. […]

RUTH’S REWARD—OR, CHEER FOR CONVERTS – Charles Spurgeon

RUTH’S REWARD—OR, CHEER FOR CONVERTS – Charles Spurgeon RUTH’S REWARD—OR, CHEER FOR CONVERTS “The Lord recompense your work, and a full reward be given you of the Lord God of Israel under whose wings you are come to trust.” Ruth 2:12. THIS was the language of Boaz, a man of substance and of note in […]

IMMEASURABLE LOVE – Charles Spurgeon

IMMEASURABLE LOVE – Charles Spurgeon IMMEASURABLE LOVE “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16. I WAS very greatly surprised the other day, in looking over the list of texts from which I have preached, to find […]

COMING JUDGMENT OF THE SECRETS OF MEN – Charles Spurgeon

COMING JUDGMENT OF THE SECRETS OF MEN – Charles Spurgeon COMING JUDGMENT OF THE SECRETS OF MEN “The day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my Gospel.” Romans 2:16. IT is impossible for any of us to tell what it cost the Apostle Paul to write the first […]

THE LOOKING GLASS – Charles Spurgeon

THE LOOKING GLASS – Charles Spurgeon THE LOOKING GLASS “For if anyone is a hearer of the Word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: for he beholds himself, and goes his way, and straightway forgets what manner of man he was. But he who […]

BEFORE SERMON, AT SERMON AND AFTER SERMON – Charles Spurgeon

BEFORE SERMON, AT SERMON AND AFTER SERMON – Charles Spurgeon BEFORE SERMON, AT SERMON AND AFTER SERMON “Therefore lay aside all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted Word, which is able to save your souls. But be you doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” James 1:21, […]

THE PURGING OF THE CONSCIENCE – Charles Spurgeon

THE PURGING OF THE CONSCIENCE – Charles Spurgeon THE PURGING OF THE CONSCIENCE “For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh: how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot […]

THE PITY OF THE LORD—THE COMFORT OF THE AFFLICTED – Charles Spurgeon

THE PITY OF THE LORD—THE COMFORT OF THE AFFLICTED – Charles Spurgeon THE PITY OF THE LORD—THE COMFORT OF THE AFFLICTED “Behold, we count them happy which endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is full of pity, and of tender mercy.” […]

ISRAEL AND BRITAIN—A NOTE OF WARNING – Charles Spurgeon

ISRAEL AND BRITAIN—A NOTE OF WARNING – Charles Spurgeon ISRAEL AND BRITAIN—A NOTE OF WARNING “But though He had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on Him: that the saying of Isaiah the Prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the […]

A QUESTION FOR A QUESTIONER – Charles Spurgeon

A QUESTION FOR A QUESTIONER – Charles Spurgeon A QUESTION FOR A QUESTIONER “Has God forgotten to be gracious?” Psalm 77:9. ASAPH was very grievously troubled in spirit. The deep waters were not only around his boat, but they had come in, even, into his soul. When the spirit of a man is wounded, then […]

THE PREACHER’S LAST SERMON FOR THE SEASON – Charles Spurgeon

THE PREACHER’S LAST SERMON FOR THE SEASON – Charles Spurgeon THE PREACHER’S LAST SERMON FOR THE SEASON “On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirsts, let him come unto Me and drink.” John 7:37. THE officers were after our Lord and He knew it. […]

ROBINSON CRUSOE’S TEXT – Charles Spurgeon

ROBINSON CRUSOE’S TEXT – Charles Spurgeon ROBINSON CRUSOE’S TEXT  “Call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you and you shall glorify Me.” Psalm 50:15. ONE book charmed us all in the days of our youth. Is there a boy alive who has not read it? “Robinson Crusoe” was a wealth of […]

HAS GOD FORGOTTEN TO BE GRACIOUS? – Charles Spurgeon

HAS GOD FORGOTTEN TO BE GRACIOUS? – Charles Spurgeon HAS GOD FORGOTTEN TO BE GRACIOUS? Psalm 77:9. ASAPH was very grievously troubled in spirit. The deep waters were not only around his boat, but they had come in, even, into his soul. When the spirit of a man is wounded, then is he wounded, indeed, […]

THE PRIVATE TUTOR – Charles Spurgeon

THE PRIVATE TUTOR – Charles Spurgeon THE PRIVATE TUTOR “He that loves Me not keeps not My sayings: and the Word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s which sent Me. These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the […]

DIVINE FORGIVENESS ADMIRED AND IMITATED – Charles Spurgeon

DIVINE FORGIVENESS ADMIRED AND IMITATED – Charles Spurgeon DIVINE FORGIVENESS ADMIRED AND IMITATED “Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do you.” Colossians 3:13. To whom is this exhortation addressed? The Apostle told us in the 12th verse—“Elect of God, holy […]

THE BOND OF THE COVENANT – Charles Spurgeon

THE BOND OF THE COVENANT – Charles Spurgeon THE BOND OF THE COVENANT “And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries where you are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out. And I will bring you into the […]

DELIGHT IN THE ALMIGHTY – Charles Spurgeon

DELIGHT IN THE ALMIGHTY – Charles Spurgeon DELIGHT IN THE ALMIGHTY “For then shall you have your delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face unto God.” Job 22:26. THE Lord said to Eliphaz and his friends, “you have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as My servant Job has.” […]

THE GOOD ANANIAS—A LESSON FOR BELIEVERS – Charles Spurgeon

THE GOOD ANANIAS—A LESSON FOR BELIEVERS – Charles Spurgeon THE GOOD ANANIAS—A LESSON FOR BELIEVERS “And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias, and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.” Acts 9:10. AT this season we are called upon to think of […]

A GREAT GOSPEL FOR GREAT SINNERS – Charles Spurgeon

A GREAT GOSPEL FOR GREAT SINNERS – Charles Spurgeon A GREAT GOSPEL FOR GREAT SINNERS “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me, first, Jesus Christ might show […]

FIRST HEALING AND THEN SERVICE – Charles Spurgeon

FIRST HEALING AND THEN SERVICE – Charles Spurgeon FIRST HEALING AND THEN SERVICE “And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, He saw his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever. So He touched her hand and the fever left her. And she arose and served them.” Matthew 8:14, 15. This event took place at […]

THE MAN CHRIST JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

THE MAN CHRIST JESUS – Charles Spurgeon THE MAN CHRIST JESUS “Now consider how great this man was.” Hebrews 7:4. CONSIDER how great Melchizedek was. There is something majestic about every movement of that dimly-revealed figure. His one and only appearance is thus fitly described in the Book of Genesis—“And Melchizedek, king of Salem brought […]

TO LOVERS OF JESUS—AN EXAMPLE – Charles Spurgeon

TO LOVERS OF JESUS—AN EXAMPLE – Charles Spurgeon TO LOVERS OF JESUS—AN EXAMPLE . “She has worked a good work for Me.” Mark 14:6. THIS holy woman had displeased the disciples. She must have been very sorry to do that. She would not have willfully grieved the least servant of her Lord. But she did […]

A PROCLAMATION FROM THE KING OF KINGS – Charles Spurgeon

A PROCLAMATION FROM THE KING OF KINGS – Charles Spurgeon A PROCLAMATION FROM THE KING OF KINGS “Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel, says the Lord; and I will not cause My anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, says the Lord, and I will […]

ELIJAH’S PLEA – Charles Spurgeon

ELIJAH’S PLEA – Charles Spurgeon ELIJAH’S PLEA “Let it be known that I have done all these things at Your word.” 1 Kings 18:36. THE acts of Elijah were very singular. It had not been known, from the foundations of the earth, that a man could shut up the doors of the rain for the […]

SMOKING FLAX – Charles Spurgeon

SMOKING FLAX – Charles Spurgeon SMOKING FLAX “The smoking flax shall He not quench.” Isaiah 42:3. I BELIEVE that the first sense of these words is not the one usually given to them, nor yet the one upon which I intend to preach tonight. We read in the 12th of Matthew that our Divine Lord […]

ALL OR NONE—OR, COMPROMISES REFUSED – Charles Spurgeon

ALL OR NONE—OR, COMPROMISES REFUSED – Charles Spurgeon ALL OR NONE—OR, COMPROMISES REFUSED — A SERMON WITH FIVE TEXTS I SHALL have five texts—one of them a good one, the other four bad. The first text is good. It is God’s text. “There shall not an hoof be left behind.” Exodus 10:26. That is God’s […]

THE SINGULAR ORIGIN OF A CHRISTIAN – Charles Spurgeon

THE SINGULAR ORIGIN OF A CHRISTIAN – Charles Spurgeon THE SINGULAR ORIGIN OF A CHRISTIAN “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10. THIS text is written by the Apostle as a reason why salvation cannot be a […]

HOW “THE UNSPEAKABLE” IS SPOKEN OF “ – Charles Spurgeon

HOW “THE UNSPEAKABLE” IS SPOKEN OF “ – Charles Spurgeon HOW “THE UNSPEAKABLE” IS SPOKEN OF “And men shall speak of the might of Your terrible acts: and I will declare Your greatness. They shall abundantly utter the memory of Your great goodness, and shall sing of Your righteousness.” Psalm 145:6, 7. In this Psalm […]

EXCEEDING GLADNESS – Charles Spurgeon

EXCEEDING GLADNESS – Charles Spurgeon EXCEEDING GLADNESS “For You have made Him most blessed forever: You have made Him exceedingly glad with Your countenance.” Psalm 21:6. You have heard a great many sermons upon the Man of Sorrows. I am sure that you have not heard too many and if, from this time to the […]

THE HORNS OF THE ALTAR – Charles Spurgeon

THE HORNS OF THE ALTAR – Charles Spurgeon THE HORNS OF THE ALTAR “And he said, No; but I will die here.” 1 Kings 2:30. WE must tell you the story. Solomon was to be the king after David, but his elder brother, Adonijah, was preferred by Joab, the captain of the host, and by […]

THE HISTORY OF SUNDRY FOOLS – Charles Spurgeon

THE HISTORY OF SUNDRY FOOLS – Charles Spurgeon THE HISTORY OF SUNDRY FOOLS “Fools, because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, were afflicted. Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they draw near to the gates of death. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble and He saved them […]

PETER’S BLUNDER—A LESSON FOR OURSELVES – Charles Spurgeon

PETER’S BLUNDER—A LESSON FOR OURSELVES – Charles Spurgeon PETER’S BLUNDER—A LESSON FOR OURSELVES “But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.” Acts 10:14. “NOT SO, Lord.” This is a very curious expression. I do not care how you turn it into English from the original, it […]

CERTAIN CURIOUS CALCULATIONS ABOUT LOAVES AND FISHES – Charles Spurgeon

CERTAIN CURIOUS CALCULATIONS ABOUT LOAVES AND FISHES – Charles Spurgeon CERTAIN CURIOUS CALCULATIONS ABOUT LOAVES AND FISHES “When I broke the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you take up? They said unto Him, Twelve. And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did […]

CORDS AND CART ROPES – Charles Spugeon

CORDS AND CART ROPES – Charles Spugeon CORDS AND CART ROPES “Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope.” Isaiah 5:18. THE text begins with, “Woe,” and when we get a woe in this Book of blessings it is sent as a warning, that […]

FALLEN ANGELS A LESSON TO FALLEN MEN – Charles Spurgeon

FALLEN ANGELS A LESSON TO FALLEN MEN – Charles Spurgeon FALLEN ANGELS A LESSON TO FALLEN MEN “God spared not the angels who sinned, but cast them down to Hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment.” 2 Peter 2:4. “THESE are ancient things.” Most men hunger after the latest […]

A SWEET SILVER BELL RINGING IN EACH BELIEVER’S HEART – Charles Spurgeon

A SWEET SILVER BELL RINGING IN EACH BELIEVER’S HEART – Charles Spurgeon A SWEET SILVER BELL RINGING IN EACH BELIEVER’S HEART “My God will hear me.” Micah 7:7. WHAT a charming sentence! Can you say it? Only five words, but what meaning! Huge volumes of poetry have appeared from Chaucer to Tennyson, but it seems […]

THE SONG OF A CITY AND THE PEARL OF PEACE – Charles Spurgeon

THE SONG OF A CITY AND THE PEARL OF PEACE – Charles Spurgeon THE SONG OF A CITY AND THE PEARL OF PEACE “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You: because he trusts in You.” Isaiah 26:3. THIS is no dry, didactic statement, but a verse from a song. […]

THE ASCENSION AND THE SECOND ADVENT PRACTICALLY CONSIDERED – Charles Spurgeon

THE ASCENSION AND THE SECOND ADVENT PRACTICALLY CONSIDERED – Charles Spurgeon THE ASCENSION AND THE SECOND ADVENT PRACTICALLY CONSIDERED “And while they looked steadfastly toward Heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into Heaven? This same […]

SERMON FOR NEW YEAR’S DAY – Charles Spurgeon

SERMON FOR NEW YEAR’S DAY – Charles Spurgeon SERMON FOR NEW YEAR’S DAY “And He that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.” Revelation 21:5. How pleased we are with that which is new! Our children’s eyes sparkle when we talk of giving them a toy or a book which is […]

THE GREAT BIRTHDAY AND OUR COMING OF AGE – Charles Spurgeon

THE GREAT BIRTHDAY AND OUR COMING OF AGE – Charles Spurgeon THE GREAT BIRTHDAY AND OUR COMING OF AGE “Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, born under […]

COMMENDATION FOR THE STEADFAST – Charles Spurgeon

COMMENDATION FOR THE STEADFAST – Charles Spurgeon COMMENDATION FOR THE STEADFAST “I know your works: behold, I have set before you an open door, and no man can shut it: for you have a little strength, and have kept My Word, and have not denied My name. Because you have kept the Word of My […]

JONAH’S RESOLVE—OR, “LOOK AGAIN!” – Charles Spurgeon

JONAH’S RESOLVE—OR, “LOOK AGAIN!” – Charles Spurgeon JONAH’S RESOLVE—OR, “LOOK AGAIN!” “Then I said, I am cast out of Your sight; yet I will look again toward Your holy Temple.” Jonah 2:4. WHAT a complex creature is man! Those who fancy that they can fully describe him, do not understand him. He is a riddle […]

A WONDER EXPLAINED BY GREATER WONDERS – Charles Spurgeon

A WONDER EXPLAINED BY GREATER WONDERS – Charles Spurgeon A WONDER EXPLAINED BY GREATER WONDERS “You drew near in the day that I called upon You: You said, Fear not.” Lamentations 3:57. How different are our experiences from our fears! This man of God had said, “When I cry and shout He shuts out my […]

THE ROAD TO HONOR – Charles Spurgeon

THE ROAD TO HONOR – Charles Spurgeon THE ROAD TO HONOR “Those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.” 1 Samuel 2:30. OUR chickens generally come home to roost. Our thoughts of other men become other men’s thoughts of us. According as we measure out to our […]

THE LION AND THE BEAR—TROPHIES HUNG UP – Charles Spurgeon

THE LION AND THE BEAR—TROPHIES HUNG UP – Charles Spurgeon THE LION AND THE BEAR—TROPHIES HUNG UP “Your servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God. David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me out […]

MAY I ? – Charles Spurgeon

MAY I ? – Charles Spurgeon MAY I? “If I may.” Matthew 9:21. THE woman in the narrative was fully persuaded that if she did but touch our Lord’s garment, she would be made whole. What she had heard and seen concerning Jesus made her sure of His superabundant power to heal the sick. A […]

THE THRESHING FLOOR OF ORNAN – Charles Spurgeon

THE THRESHING FLOOR OF ORNAN – Charles Spurgeon THE THRESHING FLOOR OF ORNAN “At that time, when David saw that the Lord had answered him on the threshing floor of Ornan, the Jebusite, he sacrificed there.” 1 Chronicles 21:28. “Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar […]

A CALL TO THE LORD’S OWN FLOCK – Charles Spurgeon

A CALL TO THE LORD’S OWN FLOCK – Charles Spurgeon A CALL TO THE LORD’S OWN FLOCK “Thus shall they know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people, says the Lord God. And you are My flock, the flock of My pasture, you […]

A SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE AND A BODY OF DIVINITY – Charles Spurgeon

A SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE AND A BODY OF DIVINITY – Charles Spurgeon A SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE AND A BODY OF DIVINITY “For they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; and to wait for […]

STRENGTH AND RECOVERY – Charles Spurgeon

STRENGTH AND RECOVERY – Charles Spurgeon STRENGTH AND RECOVERY “And I will strengthen them in the Lord: and they shall walk up and down in His name, says the Lord.” Zechariah 10:12. THIS text is pitched in the royal key. It has nothing of the caution and doubting of man about it. Where the word […]

OBADIAH, OR, EARLY PIETY EMINENT PIETY – Charles Spurgeon

OBADIAH, OR, EARLY PIETY EMINENT PIETY – Charles Spurgeon OBADIAH, OR, EARLY PIETY EMINENT PIETY “I, your servant, have feared the Lord from my youth.” 1 Kings 18:12. I SUSPECT that Elijah did not think very much of Obadiah. He does not treat him with any great consideration, but addresses him more sharply than one […]

JEHOVAH-JIREH – Charles Spurgeon

JEHOVAH-JIREH – Charles Spurgeon JEHOVAH-JIREH “And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.” Genesis 22:14. “ABRAHAM called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh,” or, “Jehovah will see it,” or, “Jehovah will provide,” or, “Jehovah will be seen.” […]

THOUGHT-READING EXTRAORDINARY – Charles Spurgeon

THOUGHT-READING EXTRAORDINARY – Charles Spurgeon THOUGHT-READING EXTRAORDINARY “LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble: You will prepare their heart, You will cause Your ear to hear.” Psalm 10:17. NOTICE at the outset, the logic of this verse. It is very simple, very forcible, very accurate logic. It runs thus—“You have”—“You will.” “Lord, You […]

PARABLE OF THE LOST SHEEP – Charles Spurgeon

PARABLE OF THE LOST SHEEP – Charles Spurgeon PARABLE OF THE LOST SHEEP “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays […]

HEAVEN BELOW – Charles Spurgeon

HEAVEN BELOW – Charles Spurgeon HEAVEN BELOW “They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters.” Revelation 7:16, 17. LET us think […]

“THOUGH HE WERE DEAD” – Charles Spurgeon

“THOUGH HE WERE DEAD” – Charles Spurgeon “THOUGH HE WERE DEAD” “Martha said unto Him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believes in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whoever […]

SIGHT FOR THOSE WHO SEE NOT – Charles Spurgeon

SIGHT FOR THOSE WHO SEE NOT – Charles Spurgeon SIGHT FOR THOSE WHO SEE NOT “And Jesus said, For judgment I have come into this world, that they which see not might see and that they which see might be made blind.” John 9:39. THE great Day of Judgment is not as yet. God, in […]

HOW TO MEET THE DOCTRINE OF ELECTION – Charles Spurgeon

HOW TO MEET THE DOCTRINE OF ELECTION – Charles Spurgeon HOW TO MEET THE DOCTRINE OF ELECTION “But He answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped Him, saying, Lord, help me.” Matthew 15:24, 25. You that know the loving heart […]

CONCERNING SAINTS – Charles Spurgeon

CONCERNING SAINTS – Charles Spurgeon CONCERNING SAINTS “All Your works shall praise You, O LORD; and Your saints shall bless You.” Psalm 145:10. Do not throw yourselves back in your seats and say, “This will be a sermon for saints and, therefore, we may be excused from listening to it.” Do you not see that […]

PLEADING AND ENCOURAGEMENT – Charles Spurgeon

PLEADING AND ENCOURAGEMENT – Charles Spurgeon PLEADING AND ENCOURAGEMENT “Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? says the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?” Ezekiel 18:23. “For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dies, says the Lord God: therefore turn […]

“RETURN, RETURN, O SHULAMITE! RETURN, RETURN!” – Charles Spurgeon

“RETURN, RETURN, O SHULAMITE! RETURN, RETURN!” – Charles Spurgeon “RETURN, RETURN, O SHULAMITE! RETURN, RETURN!” “Return, return, O Shulamite! Return, return, that we may look upon you. What will you see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies?” Solomon’s Song 6:13. THE translation into the word, “Shulamite,” is unhappy—it is unmusical […]

THE GLORY IN THE REAR – Charles Spurgeon

THE GLORY IN THE REAR – Charles Spurgeon THE GLORY IN THE REAR “And the Angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them, and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: and it came between the camp of the Egyptians and […]

DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE READING? – Charles Spurgeon

DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE READING? – Charles Spurgeon DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE READING? “And Philip ran there to him, and heard him read the Prophet Isaiah, and said, Do you understand what you are reading? And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip […]

HELPS TO FULL ASSURANCE – Charles Spurgeon

HELPS TO FULL ASSURANCE – Charles Spurgeon HELPS TO FULL ASSURANCE “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe on the name of the Son of God.” 1 John 5:13. How very […]

RECEIVING THE HOLY SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon

RECEIVING THE HOLY SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon RECEIVING THE HOLY SPIRIT “He said unto them, Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed?” Acts 19:2. IT may be well to notice what question the Apostle did not put to these Ephesian disciples of John. He did not say to them, “Have you believed?” This […]

JOSEPH OF ARIMATHAEA – Charles Spurgeon

JOSEPH OF ARIMATHAEA – Charles Spurgeon JOSEPH OF ARIMATHAEA “Joseph of Arimathaea, an honorable counselor, who also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. And Pilate marveled if He were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether He […]

THE PROOF OF OUR MINISTRY – Charles Spurgeon

THE PROOF OF OUR MINISTRY – Charles Spurgeon THE PROOF OF OUR MINISTRY “Since you seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, who is not weak towards you, but is mighty in you. For though He was crucified in weakness, yet He lives by the power of God. For we, also, are weak in […]

HUMILITY, THE FRIEND OF PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon

HUMILITY, THE FRIEND OF PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon HUMILITY, THE FRIEND OF PRAYER “I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth which You have showed unto Your servant, for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.” Genesis 32:10. JACOB’S […]

OUR SANCTUARY – Charles Spurgeon

OUR SANCTUARY – Charles Spurgeon OUR SANCTUARY “A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake You shall be ashamed, and they that depart from Me shall be written in the earth because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living […]

THE CHILDREN AND THEIR HOSANNAS – Charles Spurgeon

THE CHILDREN AND THEIR HOSANNAS – Charles Spurgeon THE CHILDREN AND THEIR HOSANNAS “But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying in the Temple, and saying, “Hosanna to the son of David!” they were sorely displeased, and said unto Him, “Do You hear what these […]

UNBELIEF CONDEMNED AND FAITH COMMENDED – Charles Spurgeon

UNBELIEF CONDEMNED AND FAITH COMMENDED – Charles Spurgeon UNBELIEF CONDEMNED AND FAITH COMMENDED “They are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.” Deuteronomy 32:20. “Blessed is that man that makes the Lord his trust.” Psalm 40:4. THESE two texts will serve to show the different estimate which God has of unbelief and […]

THE FIRST FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon

THE FIRST FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon THE FIRST FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT “But the fruit of the Spirit is love.” Galatians 5:22. THE worst enemy we have is the flesh. Augustine used to frequently pray, “Lord, deliver me from that evil man, myself.” All the fire which the devil can bring from […]

TWO PAULS AND A BLINDED SORCERER – Charles Spurgeon

TWO PAULS AND A BLINDED SORCERER – Charles Spurgeon TWO PAULS AND A BLINDED SORCERER “Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the Doctrine of the Lord.” Acts 13:12. CYPRUS was by no means a reputable island—it was devoted to the goddess Venus and you can imagine what her […]

THE SPRINKLING OF THE BLOOD OF THE SACRIFICE – Charles Spurgeon

THE SPRINKLING OF THE BLOOD OF THE SACRIFICE – Charles Spurgeon THE SPRINKLING OF THE BLOOD OF THE SACRIFICE “And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the Lord, before the veil of the sanctuary. And the priest shall put some of the blood upon […]

GRAPPLING IRONS – Charles Spurgeon

GRAPPLING IRONS – Charles Spurgeon GRAPPLING IRONS “Quicken me after Your loving kindness; so shall I keep the testimony of Your mouth.” Psalm 119:88. When David wrote this part of the Psalm, he was evidently beset by many enemies who sought to destroy him. And it is exceedingly important to note what part of himself […]

A HEAVENLY PATTERN FOR OUR EARTHLY LIFE – Charles Spurgeon

A HEAVENLY PATTERN FOR OUR EARTHLY LIFE – Charles Spurgeon A HEAVENLY PATTERN FOR OUR EARTHLY LIFE “Your will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven.” Matthew 6:10. OUR Father’s will shall certainly be done, for the Lord “does according to His will in the army of Heaven, and among the inhabitants of […]

ESTHER’S EXALTATION—OR, WHO KNOWS? – Charles Spurgeon

ESTHER’S EXALTATION—OR, WHO KNOWS? – Charles Spurgeon ESTHER’S EXALTATION—OR, WHO KNOWS? “Then Mordecai told them to answer Esther, “Do not think in your heart that you will escape in the king’s palace, more than all the Jews. For if you altogether hold your peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to […]

UNBINDING LAZARUS – Charles Spurgeon

UNBINDING LAZARUS – Charles Spurgeon UNBINDING LAZARUS “And when He had thus spoken, He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth! And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus said unto them, Loose him, and let him go.” […]

“MY LORD AND MY GOD!” – Charles Spurgeon

“MY LORD AND MY GOD!” – Charles Spurgeon “MY LORD AND MY GOD!” “And Thomas answered and said unto Him, ‘My Lord and my God!’” John 20:28. WHEN the Apostles met on the first Lord’s Day after Jesus had risen, Thomas was the only disciple absent out of the eleven. On the second Lord’s Day, […]

GOD’S WORK UPON MINISTER AND CONVERT – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S WORK UPON MINISTER AND CONVERT – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S WORK UPON MINISTER AND CONVERT “‘But rise, and stand upon your feet: for I have appeared unto you for this purpose to make you a minister and a witness both of these things which you have seen, and of those things in which I will […]

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE? – Charles Spurgeon

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE? – Charles Spurgeon WHAT IS YOUR LIFE? “For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.” James 4:14. WHEN a prince dies, they toll the great bell of the cathedral that all the city may hear it and that for […]

SLAYING THE SACRIFICE – Charles Spurgeon

SLAYING THE SACRIFICE – Charles Spurgeon SLAYING THE SACRIFICE “And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD.” Leviticus 1:5. You remember that last Lord’s Day we spoke of two things vitally essential to a true sacrifice and the first upon which we then enlarged was the laying on of the hands of the offerer […]

PUTTING THE HAND UPON THE HEAD OF THE SACRIFICE – Charles Spurgeon

PUTTING THE HAND UPON THE HEAD OF THE SACRIFICE – Charles Spurgeon PUTTING THE HAND UPON THE HEAD OF THE SACRIFICE “And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD.” […]

RECRUITS FOR KING JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

RECRUITS FOR KING JESUS – Charles Spurgeon RECRUITS FOR KING JESUS “And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David. And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If you have come peaceably unto me to help me, my heart shall be knit unto […]

BEFORE DAYBREAK WITH CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

BEFORE DAYBREAK WITH CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon BEFORE DAYBREAK WITH CHRIST “And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, He went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. And Simon and they that were with Him followed after Him. And when they had found Him, they said unto Him, […]

FIRST, KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND AFTER THAT, KING OF PEACE – Charles Spurgeon

FIRST, KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND AFTER THAT, KING OF PEACE – Charles Spurgeon FIRST, KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND AFTER THAT, KING OF PEACE “First being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace.” Hebrews 7:2. WE will not enlarge upon the story of Melchisedec, nor discuss […]

FAITH AMONG MOCKERS – Charles Spurgeon

FAITH AMONG MOCKERS – Charles Spurgeon FAITH AMONG MOCKERS “He trusted on the Lord that He would deliver Him: let Him deliver Him, seeing He delighted in Him.” Psalm 22:8. DAVID experienced what Paul afterwards so aptly described as “cruel mockings.” Note the adjective, cruel—it is well chosen. Mockings may not cut the flesh, but […]

A WAITING GOD AND A WAITING PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon

A WAITING GOD AND A WAITING PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon A WAITING GOD AND A WAITING PEOPLE “And therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you and, therefore, will He be exalted, that He may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they […]

AN ASTOUNDING MIRACLE – Charles Spurgeon

AN ASTOUNDING MIRACLE – Charles Spurgeon AN ASTOUNDING MIRACLE “And they went into Capernaum, and straightway on the Sabbath day He entered into the synagogue, and taught. And they were astonished at His doctrine: for He taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes. And there was in their synagogue a […]

THE ROCKY FORTRESS AND ITS INHABITANT – Charles Spurgeon

THE ROCKY FORTRESS AND ITS INHABITANT – Charles Spurgeon THE ROCKY FORTRESS AND ITS INHABITANT “He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly; he that despises the gain of oppressions, that shakes his hands from holding of bribes, that stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil, he shall dwell […]

KNOWLEDGE. WORSHIP. GRATITUDE. – Charles Spurgeon

KNOWLEDGE. WORSHIP. GRATITUDE. – Charles Spurgeon KNOWLEDGE. WORSHIP. GRATITUDE. “So that they are without excuse: because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful.” Romans 1:20, 21. THOSE who boast of their knowledge betray their ignorance. Knowledge is not a possession to be proud of, since it brings with […]

HIGH DOCTRINE AND BROAD DOCTRINE – Charles Spurgeon

HIGH DOCTRINE AND BROAD DOCTRINE – Charles Spurgeon HIGH DOCTRINE AND BROAD DOCTRINE “All that the Father gives Me shall come to Me, and him that comes to Me I will by no means cast out.” John 6:37. THESE two sentences have been looked upon as representing two sides of Christian doctrine. They enable us […]

THE LORD WITH TWO OR THREE – Charles Spurgeon

THE LORD WITH TWO OR THREE – Charles Spurgeon THE LORD WITH TWO OR THREE “Where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them.” Matthew 18:20. WE have, in the verses preceding, the text a mention of the first Church Meeting of which I remember to […]

“HE SHALL BE GREAT” – Charles Spurgeon

“HE SHALL BE GREAT” – Charles Spurgeon “HE SHALL BE GREAT” “He shall be great.” Luke 1:32. Strictly speaking, I suppose these words refer to the human Nature of our Lord Jesus Christ, for it is as to His humanity that Christ was born of Mary. The context runs thus—“Behold, you shall conceive in your […]

THE SPIRIT OF BONDAGE AND ADOPTION – Charles Spurgeon

THE SPIRIT OF BONDAGE AND ADOPTION – Charles Spurgeon THE SPIRIT OF BONDAGE AND ADOPTION “For you have not received the Spirit of bondage again to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit, Himself, bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.” […]

THE PASTOR’S LIFE WRAPPED UP WITH HIS PEOPLE’S STEADFASTNESS – Charles Spurgeon

THE PASTOR’S LIFE WRAPPED UP WITH HIS PEOPLE’S STEADFASTNESS – Charles Spurgeon THE PASTOR’S LIFE WRAPPED UP WITH HIS PEOPLE’S STEADFASTNESS A PLEADING REMINDER FOR THE NEW YEAR “Now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.” 1 Thessalonians 3:8. MINISTERS who are really sent of God greatly rejoice in the spiritual prosperity of […]

THE NEW YEAR’S GUEST – Charles Spurgeon

THE NEW YEAR’S GUEST – Charles Spurgeon THE NEW YEAR’S GUEST “I was a stranger, and you took Me in.” Matthew 25:35. “But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name.” John 1:12. I LATELY received a New Year’s […]

RENEWING STRENGTH – Charles Spurgeon

RENEWING STRENGTH – Charles Spurgeon RENEWING STRENGTH “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.” Isaiah 40:31. HUMAN strength is of many kinds, but in any form it will spend itself in due time. God can lend to men immense physical force, but though a man had the strength of a lion and […]

THE TOP OF THE LADDER – Charles Spurgeon

THE TOP OF THE LADDER – Charles Spurgeon THE TOP OF THE LADDER “And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.” Ephesians 3:19. THIS is a part of Paul’s prayer for the Ephesian believers. It is the closing clause and consummation of […]

THE BLIND MAN’S EYES OPENED – Charles Spurgeon

THE BLIND MAN’S EYES OPENED – Charles Spurgeon THE BLIND MAN’S EYES OPENED — OR, PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY “Jesus answered, Neither has this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. I must work the works of Him that sent Me, while it is day: the night […]

BLESSED PROMISES FOR DYING OUTCASTS – Charles Spurgeon

BLESSED PROMISES FOR DYING OUTCASTS – Charles Spurgeon BLESSED PROMISES FOR DYING OUTCASTS “For I will restore health unto you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says the Lord; because they called you an outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeks after.” Jeremiah 30:17. THE promises of this verse will be […]

MOURNERS, INQUIRERS, COVENANTERS – Charles Spurgeon

MOURNERS, INQUIRERS, COVENANTERS – Charles Spurgeon MOURNERS, INQUIRERS, COVENANTERS “In those days and in that time, says the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go and seek the LORD their God. They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces toward […]

FATHERS IN CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

FATHERS IN CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon FATHERS IN CHRIST “I write unto you, fathers, because you have known Him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, fathers, because you have known Him that is from the beginning.” 1 John 2:13, 14. OBSERVE the difference in the two verses, John first says, “I […]

THE LUTHER SERMON AT EXETER HALL – Charles Spurgeon

THE LUTHER SERMON AT EXETER HALL – Charles Spurgeon THE LUTHER SERMON AT EXETER HALL “For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which works by love.” Galatians 5:6. PAUL makes a clean sweep of that trust in the externals of religion which is the common temptation of all time. Circumcision […]

A LUTHER SERMON AT THE TABERNACLE – Charles Spurgeon

A LUTHER SERMON AT THE TABERNACLE – Charles Spurgeon A LUTHER SERMON AT THE TABERNACLE “But the just shall live by his faith.” Habakkuk 2:4. THIS text is three times employed by the apostle Paul as an argument. Read Romans 1:17, Galatians 3:11, and Hebrews 10:38. In each of these cases it runs, “The just […]

JEHOVAH HAS SPOKEN—WILL YOU NOT HEAR? – Charles Spurgeon

JEHOVAH HAS SPOKEN—WILL YOU NOT HEAR? – Charles Spurgeon JEHOVAH HAS SPOKEN—WILL YOU NOT HEAR? “Hear you, and give ear; be not proud: for the Lord has spoken. Give glory to the Lord your God, before He causes darkness and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and while you look for light, He […]

MARVELOUS! MARVELOUS! – Charles Spurgeon

MARVELOUS! MARVELOUS! – Charles Spurgeon MARVELOUS! MARVELOUS! “Thus says the LORD of hosts: If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, will it also be marvelous in My eyes? says the LORD of hosts.” Zechariah 8:6. GOD sent His servant Zechariah with a promise that Jerusalem should […]

THE DEVIL’S LAST THROW – Charles Spurgeon

THE DEVIL’S LAST THROW – Charles Spurgeon THE DEVIL’S LAST THROW “And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and convulsed him.” Luke 9:42 (NKJV). OUR Lord Jesus Christ taught the people much by His words, but He taught them even more by His actions. He was always preaching, His whole […]

ABIJAH—OR, SOME GOOD THING TOWARDS THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon

ABIJAH—OR, SOME GOOD THING TOWARDS THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon ABIJAH—OR, SOME GOOD THING TOWARDS THE LORD “And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel in the house […]

WHERE THE “IF” LIES – Charles Spurgeon

WHERE THE “IF” LIES – Charles Spurgeon WHERE THE “IF” LIES “Jesus said unto him, If you can believe, all things are possible to him that believes.” Mark 9:23. I BELIEVE that our own Authorized Version conveys to the mind of the reader the sense intended by the Evangelist. It is, however, exceedingly probable that […]

A LOVING ENTREATY – Charles Spurgeon

A LOVING ENTREATY – Charles Spurgeon A LOVING ENTREATY “Put Me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare you, that you may be justified.” Isaiah 43:26. We shall mainly dwell upon the first invitation of the text, “Put Me in remembrance.” If you will cast your eyes upon the Scripture itself you will be struck […]

SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE AND ITS PRACTICAL RESULTS – Charles Spurgeon

SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE AND ITS PRACTICAL RESULTS – Charles Spurgeon SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE AND ITS PRACTICAL RESULTS “For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you and to desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you […]

“LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED” – Charles Spurgeon

“LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED” – Charles Spurgeon “LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED” “Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And […]

THE EXETER-HALL SERMON TO YOUNG MEN – Charles Spurgeon

THE EXETER-HALL SERMON TO YOUNG MEN – Charles Spurgeon THE EXETER-HALL SERMON TO YOUNG MEN “O Lord, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, and the son of Your handmaid; You have loosed my bonds.” Psalm 116:16. I HAVE been wondering whether I might correctly say that I would preach tonight as a […]

BANKRUPT DEBTORS DISCHARGED – Charles Spurgeon

BANKRUPT DEBTORS DISCHARGED – Charles Spurgeon BANKRUPT DEBTORS DISCHARGED “And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both.” Luke 7:42. THE two debtors differed very considerably in the amounts which they owed. The one was in arrears 500 pence, and the other fifty. There are differences in the guilt of sins, and […]

“GLORY BE UNTO THE FATHER” – Charles Spurgeon

“GLORY BE UNTO THE FATHER” – Charles Spurgeon “GLORY BE UNTO THE FATHER” “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: according as He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be […]

JOHN’S FIRST DOXOLOGY – Charles Spurgeon

JOHN’S FIRST DOXOLOGY – Charles Spurgeon JOHN’S FIRST DOXOLOGY “Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests unto God and His Father; to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.” Revelation 1:5, 6 JOHN had hardly begun to deliver […]

THE KING’S WEIGHINGS – Charles Spurgeon

THE KING’S WEIGHINGS – Charles Spurgeon THE KING’S WEIGHINGS “Talk no more so exceedingly proud; let not arrogance come out of your mouth, for the Lord is the God of knowledge and by Him actions are weighed.” 1 Samuel 2:3. IT is very beautiful to see how the saints of old were accustomed to find […]

THE DOCTRINES OF GRACE DO NOT LEAD TO SIN – Charles Spurgeon

THE DOCTRINES OF GRACE DO NOT LEAD TO SIN – Charles Spurgeon THE DOCTRINES OF GRACE DO NOT LEAD TO SIN “For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace. What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God […]

A GOSPEL WORTH DYING FOR – Charles Spurgeon

A GOSPEL WORTH DYING FOR – Charles Spurgeon A GOSPEL WORTH DYING FOR “To testify the gospel of the grace of God.” Acts 20:24. PAUL says that, in comparison with his great objective of preaching the gospel, he did not count even his life to be dear to himself. Yet we are sure Paul highly […]

ON HUMBLING OURSELVES BEFORE GOD – Charles Spurgeon

ON HUMBLING OURSELVES BEFORE GOD – Charles Spurgeon ON HUMBLING OURSELVES BEFORE GOD “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.” 1 Peter 5:6. PRIDE is so natural to fallen man that it springs up in his heart like weeds in a watered garden, or rushes […]

IN HIM—LIKE HE IS – Charles Spurgeon

IN HIM—LIKE HE IS – Charles Spurgeon IN HIM—LIKE HE IS “He that says he abides in Him ought, himself, also to walk, even as He walked.” 1 John 2:6. “HE that says he abides in Him”—that is exactly what every Christian says. He cannot be a Christian unless this is true of him, and […]

ACCEPTED OF THE GREAT FATHER – Charles Spurgeon

ACCEPTED OF THE GREAT FATHER – Charles Spurgeon ACCEPTED OF THE GREAT FATHER “He has made us accepted in the Beloved.” Ephesians 1:6. A FEW Sabbath mornings ago I spoke to you upon those memorable words of the great Father, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased” [The Voice from the […]

A CURE FOR UNSAVORY MEATS—OR, SALT FOR THE WHITE OF AN EGG – Charles Spurgeon

A CURE FOR UNSAVORY MEATS—OR, SALT FOR THE WHITE OF AN EGG – Charles Spurgeon A CURE FOR UNSAVORY MEATS—OR, SALT FOR THE WHITE OF AN EGG “Can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?” Job 6:6. THIS is a question which Job […]

“BEGINNING AT JERUSALEM” – Charles Spurgeon

“BEGINNING AT JERUSALEM” – Charles Spurgeon “BEGINNING AT JERUSALEM” “And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.” Luke 24:47. The servants of God were not left to originate a gospel for themselves, as certain modern teachers appear to do, nor were they even left […]

THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL DESTROYED – Charles Spurgeon

THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL DESTROYED – Charles Spurgeon THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL DESTROYED “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.” 1 John 3:8. IN this chapter John makes a sharp and clear division of mankind into two classes. He gives not even […]

THE VOICE FROM THE CLOUD AND THE VOICE OF THE BELOVED – Charles Spurgeon

THE VOICE FROM THE CLOUD AND THE VOICE OF THE BELOVED – Charles Spurgeon THE VOICE FROM THE CLOUD AND THE VOICE OF THE BELOVED “While He yet spoke, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well […]

BUYING WITHOUT MONEY – Charles Spurgeon

BUYING WITHOUT MONEY – Charles Spurgeon BUYING WITHOUT MONEY “He that has no money; come, buy, and eat.” Isaiah 55:1. THERE is a semicolon in our translation, but we need not take notice of it. It should not be there, since the text is the second of two parallel sentences arranged according to the method […]

IMITATORS OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon

IMITATORS OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon IMITATORS OF GOD “Be you therefore followers of God, as dear children.” Ephesians 5:1. WE shall read the text as it should more properly be translated, “Be you therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.” Upon the word “imitate” our discourse will hinge. The division into chapters is often […]

SUPPOSING HIM TO HAVE BEEN IN THE COMPANY – Charles Spurgeon

SUPPOSING HIM TO HAVE BEEN IN THE COMPANY – Charles Spurgeon SUPPOSING HIM TO HAVE BEEN IN THE COMPANY “Supposing Him to have been in the company.” Luke 2:44. ALL who were present on the occasion are sure to remember our meditation upon, “Supposing Him to be the gardener”  Although it was only supposition, and […]

“KNOCK!”- Charles Spurgeon

“KNOCK!” – Charles Spurgeon “KNOCK!” “Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” Matthew 7:12. I HAVE no doubt that, taken very strictly, the three exhortations of this verse—which, indeed, are but one—were first of all intended for God’s believing people. It was to His disciples that the Lord said, “Cast not your pearls before […]

THE FIRST SETTING UP OF THE BRONZE SERPENT – Charles Spurgeon

THE FIRST SETTING UP OF THE BRONZE SERPENT – Charles Spurgeon THE FIRST SETTING UP OF THE BRONZE SERPENT “And they journeyed from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. And the people spoke […]

GLORY! – Charles Spurgeon

GLORY! – Charles Spurgeon GLORY! “Who has called us unto His eternal glory.” 1 Peter 5:10. A FORTNIGHT ago, when I was only able to creep to the front of this platform, I spoke to you concerning the future of our mortal bodies—“We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we […]

CHRIST IN YOU – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST IN YOU – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST IN YOU “Christ in you, the hope of glory.” Colossians 1:27. THE gospel is the grand secret, the mystery of mysteries. It was hidden from ages and from generations, but is now made manifest to the saints. To the mass of mankind it was utterly unknown, and the […]

THE TENT DISSOLVED AND THE MANSION ENTERED – Charles Spurgeon

THE TENT DISSOLVED AND THE MANSION ENTERED – Charles Spurgeon THE TENT DISSOLVED AND THE MANSION ENTERED “For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” 2 Corinthians 5:1. PAUL ranks among the bravest of […]

CERTAIN SINGULAR SUBJECTS – Charles Spurgeon

CERTAIN SINGULAR SUBJECTS – Charles Spurgeon CERTAIN SINGULAR SUBJECTS “And I gave unto Isaac, Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau Mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.” Joshua 24:4. THIS passage, though audibly uttered by the mouth of Joshua, is to be regarded as the immediate […]

THE MARVELOUS MAGNET – Charles Spurgeon

THE MARVELOUS MAGNET – Charles Spurgeon THE MARVELOUS MAGNET “I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me. This He said, signifying what death He should die.” John 12:32, 33. JESUS is the spokesman here. He tells of His own death by crucifixion, and of the result which will […]

THE BRIDEGROOM’S PARTING WORDS – Charles Spurgeon

THE BRIDEGROOM’S PARTING WORDS – Charles Spurgeon THE BRIDEGROOM’S PARTING WORDS “You that dwell in the gardens, the companions hearken to your voice: cause Me to hear it.” Song of Solomon 8:13. THE Song is almost ended, the bride and bridegroom have come to their last stanzas, and they are about to part for a […]

A DESCRIPTION OF YOUNG MEN IN CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

A DESCRIPTION OF YOUNG MEN IN CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon A DESCRIPTION OF YOUNG MEN IN CHRIST “I write unto you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one…I have written unto you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.” […]

EARNEST EXPOSTULATION – Charles Spurgeon

EARNEST EXPOSTULATION – Charles Spurgeon EARNEST EXPOSTULATION “Despise you the riches of His goodness and forbearance and long-suffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?” Romans 2:4. THE apostle is intensely personal in his address. This verse is not spoken to us all in the mass, but to some one in […]

OTHER SHEEP AND ONE FLOCK – Charles Spurgeon

OTHER SHEEP AND ONE FLOCK – Charles Spurgeon OTHER SHEEP AND ONE FLOCK “And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice and they shall be one fold and one shepherd (or more correctly one flock; one shepherd).” John 10:16. THIS verse […]

FILLING THE EMPTY VESSELS – Charles Spurgeon

FILLING THE EMPTY VESSELS – Charles Spurgeon FILLING THE EMPTY VESSELS “But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19. VERY beautiful, to my mind, is the sight of “Paul the aged” confined in his prison at Rome, likely by-and-by, to be put to death, […]

A SERMON TO THE LORD’S LITTLE CHILDREN – Charles Spurgeon

A SERMON TO THE LORD’S LITTLE CHILDREN – Charles Spurgeon A SERMON TO THE LORD’S LITTLE CHILDREN “I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake.” 1 John 2:12. “I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.” 1 John 2:13. (Revised Version). PROBABLY you ask, […]

INCENSE AND LIGHT – Charles Spurgeon

INCENSE AND LIGHT – Charles Spurgeon INCENSE AND LIGHT “And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresses the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. And when Aaron lights the lamps at twilight, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.” Exodus 30:7, 8. […]

THE HOLY SPIRIT’S THREEFOLD CONVICTION OF MEN – Charles Spurgeon

THE HOLY SPIRIT’S THREEFOLD CONVICTION OF MEN – Charles Spurgeon THE HOLY SPIRIT’S THREEFOLD CONVICTION OF MEN “And when He is come, He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they believe not on Me; of righteousness, because I go to My Father, and you see Me […]

“HEREIN IS LOVE” – Charles Spurgeon

“HEREIN IS LOVE” – Charles Spurgeon “HEREIN IS LOVE” “Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought, also, to love one another.” 1 John 4:10, 11. THE law commands love, indeed, […]

THE HEARING OF FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

THE HEARING OF FAITH – Charles Spurgeon THE HEARING OF FAITH “This only would I learn of you, did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?” Galatians 3:2. A GREAT delusion is upon the heart of man as to his salvation. His ways are perverse. He […]

ALL JOY IN ALL TRIALS – Charles Spurgeon

ALL JOY IN ALL TRIALS – Charles Spurgeon ALL JOY IN ALL TRIALS “My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith works patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” James 1:2-4. JAMES calls […]

HANDS FULL OF HONEY – Charles Spurgeon

HANDS FULL OF HONEY – Charles Spurgeon HANDS FULL OF HONEY “And Samson turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion. And he took some in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and […]

ON LAYING FOUNDATIONS – Charles Spurgeon

ON LAYING FOUNDATIONS – Charles Spurgeon ON LAYING FOUNDATIONS “And why do you call Me, Lord, Lord, and not do the things which I say? Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings, and does them, I will show you whom he is like: he is like a man which built a house, and dug […]

GLADNESS FOR SADNESS – Charles Spurgeon

GLADNESS FOR SADNESS – Charles Spurgeon GLADNESS FOR SADNESS “Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us, and the years in which we have seen evil. Let Your work appear to Your servants, and Your glory to their children. And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon […]

A MONUMENT FOR THE DEAD—AND A VOICE TO THE LIVING – Charles Spurgeon

A MONUMENT FOR THE DEAD—AND A VOICE TO THE LIVING – Charles Spurgeon A MONUMENT FOR THE DEAD—AND A VOICE TO THE LIVING “For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which does those things shall live by them. But the righteousness which is of faith speaks on this […]

“SUPPOSING HIM TO BE THE GARDENER” – Charles Spurgeon

“SUPPOSING HIM TO BE THE GARDENER” – Charles Spurgeon “SUPPOSING HIM TO BE THE GARDENER” “Supposing Him to be the gardener.” John 20:15. I WAS sitting, about a fortnight ago, in a very lovely garden, in the midst of all kinds of flowers which were blooming in delightful abundance all around. Screening myself from the […]

THE STAR AND THE WISE MEN – Charles Spurgeon

THE STAR AND THE WISE MEN – Charles Spurgeon THE STAR AND THE WISE MEN “Now Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is He that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen […]

THE WORD OF A KING – Charles Spurgeon

THE WORD OF A KING – Charles Spurgeon THE WORD OF A KING “Where the word of a king is, there is power.” Ecclesiastes 8:4. KINGS in Solomon’s day had a vast amount of power, for their word was absolute. They did according to their own will, and none could check them, for as Solomon […]

THE BIRD ESCAPED FROM THE SNARE – Charles Spurgeon

THE BIRD ESCAPED FROM THE SNARE – Charles Spurgeon THE BIRD ESCAPED FROM THE SNARE “Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we are escaped.” Psalm 124:7. THIS text describes a soul-matter. The Psalmist is not speaking of a temporal deliverance, although even […]

THE ORPHAN’S FATHER – Charles Spurgeon

THE ORPHAN’S FATHER – Charles Spurgeon THE ORPHAN’S FATHER “For in You the fatherless finds mercy.” Hosea 14:3. THE Lord God of Israel, the one only living, and true God, has this for a special mark of His character, that in Him the fatherless finds mercy. “A Father of the fatherless, and a Judge of […]

THE USE OF THE BOW – Charles Spurgeon

THE USE OF THE BOW – Charles Spurgeon THE USE OF THE BOW “And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher).” (2 Samuel 1:17, 18). THE translators […]

THAT HORRIBLE EAST WIND! – Charles Spurgeon

THAT HORRIBLE EAST WIND! – Charles Spurgeon THAT HORRIBLE EAST WIND! “And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which you are also called in one body; and be you thankful.” Colossians 3:15. I do not know how it is, but during the last two or three days I have been called […]

“WITHOUT CAREFULNESS” – Charles Spurgeon

“WITHOUT CAREFULNESS” – Charles Spurgeon “WITHOUT CAREFULNESS” “I would have you without carefulness.” 1 Corinthians 7:32. AT the time when Paul wrote these words he was giving judgment as to whether it was expedient for Christians in those days to marry. The question was whether they were likely to be better Christians married or unmarried. […]

CHRIST’S WORD WITH YOU – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST’S WORD WITH YOU – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST’S WORD WITH YOU “Come unto Me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28. ONE is struck with the personality of this text. There are two persons in it, “you” and “Me”—that is to say, the laboring one and […]

CHARIOTS OF IRON – Charles Spurgeon

CHARIOTS OF IRON – Charles Spurgeon CHARIOTS OF IRON “And the Lord was with Judah; and he drove out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled from there the […]

THE GENERAL CONVOCATION AROUND MOUNT ZION – Charles Spurgeon

THE GENERAL CONVOCATION AROUND MOUNT ZION – Charles Spurgeon THE GENERAL CONVOCATION AROUND MOUNT ZION “But you are come unto Mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven, and […]

STAND FAST – Charles Spurgeon

STAND FAST – Charles Spurgeon STAND FAST “Be not moved away from the hope of the gospel.” Colossians 1:23. I THINK this morning we showed pretty plainly that many a soul has a great struggle to attain to the hope of the gospel [See “Despair Denounced and Grace Glorified,” No. 1676.]. Not without hand-to-hand fighting […]

THE LAW WRITTEN IN THE HEART – Charles Spurgeon

THE LAW WRITTEN IN THE HEART – Charles Spurgeon THE LAW WRITTEN IN THE HEART After those days, says the Lord, I will put My law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts.” Jeremiah 31:33. LAST Lord’s-Day morning, we spoke of the first great blessing of the covenant of grace, namely, the […]

WITH THE DISCIPLES ON THE LAKE OF GALILEE – Charles Spurgeon

WITH THE DISCIPLES ON THE LAKE OF GALILEE – Charles Spurgeon WITH THE DISCIPLES ON THE LAKE OF GALILEE “The men marveled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him!” Matthew 8:27. “And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, […]

GOD’S NON-REMEMBRANCE OF SIN – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S NON-REMEMBRANCE OF SIN – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S NON-REMEMBRANCE OF SIN “I, even I, am He that blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and will not remember your sins.” Isaiah 43:25. “For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” Jeremiah 31:34. “For I will be merciful to […]

“FEED MY LAMBS”—A SUNDAY SCHOOL SERMON – Charles Spurgeon

“FEED MY LAMBS”—A SUNDAY SCHOOL SERMON – Charles Spurgeon “FEED MY LAMBS”—A SUNDAY SCHOOL SERMON “So when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love Me more than these? He said unto Him, Yes, Lord; You know that I love You. He said unto him, Feed My lambs.” […]

THE GREAT CROSS-BEARER AND HIS FOLLOWERS – Charles Spurgeon

THE GREAT CROSS-BEARER AND HIS FOLLOWERS – Charles Spurgeon THE GREAT CROSS-BEARER AND HIS FOLLOWERS “And when they had mocked Him, they took off the purple from Him, and put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.” Mark 15:20. “And He, bearing His cross, went forth.” John 19:17. “And they […]

ASK AND HAVE – Charles Spurgeon

ASK AND HAVE – Charles Spurgeon ASK AND HAVE “You lust, and have not: you kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: you fight and war, yet you have not, because you ask not. You ask, and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may consume it upon your lusts.” James 4:2, 3. […]

SHUTTING, SEALING AND COVERING—OR, MESSIAH’S GLORIOUS WORK – Charles Spurgeon

SHUTTING, SEALING AND COVERING—OR, MESSIAH’S GLORIOUS WORK – Charles Spurgeon SHUTTING, SEALING AND COVERING—OR, MESSIAH’S GLORIOUS WORK “Seventy weeks are determined upon your people and upon your holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal […]

BOCHIM—OR, THE WEEPERS – Charles Spurgeon

BOCHIM—OR, THE WEEPERS – Charles Spurgeon BOCHIM—OR, THE WEEPERS “And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spoke these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the Lord.” Judges […]

ONE WAR OVER AND ANOTHER BEGUN – Charles Spurgeon

ONE WAR OVER AND ANOTHER BEGUN – Charles Spurgeon ONE WAR OVER AND ANOTHER BEGUN “And when Gideon perceived that He was an angel of the Lord, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord God! For I have seen an angel of the Lord face to face. And the Lord said unto him, Peace be unto you; […]

THE SAMARITAN WOMAN AND HER MISSION – Charles Spurgeon

THE SAMARITAN WOMAN AND HER MISSION – Charles Spurgeon THE SAMARITAN WOMAN AND HER MISSION “And upon this came His disciples, and marveled that He talked with the woman, yet no man said, What do You seek? or, Why are You talking with her? The woman then left her waterpot, and Went her way into […]

A GREAT MISTAKE AND THE WAY TO RECTIFY IT – Charles Spurgeon

A GREAT MISTAKE AND THE WAY TO RECTIFY IT – Charles Spurgeon A GREAT MISTAKE AND THE WAY TO RECTIFY IT “Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel you to […]

DESPAIR DENOUNCED AND GRACE GLORIFIED – Charles Spurgeon

DESPAIR DENOUNCED AND GRACE GLORIFIED – Charles Spurgeon DESPAIR DENOUNCED AND GRACE GLORIFIED “Then He said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus […]

OUT OF EGYPT – Charles Spurgeon

OUT OF EGYPT – Charles Spurgeon OUT OF EGYPT “When he arose, he took the young child and His mother by night, and departed into Egypt: and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called […]

BROUGHT UP FROM THE HORRIBLE PIT – Charles Spurgeon

BROUGHT UP FROM THE HORRIBLE PIT – Charles Spurgeon BROUGHT UP FROM THE HORRIBLE PIT “I waited patiently for the Lord: and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my […]

WHO IS THIS? – Charles Spurgeon

WHO IS THIS? – Charles Spurgeon WHO IS THIS? “For who is this that engaged His heart to approach unto Me? says the Lord.” Jeremiah 30:21. I MENTIONED in the reading that there is a very remarkable change of tone in the Book of Jeremiah, at the 30th chapter. You read on through the 29 […]

THE VOICE BEHIND YOU – Charles Spurgeon

THE VOICE BEHIND YOU – Charles Spurgeon THE VOICE BEHIND YOU “And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk you in it, when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left.” Isaiah 30:21. ON the Sabbath before last we spoke concerning “the still […]

THE VALUE AND RANK OF THE BELIEVER – Charles Spurgeon

THE VALUE AND RANK OF THE BELIEVER – Charles Spurgeon THE VALUE AND RANK OF THE BELIEVER “Since you were precious in My sight, you have been honorable, and I have loved you: therefore will I give men for you, and people for your life.” Isaiah 43:4. ONE of the worst mistakes we could make […]

ONE LION, TWO LIONS, NO LION AT ALL! – Charles Spurgeon

ONE LION, TWO LIONS, NO LION AT ALL! – Charles Spurgeon ONE LION, TWO LIONS, NO LION AT ALL! “The slothful man says, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.” Proverbs 22:13. “The slothful man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.” Proverbs […]

TEACHING FOR THE OUTER AND INNER CIRCLES – Charles Spurgeon

TEACHING FOR THE OUTER AND INNER CIRCLES – Charles Spurgeon TEACHING FOR THE OUTER AND INNER CIRCLES “And with many such parables spoke He the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. But without a parable He did not speak to them: and when they were alone, He explained all things to […]

THE STILL SMALL VOICE – Charles Spurgeon

THE STILL SMALL VOICE – Charles Spurgeon THE STILL SMALL VOICE “And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. So it was when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the […]

“LOVE AND I”—A MYSTERY – Charles Spurgeon

“LOVE AND I”—A MYSTERY – Charles Spurgeon “LOVE AND I”—A MYSTERY “I have declared unto them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You have loved Me may be in them, and I in them.” John 17:26. FOR several Sabbath mornings my mind has been directed into subjects, which I might […]

THE FIRST RECORDED WORDS OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

THE FIRST RECORDED WORDS OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon THE FIRST RECORDED WORDS OF JESUS “And when they saw Him, they were amazed; and His mother said unto Him, Son, why have You thus dealt with us? Look, Your father and I have sought You sorrowing. And He said unto them, How is it that […]

THE EXCEEDING RICHES OF GRACE – Charles Spurgeon

THE EXCEEDING RICHES OF GRACE – Charles Spurgeon THE EXCEEDING RICHES OF GRACE “That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His Grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.” Ephesians 2:7. FROM this verse it is clear that Paul fully expected the Gospel of the Grace of God […]

“JEHOVAH-ROPHI” – Charles Spurgeon

“JEHOVAH-ROPHI” – Charles Spurgeon “JEHOVAH-ROPHI” “I am the Lord who heals you.” Exodus 15:26. WE shall consider this passage in its context, for I have no doubt that the miracle at Marah was intended to be a very instructive illustration of the glorious title which is here claimed by the covenant God of Israel— “I […]

THE TRUE GOSPEL IS NO HIDDEN GOSPEL – Charles Spurgeon

THE TRUE GOSPEL IS NO HIDDEN GOSPEL – Charles Spurgeon THE TRUE GOSPEL IS NO HIDDEN GOSPEL “But if our gospel is hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of […]

THE INDWELLING AND OUTFLOWING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon

THE INDWELLING AND OUTFLOWING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon THE INDWELLING AND OUTFLOWING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT “He that believes on Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spoke He of the Spirit, which they that believe on Him should receive: for […]

PRAYING AND PLEADING – Charles Spurgeon

PRAYING AND PLEADING – Charles Spurgeon PRAYING AND PLEADING “O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do it for Your name’s sake; for our backslidings are many. We have sinned against You. O the hope of Israel, his Savior in time of trouble, why should You be as a stranger in the land, and […]

THE PERPETUITY OF THE LAW OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon

THE PERPETUITY OF THE LAW OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon THE PERPETUITY OF THE LAW OF GOD “For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all is fulfilled.” Matthew 5:18. IT has been said that he who understands […]

A FEAST FOR THE UPRIGHT – Charles Spurgeon

A FEAST FOR THE UPRIGHT – Charles Spurgeon A FEAST FOR THE UPRIGHT “For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts in You.” Psalm 84:11, 12. […]

HEALED OR DELUDED? WHICH? – Charles Spurgeon

HEALED OR DELUDED? WHICH? – Charles Spurgeon HEALED OR DELUDED? WHICH? “They have healed the hurt of the daughter of My people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.” Jeremiah 8:11. “Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for You are my praise.” Jeremiah […]

MY HOURLY PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon

MY HOURLY PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon MY HOURLY PRAYER “Hold You me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto Your statutes continually.” Psalm 119:117. “HOLD You me up.” This is no novelty as a prayer. We have met with it many a time. Another form of it lies hard by. […]

MY SOLACE IN MY AFFLICTION – Charles Spurgeon

MY SOLACE IN MY AFFLICTION – Charles Spurgeon MY SOLACE IN MY AFFLICTION “Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven. Your faithfulness is unto all generations: You have established the earth and it abides. They continue this day according to Your ordinances: for all are Your servants. Unless Your law had been my […]

THE BLESSED GUEST DETAINED – Charles Spurgeon

THE BLESSED GUEST DETAINED – Charles Spurgeon THE BLESSED GUEST DETAINED “Then they drew near unto the village where they were going, and He made as though He would have gone further. But they constrained Him, saying, Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And He went in […]

“AT YOUR WORD” – Charles Spurgeon

“AT YOUR WORD” – Charles Spurgeon “AT YOUR WORD” “And Simon answering said unto Him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.” Luke 5:5. HOW very much may simple obedience partake of the sublime! Peter went to take up the net, […]

THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD JESUS – Charles Spurgeon THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD JESUS “Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel.” 2 Timothy 2:8. FROM long sickness my mind is scarcely equal to the work before me. Certainly, if I had ever sought […]

THE SINGING PILGRIM – Charles Spurgeon

THE SINGING PILGRIM – Charles Spurgeon THE SINGING PILGRIM “Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.” Psalm 119:54. THE 119th Psalm is said by many to consist of detached sentences, and to be rather a casket of gold rings than a chain of united golden links, yet the position of […]

A DELUSION DISPELLED – Charles Spurgeon

A DELUSION DISPELLED – Charles Spurgeon A DELUSION DISPELLED “Though Noah, Daniel and Job were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.” Ezekiel 14:20. WE are told in the opening verse of this chapter that certain […]

GOD’S FATHERLY PITY – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S FATHERLY PITY – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S FATHERLY PITY “As a father pities his children, so the Lord pities them that fear Him.” Psalm 103:13. IN the former part of this psalm the Psalmist sang of God’s deeds of love, His gifts, His benefits, and His acts of kindness. But here he goes deeper into […]

FRESHNESS – Charles Spurgeon

FRESHNESS – Charles Spurgeon FRESHNESS “My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.” Job 29:20. “I shall be anointed with fresh oil.” Psalm 92:10. THE first text tells us of the renown of Job, and of the way in which the providence of God continued to maintain the glory […]

PILATE AND OURSELVES GUILTY OF THE SAVIOR’S DEATH – Charles Spurgeon

PILATE AND OURSELVES GUILTY OF THE SAVIOR’S DEATH – Charles Spurgeon PILATE AND OURSELVES GUILTY OF THE SAVIOR’S DEATH “When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: […]

THE DREAM OF PILATE’S WIFE – Charles Spurgeon

THE DREAM OF PILATE’S WIFE – Charles Spurgeon THE DREAM OF PILATE’S WIFE “When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have you nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of Him.” Matthew 27:19. I EARNESTLY […]

A HOME QUESTION AND A RIGHT ANSWER – Charles Spurgeon

A HOME QUESTION AND A RIGHT ANSWER – Charles Spurgeon A HOME QUESTION AND A RIGHT ANSWER “From that time many of His disciples went back and walked no more with Him. Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will you also go away? Then Simon Peter answered Him, Lord, to whom shall we go? You […]

OUR LORD BEFORE HEROD – Charles Spurgeon

OUR LORD BEFORE HEROD – Charles Spurgeon OUR LORD BEFORE HEROD “And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad: for he was desirous to see Him for a long season, because he had heard many things of Him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by Him. Then he questioned Him in […]

OUR LORD’S FIRST APPEARANCE BEFORE PILATE – Charles Spurgeon

OUR LORD’S FIRST APPEARANCE BEFORE PILATE – Charles Spurgeon OUR LORD’S FIRST APPEARANCE BEFORE PILATE “Pilate said unto them, I find in Him no fault at all.” John 18:38. I SHOULD like, if God spares us, to present to you on Sabbath mornings the full story of our Savior’s sufferings. We began last Lord’s-Day by […]

OUR LORD’S TRIAL BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN – Charles Spurgeon

OUR LORD’S TRIAL BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN – Charles Spurgeon OUR LORD’S TRIAL BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN “And they all condemned Him to be guilty of death.” Mark 14:64. THIS one sentence is selected because custom demands a text, but in reality we shall follow the entire narrative of our Lord’s trial before the high priests. We […]

“VERILY, VERILY” – Charles Spurgeon

“VERILY, VERILY” – Charles Spurgeon “VERILY, VERILY” “Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that hears My word, and believes on Him that sent Me, has everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation but is passed from death unto life.” John 5:24. “Verily, Verily, I say unto you, he that believes on Me has […]

GREAT SPOIL – Charles Spurgeon

GREAT SPOIL – Charles Spurgeon GREAT SPOIL “I rejoice at Your word, as one that finds great spoil.” Psalm 119:162. IN the preceding verse David had avowed his reverence for God’s word in the following language, “My heart stands in awe of Your word.” It is clear that holy awe is perfectly consistent with intense […]

ACCEPTABLE SERVICE – Charles Spurgeon

ACCEPTABLE SERVICE – Charles Spurgeon ACCEPTABLE SERVICE “Wherefore, we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: for our God is a consuming fire.” Hebrews 12:28, 29. AS a congregation you have of late been diligently engaged in the service of […]

MEN WITHOUT HEART, SIGHT, OR HEARING – Charles Spurgeon

MEN WITHOUT HEART, SIGHT, OR HEARING – Charles Spurgeon MEN WITHOUT HEART, SIGHT, OR HEARING Yet the Lord has not given you a heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.” Deuteronomy 29:4. FEELING, sight, hearing! What wonderful things these are. If we could exist without them what a […]

THE BEGINNING OF MONTHS – Charles Spurgeon

THE BEGINNING OF MONTHS – Charles Spurgeon THE BEGINNING OF MONTHS “And the Lord spoke unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, this month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.” Exodus 12:1, 2. IN all probability up to that […]

CHASTENED HAPPINESS – Charles Spurgeon

CHASTENED HAPPINESS – Charles Spurgeon CHASTENED HAPPINESS “They shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.” Jeremiah 33:9. GOD’S ancient people sadly provoked Him with their idolatries from age to age. He was longsuffering to them to the last degree, but at length He grew […]

ONLY TRUST HIM! ONLY TRUST HIM! – Charles Spurgeon

ONLY TRUST HIM! ONLY TRUST HIM! – Charles Spurgeon ONLY TRUST HIM! ONLY TRUST HIM! “And as He entered into a certain village, there met Him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: and they lifted up their voices and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when He saw them, He […]

LOVED AND LOVING – Charles Spurgeon

LOVED AND LOVING – Charles Spurgeon LOVED AND LOVING “My Beloved is mine, and I am His: He feeds among the lilies.” Song of Solomon 2:16. “MY BELOVED”—this is a sweet name which our love takes liberty to apply to the Lord Jesus. His inexpressible beauty has won our affection and we cannot help loving […]

THE BRIDE AND HER ORNAMENTS—THE SIN OF FORGETTING GOD – Charles Spurgeon

THE BRIDE AND HER ORNAMENTS—THE SIN OF FORGETTING GOD – Charles Spurgeon THE BRIDE AND HER ORNAMENTS—THE SIN OF FORGETTING GOD “Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me days without number.” Jeremiah 2:32. IT is a clear proof of the great love of God to […]

SARAH AND HER DAUGHTERS – Charles Spurgeon

SARAH AND HER DAUGHTERS – Charles Spurgeon SARAH AND HER DAUGHTERS “Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bore you.” Isaiah 51:2. “Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters you are, as long as you do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.” 1 Peter 3:6. I DESIRE to […]

THE NAZARENE AND THE SECT OF THE NAZARENES – Charles Spurgeon

THE NAZARENE AND THE SECT OF THE NAZARENES – Charles Spurgeon THE NAZARENE AND THE SECT OF THE NAZARENES “And He came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.” Matthew 2:23. WE find the Jews speaking of Paul, […]

THE MAIN MATTER – Charles Spurgeon

THE MAIN MATTER – Charles Spurgeon THE MAIN MATTER “Many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book: but these are written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that, believing, you might have life through His name.” […]

FOUR CHOICE SENTENCES – Charles Spurgeon

FOUR CHOICE SENTENCES – Charles Spurgeon FOUR CHOICE SENTENCES “Behold I am with you.” Genesis 28:15. “I will be with you.” Genesis 31:3. “The God of my father has been with me.” Genesis 31:5. “Behold, I die: but God shall be with you.” Genesis 48:21. My discourse, this evening, will scarcely be a sermon—it will […]

TWO GOOD THINGS – Charles Spurgeon

TWO GOOD THINGS – Charles Spurgeon WO GOOD THINGS “It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn Your statutes.” Psalm 119:71. “It is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all Your works.” Psalm 73:28. […]

TILL WE MEET AGAIN – Charles Spurgeon

TILL WE MEET AGAIN – Charles Spurgeon TILL WE MEET AGAIN “The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.” Revelation 22:21. THE first saints could never be long without speaking of their Lord and Savior. He filled their hearts and, therefore, they must necessarily speak of Him. How ingeniously they bring […]

BAPTISM—A BURIAL – Charles Spurgeon

BAPTISM—A BURIAL – Charles Spurgeon BAPTISM—A BURIAL “Know you not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death? Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we […]

THE PRINCIPAL WHEAT – Charles Spurgeon

THE PRINCIPAL WHEAT – Charles Spurgeon THE PRINCIPAL WHEAT “The principal wheat.” Isaiah 28:25. THE whole passage runs on this wise—“Give you ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. Does the plowman plow all day to sow? Does he open and break the clods of his ground? When he has made plain […]

WITHOUT CHRIST—NOTHING – Charles Spurgeon

WITHOUT CHRIST—NOTHING – Charles Spurgeon WITHOUT CHRIST—NOTHING “Without Me you can do nothing.” John 15:5. THIS is not the language of a man of ordinary mold. No saint, no Prophet, no Apostle would ever have addressed a company of faithful men and have said to them, “Without me you can do nothing.” Had Jesus Christ […]

WELCOME! WELCOME! – Charles Spurgeon

WELCOME! WELCOME! – Charles Spurgeon WELCOME! WELCOME! “And the people, when they knew it, followed Him: and He received them, and spoke unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.” Luke 9:11. MY subject has been suggested to me by the rendering of this passage given in the […]

WHOLEHEARTED RELIGION – Charles Spurgeon

WHOLEHEARTED RELIGION – Charles Spurgeon WHOLEHEARTED RELIGION “And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them, and of their children after them.” Jeremiah 32:39. THOSE of you who were present last Lord’s-Day morning will remember my sermon upon “Mongrel Religion,” [Sermon #1622] in […]

MONGREL RELIGION – Charles Spurgeon

MONGREL RELIGION – Charles Spurgeon MONGREL RELIGION “So these nations feared the Lord yet served their graven images, both their children, and their children’s children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.” 2 Kings 17:41. “So do they unto this day,” said the writer of the Book of Kings, who has long […]

THE ARK OF THE COVENANT – Charles Spurgeon

THE ARK OF THE COVENANT – Charles Spurgeon THE ARK OF THE COVENANT “And it shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, says the Lord, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the Lord: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall […]

IS IT NOTHING TO YOU? – Charles Spurgeon

IS IT NOTHING TO YOU? – Charles Spurgeon IS IT NOTHING TO YOU? “Is it nothing to you, all you that pass by? Behold and see if there is any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, with which the Lord has afflicted me in the day of His fierce anger.” Lamentations […]

THE PENTECOSTAL WIND AND FIRE – Charles Spurgeon

THE PENTECOSTAL WIND AND FIRE – Charles Spurgeon THE PENTECOSTAL WIND AND FIRE “And suddenly there came a sound from Heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. […]

HOLINESS, THE LAW OF GOD’S HOUSE – Charles Spurgeon

HOLINESS, THE LAW OF GOD’S HOUSE – Charles Spurgeon HOLINESS, THE LAW OF GOD’S HOUSE “This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.” Ezekiel 43:12. I SHALL not enter into the immediate […]

LOVE’S LABORS – Charles Spurgeon

LOVE’S LABORS – Charles Spurgeon LOVE’S LABORS “Charity bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” 1 Corinthians 13:7. THE grace of charity, or love, of which so much is most admirably spoken in this chapter, is absolutely essential to true godliness. So essential is it that if we have everything […]

SAVED IN HOPE – Charles Spurgeon

SAVED IN HOPE – Charles Spurgeon SAVED IN HOPE “For we are saved by hope, but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man sees, why does he yet hope for? But if we hope for what we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.” Romans 8:24, 25. ACCORDING […]

SINGING IN THE WAYS OF THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon

SINGING IN THE WAYS OF THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon SINGING IN THE WAYS OF THE LORD “Yes, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of the Lord.” Psalm 138:5. ACCORDING to the context, this is spoken of kings. “All the kings of the earth shall praise You, […]

DRESSING IN THE MORNING – Charles Spurgeon

DRESSING IN THE MORNING – Charles Spurgeon DRESSING IN THE MORNING “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works […]

SHUT IN OR SHUT OUT – Charles Spurgeon

SHUT IN OR SHUT OUT – Charles Spurgeon SHUT IN OR SHUT OUT “The Lord shut him in.” Genesis 7:16. NOAH was a very different man from the rest of those who lived in his time, for the Grace of God had set a division between him and them. They forgot God and Noah feared […]

THE MINSTREL – Charles Spurgeon

THE MINSTREL – Charles Spurgeon THE MINSTREL “But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him.” 2 Kings 3:15. THE text is a somewhat singular one, but I hope it will suggest a profitable idea. Elisha needed that the Holy […]

THE WORD OF THE CROSS – Charles Spurgeon

THE WORD OF THE CROSS – Charles Spurgeon THE WORD OF THE CROSS “For the preaching of the Cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.” 1 Corinthians 1:18. NOTE well that in the 17th verse Paul had renounced the “wisdom of words.” He […]

A MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF JOSEPH – Charles Spurgeon

A MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF JOSEPH – Charles Spurgeon A MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF JOSEPH “The Lord was with Joseph.” Genesis 39:2. SCRIPTURE frequently sums up a man’s life in a single sentence. Here is the biography of Joseph sketched by Inspiration—“ God was with him,” so Stephen testified in his famous speech recorded in Acts 7:9. […]

FAITH—WHAT IS IT? HOW CAN IT BE OBTAINED? – Charles Spurgeon

FAITH—WHAT IS IT? HOW CAN IT BE OBTAINED? – Charles Spurgeon FAITH—WHAT IS IT? HOW CAN IT BE OBTAINED? “By Grace are you saved through faith.” Ephesians 2:8. I MEAN to dwell mainly upon that expression, “Through faith.” I call attention, however, first of all, to the fountainhead of our salvation, which is the Grace […]

THE DOUBLE “COME” – Charles Spurgeon

THE DOUBLE “COME” – Charles Spurgeon THE DOUBLE “COME” “And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, Come.” Revelation 22:17. WE have open before us the last page of the Word of God. The Spirit of God will not dictate a single fresh line of Truth. We have come […]

THE SWIFTLY RUNNING WORD – Charles Spurgeon

THE SWIFTLY RUNNING WORD – Charles Spurgeon THE SWIFTLY RUNNING WORD “His Word runs very swiftly.” Psalms 147:15. A WORD is the expression of the mind. What a man has thought may live and die within himself, but when he wishes his thought to live in the outer world, he embodies it in a word […]

ZIKLAG—OR DAVID ENCOURAGING HIMSELF IN GOD – Charles Spurgeon

ZIKLAG—OR DAVID ENCOURAGING HIMSELF IN GOD – Charles Spurgeon ZIKLAG—OR DAVID ENCOURAGING HIMSELF IN GOD “And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters. But David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.” “And […]

JESUS KNEW WHAT HE WOULD DO – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS KNEW WHAT HE WOULD DO – Charles Spurgeon JESUS KNEW WHAT HE WOULD DO “This He said to test him: for He Himself knew what He would do.” John 6:6. OBSERVE, dear Friends, how careful the Holy Spirit is that we should not make a mistake about our Lord Jesus Christ. He knew that […]

HEART DISEASE CURABLE – Charles Spurgeon

HEART DISEASE CURABLE – Charles Spurgeon HEART DISEASE CURABLE “He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted.” Isaiah 61:1. THIS text receives great luster from the fact that it was one of the passages which the Savior read when He entered into the synagogue at Nazareth and preached on the Sabbath. It is as […]

WHAT THE FARM LABORERS CAN DO AND WHAT THEY CANNOT DO – Charles Spurgeon

WHAT THE FARM LABORERS CAN DO AND WHAT THEY CANNOT DO – Charles Spurgeon WHAT THE FARM LABORERS CAN DO AND WHAT THEY CANNOT DO “And He said, The kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed into the ground and should sleep and rise night and day and the seed should […]

FARM LABORERS – Charles Spurgeon

FARM LABORERS – Charles Spurgeon FARM LABORERS “I have planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, neither he who waters, but God that gives the increase. Now he who plants and he who waters are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to […]

THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon

THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF GOD “But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you set at nothing your brother? For we shall all stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ. For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to […]

A GREATER THAN SOLOMON – Charles Spurgeon

A GREATER THAN SOLOMON – Charles Spurgeon A GREATER THAN SOLOMON “Behold, a greater than Solomon is here.” Luke 11:31. OUR first thought is that no mere man would have said this concerning himself unless he had been altogether eaten up with vanity, for Solomon was, among the Jews, the very ideal of greatness and […]

EVERYDAY RELIGION – Charles Spurgeon

EVERYDAY RELIGION – Charles Spurgeon EVERYDAY RELIGION “The life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God.” Galatians 2:20. I am not about to preach from this whole verse, for I have done that before—this single sentence will suffice me. I shall not attempt to enter […]

THE SUBSTANCE OF TRUE RELIGION – Charles Spurgeon

THE SUBSTANCE OF TRUE RELIGION – Charles Spurgeon THE SUBSTANCE OF TRUE RELIGION “But you should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?” Job 19:28. You will always understand a passage of Scripture better if you carefully attend to its connection. The habit of picking out portions […]

THE PRIEST ORDAINED BY THE OATH OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon

THE PRIEST ORDAINED BY THE OATH OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon THE PRIEST ORDAINED BY THE OATH OF GOD “And inasmuch as not without an oath He was made Priest, (for those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by Him that said unto Him, The Lord swore and will not […]

HEARKEN AND LOOK—OR, ENCOURAGEMENT FOR BELIEVERS – Charles Spurgeon

HEARKEN AND LOOK—OR, ENCOURAGEMENT FOR BELIEVERS – Charles Spurgeon HEARKEN AND LOOK—OR, ENCOURAGEMENT FOR BELIEVERS “Look unto Abraham your father and unto Sarah that bore you: for I called him alone and blessed him, and increased him. For the Lord shall comfort Zion: He will comfort all her waste places; and He will make her […]

THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH – Charles Spurgeon

THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH – Charles Spurgeon THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.” Psalm 23:4. Do you know I had laid […]

THE CANDLE – Charles Spurgeon

THE CANDLE – Charles Spurgeon THE CANDLE “Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it gives light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in […]

REJECTERS OF THE GOSPEL ADMONISHED – Charles Spurgeon

REJECTERS OF THE GOSPEL ADMONISHED – Charles Spurgeon REJECTERS OF THE GOSPEL ADMONISHED “To whom He said, This is the rest with which you may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.” Isaiah 28:12. ASSUREDLY Isaiah was one of the most eloquent of preachers and yet he […]

THE COMMON SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon

THE COMMON SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon THE COMMON SALVATION “The common salvation.” Jude 1:3. JUDE says, “Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was necessary for me to write unto you.” The Apostle did not write for writing’s sake and in this he sets us an example—we […]

HONEY FROM A LION – Charles Spurgeon

HONEY FROM A LION – Charles Spurgeon HONEY FROM A LION “But the free gift is not like the offense For if through the offense of one, many are dead, much more the Grace of God, and the gift by Grace, which is by one Man, Jesus Christ, has abounded unto many.” Romans 5:15. THIS […]

THE BARRIER – Charles Spurgeon

THE BARRIER – Charles Spurgeon THE BARRIER “And there shall in nowise enter into it anything that defiles, neither whatever works abomination, or makes a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.” Revelation 21:27. THE text refers to the glorified Church of our Lord Jesus Christ. That perfected company of […]

THE BELIEVER’S DEATH DAY BETTER THAN HIS BIRTHDAY – Charles Spurgeon

THE BELIEVER’S DEATH DAY BETTER THAN HIS BIRTHDAY – Charles THE BELIEVER’S DEATH DAY BETTER THAN HIS BIRTHDAY “A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.” Ecclesiastes 7:1. IN this part of the world, we can hardly understand how much the Easterns thought of […]

JESUS AT A STANDSTILL – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS AT A STANDSTILL – Charles Spurgeon JESUS AT A STANDSTILL “And Jesus stood still.” Mark 10:49. A FRIEND enquired of me yesterday, “Will you preach on Sunday morning to saints or to sinners?” I could not, at the moment, answer him, but afterwards I thought to myself—If I preach concerning Jesus Christ, our Lord […]

HOLY LONGINGS – Charles Spurgeon

HOLY LONGINGS – Charles Spurgeon HOLY LONGINGS “My soul breaks with longing for Your Judgments at all times.” Psalm 119:20. ONE of the best tests of a man’s character will be found in his deepest and heartiest longings. You cannot always judge a man by what he is doing at any one time, for he […]

TRUTHFULNESS – Charles Spurgeon

TRUTHFULNESS – Charles Spurgeon TRUTHFULNESS “O Lord, are not Your eyes upon the truth?” Jeremiah 5:3. THE allusion is not to doctrinal Truth of God, or truth in the abstract, but to practical truth as it should exist in the hearts and lives of men. It might be read, “Lord, are not Your eyes upon […]

THE HEROIC IN CHRISTIANITY – Charles Spurgeon

THE HEROIC IN CHRISTIANITY – Charles Spurgeon THE HEROIC IN CHRISTIANITY “For if you love them which love you, what credit is that to you? For sinners also love those that love them. And if you do good to them which do good to you, what credit is that to you? For sinners also do […]

CHOICE FOOD FOR PILGRIMS TO CANAAN – Charles Spurgeon

CHOICE FOOD FOR PILGRIMS TO CANAAN – Charles Spurgeon CHOICE FOOD FOR PILGRIMS TO CANAAN “And He said, My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” Exodus 33:14. MAY the inexpressibly precious promises of our text be fulfilled to every one of you throughout the whole of your lives. What could […]

THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT—JOY – Charles Spurgeon

THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT—JOY – Charles Spurgeon THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT—JOY “But the fruit of the Spirit is joy.” Galatians 5:22. OBSERVE, “the fruit of the Spirit,” for the product of the Spirit of God is one. As some fruits are easily divisible into several parts, so you perceive that the fruit of […]

SILVER SOCKETS—REDEMPTION THE FOUNDATION! – Charles Spurgeon

SILVER SOCKETS—REDEMPTION THE FOUNDATION! – Charles Spurgeon SILVER SOCKETS—REDEMPTION THE FOUNDATION! “And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, When you take the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when you number them; that there be no plague among […]

AN INDICTMENT WITH FOUR COUNTS – Charles Spurgeon

AN INDICTMENT WITH FOUR COUNTS – Charles Spurgeon AN INDICTMENT WITH FOUR COUNTS “She obeyed not His voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God.” Zephaniah 3:2. HERE ARE FOUR heavy counts of a terrible indictment against Jerusalem and the Jewish people. Is it not […]

ROADS CLEARED – Charles Spurgeon

ROADS CLEARED – Charles Spurgeon ROADS CLEARED “Cast you up, cast you up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling block out of the way of My people.” Isaiah 57:14. WHAT is the way, the way of salvation, the way to Heaven? Jesus Christ says, “I am the way.” He is the Son of God […]

TAUGHT THAT WE MAY TEACH – Charles Spurgeon

TAUGHT THAT WE MAY TEACH – Charles Spurgeon TAUGHT THAT WE MAY TEACH “And the Man said to me, Son of man, behold with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I shall show you; for to the intent that I might show them unto you are you […]

SIN SUBDUED – Charles Spurgeon

SIN SUBDUED – Charles Spurgeon SIN SUBDUED “He will subdue our iniquities.” Micah 7:19. BUT lately I tuned my harp to the music of forgiven sin and we sang of pardon bought with blood, finding our keynote in the words of David—“Who forgives all your iniquities.” It was a sweet subject to all our hearts, […]

THE THRONE OF GOD AND OF THE LAMB – Charles Spurgeon

THE THRONE OF GOD AND OF THE LAMB – Charles Spurgeon THE THRONE OF GOD AND OF THE LAMB “The Throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it.” Revelation 22:3. WE shall take these words as referring to Heaven. Certainly it is most true of the Celestial City as well as of […]

THE SITTING OF THE REFINER – Charles Spurgeon

THE SITTING OF THE REFINER – Charles Spurgeon THE SITTING OF THE REFINER “And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.” Malachi 3:3. THIS is spoken […]

I WAS BEFORE – Charles Spurgeon

I WAS BEFORE – Charles Spurgeon I WAS BEFORE “Who was before a blasphemer and a persecutor and injurious.” 1 Timothy 1:13. I AM not going to dwell, at this time, upon the special items of the text as to what Paul was before his conversion because none of us have been exactly as he […]

BAD LODGERS AND HOW TO TREAT THEM – Charles Spurgeon

BAD LODGERS AND HOW TO TREAT THEM – Charles Spurgeon BAD LODGERS AND HOW TO TREAT THEM “O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness that you may be saved. How long shall your vain thoughts lodge within you?” Jeremiah 4:14. ONE notices, in reading such a chapter as this fourth of Jeremiah, that the change […]

ALIVE – Charles Spurgeon

ALIVE – Charles Spurgeon ALIVE “The righteousness of Your testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding and I shall live.” Psalm 119:144. YESTERDAY afternoon I was the subject of a somewhat singular circumstance. An esteemed friend and relative came over to my house, evidently laboring under great disturbance of mind and having enquiries to make of […]

THE JOY OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

THE JOY OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon THE JOY OF JESUS “In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I thank You, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that You have hid these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good […]

THE LAMENTATIONS OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

THE LAMENTATIONS OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon THE LAMENTATIONS OF JESUS “When He had come near, He beheld the city and wept over it.” Luke 19:41. ON three occasions we are told that Jesus wept. You know them well, but it may be worth while to refresh your memories. The first was when our Lord […]

THE GOLDEN LAMP AND ITS GOODLY LESSONS – Charles Spurgeon

THE GOLDEN LAMP AND ITS GOODLY LESSONS – Charles Spurgeon THE GOLDEN LAMP AND ITS GOODLY LESSONS “And the angel that talked with me came again and awakened me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep and said unto me, What do you see? And I said, I have looked and behold […]

THE BELIEVER CATECHIZED – Charles Spurgeon

THE BELIEVER CATECHIZED – Charles Spurgeon THE BELIEVER CATECHIZED “Do you believe this?” John 11:26. THE Savior said to Martha, “I am the resurrection and the life: He that believes in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. DO YOU BELIEVE THIS?” When […]

CHEER FOR THE WORKER AND HOPE FOR LONDON – Charles Spurgeon

CHEER FOR THE WORKER AND HOPE FOR LONDON – Charles Spurgeon CHEER FOR THE WORKER AND HOPE FOR LONDON “Then spoke the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak and hold not your peace: for I am with you and no man shall set on you to hurt […]

MASCHIL OF ETHAN, A MAJESTIC SONG – Charles Spurgeon

MASCHIL OF ETHAN, A MAJESTIC SONG – Charles Spurgeon MASCHIL OF ETHAN, A MAJESTIC SONG “I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever: with my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations. For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever: Your faithfulness shall You establish in the very […]

DESIRES TOWARDS GOD—A SERMON FOR THE WEAK – Charles Spurgeon

DESIRES TOWARDS GOD—A SERMON FOR THE WEAK – Charles Spurgeon DESIRES TOWARDS GOD—A SERMON FOR THE WEAK “Lord, all my desire is before You; and my groaning is not hid from You.” Psalm 38:9. IT is our earnest desire that all who are in Christ may be strong in the Lord and in the power […]

THE DUTY OF THE PRESENT HOUR – Charles Spurgeon

THE DUTY OF THE PRESENT HOUR – Charles Spurgeon THE DUTY OF THE PRESENT HOUR “Break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till He comes and rains righteousness upon you.” Hosea 10:12. “BREAK up your fallow ground.” Nature at its largest is but a small farm and we had […]

HARVEST PAST, SUMMER ENDED AND MEN UNSAVED – Charles Spurgeon

HARVEST PAST, SUMMER ENDED AND MEN UNSAVED – Charles Spurgeon HARVEST PAST, SUMMER ENDED AND MEN UNSAVED “The harvest is past, the summer is ended and we are not saved.” Jeremiah 8:20. THIS is a very mournful chapter, especially if we include in it, as we rightly should, the first verse of the ninth chapter: […]

ASLEEP AND YET AWAKE—A RIDDLE – Charles Spurgeon

ASLEEP AND YET AWAKE—A RIDDLE – Charles Spurgeon ASLEEP AND YET AWAKE—A RIDDLE “I sleep, but my heart is awake: it is the voice of my Beloved that knocks.” Song of Solomon 5:2. WE are glad to perceive in this Song the varied experience of the bride. She was the well-beloved of the heavenly Bridegroom, […]

THE PLAIN MAN’S PATHWAY TO PEACE – Charles Spurgeon

THE PLAIN MAN’S PATHWAY TO PEACE – Charles Spurgeon THE PLAIN MAN’S PATHWAY TO PEACE “And when Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed Him, crying and saying, You son of David, have mercy on us! And when He was come into the house, the blind men came to Him: and Jesus said unto […]

TOKENS FOR GOOD – Charles Spurgeon

TOKENS FOR GOOD – Charles Spurgeon TOKENS FOR GOOD “Show me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it and be ashamed: because You, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.” Psalm 86:17. I WOULD have you note, beloved Friends, at the outset, how this man of God, in the hour […]

RARE FRUIT – Charles Spurgeon

RARE FRUIT – Charles Spurgeon RARE FRUIT “I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace.” Isaiah 57:19. “THE fruit of the lips”! The lips are neither trees of the orchard nor herbs of the garden. What fruit can they bear? The scattering of Babel came of human speech when languages were multiplied and the […]

WALKING HUMBLY WITH GOD – Charles Spurgeon

WALKING HUMBLY WITH GOD – Charles Spurgeon WALKING HUMBLY WITH GOD “He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:8. WE shall chiefly dwell upon the last line—“To walk humbly […]

THE WATERPOTS AT CANA – Charles Spurgeon

THE WATERPOTS AT CANA – Charles Spurgeon THE WATERPOTS AT CANA “Jesus said unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.” John 2:7. You know the narrative. Jesus was at a wedding feast and when the wine ran short, He provided for it right bountifully. I do not […]

THE GLORIES OF FORGIVING GRACE – Charles Spurgeon

THE GLORIES OF FORGIVING GRACE – Charles Spurgeon THE GLORIES OF FORGIVING GRACE “In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His Grace.” Ephesians 1:7. LAST Sunday morning the subject was redemption, “You are not your own: you are bought with a price.” The sequel to […]

REDEMPTION BY PRICE – Charles Spurgeon

REDEMPTION BY PRICE – Charles Spurgeon REDEMPTION BY PRICE “You are not your own: for you are bought with a price.” 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20. ATTACKS have often been made upon the central doctrine of the Gospel, namely, the doctrine of Redemption or Atonement, for it is well-known to be the crux of the Gospel. […]

FAITH WORKING BY LOVE – Charles Spurgeon

FAITH WORKING BY LOVE – Charles Spurgeon FAITH WORKING BY LOVE “Faith which works by love.” Galatians 5:6. ALL ways of justification by human works and outward forms are set aside by the Apostle. In one sentence he closes up every road which is cast up by man and opens up the way of the […]

THE FRIENDS OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

THE FRIENDS OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon THE FRIENDS OF JESUS “You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.” John 15:14. OUR Lord Jesus Christ is beyond all comparison the best of friends—a friend in need, a friend indeed. “Friend!” said Socrates, “there is no friend!” But Socrates did not know our […]

TODAY! TODAY! TODAY! – Charles Spurgeon

TODAY! TODAY! TODAY! – Charles Spurgeon TODAY! TODAY! TODAY! “Today if you will hear His voice, harden not your heart.” Psalm 95:7, 8. THIS Psalm is a burst of praise. It resounds with the joyful noise of hearty thanksgiving unto Jehovah and yet before it closes you hear the solemn tones of exhortation to men […]

THE UNSPEAKABLE GIFT – Charles Spurgeon

THE UNSPEAKABLE GIFT – Charles Spurgeon THE UNSPEAKABLE GIFT “Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift!” 2 Corinthians 9:15. PAUL had spoken of the liberality of the Corinthian Believers and he had endeavored to stir them up to a prudent preparation for displaying it. “Now, therefore,” he said, “perform the doing of it, that […]

GOOD NEWS FOR THIRSTY SOULS – Charles Spurgeon

GOOD NEWS FOR THIRSTY SOULS – Charles Spurgeon GOOD NEWS FOR THIRSTY SOULS “I will give unto him that is thirsty of the fountain of the water of life freely.” Revelation 21:6. SALVATION is no small thing. It filled the heart and hands of the Son of God and, therefore, it ought not to be […]

JOHN AND HEROD – Charles Spurgeon

JOHN AND HEROD – Charles Spurgeon JOHN AND HEROD “For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and holy and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things and heard him gladly.” Mark 6:20. JOHN sought no honor among men. It was his delight to say concerning our Lord […]

SAMUEL AND THE YOUNG MAN SAUL – Charles Spurgeon

SAMUEL AND THE YOUNG MAN SAUL – Charles Spurgeon SAMUEL AND THE YOUNG MAN SAUL “And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on), but stand still awhile, that I may announce to you the Word of […]

MEN BEWITCHED – Charles Spurgeon

MEN BEWITCHED – Charles Spurgeon MEN BEWITCHED “O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ has been evidently set forth, crucified among you?” Galatians 3:1. WITH very great enthusiasm the Galatians received the Gospel when Paul preached it to them. They seem to have […]

GOD GLORIFIED BY CHILDREN’S MOUTHS – Charles Spurgeon

GOD GLORIFIED BY CHILDREN’S MOUTHS – Charles Spurgeon GOD GLORIFIED BY CHILDREN’S MOUTHS “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings have You ordained strength because of Your enemies, that You might still the enemy and the Avenger.” Psalm 8:2. THIS Psalm sings of the grandeur of God as seen in creation. Who has not […]

MAHANAIM—OR, HOSTS OF ANGELS – Charles Spurgeon

MAHANAIM—OR, HOSTS OF ANGELS – Charles Spurgeon MAHANAIM—OR, HOSTS OF ANGELS “And Jacob went on his way and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.” Genesis 32:1, 2. “And it came to pass, when David was […]

THE SHEEP BEFORE THE SHEARERS – Charles Spurgeon

THE SHEEP BEFORE THE SHEARERS – Charles Spurgeon THE SHEEP BEFORE THE SHEARERS “As a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opens not His mouth.” Isaiah 53:7. It is very suggestive of the way in which our Lord Jesus took the sinner’s place that we are here, in the context, compared to sheep—“All […]

FREE GRACE A MOTIVE FOR FREE GIVING – Charles Spurgeon

FREE GRACE A MOTIVE FOR FREE GIVING – Charles Spurgeon FREE GRACE A MOTIVE FOR FREE GIVING “Now our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God, even our Father, which has loved us and has given us everlasting consolation and good hope through Grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.” […]

UNPROFITABLE SERVANTS – Charles Spurgeon

UNPROFITABLE SERVANTS – Charles Spurgeon UNPROFITABLE SERVANTS “And cast you the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Matthew 25:30. “So likewise you, when you shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to […]

THE MEDIATOR—JUDGE AND SAVIOR – Charles Spurgeon

THE MEDIATOR—JUDGE AND SAVIOR – Charles Spurgeon THE MEDIATOR—JUDGE AND SAVIOR “And He commanded us to preach unto the people and to testify that it is He which was ordained of God to be the Judge of the quick and the dead. To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in […]

“THE DISCIPLE WHOM JESUS LOVED” – Charles Spurgeon

“THE DISCIPLE WHOM JESUS LOVED” – Charles Spurgeon “THE DISCIPLE WHOM JESUS LOVED” “The disciple whom Jesus loved; who also leaned on His breast at supper.” John 21:20. Our Lord loved all His disciples—“having loved His own which were in the world, He loved them unto the end.” He said to all the Apostles, “I […]

DIVINE SURPRISES – Charles Spurgeon

DIVINE SURPRISES – Charles Spurgeon DIVINE SURPRISES “When You did terrible things which we looked not for, You came down, the mountains flowed down at Your Presence.” Isaiah 64:3. THE people of God were in a very sad state when this chapter described them. Isaiah pictures them as brought into the lowest degree of fear […]

SAMUEL—AN EXAMPLE OF INTERCESSION – Charles Spurgeon

SAMUEL—AN EXAMPLE OF INTERCESSION – Charles Spurgeon SAMUEL—AN EXAMPLE OF INTERCESSION “Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way.” 1 Samuel 12:23. It is a very great privilege to be permitted to pray […]

SENTENCE OF DEATH, THE DEATH OF SELF-TRUST – Charles Spurgeon

SENTENCE OF DEATH, THE DEATH OF SELF-TRUST – Charles Spurgeon SENTENCE OF DEATH, THE DEATH OF SELF – TRUST “But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raises the dead.” 2 Corinthians 1:9. WE are justified, dear Friends, in speaking about our own […]

CHRIST’S UNIVERSAL KINGDOM AND HOW IT COMES – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST’S UNIVERSAL KINGDOM AND HOW IT COMES – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST’S UNIVERSAL KINGDOM AND HOW IT COMES “Ask of Me and I shall give You the heathen for Your inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for Your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them in pieces […]

SALVATION BY WORKS, A CRIMINAL DOCTRINE – Charles Spurgeon

SALVATION BY WORKS, A CRIMINAL DOCTRINE – Charles Spurgeon SALVATION BY WORKS, A CRIMINAL DOCTRINE “I do not frustrate the Grace of God: for if righteousness comes by the Law, then Christ is dead in vain.” Galatians 2:21. THE idea of salvation by the merit of our own works is exceedingly insinuating. It matters not […]

FEAR NOT – Charles Spurgeon

FEAR NOT – Charles Spurgeon FEAR NOT “Fear not.” Revelation 1:17. “FEAR not” is a plant which grows very plentifully in God’s garden. If you look through the lily beds of Scripture you will continually find, by the side of other flowers, the sweet, “Fear nots” peering out from doctrines and precepts even as violets […]

THE HOLY SPIRIT’S INTERCESSION – Charles Spurgeon

THE HOLY SPIRIT’S INTERCESSION – Charles Spurgeon THE HOLY SPIRIT’S INTERCESSION “Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself makes intercession for us with groans which cannot be uttered. And He that searches the hearts knows what is the mind […]

ON WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU? – Charles Spurgeon

ON WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU? – Charles Spurgeon ON WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU? “Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, Who is on the Lord’s side? Let him come unto me.” Exodus 32:26. DURING the last few days in which the stir of a general election has moved the most quiet […]

FOLLOWING THE RISEN CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

FOLLOWING THE RISEN CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon FOLLOWING THE RISEN CHRIST “If you then are risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sits at the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.” Colossians 3:1, 2. THE resurrection of our Divine Lord from […]

A POWERFUL REASON FOR COMING TO CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

A POWERFUL REASON FOR COMING TO CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon A POWERFUL REASON FOR COMING TO CHRIST “A great multitude, when they had heard what great things He did, came unto Him.” Mark 3:8. THE opposition of the great ones of the earth did not, after all, hinder the cause of Christ. The Pharisees, who […]

“THEY WERE TEMPTED” – Charles Spurgeon

“THEY WERE TEMPTED” – Charles Spurgeon “THEY WERE TEMPTED” “They were tempted.” Hebrews 11:37. LAST Lord’s-Day I tried to draw the fair portrait of a believing man putting his feet into God’s steps and keeping God’s way even unto the end. This morning we shall show in what circumstances such men were produced. We shall […]

PERFECT SANCTIFICATION – Charles Spurgeon

PERFECT SANCTIFICATION – Charles Spurgeon PERFECT SANCTIFICATION “By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” Hebrews 10:10. DEAR Friends, ever since the Lord has quickened us by His Grace we have begun to look into ourselves and to search our hearts to see our […]

THE FAIR PORTRAIT OF A SAINT – Charles Spurgeon

THE FAIR PORTRAIT OF A SAINT – Charles Spurgeon THE FAIR PORTRAIT OF A SAINT “My foot has held fast to His steps, His way have I kept and not declined. Neither have I gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have esteemed the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.” […]

THE LILY AMONG THORNS – Charles Spurgeon

THE LILY AMONG THORNS – Charles Spurgeon THE LILY AMONG THORNS “As the lily among thorns, so is My love among the daughters.” Song of Solomon 2:2. WE shall not enter into any profitless discussion this morning. We take it for granted that the Song of Solomon is a sacred marriage song between Christ and […]

YOUR PERSONAL SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon

YOUR PERSONAL SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon YOUR PERSONAL SALVATION “Receiving the end of your faith—the salvation of your souls. Of this salvation the Prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the Grace that would come to you, searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did […]

ROYAL PREROGATIVE – Charles Spurgeon

ROYAL PREROGATIVE – Charles Spurgeon  ROYAL PREROGATIVE “He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death. But God shall wound the head of His enemies and the hairy scalp of such an one as goes on still in his trespasses.” Psalm 68:20, 21. WHATEVER […]

EXPECTED PROOF OF PROFESSED LOVE – Charles Spurgeon

EXPECTED PROOF OF PROFESSED LOVE – Charles Spurgeon EXPECTED PROOF OF PROFESSED LOVE “Show you the proof of your love.” 2 Corinthians 8:24. IN every Believer’s heart there is love to God, otherwise he cannot be a child of God! In every Christian’s soul there is love to Jesus Christ. How could he be a […]

A PLAIN ANSWER TO AN IMPORTANT ENQUIRY – Charles Spurgeon

A PLAIN ANSWER TO AN IMPORTANT ENQUIRY – Charles Spurgeon A PLAIN ANSWER TO AN IMPORTANT ENQUIRY “Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that you believe on Him whom He has sent.” John 6:29. NOTICE the connection or you will miss the meaning of the words, for, at first […]

PRESSING QUESTIONS OF AN AWAKENED MIND – Charles Spurgeon

PRESSING QUESTIONS OF AN AWAKENED MIND – Charles Spurgeon PRESSING QUESTIONS OF AN AWAKENED MIND “Who are You, Lord?…What will You have me to do?” Acts 9:5, 6. PAUL fell to the ground overcome by the brightness of the light which outshone the midday sun and as he lay there he cried, “Who are You, […]

AT SCHOOL – Charles Spurgeon

AT SCHOOL – Charles Spurgeon AT SCHOOL “Teach me to do Your will; for You are my God.” Psalm 143:10. THIS is a prayer about doing, but it is perfectly free from legal taint. The man who offered it had no idea of being saved by his doings, for in the second verse of the […]

BELOVED AND YET AFFLICTED – Charles Spurgeon

BELOVED AND YET AFFLICTED – Charles Spurgeon BELOVED AND YET AFFLICTED “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick .” John 11:3. THAT disciple whom Jesus loved is not at all backward to record that Jesus loved Lazarus, too. There are no jealousies among those who are chosen by the Well-Beloved. Jesus loved Mary and […]

FOR THE CANDID AND THOUGHTFUL – Charles Spurgeon

FOR THE CANDID AND THOUGHTFUL – Charles Spurgeon FOR THE CANDID AND THOUGHTFUL “And when Jesus saw” (“saw him,” so it should be) “that he answered discreetly, He said unto him, You are not far from the kingdom of God.” Mark 12:34. THIS man began with Christ as a foe and he ended as a […]

SALVATION BY KNOWING THE TRUTH – Charles Spurgeon

SALVATION BY KNOWING THE TRUTH – Charles Spurgeon SALVATION BY KNOWING THE TRUTH “God our Savior; who will have all men to be saved and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.” 1 Timothy 2:3, 4. MAY God the Holy Spirit guide our meditations to the best practical result this evening, that sinners may […]

A WOMAN OF A SORROWFUL SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon

A WOMAN OF A SORROWFUL SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon A WOMAN OF A SORROWFUL SPIRIT “Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit.” 1 Samuel 1:15. The special cause of Hannah’s sorrow arose from the institution of polygamy, which, although it was tolerated under the old Law, is […]

THE KEYNOTE OF A CHOICE SONNET – Charles Spurgeon

THE KEYNOTE OF A CHOICE SONNET – Charles Spurgeon THE KEYNOTE OF A CHOICE SONNET “My soul does magnify the Lord.” Luke 1:46. MARY had received a wonderful intimation from Heaven of which she herself scarcely understood the full length and breadth. Her faith had apprehended a great promise which, as yet, her mind hardly […]

CHEER UP, MY COMRADES! – Charles Spurgeon

CHEER UP, MY COMRADES! – Charles Spurgeon CHEER UP, MY COMRADES! “And Josiah set the priests in their charges and encouraged them to the service of the house of the Lord” 2 Chronicles 35:2. JOSIAH, as you remember, in the early part of his reign set his face against the idolatries that prevailed, to root […]

LOYAL TO THE CORE – Charles Spurgeon

LOYAL TO THE CORE – Charles Spurgeon LOYAL TO THE CORE “And Ittai answered the king and said, As the Lord lives and as my lord the king lives, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there, also, will your servant be.” 2 Samuel 15:21. Although […]

QUESTIONS WHICH OUGHT TO BE ASKED – Charles Spurgeon

QUESTIONS WHICH OUGHT TO BE ASKED – Charles Spurgeon QUESTIONS WHICH OUGHT TO BE ASKED “But none says, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night; who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the fowls of Heaven?” Job 35:10-11. ELIHU perceived the great ones […]

THE HUNGER-BITE – Charles Spurgeon

THE HUNGER-BITE – Charles Spurgeon THE HUNGER-BITE “His strength shall be starved.” Job 18:12. Bildad was declaring the history of the hypocritical, presumptuous and wicked man. And he intended, no doubt, to insinuate that Job was just such a person—that he had been a deceiver and that, therefore, God’s Providence had at last revealed him […]

THE BEST OF ALL SIGHTS – Charles Spurgeon

THE BEST OF ALL SIGHTS – Charles Spurgeon THE BEST OF ALL SIGHTS “But we see Jesus.” Hebrews 2:9. IN Holy Scripture faith is placed in opposition to the sight of the eyes and yet it is frequently described as looking and seeing. It is opposed to carnal sight because it is spiritual sight—a discernment […]

THE PHILOSOPHY OF PROMISE – Charles Spurgeon

THE PHILOSOPHY OF PROMISE – Charles Spurgeon THE PHILOSOPHY OF PROMISE “New things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.” Isaiah 42:9. GOD has often foretold things to come by the lips of His Prophets. I need not give you even a single specimen of the multitudes of instances in […]

SOUL SAVING OUR ONE BUSINESS – Charles Spurgeon

SOUL SAVING OUR ONE BUSINESS – Charles Spurgeon SOUL SAVING OUR ONE BUSINESS “I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.” 1 Corinthians 9:22. IT is a grand thing to see a man thoroughly possessed with one master passion. Such a man is sure to be strong […]

CHOICE COMFORT FOR A YOUNG BELIEVER – Charles Spurgeon

CHOICE COMFORT FOR A YOUNG BELIEVER – Charles Spurgeon CHOICE COMFORT FOR A YOUNG BELIEVER “The Lord will perfect that which concerns me: Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever: forsake not the works of Your own hands.” Psalm 138:8. CONTINUALLY I am clearing the ground and laying the foundation of eternal salvation in the Grace […]

PRAYER TO GOD IN TROUBLE AN ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE – Charles Spurgeon

PRAYER TO GOD IN TROUBLE AN ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE – Charles Spurgeon PRAYER TO GOD IN TROUBLE AN ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE “And call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.” Psalm 50:15. THE Lord God in this Psalm is described as having a controversy with His people. He […]

THE SWIFT CAMELS – Charles Spurgeon

THE SWIFT CAMELS – Charles Spurgeon THE SWIFT CAMELS We will read a few verses first, and at the close of them you will find the text. “Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from […]

HOW TO READ THE BIBLE – Charles Spurgeon

HOW TO READ THE BIBLE – Charles Spurgeon HOW TO READ THE BIBLE “Have you not read?…Have you not read?…If you had known what this means.” Matthew 12:3-7. THE scribes and Pharisees were great readers of the Law of God. They studied the sacred books continually, poring over each word and letter. They made notes […]

SATAN IN A RAGE – Charles Spurgeon

SATAN IN A RAGE – Charles Spurgeon SATAN IN A RAGE “Woe to the inhibitors of the earth and of the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has but a short time.” Revelation 12:12. THE great battle in the heavenlies has been fought—our glorious […]

REFUGES OF LIES AND WHAT WILL BECOME OF THEM – Charles Spurgeon

REFUGES OF LIES AND WHAT WILL BECOME OF THEM – Charles Spurgeon REFUGES OF LIES AND WHAT WILL BECOME OF THEM “Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.” Isaiah 28:17. OVER […]

OR LIFTING UP THE BRONZE SERPENT – Charles Spurgeon

OR LIFTING UP THE BRONZE SERPENT – Charles Spurgeon NUMBER 1500, OR LIFTING UP THE BRONZE SERPENT “And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.” Numbers 21:9. THIS […]

THE LESSONS OF THE FOOT-WASHING – Charles Spurgeon

THE LESSONS OF THE FOOT-WASHING – Charles Spurgeon THE LESSONS OF THE FOOT – WASHING “Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He was come from God, and went to God; He rose from supper, and laid aside His garments; and took a towel, and girded Himself. After […]

MISTRUST OF GOD DEPLORED AND DENOUNCED – Charles Spurgeon

MISTRUST OF GOD DEPLORED AND DENOUNCED – Charles Spurgeon MISTRUST OF GOD DEPLORED AND DENOUNCED “How long will it be before they believe Me?” Numbers 14:11. THE children of Israel were very prone to unbelief. They wanted something visible to worship and to trust. They could not learn the lesson of faith in the one […]

SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS—A SMOLDERING HEAP OF RUBBISH – Charles Spurgeon

SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS—A SMOLDERING HEAP OF RUBBISH – Charles Spurgeon SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS—A SMOLDERING HEAP OF RUBBISH “Which say, Stand by yourself, come not near to me; for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in My nose, a fire that burns all the day.” Isaiah 65:5. THE Apostle Paul shall be our interpreter here. You remember […]

AMONG LIONS – Charles Spurgeon

AMONG LIONS – Charles Spurgeon AMONG LIONS “My soul is among lions.” Psalm 57:4. SOME of you cannot say this and you ought to be very thankful that you are not obliged to do so. Happy are you young people who have godly parents and who dwell in Christian families. You ought to grow like […]

THE KING-PRIEST – Charles Spurgeon

THE KING-PRIEST – Charles Spurgeon THE KING – PRIEST “He shall sit and rule on His throne; and He shall be a priest on His throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.” Zechariah 6:13. LET us first look at the historical setting of this passage. It would seem that three Jews […]

THE ONE FOUNDATIO – Charles Spurgeon

THE ONE FOUNDATIO – Charles Spurgeon THE ONE FOUNDATION “For no other Foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 3:11. BUILDING is very important, but the first question must always concern the foundation. However quickly, however cleverly a man may build, if the foundation is unsound, he […]

THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the Glory of God in the face of […]

THE FIRST NOTE OF MY SONG – Charles Spurgeon

THE FIRST NOTE OF MY SONG – Charles Spurgeon THE FIRST NOTE OF MY SONG “Who forgives all your iniquities.” Psalm 103:3. I am a firm believer, not only in the Inspiration of the Psalms, themselves, but also in the correctness of their order. I believe that Paul was right when he called a certain […]

REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE – Charles Spurgeon

REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE – Charles Spurgeon REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE “Remember Lot’s wife.” Luke 17:32. IT was the purpose of God always to maintain a testimony for truth and righteousness in the midst of this ungodly world. For this end of old He set apart for Himself a chosen family with whom He had fellowship. Abraham […]

CONTENTION ENDED AND GRACE REIGNING – Charles Spurgeon

CONTENTION ENDED AND GRACE REIGNING – Charles Spurgeon CONTENTION ENDED AND GRACE REIGNING “For I will not contend forever, neither will I always be angry; for the spirits would fail before Me, and the souls which I have made. For the iniquity of his covetousness was I angry, and smote him: I hid and was […]

THE PLAGUE OF THE HEART – Charles Spurgeon

THE PLAGUE OF THE HEART – Charles Spurgeon THE PLAGUE OF THE HEART “Whatever prayer and supplication is made by anyone, or by all Your people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: then hear in Heaven, Your dwelling place, and pardon, […]

MORE AND MORE, OR LESS AND LESS – Charles Spurgeon

MORE AND MORE, OR LESS AND LESS – Charles Spurgeon MORE AND MORE, OR LESS AND LESS “For whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whoever has not, from him shall be taken away even what he has.” Matthew 13:12. Two great general principles are conspicuous in the […]

THE PROPHET LIKE UNTO MOSES – Charles Spurgeon

THE PROPHET LIKE UNTO MOSES – Charles Spurgeon THE PROPHET LIKE UNTO MOSES “The Lord your God will raise up unto you a Prophet from the midst of you, of your brethren, like unto me; unto Him you shall hearken; according to all that you desired of the Lord your God in Horeb in the […]

THE SHAME AND SPITTING – Charles Spurgeon

THE SHAME AND SPITTING – Charles Spurgeon THE SHAME AND SPITTING “I gave My back to the smiters, and My cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not My face from shame and spitting.” Isaiah 50:6. OF whom does the Prophet speaks? Of himself or of some other? We cannot doubt but […]

THE WITHERED HAND – Charles Spurgeon

THE WITHERED HAND – Charles Spurgeon THE WITHERED HAND “And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. . .Then says He to the man, Stretch forth your hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.” Matthew 12:10, 13. NOTE well the expression. Jesus “went into […]

OUR MOTTO – Charles Spurgeon

OUR MOTTO – Charles Spurgeon OUR MOTTO “With goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men.” Ephesians 6:7. THIS sentence was expressly addressed, in the first place, to “servants,” which term includes and, first of all intends, those who unhappily were slaves. There were many slaves in the Roman Empire and the […]

THE PRESENT CRISIS – Charles Spurgeon

THE PRESENT CRISIS – Charles Spurgeon THE PRESENT CRISIS “I will go and return to My place, till they acknowledge their offense, and seek My face: in their affliction they will seek Me early.” Hosea 5:15. THE Lord does not always tell us what He will do. “Verily You are a God that hides yourself, […]

OUR CHANGE OF MASTERS – Charles Spurgeon

OUR CHANGE OF MASTERS – Charles Spurgeon OUR CHANGE OF MASTERS “Being then made free from sin, you became the servants of righteousness.” Romans 6:18. MAN was made to rule. In the Divine original he was intended for a king who should have dominion over the beasts of the field, the fowl of the air […]

CONSTANT, INSTANT, EXPECTANT – Charles Spurgeon

CONSTANT, INSTANT, EXPECTANT – Charles Spurgeon CONSTANT, INSTANT, EXPECTANT “Continuing instant in prayer.” Romans 12:12. THIS is placed in connection with a large number of brief, but very weighty precepts. Prayer has a distinct relationship to all Christian duties and graces. It is not possible for us to carry out the holy commands of our […]

THE WORK OF GRACE THE WARRANT FOR OBEDIENCE – Charles Spurgeon

THE WORK OF GRACE THE WARRANT FOR OBEDIENCE – Charles Spurgeon THE WORK OF GRACE THE WARRANT FOR OBEDIENCE “He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up your bed and walk.” John 5:11. JUST a few observations upon the narrative itself. It was a feast day and Jesus Christ came up […]

GREATER THINGS YET WHO SHALL SEE THEM? – Charles Spurgeon

GREATER THINGS YET WHO SHALL SEE THEM? – Charles Spurgeon GREATER THINGS YET WHO SHALL SEE THEM? “Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto you, I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater things than these. And He said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto […]

JESUS ADMIRED IN THEM THAT BELIEVE – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS ADMIRED IN THEM THAT BELIEVE – Charles Spurgeon JESUS ADMIRED IN THEM THAT BELIEVE “When He shall come to be glorified in His saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.” 2 Thessalonians 1:10. WHAT a difference between the first and second […]

JESUS, THE JUDGE – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS, THE JUDGE – Charles Spurgeon JESUS, THE JUDGE “And He commanded us to preach unto the people and to testify that it is He which was ordained of God to be the Judge of the quick and the dead.” Acts 10:42. You will notice throughout this short address by Peter how very careful he […]

CROWNING BLESSINGS ASCRIBED TO GOD – Charles Spurgeon

CROWNING BLESSINGS ASCRIBED TO GOD – Charles Spurgeon CROWNING BLESSINGS ASCRIBED TO GOD “You crown the year with Your goodness.” Psalm 65:11. GODLY men in olden times felt God to be very near them and they attributed everything they saw in Nature to the direct operation of His hand. They were not accustomed to speak […]

THE MIDDLE PASSAGE – Charles Spurgeon

THE MIDDLE PASSAGE – Charles Spurgeon THE MIDDLE PASSAGE “O Lord, I have heard Your speech, and was afraid; O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.” Habakkuk 3:2. HABAKKUK had the sadness of living at a time when true […]

FORTS DEMOLISHED AND PRISONERS TAKEN – Charles Spurgeon

FORTS DEMOLISHED AND PRISONERS TAKEN – Charles Spurgeon FORTS DEMOLISHED AND PRISONERS TAKEN “Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:5. THIS chapter presents the remarkable spectacle of a minister of the Gospel of […]

THE GLORY, UNITY AND TRIUMPH OF THE CHURCH – Charles Spurgeon

THE GLORY, UNITY AND TRIUMPH OF THE CHURCH – Charles Spurgeon THE GLORY, UNITY AND TRIUMPH OF THE CHURCH “And the Glory which You gave Me, I have given them; that they may be one, even as We are One: I in them, and You in Me, that they may be made perfect in one; […]

CONCEALING THE WORDS OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon

CONCEALING THE WORDS OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon CONCEALING THE WORDS OF GOD “I have not concealed the Words of the Holy One.” Job 6:10. JOB’S dire distress was aggravated by the remarks of his friends. Eliphaz the Temanite opened fire against him in such words as these—“Behold, you have instructed many and you have […]

A QUESTION FOR HARD-HEARTED HEARERS – Charles Spurgeon

A QUESTION FOR HARD-HEARTED HEARERS – Charles Spurgeon A QUESTION FOR HARD-HEARTED HEARERS “Shall horses run upon the rock? Will one plow there with oxen?” Amos 6:12. THESE expressions are proverbs, probably taken from the familiar adages of the country, but, anyhow, right worthy to be used as proverbs. The wiser men become, the more […]

PRAYER PERFUMED WITH PRAISE – Charles Spurgeon

PRAYER PERFUMED WITH PRAISE – Charles Spurgeon PRAYER PERFUMED WITH PRAISE “In everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” Philippians 4:6. ACCORDING to the text we are, both by prayer and supplication, to make known our requests unto God. If any distinction is intended here, I suppose […]

THE PHILOSOPHY AND PROPRIETY OF ABUNDANT PRAISE – Charles Spurgeon

THE PHILOSOPHY AND PROPRIETY OF ABUNDANT PRAISE – Charles Spurgeon THE PHILOSOPHY AND PROPRIETY OF ABUNDANT PRAISE “They shall abundantly utter the memory of Your great goodness, and shall sing of Your righteousness.” Psalm 145:7. THIS is called “David’s Psalm of praise” and you will see that all through it he is inflamed by a […]

TWO SORTS OF HEARERS – Charles Spurgeon

TWO SORTS OF HEARERS – Charles Spurgeon TWO SORTS OF HEARERS “But be you doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if any is a hearer of the Word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholds himself, and […]

THE OIL AND THE VESSELS – Charles Spurgeon

THE OIL AND THE VESSELS – Charles Spurgeon THE OIL AND THE VESSELS “And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me another vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil ceased.” 2 Kings 4:6. So long as there […]

THE THREE WHATS – Charles Spurgeon

THE THREE WHATS – Charles Spurgeon THE THREE WHATS “The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according […]

THE ROYAL PREROGATIVE – Charles Spurgeon

THE ROYAL PREROGATIVE – Charles Spurgeon THE ROYAL PREROGATIVE “See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no god with Me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal.” Deuteronomy 32:39. THERE is but one God—Jehovah is His name—the “I AM.” That one God will not endure a rival. […]

THE SON GLORIFIED BY THE FATHER AND THE FATHER GLORIFIED BY THE SON – Charles Spurgeon

THE SON GLORIFIED BY THE FATHER AND THE FATHER GLORIFIED BY THE SON – Charles Spurgeon THE SON GLORIFIED BY THE FATHER AND THE FATHER GLORIFIED BY THE SON “These words spoke Jesus, and lifted up His eyes to Heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may […]

A REFRESHING PROMISE – Charles Spurgeon

A REFRESHING PROMISE – Charles Spurgeon A REFRESHING PROMISE “I will water it every moment,” Isaiah 27:3. WHEN the Lord is most intent on justice He is, at the same time, earnest in His love. The day of vengeance of our God is also the acceptable year of the Lord. In the Scripture before us, […]

THE RISING SUN – Charles Spurgeon

THE RISING SUN – Charles Spurgeon THE RISING SUN “But unto you that fear My name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His wings; and you shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.” Malachi 4:2. THE Jews expected that the coming of the Messiah would exalt every one […]

THE GAZELLES AND THE DEER – Charles Spurgeon

THE GAZELLES AND THE DEER – Charles Spurgeon THE GAZELLES AND THE DEER “By the gazelles, and by the deer of the field.” Solomon’s Song 2:7. THE spouse was in the full enjoyment of fellowship with her Beloved. Her joy was so great as almost to overpower her and yet so nearly does fear tread […]

THE YOKE REMOVED AND THE LORD REVEALED – Charles Spurgeon

THE YOKE REMOVED AND THE LORD REVEALED – Charles Spurgeon THE YOKE REMOVED AND THE LORD REVEALED “They shall know that I am the Lord when I have broken the bars of their yoke.” Ezekiel 34:27. BUT do not all men know that God is the Lord? They should know it, for He is clearly […]

EYES OPEN Charles Spurgeon

EYES OPEN – Charles Spurgeon EYES OPENED “And God opened her eyes.” Genesis 21:19. THERE was a well of water close to Hagar, all the while, though she saw it not. God did not cleave the earth and cause new waters to gush forth, nor was there need. The well was already there, but for […]

THE SEVEN SNEEZES – Charles Spurgeon

THE SEVEN SNEEZES – Charles Spurgeon THE SEVEN SNEEZES “The child sneezed seven times.” 2 Kings 4:35. THE child was dead. Although he had been the special gift of Divine promise and was therefore doubly prized by his parents, yet the little lad was not secure from the common hazards of life. He was in […]

THE MEAT AND DRINK OF THE NEW NATURE – Charles Spurgeon

THE MEAT AND DRINK OF THE NEW NATURE – Charles Spurgeon THE MEAT AND DRINK OF THE NEW NATURE John 6:55. WE know that the Savior spoke of spiritual, not carnal things, and He spoke of Himself not as being in any sense meat for our bodies—that could not be—but as being food for our […]

THE DUAL NATURE AND THE DUEL WITHIN – Charles Spurgeon

THE DUAL NATURE AND THE DUEL WITHIN – Charles Spurgeon THE DUAL NATURE AND THE DUEL WITHIN “But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin, which is in my members.” Romans 7:23. I QUESTION whether any man understands […]

SATAN’S PUNCTUALITY, POWER AND PURPOSE – Charles Spurgeon

SATAN’S PUNCTUALITY, POWER AND PURPOSE – Charles Spurgeon SATAN’S PUNCTUALITY, POWER AND PURPOSE “Then comes the devil, and takes away the Word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.” Luke 8:12. IT is a great comfort that such multitudes are willing to hear the Word of God. Even though many should […]

A SERMON UPON ONE NOTHING BY ANOTHER NOTHING – Charles Spurgeon

A SERMON UPON ONE NOTHING BY ANOTHER NOTHING – Charles Spurgeon A SERMON UPON ONE NOTHING BY ANOTHER NOTHING “Though I am nothing.” 2 Corinthians 12:11. THE Divine discipline had succeeded well with the Apostle Paul. There was danger of his being exalted above measure by the abundance of the Revelation which he received and, […]

THE NUMBERED PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon

THE NUMBERED PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon THE NUMBERED PEOPLE “According to the commandment of the Lord they were numbered by the hand of Moses, everyone according to his service and according to his burden: thus were they numbered by him, as the Lord commanded Moses.” Numbers 4:49. ISRAEL in the wilderness is admitted, in some […]

SEEKERS DIRECTED AND ENCOURAGED – Charles Spurgeon

SEEKERS DIRECTED AND ENCOURAGED – Charles Spurgeon SEEKERS DIRECTED AND ENCOURAGED “And you shall seek Me and find Me, when you shall search for Me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13. THIS was a part of the direction which God gave by His servant to the captives in Babylon. They were to remain quiet in […]

PEACE—A FACT AND A FEELING – Charles Spurgeon

PEACE—A FACT AND A FEELING – Charles Spurgeon PEACE—A FACT AND A FEELING “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 5:1. WONDERFUL is the power of faith. In the Epistle to the Hebrews our Apostle tells us of the marvelous exploits which it has worked in […]

EVERY MAN’S NECESSITY – Charles Spurgeon

EVERY MAN’S NECESSITY – Charles Spurgeon EVERY MAN’S NECESSITY “You must be born again.” John 3:7. WHEN men are perishing all around you it would be cruel to waste time in attempting to interest their minds or to amuse their fancies. We must do something more practical and give earnest heed to their pressing necessities. […]

THE POOR MAN’S PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon

THE POOR MAN’S PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon THE POOR MAN’S PRAYER “Remember me, O Lord, with the favor that You bear unto Your people: O visit me with Your salvation; that I may see the good of Your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, that I may glory with Your […]

THE EMPTY SEAT – Charles Spurgeon

THE EMPTY SEAT – Charles Spurgeon THE EMPTY SEAT “David’s place was empty.” 1 Samuel 20:27. IT was quite right that David’s place should be empty because Saul sought to slay him and he could not safely sit in the presence of an enemy who had twice before cast a javelin at him to “smite […]

ETERNAL FAITHFULNESS UNAFFECTED BY HUMAN UNBELIEF – Charles Spurgeon

ETERNAL FAITHFULNESS UNAFFECTED BY HUMAN UNBELIEF – Charles Spurgeon ETERNAL FAITHFULNESS UNAFFECTED BY HUMAN UNBELIEF “If we believe not, yet He abides faithful: He cannot deny Himself.” 2 Timothy 2:13. THIS is one of the five faithful sayings which the Apostle mentions. All those faithful sayings are weighty and important. I suppose that they may […]

THE RIDER ON THE WHITE HORSE AND THE ARMIES WITH HIM – Charles Spurgeon

THE RIDER ON THE WHITE HORSE AND THE ARMIES WITH HIM – Charles Spurgeon THE RIDER ON THE WHITE HORSE AND THE ARMIES WITH HIM “And I saw Heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and He that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He does judge and make war. […]

THE SICK MAN LEFT BEHIND – Charles Spurgeon

THE SICK MAN LEFT BEHIND – Charles Spurgeon THE SICK MAN LEFT BEHIND “But Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.” 2 Timothy 4:20. THESE are among the last words of Paul the Apostle, for we find them in the closing verses of the last of his Epistles. The chapter reminds us of a dying […]

THE COVENANT PLEADED – Charles Spurgeon

THE COVENANT PLEADED – Charles Spurgeon THE COVENANT PLEADED “Have respect unto the Covenant.” Psalm 74:20. HE will succeed in prayer who understands the science of pleading with God. “Put Me in remembrance: let us plead together,” is a Divine command. “Come now, let us reason together” is a sacred invitation. “Bring forth your strong […]

“THIS YEAR ALSO” – Charles Spurgeon

“THIS YEAR ALSO” – Charles Spurgeon “THIS YEAR ALSO” “This year also.” Luke 13:6. AT the opening of another year and at the commencement of another volume of sermons, we earnestly desire to utter the word of exhortation, but alas, at this present, the preacher is a prisoner and must speak from his pillow instead […]

THE IMMOVABILITY OF THE BELIEVER – Charles Spurgeon

THE IMMOVABILITY OF THE BELIEVER – Charles Spurgeon THE IMMOVABILITY OF THE BELIEVER “They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abides forever.” Psalm 125:1. THIS is the first verse of one of the Songs of degrees. These Songs were probably sung by the pilgrims as they […]

A VILE WEED AND A FAIR FLOWER – Charles Surgeon

A VILE WEED AND A FAIR FLOWER – Charles Surgeon A VILE WEED AND A FAIR FLOWER “Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for He has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, […]

FORGIVENESS MADE EASY – Charles Spurgeon

FORGIVENESS MADE EASY – Charles Spurgeon FORGIVENESS MADE EASY “Forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake has forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:32. THE heathen moralists, when they wished to teach virtue, could not point to the example of their gods, for, according to their mythologists, the gods were a compound of every imaginable, and […]

THREE CROSSES – Charles Spurgeon

THREE CROSSES – Charles Spurgeon THREE CROSSES “But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.” Galatians 6:14. WHENEVER we rebuke other people we should be prepared to clear ourselves of their offense. The apostle […]

THE BEST BELOVED – Charles Spurgeon

THE BEST BELOVED – Charles Spurgeon THE BEST BELOVED “Yes, He is altogether lovely.” Song of Solomon 5:16. NO words can ever express the gratitude we owe to Him who loved us even when we were dead in trespasses and sins. The love of Jesus is unutterably precious and worthy of daily praise. No songs […]

WAKE UP! WAKE UP! – Charles Spurgeon

WAKE UP! WAKE UP! – Charles Spurgeon WAKE UP! WAKE UP! “That, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.” Romans 13:11. THIS exhortation, as you will readily perceive, is not addressed to the ungodly. These words are not […]

THE MORAL OF A MIRACLE – Charles Spurgeon

THE MORAL OF A MIRACLE – Charles Spurgeon THE MORAL OF A MIRACLE “Jesus answering said unto them, Have faith in God.” Mark 11:22. THIS exhortation stands in connection with the miracle of the withering of the fig tree that was clad with leaves but bore no fruit. The peculiarity of the parable calls for […]

A CLEAR CONSCIENCE – Charles Spurgeon

A CLEAR CONSCIENCE – Charles Spurgeon A CLEAR CONSCIENCE “Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all Your commandments.” Psalm 119:6. ANY attempt to keep the law of God with the view of being saved thereby is sure to end in failure. So contrary is it to the express warnings of […]

SORROW AT THE CROSS TURNED INTO JOY – Charles Spurgeon

SORROW AT THE CROSS TURNED INTO JOY – Charles Spurgeon SORROW AT THE CROSS TURNED INTO JOY “Verily, verily, I say unto you, that you shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and you shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman, when she is in travail, has […]

THE PROSPEROUS MAN’S REMINDER – Charles Spurgeon

THE PROSPEROUS MAN’S REMINDER – Charles Spurgeon THE PROSPEROUS MAN’S REMINDER “I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten Me. Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a […]

THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR – Charles Spurgeon

THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR – Charles Spurgeon THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR “And you shall say unto Pharaoh, thus says the Lord, Israel is My son, even My firstborn: and I say unto you, Let My son go, that he may serve Me.” Exodus 4:22, 23. “Then the Lord said unto Moses, Now shall you see what I […]

RECEIVING THE KINGDOM OF GOD AS A LITTLE CHILD – Charles Spurgeon

RECEIVING THE KINGDOM OF GOD AS A LITTLE CHILD – Charles Spurgeon RECEIVING THE KINGDOM OF GOD AS A LITTLE CHILD “Verily I say unto you, Whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall by no means enter it.” Luke 18:17. WHEN our Lord blessed the little children He was […]

THE HOPE LAID UP IN HEAVEN – Charles Spurgeon

THE HOPE LAID UP IN HEAVEN – Charles Spurgeon THE HOPE LAID UP IN HEAVEN “For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel.” Colossians 1:5. THREE graces should be always conspicuous in Christians—faith, love and hope. They are […]

OTHERS TO BE GATHERED – Charles Spurgeon

OTHERS TO BE GATHERED – Charles Spurgeon OTHERS TO BE GATHERED “The Lord God which gathers the outcasts of Israel says, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.” Isaiah 56:8. GOD’S work now is that of gathering. There was a time when it was scattering. Man built the […]

WHAT THE CHURCH SHOULD BE – Charles Spurgeon

WHAT THE CHURCH SHOULD BE – Charles Spurgeon WHAT THE CHURCH SHOULD BE “That you may know how you ought to behave yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.” 1 Timothy 3:15. PAUL’S design in this epistle was to instruct young […]

ADOPTION—THE SPIRIT AND THE CRY – Charles Spurgeon

ADOPTION—THE SPIRIT AND THE CRY – Charles Spurgeon ADOPTION—THE SPIRIT AND THE CRY “And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.” Galatians 4:6. WE do not find the doctrine of the Trinity in Unity set forth in Scripture in formal terms, such as […]

JESUS! – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS! – Charles Spurgeon JESUS! “And she shall bring forth a son, and you shall call His name Jesus: for He shall save His people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21. BERNARD has delightfully said that the name of Jesus is honey in the mouth, melody in the ear and joy in the heart. I rejoice […]

AN ANXIOUS INQUIRY FOR A BELOVED SON – Charles Spurgeon

AN ANXIOUS INQUIRY FOR A BELOVED SON – Charles Spurgeon AN ANXIOUS INQUIRY FOR A BELOVED SON “And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe?” 2 Samuel 18:29. THIS was said by David after a great battle in which many had been slain and the hosts led by Absalom had fallen to the […]

DIVINE INTERPOSITIONS – Charles Spurgeon

DIVINE INTERPOSITIONS – Charles Spurgeon DIVINE INTERPOSITIONS “He sent from above, He took me, He drew me out of many waters.” Psalm 18:16. I DO not know how you feel, my brethren, at this time, but as for myself, a heavy cloud seems to hang over me all the day. The overwhelming calamity of last […]

THE MESSAGE FROM THE LORD’S MOUTH – Charles Spurgeon

THE MESSAGE FROM THE LORD’S MOUTH – Charles Spurgeon THE MESSAGE FROM THE LORD’S MOUTH “Son of man I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel: therefore hear the word from My mouth, and give them warning from Me.” Ezekiel 3:17. IN most places the seasons in the church are the reverse […]

REFINED, BUT NOT WITH SILVER – Charles Spurgeon

REFINED, BUT NOT WITH SILVER – Charles Spurgeon REFINED, BUT NOT WITH SILVER “Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.” Isaiah 48:10. THE Lord refines His people, but He exercises great discrimination as to the means by which He does so. A silver furnace […]

FAITH’S SURE FOUNDATION – Charles Spurgeon

FAITH’S SURE FOUNDATION – Charles Spurgeon FAITH’S SURE FOUNDATION “He that believes on Him shall not be confounded.” 1 Peter 2:6. MY sermon last Sabbath morning [#1428, The True Position of the Witness Within] was upon the true position of the witness within, and I then tried to show that the guarantee and ground of […]

THE TRUE POSITION OF THE WITNESS WITHIN – Charles Spurgeon

THE TRUE POSITION OF THE WITNESS WITHIN – Charles Spurgeon THE TRUE POSITION OF THE WITNESS WITHIN “He that believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself.” 1 John 5:10. SOME time ago I tried to set forth the manner of the witness and sealing of the Spirit, and I have no […]

A WILDERNESS CRY – Charles Spurgeon

A WILDERNESS CRY – Charles Spurgeon A WILDERNESS CRY “O God, You are my God; early will I seek You: my soul thirsts for You, my flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land, where there is no water; to see Your power and Your glory, so as I have seen You in […]

THE LIFTING UP OF THE BOWED DOWN – Charles Spurgeon

THE LIFTING UP OF THE BOWED DOWN – Charles Spurgeon THE LIFTING UP OF THE BOWED DOWN “And He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift herself up. […]

CONCERN FOR OTHER MEN’S SOULS – Charles Spurgeon

CONCERN FOR OTHER MEN’S SOULS – Charles Spurgeon CONCERN FOR OTHER MEN’S SOULS “I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit, that I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that I were accursed from Christ for my […]

A GREAT BARGAIN – Charles Spurgeon

A GREAT BARGAIN – Charles Spurgeon A GREAT BARGAIN “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant, seeking good pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.” Matthew 13:45, 46. A MERCHANT endeavors to trade so as to make a […]

A SACRED SOLO – Charles Spurgeon

A SACRED SOLO – Charles Spurgeon A SACRED SOLO “The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped, therefore my heart greatly rejoices and with my song will I praise Him.” Psalm 28:7. THIS passage has, to my mind, a peculiar charm. I do not know whether […]

THE CHIEF PHYSICIAN AND THE CENTURION’S SERVANT – Charles Spurgeon

THE CHIEF PHYSICIAN AND THE CENTURION’S SERVANT – Charles Spurgeon THE CHIEF PHYSICIAN AND THE CENTURION’S SERVANT “Jesus said unto him I will come and heal him.” Matthew 8:7. “And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go your way; and as you have believed, so be it done unto you.” Matthew 8:13. THE centurion of Capernaum […]

THE HIDING OF MOSES BY FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

THE HIDING OF MOSES BY FAITH – Charles Spurgeon THE HIDING OF MOSES BY FAITH “By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.” Hebrews 11:23. AS I observed to you in the […]

THE HEADSTONE OF THE CORNER – Charles Spurgeon

THE HEADSTONE OF THE CORNER – Charles Spurgeon THE HEADSTONE OF THE CORNER “The stone which the builders refused is become the headstone of the corner. This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day which the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Save […]

ENCOURAGEMENT TO TRUST AND PRAY – Charles Spurgeon

ENCOURAGEMENT TO TRUST AND PRAY – Charles Spurgeon ENCOURAGEMENT TO TRUST AND PRAY “He will be very gracious unto you at the voice of your cry; when He shall hear it, He will answer you.” Isaiah 30:19. THE great sin of man is his alienation from God. He has said in his heart, “No God,” […]

THE HOLDFAST – Charles Spurgeon

THE HOLDFAST – Charles Spurgeon THE HOLDFAST “Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is your life.” Proverbs 4:13. FAITH may be well described as taking hold upon divine instruction. God has condescended to teach us, and it is ours to hear with attention and receive His words. And […]

“YOUR SALVATION” – Charles Spurgeon

“YOUR SALVATION” – Charles Spurgeon “YOUR SALVATION” “Then took he Him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, Lord, now let Your servant depart in peace, according to Your word: for my eyes have seen Your salvation.” Luke 2:28-30. LAST Lord’s-day morning [No. 1416, The Faithful Saying] we used the broad axe to […]

THE FAITHFUL SAYING – Charles Spurgeon

THE FAITHFUL SAYING – Charles Spurgeon THE FAITHFUL SAYING “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.” 1 Timothy 1:15. IT is worthy of notice that Paul, in the passage before us, as indeed in all his writings, […]

GREAT DIFFERENCE – Charles Spurgeon

GREAT DIFFERENCE – Charles Spurgeon GREAT DIFFERENCE “Where is the God of judgment?” Malachi 2:17. “Then shall you return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that serves Him not.” Malachi 3:18. YOU were not here, I am thankful to say, last Lord’s-Day evening, for it was […]

NO DIFFERENCE – Charles Spurgeon

NO DIFFERENCE – Charles Spurgeon NO DIFFERENCE “He makes His sun to rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.” Matthew 5:45. YOU see our Lord Jesus Christ’s philosophy of nature. He believed in the immediate presence and working of God. As the great Son […]

UNDERNEATH – Charles Spurgeon

UNDERNEATH – Charles Spurgeon UNDERNEATH “Underneath are the everlasting arms.” Deuteronomy 33:27. GOD surrounds His children on all sides—they dwell in Him. The passage before us shows that the Lord is above, for we read, “There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rides upon the heaven to help you, and in His […]

WHERE TRUE PRAYER IS FOUND – Charles Spurgeon

WHERE TRUE PRAYER IS FOUND – Charles Spurgeon WHERE TRUE PRAYER IS FOUND “Therefore has Your servant found in his heart to pray this prayer to You.” 2 Samuel 7:27. DAVID had first found it in his heart to build a house for God. Sitting in his house of cedar, he resolved that the ark […]

UNDER CONSTRAINT – Charles Spurgeon

UNDER CONSTRAINT – Charles Spurgeon UNDER CONSTRAINT “For the love of Christ constrains us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead.” 2 Corinthians 5:14. THE apostle and his brethren were unselfish in all that they did. He could say of himself and of his brethren that when they […]

BELIEVERS FREE FROM THE DOMINION OF SIN – Charles Spurgeon

BELIEVERS FREE FROM THE DOMINION OF SIN – Charles Spurgeon BELIEVERS FREE FROM THE DOMINION OF SIN “For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace.” Romans 6:14. OUR constant hearers will remember that a Sabbath or so ago we spoke upon, “Submit yourselves unto God. […]

THE SHORTEST OF THE SEVEN CRIES – Charles Spurgeon

THE SHORTEST OF THE SEVEN CRIES – Charles Spurgeon THE SHORTEST OF THE SEVEN CRIES “After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, I thirst.” John 19:28. IT was most fitting that every word of our Lord upon the cross should be gathered up and preserved. […]

THE REASON WHY MANY CANNOT FIND PEACE – Charles Spurgeon

THE REASON WHY MANY CANNOT FIND PEACE – Charles Spurgeon THE REASON WHY MANY CANNOT FIND PEAC “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Be afflicted, […]

COMPASSION ON THE IGNORANT – Charles Spurgeon

COMPASSION ON THE IGNORANT – Charles Spurgeon COMPASSION ON THE IGNORANT “Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.” Hebrews 5:2. THIS is a part of the necessary qualification of a priest. Under the old Law there were […]

REMEMBER! – Charles Spurgeon

REMEMBER! – Charles Spurgeon REMEMBER! “You shall remember that you were a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you.” Deuteronomy 15:15. IN an autobiography of William Jay we read that on one occasion he called to see the famous Mr. John Newton, at Olney, and he observed that over […]

OVER AGAINST THE SEPULCHER – Charles Spurgeon

OVER AGAINST THE SEPULCHER – Charles Spurgeon OVER AGAINST THE SEPULCHER “Sitting over against the sepulcher.” Matthew 27:61. MARY MAGDALENE and the other Mary were last at the Savior’s grave. They had associated themselves with Joseph and Nicodemus in the sad but loving task of placing the body of their Lord in the silent tomb, […]

GOD’S ADVOCATES BREAKING SILENCE – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S ADVOCATES BREAKING SILENCE – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S ADVOCATES BREAKING SILENCE “Suffer me a little, and I will show you that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.” Job 36:2. ELIHU was sufficiently severe with Job, but as this arose from his honest conviction that Job had spoken amiss, we cannot blame him. The […]

JACOB WORSHIPPING ON HIS STAFF – Charles Spurgeon

JACOB WORSHIPPING ON HIS STAFF – Charles Spurgeon JACOB WORSHIPPING ON HIS STAFF “By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.” Hebrews 11:21. “WHEN he was dying.” Death is a thorough test of faith. Beneath the touch of the skeleton finger […]

WITH THE KING FOR HIS WORK! – Charles Spurgeon

WITH THE KING FOR HIS WORK! – Charles Spurgeon WITH THE KING FOR HIS WORK! “These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.” 1 Chronicles 4:23. ALL labor is honorable. No man ever needs to be ashamed of an honest calling. Whether […]

AM I MY BROTHER’S KEEPER? – Charles Spurgeon

AM I MY BROTHER’S KEEPER? – Charles Spurgeon AM I MY BROTHER’S KEEPER? “Am I my brother’s keeper?” Genesis 4:9. TO what a shameful pitch of presumptuous impudence had Cain arrived when he could thus insult the Lord God. If it had not been on record in the pages of inspiration, we might almost have […]

OFFENDED WITH CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

OFFENDED WITH CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon OFFENDED WITH CHRIST “And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.” Matthew 11:6. THE connection of the passage assists us in feeling its force. John had sent his disciples to ask the Master whether He was indeed the Messiah. The Savior, after giving abundant proof that […]

THE PEACE OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon

THE PEACE OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon THE PEACE OF GOD “And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:7. “PEACE” is a heavenly word. When at the advent of our Lord angels came to sing among men a midnight sonnet, their second note […]

REASONS FOR TURNING TO THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon

REASONS FOR TURNING TO THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon REASONS FOR TURNING TO THE LORD “Come, and let us return unto the Lord; for He has torn, but He will heal us; He has struck us, but He will bind us up. After two days will He revive us; on the third day He will […]

A FAMILY REFORMATION—OR, JACOB’S SECOND VISIT TO BETHEL – Charles Spurgeon

A FAMILY REFORMATION—OR, JACOB’S SECOND VISIT TO BETHEL – Charles Spurgeon FAMILY REFORMATION—OR, JACOB’S SECOND VISIT TO BETHEL “And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there.” Genesis 35:1. THERE are critical times in most families. Times when much decision of character will be needed on the part of the father, […]

THE DAY OF SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon

THE DAY OF SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon THE DAY OF SALVATION “Behold, now is the day of salvation.” 2 Corinthians 6:2. NONE can change the outward features of a day. The kings of the earth cannot command for themselves bright days nor inflict upon their enemies days of tempest. It belongs to a higher than […]

SPEAK FOR YOURSELF—A CHALLENGE! – Charles Spurgeon

SPEAK FOR YOURSELF—A CHALLENGE! – Charles Spurgeon SPEAK FOR YOURSELF—A CHALLENGE! “He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.” John 9:21 THOSE of you, dear friends, who were present this morning, will remember that our subject was “Jesus Christ Himself.” We dwelt upon His blessed person. Our faith is fixed on Him, […]

A CATECHISM FOR THE PROUD – Charles Spurgeon

A CATECHISM FOR THE PROUD – Charles Spurgeon A CATECHISM FOR THE PROUD “For who makes you to differ from another? And what have you that you did not receive? Now if you did receive it, why do you glory, as if you had not received it?” 1 Corinthians 4:7. THE Corinthian church was exceedingly […]

A GOLDEN PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon

A GOLDEN PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon A GOLDEN PRAYER “Father, glorify Your name.” John 12:28. IN the first part of my discourse this morning I shall strictly keep to my text, as the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and endeavor to show what it teaches us with regard to Him. These are His own […]

BRIEF, SILENT PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon

BRIEF, SILENT PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon BRIEF, SILENT PRAYER “So I prayed to the God of Heaven.” Nehemiah 2:4. Nehemiah had made inquiry as to the state of the city of Jerusalem and the tidings he heard caused him bitter grief. “Why should not my countenance be sad,” he said, “when the city, the place […]

A GOSPEL SERMON TO OUTSIDERS – Charles Spurgeon

A GOSPEL SERMON TO OUTSIDERS – Charles Spurgeon A GOSPEL SERMON TO OUTSIDERS Preached on a night when the Tabernacle was free to all comers, the regular congregation having vacated their seats. “Be of good comfort, rise; He calls you. Mark 10:49. THESE open services, as most of you will judge, are intended to be […]

JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF – Charles Spurgeon JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF “Jesus Christ Himself.” Ephesians 2:20. “Jesus Christ Himself” is to occupy all our thoughts this morning. What an ocean opens up before me! Here is room in the sea for the largest ship! In which direction shall I turn your thoughts? I am embarrassed with riches. […]

GOD’S THOUGHTS AND WAYS FAR ABOVE OURS – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S THOUGHTS AND WAYS FAR ABOVE OURS – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S THOUGHTS AND WAYS FAR ABOVE OURS “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your […]

SINS OF IGNORANCE – Charles Spurgeon

SINS OF IGNORANCE – Charles Spurgeon SINS OF IGNORANCE “And if a soul sins and commits any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the Lord; though he knew it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. And he shall bring a ram without blemish out […]

JESUS INTERCEDING FOR TRANSGRESSORS – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS INTERCEDING FOR TRANSGRESSORS – Charles Spurgeon JESUS INTERCEDING FOR TRANSGRESSORS “And made intercession for the transgressors.” Isaiah 53:12. Our blessed Lord made intercession for transgressors in so many words while He was being crucified, for He was heard to say, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” It is generally thought […]

A ROUND OF DELIGHTS – Charles Spurgeon

A ROUND OF DELIGHTS – Charles Spurgeon A ROUND OF DELIGHTS “Now the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13. THIS is one of the richest passages in the Word of God. It is so […]

THE CAUSE AND CURE OF WEARINESS IN SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS – Charles Spurgeon

THE CAUSE AND CURE OF WEARINESS IN SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS – Charles Spurgeon THE CAUSE AND CURE OF WEARINESS IN SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS “Let us not be weary in doing good: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” Galatians 6:9. THIS verse occurs in the Epistle to the Galatians, which so […]

THE TOUCH – Charles Spurgeon

THE TOUCH – Charles Spurgeon THE TOUCH “She said, If I may touch but His clothes, I shall be whole.” Mark 5:28. THE miracle of the healing of this woman occurred while our Savior was on the road to the house of Jairus to raise his daughter and I have not much doubt that although, […]

A SUNDAY SCHOOL SERMON – Charles Spurgeon

A SUNDAY SCHOOL SERMON – Charles Spurgeon A SUNDAY SCHOOL SERMON “He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom.” Isaiah 40:11. MINISTERS all over England have been specially requested to assist in exciting a spirit of prayer in connection with Sunday schools, today, and I feel that the training […]

VANITIES AND VERITIES – Charles Spurgeon

VANITIES AND VERITIES – Charles Spurgeon VANITIES AND VERITIES “We look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:18. THE Apostle Paul was by no means a stoic. […]

THE MAGNANIMITY OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon

THE MAGNANIMITY OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon THE MAGNANIMITY OF GOD “Behold, God is mighty, and despises not any: He is mighty in strength and wisdom” (or, in strength of heart). Job 36:5. WE cannot wonder that, in the extreme bitterness of his soul, Job was driven to utter some expressions which he would not, […]

THE RIGHTEOUS FATHER KNOWN AND LOVED – Charles Spurgeon

THE RIGHTEOUS FATHER KNOWN AND LOVED – Charles Spurgeon THE RIGHTEOUS FATHER KNOWN AND LOVED “O righteous Father, the world has not known You. But I have known You, and these have known that You have sent Me. And I have declared unto them Your name, and will declare it; that the love with which […]

TAKING HOLD OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon

TAKING HOLD OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon TAKING HOLD OF GOD “There is none that calls upon Your name, that stirs up himself to take hold of You.” Isaiah 64:7. ISAIAH, in the chapter before us, describes a very mournful condition of the people of God. He feels the case to be so desperate that […]

THE TRUE PRIESTHOOD, TEMPLE AND SACRIFICE – Charles Spurgeon

THE TRUE PRIESTHOOD, TEMPLE AND SACRIFICE – Charles Spurgeon THE TRUE PRIESTHOOD, TEMPLE AND SACRIFICE “To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed, indeed, of men, but chosen of God, and precious, you also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God […]

“NOW THEN, DO IT” – Charles Spurgeon

“NOW THEN, DO IT” – Charles Spurgeon “NOW THEN, DO IT” “You sought for David in times past to be king over you: now then, do it: for the Lord has spoken of David, saying, By the hand of My servant David I will save My people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, […]

OUR LAST JOURNEY – Charles Spurgeon

OUR LAST JOURNEY – Charles Spurgeon OUR LAST JOURNEY “When a few years are come, then I shall go the way from where I shall not return.” Job 16:22. THE season of the year may well remind us of our mortality. The corn, which a few weeks ago was green and vigorous, has now, for […]

THE GOD OF PEACE AND OUR SANCTIFICATION – Charles Spurgeon

THE GOD OF PEACE AND OUR SANCTIFICATION – Charles Spurgeon THE GOD OF PEACE AND OUR SANCTIFICATION “Now the God of Peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that Great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the Everlasting Covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do His will, […]

BRAVE WAITING – Charles Spurgeon

BRAVE WAITING – Charles Spurgeon BRAVE WAITING “Wait on the Lord: be of good courage and He shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.” Psalm 27:14. THE Christian’s life is no child’s play. All who have gone on pilgrimage to the Celestial City have found a rough road, sloughs of despond and […]

SHEEP AMONG WOLVES – Charles Spurgeon

SHEEP AMONG WOLVES – Charles Spurgeon SHEEP AMONG WOLVES “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be you therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.” Matthew 10:16. WELL may the text begin with a, “Behold,” for it contains some special wonders such as can be seen nowhere else. First, […]

PROCLAMATION OF ACCEPTANCE AND VENGEANCE – Charles Spurgeon

PROCLAMATION OF ACCEPTANCE AND VENGEANCE – Charles Spurgeon PROCLAMATION OF ACCEPTANCE AND VENGEANCE To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn.” Isaiah 61:2. We know that this Scripture speaks concerning the Lord Jesus Christ. We don’t say this as if we relied […]

THE GOD OF PEACE AND OUR SANCTIFICATION – Charles Spurgeon

THE GOD OF PEACE AND OUR SANCTIFICATION – Charles Spurgeon THE GOD OF PEACE AND OUR SANCTIFICATION “Now the God of Peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that Great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the Everlasting Covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do His will, […]

STRONG FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

STRONG FAITH – Charles Spurgeon STRONG FAITH “But was strong in faith, giving glory to God.” Romans 4:20. ABRAHAM is the father of the faithful. When children have a noble father it is a good thing for them to be fully conversant with his character and, therefore, we shall do well to consider the life […]

THE DANGER OF UNCONFESSED SIN – Charles Spurgeon

THE DANGER OF UNCONFESSED SIN – Charles Spurgeon THE DANGER OF UNCONFESSED SIN “When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.” Psalm 32:3. IT is well known that in ordinary cases grief which is kept within the bosom grows more and more intense. It is a very great […]

THE TREES IN GOD’S COURTS – Charles Spurgeon

THE TREES IN GOD’S COURTS – Charles Spurgeon THE TREES IN GOD’S COURTS “Those that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; to show that the Lord is upright; He is […]

NEVERTHELESS, HEREAFTER – Charles Spurgeon

NEVERTHELESS, HEREAFTER – Charles Spurgeon NEVERTHELESS, HEREAFTER “Jesus said unto him, You have said (or said so), nevertheless, I say unto you, Hereafter shall you see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of Heaven.” Matthew 26:64. Our Lord, before His enemies, was silent in […]

SUDDEN SORROW – Charles Spurgeon

SUDDEN SORROW – Charles Spurgeon SUDDEN SORROW “Suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.” Jeremiah 4:20. “And when you are spoiled, what will you do?” Jeremiah 4:30. JEREMIAH was describing the havoc of war, a war which was devastating his country and bringing untold miseries upon the people. He says of […]

MOURNING FOR CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

MOURNING FOR CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon MOURNING FOR CHRIST “I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of Grace and of supplications. And they shall look upon Me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him, as one mourns for his only son, and shall […]

THE FINAL PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS – Charles Spurgeon

THE FINAL PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS – Charles Spurgeon THE FINAL PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS “The righteous, also, shall hold on his way.” Job 17:9. THE man who is righteous before God has a way of his own. It is not the way of the flesh, nor the way of the world. It is a […]

THE GOOD SAMARITAN – Charles Spurgeon

THE GOOD SAMARITAN – Charles Spurgeon THE GOOD SAMARITAN “And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted Him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the Law? How Do you read it? And he, answering, said, You shall love the Lord your God […]

HAPPINESS—THE PRIVILEGE AND DUTY OF CHRISTIANS – Charles Spurgeon

HAPPINESS—THE PRIVILEGE AND DUTY OF CHRISTIANS – Charles Spurgeon HAPPINESS—THE PRIVILEGE AND DUTY OF CHRISTIANS “Happy are you, O Israel; who is like unto you? O people saved by the Lord, the shield of your help, and who is the sword of your excellency! And your enemies shall be found liars unto you; and you […]

ALL THE PEOPLE AT WORK FOR JESUS I HAVE – Charles Spurgeon

ALL THE PEOPLE AT WORK FOR JESUS I HAVE – Charles Spurgeon ALL THE PEOPLE AT WORK FOR JESUS I HAVE taken two texts from two successive chapters of the book of Joshua. The first is from Joshua the seventh, at the third verse. The spies who were sent to Ai returned to Joshua and […]

A BUSINESS-LIKE ACCOUNT – Charles Spurgeon

A BUSINESS-LIKE ACCOUNT – Charles Spurgeon A BUSINESS-LIKE ACCOUNT “But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed, I also count all things loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but […]

THE HEAVENLY WIND – Charles Spurgeon

THE HEAVENLY WIND – Charles Spurgeon THE HEAVENLY WIND “The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell from where it comes, and where it goes: so is everyone that is born of the Spirit.” John 3:8. THE Holy Spirit is to be admired, not only for the […]

OUR LORD’S QUESTION TO THE BLIND MEN – Charles Spurgeon

OUR LORD’S QUESTION TO THE BLIND MEN – Charles Spurgeon OUR LORD’S QUESTION TO THE BLIND MEN [On this occasion the Members of the regular Congregation left their seats to strangers.] “And when Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed Him, crying and saying, Son of David, have mercy on us. And when He […]

ALL THINGS ARE READY, COME – Charles Spurgeon

ALL THINGS ARE READY, COME – Charles Spurgeon ALL THINGS ARE READY, COME “Come, for all things are now ready.” Luke 14:17. THIS invitation was first of all made to the Jews, but it seems to me to have a peculiar appropriateness to ourselves. It is later in the day than when first the Lord […]

ECCE REX – Charles Spurgeon

ECCE REX – Charles Spurgeon ECCE REX “He said unto the Jews, Behold your King.” John 19:14. PILATE said much more than he meant and, therefore, we shall not restrict our consideration of his words to what he intended. John tells us considering Caiaphas, “and this spoke he not of himself,” and we may say […]

STRONG CONSOLATION FOR THE LORD’S REFUGEES – Charles Spurgeon

STRONG CONSOLATION FOR THE LORD’S REFUGEES – Charles Spurgeon STRONG CONSOLATION FOR THE LORD’S REFUGEES “That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us.” Hebrews 6:18. WHEN we read such […]

THE DIVINE CALL FOR MISSIONARIES – Charles Spurgeon

THE DIVINE CALL FOR MISSIONARIES – Charles Spurgeon THE DIVINE CALL FOR MISSIONARIES “Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.” Isaiah 6:8. BROTHERS AND SISTERS, the heathen are perishing and there is but one way […]

ENLIVENING AND INVIGORATING – Charles Spurgeon

ENLIVENING AND INVIGORATING – Charles Spurgeon ENLIVENING AND INVIGORATING “Quicken me according to Your Word.” Psalm 119:25. You will frequently find David uttering this petition. It is a favorite prayer of his, “Quicken me, O Lord!” And, as David was like the rest of us—indeed, his experience is the mirror of the experience of all […]

FAITH PURIFYING THE HEART – Charles Spurgeon

FAITH PURIFYING THE HEART – Charles Spurgeon FAITH PURIFYING THE HEART “Purifying their hearts by faith.” Acts 15:9. THE Jewish or Pharisaic party violently opposed the Gospel from without. Wherever the Apostles went, the Jews who believed not, being moved with envy, stirred up the people against them. They could not endure to hear of […]

THE GREAT HOUSE AND THE VESSELS IN IT – Charles Spurgeon

THE GREAT HOUSE AND THE VESSELS IN IT – Charles Spurgeon THE GREAT HOUSE AND THE VESSELS IN IT “But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but, also, of wood and of earth; and some to honor and some to dishonor. If a man, therefore, purges himself […]

HOW IS SALVATION RECEIVED? – Charles Spurgeon

HOW IS SALVATION RECEIVED? – Charles Spurgeon HOW IS SALVATION RECEIVED? “Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by Grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the Law, but to that, also, which is of the faith of Abraham; who […]

GUILE FORSAKEN WHEN GUILT IS FORGIVEN – Charles Spurgeon

GUILE FORSAKEN WHEN GUILT IS FORGIVEN – Charles Spurgeon GUILE FORSAKEN WHEN GUILT IS FORGIVEN  “Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputes not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.” Psalm 32:2. THE only blessing the Law can give, it bestows on those who do no iniquity and walk perfectly in […]

FOR WHOM IS THE GOSPEL MEANT? – Charles Spurgeon

FOR WHOM IS THE GOSPEL MEANT? – Charles Spurgeon FOR WHOM IS THE GOSPEL MEANT? “They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” Mark 2:17. “Christ died for the ungodly.” Romans 5:6. “God commends His love toward […]

THE STUDENT’S PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon

THE STUDENT’S PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon THE STUDENT’S PRAYER “Make me to understand the way of Your precepts: so shall I talk of Your wondrous works.” Psalm 119:27. WHEN we seek any good thing from God, we ought, also, to consider how we may use it for His Glory. It is right that desires for […]

THE JEWEL OF PEACE – Charles Spurgeon

THE JEWEL OF PEACE – Charles Spurgeon THE JEWEL OF PEACE “Now the Lord of Peace Himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.” 2 Thessalonians 3:16. WHEN the heart is full of love it finds the hand too feeble for its desires. Therefore it seeks relief in intercession […]

DAGON’S UPS AND DOWNS – Charles Spurgeon

DAGON’S UPS AND DOWNS – Charles Spurgeon DAGON’S UPS AND DOWNS “When the Philistines took the Ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the Ark […]

RETREAT IMPOSSIBLE – Charles Spurgeon

RETREAT IMPOSSIBLE – Charles Spurgeon RETREAT IMPOSSIBLE “I have given my word to the Lord, and I cannot go back.” Judges 11:35. IN Jephtha case there were good reasons for going back. He had made a rash vow and such things are much better broken than kept. If a man makes a vow to commit […]

MANOAH’S WIFE AND HER EXCELLENT ARGUMENT – Charles Spurgeon

MANOAH’S WIFE AND HER EXCELLENT ARGUMENT – Charles Spurgeon MANOAH’S WIFE AND HER EXCELLENT ARGUMENT “And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God. But his wife said unto him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, He would not have received a burnt offering and a meat […]

IDOLS ABOLISHED – Charles Spurgeon

IDOLS ABOLISHED – Charles Spurgeon IDOLS ABOLISHED “Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols?” Hosea 14:8. IDOLATRY was the great sin of the 10 tribes represented by Ephraim. Indeed, it is the sin of the entire human race! When we speak of idolatry we need not think of blocks of […]

WORK FOR JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

WORK FOR JESUS – Charles Spurgeon WORK FOR JESUS “Son, go work today in My vineyard.” Matthew 21:28. I AM not going to confine myself to the connection of these words, nor to use them strictly after the manner in which they were first spoken. I may, perhaps, explain the parable very briefly at the […]

LOVE’S MEDICINES AND MIRACLES – Charles Spurgeon

LOVE’S MEDICINES AND MIRACLES – Charles Spurgeon LOVE’S MEDICINES AND MIRACLES “Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but You have, in love to my soul, delivered it from the pit of corruption: for You have cast all my sins behind Your back” Isaiah 38:17. HEZEKIAH’S recovery is a notable encouragement to prayer. If ever […]

A FAMILY SERMON – Charles Spurgeon

A FAMILY SERMON – Charles Spurgeon A FAMILY SERMON “And the Lord said unto Noah, Come you and all your house into the ark…And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.” Genesis 7:1, 7. GOD in infinite […]

A CHEERY WORD IN TROUBLOUS TIMES – Charles Spurgeon

A CHEERY WORD IN TROUBLOUS TIMES – Charles Spurgeon A CHEERY WORD IN TROUBLOUS TIMES “Therefore, Sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.” Acts 27:25. THE presence of a brave man in the hour of danger is a very great comfort to his […]

COMING—ALWAYS COMING – Charles Spurgeon

COMING—ALWAYS COMING – Charles Spurgeon COMING—ALWAYS COMING “To whom coming.” 1 Peter 2:4. THE Apostle is speaking of the Lord Jesus, of whom he had previously said, “If indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious,” and He follows that sentence up with this, “To whom coming as unto a living stone.” Now, I […]

“REST IN THE LORD” – Charles Spurgeon

“REST IN THE LORD” – Charles Spurgeon “REST IN THE LORD” “Rest in the Lord.” Psalm 37:7. THE occurrence of our text in the Psalm before us is an instance of the great rule that the Lord does nothing by halves. In this priceless Psalm, the Lord found His servant, in the first verse, liable […]

OUR URGENT NEED OF THE HOLY SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon

OUR URGENT NEED OF THE HOLY SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon OUR URGENT NEED OF THE HOLY SPIRIT “Through the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13. “By the power of the Spirit of God.” Romans 15:19. I DESIRE to draw your attention, at this time, to the great necessity which exists for the continual manifestation […]

THE TWO “COMES” – Charles Spurgeon

THE TWO “COMES” – Charles Spurgeon THE TWO “COMES” “And the Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let him who hears say, Come! And let him who thirsts come. And whoever will, let him take the water of life freely.” Revelation 22:17. OUR text stands at the end of the Bible even as this […]

THE GREAT BIRTHDAY – Charles Spurgeon

THE GREAT BIRTHDAY – Charles Spurgeon THE GREAT BIRTHDAY “The angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.” Luke 2:10. THERE is no reason upon earth, beyond that of ecclesiastical custom, why the 25th of December should be regarded as the […]

CHRIST THE DESTROYER OF DEATH – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST THE DESTROYER OF DEATH – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST THE DESTROYER OF DEATH “The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.” 1 Corinthians 15:26. DURING four previous Sabbaths we have been following our Lord and Master through His great achievements. We have seen Him as the end of the law, as the conqueror of […]

CHRIST THE MAKER OF ALL THINGS NEW – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST THE MAKER OF ALL THINGS NEW – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST THE MAKER OF ALL THINGS NEW Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians, 5:17. WE shall try to preach, this morning, of Christ as the Author […]

CHRIST THE OVERCOMER OF THE WORLD – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST THE OVERCOMER OF THE WORLD – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST THE OVERCOMER OF THE WORLD “Be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33. WHEN these words were spoken, our Savior was about to leave His disciples to go to His death for their sakes. His great anxiety was that they might not […]

CHRIST THE CONQUEROR OF SATAN – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST THE CONQUEROR OF SATAN – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST THE CONQUEROR OF SATAN “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.” Genesis 3:15. THIS is the first gospel sermon that was ever delivered upon the […]

CHRIST THE END OF THE LAW – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST THE END OF THE LAW – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST THE END OF THE LAW “For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.” Romans 10:4. YOU remember we spoke last Sunday morning of “the days of the Son of man.” Oh that every Sunday might be a day of […]

UNWILLINGNESS TO COME TO CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

UNWILLINGNESS TO COME TO CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon UNWILLINGNESS TO COME TO CHRIST “And you will not come to Me, that you might have life.” John 5:40. OUR Lord was addressing Himself to the unbelieving Jews. He told them that they had received abundant evidence of His being the sent one of God, but yet […]

AND WHY NOT? – Charles Spurgeon

AND WHY NOT? – Charles Spurgeon AND WHY NOT? “And He said unto the disciples, The days will come when you shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you shall not see it” Luke 17:22. WHILE the Lord was yet on earth the days of the Son of […]

REST FOR THE LABORING – Charles Spurgeon

REST FOR THE LABORING – Charles Spurgeon REST FOR THE LABORING [The Tabernacle was on this night thrown open to strangers, the entire regular congregation kindly vacating their seats.] “Come unto Me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; […]

WHY MAY I REJOICE? – Charles Spurgeon

WHY MAY I REJOICE? – Charles Spurgeon WHY MAY I REJOICE? “Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.” Luke 10:20 (NKJV) YOU will remember that last Lord’s-Day we saw our Lord correcting a very natural grief, and supplying in […]

WHY SHOULD I WEEP? – Charles Spurgeon

WHY SHOULD I WEEP? – Charles Spurgeon WHY SHOULD I WEEP? “And there followed Him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented Him. But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for Me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For behold, the days are […]

THE SINNER’S SAVIOR – Charles Spurgeon

THE SINNER’S SAVIOR – Charles Spurgeon THE SINNER’S SAVIOR “And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He was gone to be a guest with a man that is a sinner.” Luke 19:7. PUBLICANS or tax-gatherers among the Jews were objects of intense aversion. The nation was always restless under the Roman yoke, for […]

INCREASED FAITH THE STRENGTH OF PEACE PRINCIPLES – Charles Spurgeon

INCREASED FAITH THE STRENGTH OF PEACE PRINCIPLES – Charles Spurgeon INCREASED FAITH THE STRENGTH OF PEACE PRINCIPLES “The apostles said to the Lord, increase our faith.” Luke 17:5. THE sermon of last Sabbath morning,[in which I earnestly endeavored to teach the doctrine of overcoming evil with good, and the frank and full forgiveness of all […]

OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD – Charles Spurgeon

OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD – Charles Spurgeon OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD “Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.” Romans 12:21. THIS is a very meaty verse, and the form of it greatly assists the memory; it is worthy to be called a Christian proverb. I would recommend every Christian to learn it […]

WHY THE HEAVENLY ROBES ARE WHITE – Charles Spurgeon

WHY THE HEAVENLY ROBES ARE WHITE – Charles Spurgeon WHY THE HEAVENLY ROBES ARE WHITE “These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb” Revelation 7:14. OUR curiosity inquires into the condition of those who have newly entered heaven; like […]

AENEAS – Charles Spurgeon

AENEAS – Charles Spurgeon AENEAS “And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down, also, to the saints which dwelt at Lydda. And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy. And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, […]

A SECOND WORD TO SEEKERS – Charles Spurgeon

A SECOND WORD TO SEEKERS – Charles Spurgeon A SECOND WORD TO SEEKERS “And you shall seek Me, and find Me, when you shall search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13. LAST Sabbath morningwe gave forth words of good cheer to those who seek the Lord, dwelling upon those encouraging words of the […]

GOOD NEWS FOR SEEKERS – Charles Spurgeon

GOOD NEWS FOR SEEKERS – Charles Spurgeon GOOD NEWS FOR SEEKERS “They shall praise the Lord that seek Him.” Psalm 22:26. THESE are the words of Jesus on the cross, which the inspired prophet wrote beforehand concerning Him. When the Savior uttered this sentence, He had just passed through the experience of a seeker as […]

GOD OF THE HILLS AND GOD OF THE VALLEYS – Charles Spurgeon

GOD OF THE HILLS AND GOD OF THE VALLEYS – Charles Spurgeon GOD OF THE HILLS AND GOD OF THE VALLEYS “And there came a man of God, and spoke unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus says the Lord, Because the Syrians have said, The Lord is God of the hills, but He […]

THE BLIND BEFRIENDED – Charles Spurgeon

THE BLIND BEFRIENDED – Charles Spurgeon  THE BLIND BEFRIENDED “I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not: I will lead them in paths that they have not known; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.” Isaiah […]

THE LITTLE DOGS – Charles Spurgeon

THE LITTLE DOGS – Charles Spurgeon THE LITTLE DOGS “But He answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.” Matthew 15:26, 27. “But Jesus said unto her, […]

THE RECORDERS – Charles Spurgeon

THE RECORDERS – Charles Spurgeon THE RECORDERS “To record, and to thank and praise the Lord God of Israel.” 1 Chronicles 16:4. DAVID took care of every part of divine worship. He saw to it that nothing was neglected in the service of the God in whom he delighted. Let this stand as an example […]

ENOCH – Charles Spurgeon

ENOCH – Charles Spurgeon ENOCH “And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: and Enoch walked with God, after he begat Methuselah, three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: and all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for […]

FAT THINGS, FULL OF MARROW – Charles Spurgeon

FAT THINGS, FULL OF MARROW – Charles Spurgeon FAT THINGS, FULL OF MARROW “For a small moment have I forsaken you, but with great mercies will I gather you. In a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on you, says the Lord […]

THE SECRET OF A HAPPY LIFE – Charles Spurgeon

THE SECRET OF A HAPPY LIFE – Charles Spurgeon THE SECRET OF A HAPPY LIFE “I have set the Lord always before Me: because He is at My right hand, I shall not be moved.” Psalm 16:8. IN the preceding verses we read, “The lines are fallen unto Me in pleasant places; yes, I have […]

INQUIRE OF THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon

INQUIRE OF THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon INQUIRE OF THE LORD “Thus says the Lord God, I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock. As the Holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn […]

THE BELIEVER IN THE BODY AND OUT OF THE BODY – Charles Spurgeon

THE BELIEVER IN THE BODY AND OUT OF THE BODY – Charles Spurgeon THE BELIEVER IN THE BODY AND OUT OF THE BODY “Now He that has prepared us for the same thing is God, who also has given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, while we […]

GOOD CHEER FOR OUTCASTS – Charles Spurgeon

GOOD CHEER FOR OUTCASTS – Charles Spurgeon GOOD CHEER FOR OUTCASTS “He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.” Psalm 147:2. DOES not this show us the great gentleness and infinite mercy of God? And as we know most of God in the person of our Lord, Jesus Christ, should it not charm us to remember […]

A PRINCE AND A SAVIOR – Charles Spurgeon

A PRINCE AND A SAVIOR – Charles Spurgeon A PRINCE AND A SAVIOR “Him has God exalted with His right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.” Acts 5:31. THE same fact appears very differently to different people. Our Lord Jesus, having risen from […]

LIFE’S NEED AND MAINTENANCE – Charles Spurgeon

LIFE’S NEED AND MAINTENANCE – Charles Spurgeon LIFE’S NEED AND MAINTENANCE “None can keep alive his own soul” Psalm 22:29. WE must commence by noticing the context so that we may arrive at the first meaning of the words. There is a day coming when the true God will be acknowledged as Lord and God […]

LOVE’S BIRTH AND PARENTAGE – Charles Spurgeon

LOVE’S BIRTH AND PARENTAGE – Charles Spurgeon LOVE’S BIRTH AND PARENTAGE “We love Him, because He first loved us.” 1 John 4:19. VERY simple words, but very full of meaning; I think I might say of this sentence what the poet says of prayer—it is “the simplest form of speech that infant lips can try”—and […]

GATHERING TO THE CENTER – Charles Spurgeon

GATHERING TO THE CENTER – Charles Spurgeon GATHERING TO THE CENTER “They came to Him from every quarter.” Mark 1:45. THE fact as it stands is well worthy of our notice, and offers considerable encouragement to us; the multitudes came to hear our Lord, and to see His miracles; He could not be hidden—wherever He […]

MY GOD “My God.” – Charles Spurgeon

MY GOD “My God.” – Charles Spurgeon MY GOD “My God.” Psalm 91:2. IF YOU were to find honey in a tree, and should wish to give some of it to your friends, I can imagine you cautiously taking it up in your hands, carrying it very carefully; and yet when you reached the company, […]

GONE, GONE FOREVER – Charles Spurgeon

GONE, GONE FOREVER – Charles Spurgeon GONE, GONE FOREVER “And as your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” 1 Kings 20:40. THE parable which the prophet acted before Ahab was simple and natural. A soldier in the heat of the fight was charged by an officer to take care of an important […]

OUR LORD’S HUMANITY A SWEET SOURCE OF COMFORT – Charles Spurgeon

OUR LORD’S HUMANITY A SWEET SOURCE OF COMFORT – Charles Spurgeon OUR LORD’S HUMANITY A SWEET SOURCE OF COMFORT “Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me.” Daniel 10:18. WE are not able, as yet, to bear the full revelation of divine things. If any […]

THE ANCHOR – Charles Spurgeon

THE ANCHOR – Charles Spurgeon THE ANCHOR “Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath: that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to […]

THE UNKNOWN WAYS OF LOVE – Charles Spurgeon

THE UNKNOWN WAYS OF LOVE – Charles Spurgeon THE UNKNOWN WAYS OF LOVE “Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do you know not now; but you shall know hereafter.” John 13:7. THESE words of our Lord were spoken in answer to Peter’s exclamation of surprise, “Lord, do You wash my feet?” It was […]

THE SOUL-WINNER – Charles Spurgeon

THE SOUL-WINNER – Charles Spurgeon THE SOUL-WINNER “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise.” Proverbs 11:30. I HAD very great joy last night—many of you know why, but some do not. We held our annual meeting of the church, and it was a very pleasant […]

THE BEST BURDEN FOR YOUNG SHOULDERS – Charles Spurgeon

THE BEST BURDEN FOR YOUNG SHOULDERS – Charles Spurgeon THE BEST BURDEN FOR YOUNG SHOULDERS “It is good for a man that he bears the yoke in his youth.” Lamentations 3:27. YOKE-BEARING is not pleasant, but it is good. It is not every pleasant thing that is good, nor every good thing that is pleasant; […]

GODLY FEAR AND ITS GOODLY CONSEQUENCE – Charles Spurgeon

GODLY FEAR AND ITS GOODLY CONSEQUENCE – Charles Spurgeon GODLY FEAR AND ITS GOODLY CONSEQUENCE “In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence, and His children shall have a place of refuge.” Proverbs 14:26. IN the Book of Proverbs you meet with sentences of brief wisdom, which, to all appearances, belong entirely to this […]

THE HEART FULL AND THE MOUTH CLOSED – Charles Spurgeon

THE HEART FULL AND THE MOUTH CLOSED – Charles Spurgeon THE HEART FULL AND THE MOUTH CLOSED “And I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall know that I am the Lord: That you may remember, and be ashamed, and never open your mouth anymore because of your shame, when I am pacified […]

TRULY EATING THE FLESH OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

TRULY EATING THE FLESH OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon TRULY EATING THE FLESH OF JESUS “Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats My flesh, and drinks My blood has […]

STRENGTHENING WORDS FROM THE SAVIOR’S LIPS – Charles Spurgeon

STRENGTHENING WORDS FROM THE SAVIOR’S LIPS – Charles Spurgeon STRENGTHENING WORDS FROM THE SAVIOR’S LIPS “And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for you: for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” 2 Corinthians […]

A WEIGHTY CHARGE – Charles Spurgeon

A WEIGHTY CHARGE – Charles Spurgeon A WEIGHTY CHARGE “Keep yourselves in the love of God.” Jude 1:21. JUDE gives a very terrible picture of what will happen in the last days; he describes apostates, and paints them in the blackest colors, and he then informs us that there will come in the last time […]

SIHON AND OG, OR MERCIES IN DETAIL – Charles Spurgeon

SIHON AND OG, OR MERCIES IN DETAIL – Charles Spurgeon SIHON AND OG, OR MERCIES IN DETAIL famous kings: for His mercy endures forever: Sihon king of the Amorites: for His mercy endures forever: and Og the king of Bashan: for His mercy endures forever: and gave their land for a heritage: for His mercy […]

THE SEALING OF THE SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon

THE SEALING OF THE SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon THE SEALING OF THE SPIRIT “In whom you also trusted, after that you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that you believed, you were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until […]

CONVERSIONS ENCOURAGED – Charles Spurgeon

CONVERSIONS ENCOURAGED – Charles Spurgeon CONVERSIONS ENCOURAGED “But if from there you shall seek the Lord your God, you shall find Him, if you seek Him with all your heart, and with all your soul. When you are in tribulation, and all these things are come upon you, even in the latter days, if you […]

CONVERSIONS DESIRED – Charles Spurgeon

CONVERSIONS DESIRED – Charles Spurgeon CONVERSIONS DESIRED “And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.” Acts 11:21. THE brethren who had dwelt together in church fellowship at Jerusalem were scattered abroad by persecution which arose about Stephen; their Master had told them that when […]

AN OBJECTION AND AN ANSWER – Charles Spurgeon

AN OBJECTION AND AN ANSWER – Charles Spurgeon AN OBJECTION AND AN ANSWER “For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which works by love.” Galatians 5:6. THE most prominent doctrine in Paul’s teaching was that of justification by faith. He taught it so very plainly, so very boldly—I almost said […]

AMAZING GRACE – Charles Spurgeon

» AMAZING GRACE – Charles Spurgeon AMAZING GRACE “I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comfort unto him and to his mourners.” Isaiah 57:18. THERE are a few objects in nature which never cease to astonish the beholder; I think Humboldt said he could never look […]

REASONS FOR PARTING WITH SIN – Charles Spurgeon

REASONS FOR PARTING WITH SIN – Charles Spurgeon REASONS FOR PARTING WITH SIN “Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Isaiah 1:18. IT is the great joy of […]

TRIAL BY THE WORD – Charles Spurgeon

TRIAL BY THE WORD – Charles Spurgeon TRIAL BY THE WORD “Until the time that His word came: the word of the Lord tried him.” Psalm 105:19. JOSEPH was altogether an extraordinary person; he was a young man of great personal beauty, and he exhibited also a lovely character, full of gentleness, kindness, and truth. […]

UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER – Charles Spurgeon

UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER – Charles Spurgeon UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER “Submit yourselves therefore to God.” James 4:7. THIS advice should not need much pressing. “Submit yourselves to God”—is it not right upon the very face of it? Is it not wise? Does not conscience tell us that we ought to submit? Does not reason bear witness that it […]

ONE GREATER THAN THE TEMPLE – Charles Spurgeon

ONE GREATER THAN THE TEMPLE – Charles Spurgeon ONE GREATER THAN THE TEMPLE “But I say unto you, that in this place is one greater than the temple.” Matthew 12:6. OUR Lord intended, of course, to assert that He was greater than the temple, but He used the most modest form of putting it. When […]

FOR THE SICK AND AFFLICTED – Charles Spurgeon

FOR THE SICK AND AFFLICTED – Charles Spurgeon FOR THE SICK AND AFFLICTED “Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: that which I see not teach You me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.” Job 34:31, 32. EVEN when […]

THE OIL OF GLADNESS – Charles Spurgeon

THE OIL OF GLADNESS – Charles Spurgeon THE OIL OF GLADNESS “You love righteousness, and hate wickedness: therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows.” Psalm 45:7. WE know that the anointing received by our Lord Jesus Christ was the resting of the Spirit of God upon Him […]

A GOD READY TO PARDON – Charles Spurgeon

A GOD READY TO PARDON – Charles Spurgeon A GOD READY TO PARDON “You are a God ready to pardon.” Nehemiah 9:17. WHEN a man’s conscience is so awakened to the existence of sin that he cannot perceive any plea for God’s mercy within himself, it is his wisdom to look for a plea in […]

PRIDE CATECHIZED AND CONDEMNED – Charles Spurgeon

PRIDE CATECHIZED AND CONDEMNED – Charles Spurgeon PRIDE CATECHIZED AND CONDEMNED “For who makes you to differ from another? And what have you that you did not receive? Now if you did receive it, why do you glory, as if you had not received it?” 1 Corinthians 4:7. PRIDE grows apace like other ill weeds; […]

“GOD WITH US” – Charles Spurgeon

“GOD WITH US” – Charles Spurgeon “GOD WITH US” “They shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.” Matthew 1:23. THOSE words, “being interpreted,” salute my ear with much sweetness. Why should the word, “Emmanuel,” in the Hebrew, be interpreted at all? Was it not to show that it has reference […]

THE NEW FASHION – Charles Spurgeon

THE NEW FASHION – Charles Spurgeon THE NEW FASHION “And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.” Mark 2:12 IT is very natural that there should be many surprising things in the […]

THE STORY OF A RUNAWAY SLAVE – Charles Spurgeon

THE STORY OF A RUNAWAY SLAVE – Charles Spurgeon THE STORY OF A RUNAWAY SLAVE “Perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that you should receive him forever.” Philemon 1:15. NATURE is selfish, but grace is loving. He who boasts that he cares for nobody and nobody cares for him, is the reverse of a […]

THE GOD OF BETHEL – Charles Spurgeon

THE GOD OF BETHEL – Charles Spurgeon THE GOD OF BETHEL “I am the God of Bethel.” Genesis 31:13. JACOB had been sent away to Padan-aram and he might, perhaps, have stopped there if things had been quite as he wished. As it was, he stayed there quite long enough. He seemed almost to forget […]

PAUL’S DOXOLOGY – Charles Spurgeon

PAUL’S DOXOLOGY – Charles Spurgeon PAUL’S DOXOLOGY “Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, unto Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.” Ephesians 3:20, 21. THIS chapter has […]

THE ETERNAL TRUTH OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon

THE ETERNAL TRUTH OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon THE ETERNAL TRUTH OF GOD “The truth endures to all generations.” Psalm 100:5. IT was very solemn work this morning to lay bare the sin of unbelief.  It was the burden of the Lord to him who had to speak, and it could have been but very […]

THE MAN OF ONE SUBJECT – Charles Spurgeon

THE MAN OF ONE SUBJECT – Charles Spurgeon THE MAN OF ONE SUBJECT “For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.” 1 Corinthians 2:2. PAUL was a very determined man and whatever he undertook he carried out with all his heart. Once let him say, “I determined,” and […]

HOLD FAST YOUR SHIELD – Charles Spurgeon

HOLD FAST YOUR SHIELD – Charles Spurgeon HOLD FAST YOUR SHIELD “Cast not away, therefore, your confidence, which has great recompense of reward.” Hebrews 10:35. THE early Christians had to suffer for their faith. They were exposed to great ridicule and enmity. They were, indeed, the byword, the laughingstock, and the derision of all mankind. […]

THE TURNING OF JOB’S CAPTIVITY – Charles Spurgeon

THE TURNING OF JOB’S CAPTIVITY – Charles Spurgeon THE TURNING OF JOB’S CAPTIVITY “The Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.” Job 42:10. SINCE God is immutable, He acts always upon the same principles and therefore His course […]

SOW TO YOURSELVES – Charles Spurgeon

SOW TO YOURSELVES – Charles Spurgeon SOW TO YOURSELVES “Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy.” Hosea 10:12. FARMERS are now devoting their attention to putting seed into the ground. They know right well that without sowing in the present they cannot expect a reaping in the future. Seedtime has many lessons. That which […]

THE UNBROKEN LINE OF TRUE NOBLES – Charles Spurgeon

THE UNBROKEN LINE OF TRUE NOBLES – Charles Spurgeon THE UNBROKEN LINE OF TRUE NOBLES “Instead of your fathers shall be your children, whom you may make princes in all the earth.” Psalm 45:16. WERE you ever perplexed by being drawn with almost equal force in two directions? I have been so; there is a […]

THERE GO THE SHIPS – Charles Spurgeon

THERE GO THE SHIPS – Charles Spurgeon THERE GO THE SHIPS “There go the ships.” Psalm 104:26. I WAS walking, the other day, by the side of the sea, looking out upon the English Channel. It so happened that there was a bad wind for the vessels going down the Channel and they were lying […]

THE HAND OF GOD IN THE HISTORY OF A MAN – Charles Spurgeon

THE HAND OF GOD IN THE HISTORY OF A MAN – Charles Spurgeon THE HAND OF GOD IN THE HISTORY OF A MAN “Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? Are not his days also like the days of an hireling?” Job 7:1. I WAS settling myself down yesterday to meditate upon […]

LOVE TO JESUS THE GREAT TEST – Charles Spurgeon

LOVE TO JESUS THE GREAT TEST – Charles Spurgeon LOVE TO JESUS THE GREAT TEST “Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, you would love Me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of Myself, but He sent Me.” John 8:42. THE order of salvation is, first, we believe […]

THE OLD MAN’S SERMON – Charles Spurgeon

THE OLD MAN’S SERMON – Charles Spurgeon THE OLD MAN’S SERMON “O God, You have taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared Your wondrous works. Now, also, when I am old and grey-headed, O God, forsake me not, until I have showed Your strength unto this generation, and Your power to everyone […]

HOW TO CONVERSE WITH GOD – Charles Spurgeon

HOW TO CONVERSE WITH GOD – Charles Spurgeon HOW TO CONVERSE WITH GOD “Then call, and I will answer: or let me speak, and You answer me.” Job 13:22. JOB might well have been driven frantic by his miserable comforters. It is wonderful that he did not express himself far more bitterly than he did. […]

JESUS IN OUR MIDST – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS IN OUR MIDST – Charles Spurgeon JESUS IN OUR MIDST “Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and said unto them, Peace be with you.” John […]

THE LION-SLAYER—THE GIANT-KILLER – Charles Spurgeon

THE LION-SLAYER—THE GIANT-KILLER – Charles Spurgeon THE LION-SLAYER—THE GIANT-KILLER “Your servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God. David said moreover, the Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out […]

THE FIRST DAY OF CREATION – Charles Spurgeon

THE FIRST DAY OF CREATION – Charles Spurgeon THE FIRST DAY OF CREATION “And God saw the light that it was good.” Genesis 1:4. WE shall, this morning, leave all discussion as to the creation of the world to those learned divines who have paid their special attention to that subject, and to those geologists […]

THE SACRED LOVE-TOKEN – Charles Spurgeon

THE SACRED LOVE-TOKEN – Charles Spurgeon THE SACRED LOVE-TOKEN “And the blood shall be to you for a token.” Exodus 12:13. You remember that last Sabbath morning we spoke upon the witness within the child of God. We tried to show that believers did not need any man to assure them that they are forgiven, […]

THE PRIEST DISPENSED WITH – Charles Spurgeon

THE PRIEST DISPENSED WITH – Charles Spurgeon THE PRIEST DISPENSED WITH “He that believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself.” 1 John 5:10. IT is a part of the theory of Ritualism, that is to say, Anglicized Popery, that no man can know his sins forgiven unless he is assured so […]

SAINTS IN HEAVEN AND EARTH ONE FAMILY – Charles Spurgeon

SAINTS IN HEAVEN AND EARTH ONE FAMILY – Charles Spurgeon SAINTS IN HEAVEN AND EARTH ONE FAMILY “The whole family in heaven and earth.” Ephesians 3:15. BEREAVEMENTS are among the sorest griefs of this mortal life. We are permitted by God to love those whom He gives to us and our heart eagerly casts its […]

THE CHOICE OF A LEADER – Charles Spurgeon

THE CHOICE OF A LEADER – Charles Spurgeon THE CHOICE OF A LEADER “And he spoke a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? Shall they not both fall into the ditch? The disciple is not above his master: but everyone that is perfect shall be as his master.” Luke 6:39, 40. MAN […]

THE SPECIAL PRAYER MEETING – Charles Spurgeon

THE SPECIAL PRAYER MEETING – Charles Spurgeon THE SPECIAL PRAYER MEETING “When he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.” Acts 12:12. IT was a great wonder that the infant church of Christ was not destroyed. Truly, […]

THE BLESSINGS OF FOLLOWING ON – Charles Spurgeon

THE BLESSINGS OF FOLLOWING ON – Charles Spurgeon THE BLESSINGS OF FOLLOWING ON “Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord. His going forth is prepared as the morning, and He shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.” Hosea 6:3. I MUST […]

WHY MEN CANNOT BELIEVE IN CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

WHY MEN CANNOT BELIEVE IN CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon WHY MEN CANNOT BELIEVE IN CHRIST “How can you believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that comes from God only?” John 5:44. OUR Savior was addressing Himself to Pharisees who would not receive Him, and who, no doubt, pleaded that […]

FAITH’S ULTIMATUM – Charles Spurgeon

FAITH’S ULTIMATUM – Charles Spurgeon FAITH’S ULTIMATUM “Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.” Job 13:15. THIS is one of the supreme sayings of Scripture. It rises like an alpine summit, clear above all ordinary heights of speech. It pierces the clouds and glistens in the light of God. If I were […]

RIVERS OF WATER IN A DRY PLACE – Charles Spurgeon

RIVERS OF WATER IN A DRY PLACE – Charles Spurgeon RIVERS OF WATER IN A DRY PLACE “As rivers of water in a dry place.” Isaiah 32:2. I SUPPOSE it must be conceded that the surface sense of this passage refers to Hezekiah and to other good kings who were the means of great blessings […]

ABRAHAM’S PROMPT OBEDIENCE TO THE CALL OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon

ABRAHAM’S PROMPT OBEDIENCE TO THE CALL OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon ABRAHAM’S PROMPT OBEDIENCE TO THE CALL OF GOD “By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he would receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he went.” Hebrews 11:8. ONE is struck with […]

HONEST DEALING WITH GOD – Charles Spurgeon

HONEST DEALING WITH GOD – Charles Spurgeon HONEST DEALING WITH GOD “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that […]

THE SONG OF SONGS – Charles Spurgeon

THE SONG OF SONGS – Charles Spurgeon THE SONG OF SONGS “Sing, O you heavens, for the Lord has done it: shout, you lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord has redeemed Jacob, and glorified Himself in Israel.” Isaiah 44:23. NO doubt […]

MESSRS. MOODY AND SANKEY DEFENDED – Charles Spurgeon

MESSRS. MOODY AND SANKEY DEFENDED – Charles Spurgeon MESSRS. MOODY AND SANKEY DEFENDED —OR A VINDICATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH “They that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.” Galatians 5:24. FROM several quarters, we have heard intensely earnest objections, lately, to the matter and tenor of the […]

BEWARE OF UNBELIEF – Charles Spurgeon

BEWARE OF UNBELIEF – Charles Spurgeon BEWARE OF UNBELIEF “Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat thereof.” 2 […]

HOW THEY CONQUERED THE DRAGON – Charles Spurgeon

HOW THEY CONQUERED THE DRAGON – Charles Spurgeon HOW THEY CONQUERED THE DRAGON “They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.” Revelation 12:11. IT is not my main object, at this time, to expound the chapter before us. […]

THE BEST HOUSE-VISITATION – Charles Spurgeon

THE BEST HOUSE-VISITATION – Charles Spurgeon THE BEST HOUSE-VISITATION “Now as soon as they had come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever, and they told Him about her at once. And He came and took […]

HOW A MAN’S CONDUCT COMES HOME TO HIM – Charles Spurgeon

HOW A MAN’S CONDUCT COMES HOME TO HIM – Charles Spurgeon HOW A MAN’S CONDUCT COMES HOME TO HIM “The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.” Proverbs 14:14. A COMMON principle is laid down here and declared to be equally true in […]

THE FINAL SEPARATION – Charles Spurgeon

THE FINAL SEPARATION – Charles Spurgeon THE FINAL SEPARATION “And before Him shall be gathered all nations: and He shall separate them, one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats.” Matthew 25:32. JESUS Christ, the man of Nazareth, who is also the Son of God, was crucified, dead, and buried, and […]

HEALING LEAVES – Charles Spurgeon

HEALING LEAVES – Charles Spurgeon HEALING LEAVES “The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.” Revelation 22:2 WE have in the 21st and 22nd chapters of the Book of the Revelation a very wonderful description of heaven upon earth. I shall not attempt to go into any prophetical explanations as to […]

SOLOMON’S PLEA – Charles Spurgeon

SOLOMON’S PLEA – Charles Spurgeon SOLOMON’S PLEA “For You did separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be Your inheritance” 1 Kings 8:53. ISRAEL was a type of the church of God. The apostle, in the epistle to the Romans, clearly shows that Abraham was the father, not of the circumcision […]

THE SURE TRIUMPH OF THE CRUCIFIED ONE – Charles Spurgeon

THE SURE TRIUMPH OF THE CRUCIFIED ONE – Charles Spurgeon THE SURE TRIUMPH OF THE CRUCIFIED ONE “Behold, My servant shall deal prudently, He shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. As many were astonished at you, His visage was so marred more than any man, and His form more than the sons […]

A HOLY AND HOMELY RESOLVE – Charles Spurgeon

A HOLY AND HOMELY RESOLVE – Charles Spurgeon A HOLY AND HOMELY RESOLVE “I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when will You come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.” Psalm 101:2. THE 100th psalm is perhaps the best known song of praise in the Word […]

DECISION—ILLUSTRATED BY THE CASE OF JOSHUA – Charles Spurgeon

DECISION—ILLUSTRATED BY THE CASE OF JOSHUA – Charles Spurgeon DECISION—ILLUSTRATED BY THE CASE OF JOSHUA “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15. JOSHUA knew that the people who surrounded him, while ostensibly serving Jehovah, were, many of them, secretly worshipping the ancient idols of their Mesopotamian fathers—those seraphim which […]

SALVATION BY FAITH AND THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon

SALVATION BY FAITH AND THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon SALVATION BY FAITH AND THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT “For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith” Galatians 5:5. IT may seem remarkable that Paul, who was once the strictest of Pharisees, should become the most ardent champion […]

SPIRITUAL APPETITE – Charles Spurgeon

SPIRITUAL APPETITE – Charles Spurgeon SPIRITUAL APPETITE “The full soul loathes the honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.” Proverbs 27:7. IT is a great blessing when food and appetite meet together. Some have appetite and no meat, they need our pity. Others have meat but no appetite. They may not, […]

THE SECRET OF HEALTH – Charles Spurgeon

THE SECRET OF HEALTH – Charles Spurgeon THE SECRET OF HEALTH “I shall yet praise Him who is the health of my countenance and my God.” Psalm 42:11. ANOTHER verse in this psalm so attracts me that, though it is not my text, I cannot pass it by without a moment’s notice. In the 5th […]

JESUS, THE DELIGHT OF HEAVEN – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS, THE DELIGHT OF HEAVEN – Charles Spurgeon JESUS, THE DELIGHT OF HEAVEN “And they sung a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and […]

JESUS, THE STUMBLING STONE OF UNBELIEVERS – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS, THE STUMBLING STONE OF UNBELIEVERS – Charles Spurgeon JESUS, THE STUMBLING STONE OF UNBELIEVERS “Unto you therefore which believe He is precious: but unto them which are disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, and a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, even […]

JESUS, THE SUBSTITUTE FOR HIS PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS, THE SUBSTITUTE FOR HIS PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon JESUS, THE SUBSTITUTE FOR HIS PEOPLE “Who is he that condemns? It is Christ that died, yes rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.” Romans 8:34. THE most dreadful alarm that can disturb […]

OPENING THE MOUTH – Charles Spurgeon

OPENING THE MOUTH – Charles Spurgeon OPENING THE MOUTH “Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.” Psalm 81:10. SOME have considered that our text contains an allusion to a singular custom of showing favor which has been occasionally adopted by eastern monarchs. It is not a very long time ago that a former […]

THE LEADING OF THE SPIRIT, THE SECRET TOKEN OF THE SONS OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon

THE LEADING OF THE SPIRIT, THE SECRET TOKEN OF THE SONS OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon THE LEADING OF THE SPIRIT, THE SECRET TOKEN OF THE SONS OF GOD “As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” Romans 8:14. CHILDREN are expected to bear some likeness to […]

THE MIRACLE OF THE LOAVES – Charles Spurgeon

THE MIRACLE OF THE LOAVES – Charles Spurgeon THE MIRACLE OF THE LOAVES “They considered not the miracle of the loaves.” Mark 6:52. LET us, with deep attention, consider the miracle of the loaves, lest we fall into the same evil as that which happened to the disciples in the text. When they saw Jesus […]

RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH – Charles Spurgeon

RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH – Charles Spurgeon RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH “Rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15. TIMOTHY was to divide rightly the Word of God. Every Christian minister must do this if he would make full proof of his ministry and if he would be clear of […]

TO SOULS IN AGONY – Charles Spurgeon

TO SOULS IN AGONY – Charles Spurgeon TO SOULS IN AGONY “The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell got hold upon me. I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech You, deliver my soul…You have delivered my soul from death, my […]

SOLEMN PLEADINGS FOR REVIVAL – Charles Spurgeon

SOLEMN PLEADINGS FOR REVIVAL – Charles Spurgeon SOLEMN PLEADINGS FOR REVIVAL “Keep silence before Me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.” Isaiah 41:1. THE text is a challenge to the heathen to enter into a debate with […]

STRENGTHENING MEDICINE FOR GOD’S SERVANTS – Charles Spurgeon

STRENGTHENING MEDICINE FOR GOD’S SERVANTS – Charles Spurgeon STRENGTHENING MEDICINE FOR GOD’S SERVANTS “I will not fail you, nor forsake you.” Joshua 1:5. NO doubt God had spoken to Joshua before. He had been a man of faith for many years and his faith enabled him to distinguish himself by such simple truthfulness of character […]

FAITH AND THE WITNESS UPON WHICH IT IS FOUNDED – Charles Spurgeon

FAITH AND THE WITNESS UPON WHICH IT IS FOUNDED – Charles Spurgeon FAITH AND THE WITNESS UPON WHICH IT IS FOUNDED “If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which He has witnessed of His Son. He that believes in the Son of […]

FAITH AND ITS ATTENDANT PRIVILEGES – Charles Spurgeon

FAITH AND ITS ATTENDANT PRIVILEGES – Charles Spurgeon FAITH AND ITS ATTENDANT PRIVILEGES “He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them which believe on His name: which were born, not of blood, […]

THE HOSPITAL OF WAITERS VISITED WITH THE GOSPEL – Charles Spurgeon

THE HOSPITAL OF WAITERS VISITED WITH THE GOSPEL – Charles Spurgeon THE HOSPITAL OF WAITERS VISITED WITH THE GOSPEL “Jesus said unto him, Rise, take up your bed, and walk.” John 5:8. IT was the Sabbath day! Where would Jesus spend that day and how? He would not spend it, we are quite sure, in […]

THE WEANED CHILD – Charles Spurgeon

THE WEANED CHILD – Charles Spurgeon THE WEANED CHILD “My soul is even as a weaned child.” Psalm 131:2. I WAS once conversing with a very excellent aged minister and while we were talking about our attitude and feelings, he made the following confession—he said, “When I read that passage in the psalm, ‘My soul […]

A GRATEFUL SUMMARY OF TWENTY VOLUMES – Charles Spurgeon

A GRATEFUL SUMMARY OF TWENTY VOLUMES – Charles Spurgeon A GRATEFUL SUMMARY OF TWENTY VOLUMES “Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this Grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.” Ephesians 3:8. THIS is a very remarkable day for me, for if I […]

INFALLIBILITY—WHERE TO FIND IT AND HOW TO USE IT – Charles Spurgeon

INFALLIBILITY—WHERE TO FIND IT AND HOW TO USE IT – Charles Spurgeon INFALLIBILITY—WHERE TO FIND IT AND HOW TO USE IT “It is written.” Matthew 4:4. THOUGHTFUL minds anxiously desire some fixed point of belief; the old philosopher wanted a fulcrum for his lever, and believed that if he could only obtain it, he could […]

A SOLEMN IMPEACHMENT OF UNBELIEVERS – Charles Spurgeon

A SOLEMN IMPEACHMENT OF UNBELIEVERS – Charles Spurgeon A SOLEMN IMPEACHMENT OF UNBELIEVERS “He that believes not God has made Him a liar; because he believes not the record that God gave of His Son.” 1 John 5:10. NO doubt if our Lord Jesus were on Earth, He would find many persons for whom He […]

HEART-KNOWLEDGE OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon

HEART-KNOWLEDGE OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon HEART-KNOWLEDGE OF GOD “I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord.” Jeremiah 24:7. WITH what blindness has sin struck the heart of man, for man does not know his own Maker! It is implied in the Text that in his heart he is […]

ALL FOR JESUS! – Charles Spurgeon

ALL FOR JESUS! – Charles Spurgeon ALL FOR JESUS! “You serve the Lord Christ.” Colossians 3:24. THE Gospel does not merely supply us with directions for holy living, but furnishes us with reasons for obedience, and tells us where to find the power to obey. Hence in the commencement of this Chapter, before the Apostle […]

THE RECEPTION OF SINNERS – Charles Spurgeon

THE RECEPTION OF SINNERS – Charles Spurgeon THE RECEPTION OF SINNERS “But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring here the fatted calf. That theme might seem too high for troubled hearts […]

THE CONSECRATION OF PRIESTS – Charles Spurgeon

THE CONSECRATION OF PRIESTS – Charles Spurgeon THE CONSECRATION OF PRIESTS “This is the thing that you shall do onto them to hallow them, to minister unto Me in the priest’s office.” Exodus 29:1. UNDER the Law, only one family could serve God in the priest’s office, but under the Gospel all the saints are […]

HOLY WATER – Charles Spurgeon

HOLY WATER – Charles Spurgeon HOLY WATER “Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst. But the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” John 4:14. ALL things that are of earth are unsatisfactory; our spirit craves for […]

PROVIDENCE—AS SEEN IN THE BOOK OF ESTHER – Charles Spurgeon

PROVIDENCE—AS SEEN IN THE BOOK OF ESTHER – Charles Spurgeon PROVIDENCE—AS SEEN IN THE BOOK OF ESTHER “Though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them.” Esther 9:1. YOU are probably aware that some persons have denied the Inspiration of the Book of Esther because the name […]

THE POWER OF THE RISEN SAVIOR – Charles Spurgeon

THE POWER OF THE RISEN SAVIOR – Charles Spurgeon THE POWER OF THE RISEN SAVIOR “And Jesus came and spoke unto them, saying, All Power is given unto Me in Heaven and in earth. Go you, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of […]

THE AGONY IN GETHSEMANE – Charles Spurgeon

THE AGONY IN GETHSEMANE – Charles Spurgeon THE AGONY IN GETHSEMANE “And being in an agony He prayed more earnestly: and His sweat was, as it were, great drops of blood falling down to the ground.” Luke 22:44. OUR Lord, after having eaten the Passover, and celebrated the supper with His disciples, went with them […]

THE MASTER – Charles Spurgeon

THE MASTER – Charles Spurgeon THE MASTER “She called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calls for you.” John 11:28. I SUPPOSE by Martha’s whispering the word, “The Master,” in Mary’s ear that it was the common name by which the sisters spoke of our Lord to one another in His […]

THE CLAIMS OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon

THE CLAIMS OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon THE CLAIMS OF GOD “Know you that the Lord, He is God: it is He that has made us, and not we, ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto […]

THE STERN TEACHER – Charles Spurgeon

THE STERN TEACHER – Charles Spurgeon THE STERN TEACHER “Therefore the Law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after faith has come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.” Galatians 3:24-26. NEITHER the Jewish Law of Ten Commandments, nor its law of ceremonies was ever […]

ABUNDANT PARDON – Charles Spurgeon

ABUNDANT PARDON – Charles Spurgeon ABUNDANT PARDON “He will abundantly Pardon.” Isaiah 55:7. IN our childhood we learned from Dr. Watts’ Catechism that Isaiah was that Prophet who spoke more of Jesus Christ than all the rest. In the Chapter before us Isaiah had been declaring in the name of the Lord the coming and […]

“I AND THE CHILDREN”- Charles Spurgeon

“I AND THE CHILDREN”- Charles Spurgeon “I AND THE CHILDREN” “Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of Hosts, which dwells in Mount Zion.” Isaiah 8:18. WE might possibly have had some difficulty in explaining this verse, or we might […]

GIRDING ON THE HARNESS – Charles Spurgeon

GIRDING ON THE HARNESS – Charles Spurgeon GIRDING ON THE HARNESS “And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girds on his harness boast himself as he that takes it off” 1 Kings 20:11. THESE two kings were about to proceed to war, and they irritated one another by […]

HINDRANCES TO PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon

HINDRANCES TO PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon HINDRANCES TO PRAYER “That your prayers be not hindered.” 1 Peter 3:7. TO many persons this discourse will have but little reference because they do not pray. I fear, also, there are some others whose prayers are so worthless that if they were hindered it would be of no […]

FOR WHOM DID CHRIST DIE? – Charles Spurgeon

FOR WHOM DID CHRIST DIE? – Charles Spurgeon FOR WHOM DID CHRIST DIE? “Christ died for the ungodly.” Romans 5:6. IN this verse the human race is described as a sick man whose disease is so far advanced that he is altogether without strength; no power remains in his system to throw off his mortal […]

A SONG AMONG THE LILIES – Charles Spurgeon

A SONG AMONG THE LILIES – Charles Spurgeon A SONG AMONG THE LILIES “My Beloved is mine, and I am His: He feeds among the lilies.” Song of Solomon 2:16. LAST Sabbath, in our morning began at the beginning, and described the turning point in which the sinner sets his face towards his God, and […]

THE TURNING POINT – Charles Spurgeon

THE TURNING POINT – Charles Spurgeon THE TURNING POINT “And he arose, and came to his father.” Luke 15:20. THIS sentence expresses the true turning point in the Prodigal’s life story. Many other matters led up to it, and before he came to it there was much in him that was very hopeful; But this […]

A WORD FOR THE PERSECUTED – Charles Spurgeon

A WORD FOR THE PERSECUTED – Charles Spurgeon A WORD FOR THE PERSECUTED “What if your father answers you roughly?” 1 Samuel 20:10. IT was not an unlikely thing that his father would answer Jonathan roughly; Saul had taken great offense against David, while Jonathan, his eldest son, on the contrary, loved David as his […]

THE THREE WITNESSES – Charles Spurgeon

THE THREE WITNESSES – Charles Spurgeon THE THREE WITNESSES “There are three that bear witness on earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree as one.” 1 John 5:8. CHRISTIANITY puts forth very lofty claims; she claims to be the true faith, and the only true one; she avows her […]

THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT – Charles Spurgeon

THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT – Charles Spurgeon THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT “Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead, our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the Everlasting Covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do His Will, working in you that […]

AN EARNEST WARNING AGAINST LUKEWARMNESS – Charles Spurgeon

AN EARNEST WARNING AGAINST LUKEWARMNESS – Charles Spurgeon AN EARNEST WARNING AGAINST LUKEWARMNESS “And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, ‘These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God: I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish […]

THE SAD PLIGHT AND SURE RELIEF – Charles Spurgeon

THE SAD PLIGHT AND SURE RELIEF – Charles Spurgeon THE SAD PLIGHT AND SURE RELIEF “For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.” Romans 5:6. As I was sitting, the other day, with an aged Believer who is a local preacher among our Wesleyan friends, he said to […]

IS CONVERSION NECESSARY? – Charles Spurgeon

IS CONVERSION NECESSARY? – Charles Spurgeon IS CONVERSION NECESSARY? “Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17. A FEW days ago I was preaching in Lancashire upon the putting away of sin by our Lord Jesus, and […]

A SINGULAR TITLE AND A SPECIAL FAVOR – Charles Spurgeon

A SINGULAR TITLE AND A SPECIAL FAVOR – Charles Spurgeon A SINGULAR TITLE AND A SPECIAL FAVOR “The God of my mercy will prevent me.” Psalm 59:10. A LIFE without trouble would be very uninteresting; our opportunities for greatness would be narrowed down if trials were gone. I watched a glorious sunset, marveling at the […]

THINKING AND TURNING – Charles Spurgeon

THINKING AND TURNING – Charles Spurgeon THINKING AND TURNING “I thought about my ways, and turned my feet to Your testimonies” Psalm 119:59. ALMOST every phase of spiritual life is depicted in the Psalms, but we shall not always find in them the interpretation of those deep exercises of soul with which the Believer grows […]

JESUS NEAR BUT UNRECOGNIZED – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS NEAR BUT UNRECOGNIZED – Charles Spurgeon JESUS NEAR BUT UNRECOGNIZED “But their eyes were restrained, that they did not know Him.” Luke 24:16. THE Lord may be present with His people and yet they may not be conscious of it. They may be conscious of the effect produced thereby, but not of the fact […]

FORTY YEARS – Charles Spurgeon

FORTY YEARS – Charles Spurgeon FORTY YEARS “For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the works of your hands: He knows your walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.” Deuteronomy 2:7. THE habit of numbering our days is a […]

GLORYING IN THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon

GLORYING IN THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon GLORYING IN THE LORD “He who glories, let him glory in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 1:31. THERE is an irresistible tendency in us to glory in something or other; all classes of men glory—the highest and the lowest, the richest and the poorest, the best educated and the […]

FEARFUL OF COMING SHORT – Charles Spurgeon

FEARFUL OF COMING SHORT – Charles Spurgeon FEARFUL OF COMING SHORT “Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into His Rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. For unto us was the Gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit […]

THE ETERNAL DAY – Charles Spurgeon

THE ETERNAL DAY – Charles Spurgeon THE ETERNAL DAY “Your sun shall no more go down; neither shall your moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be your everlasting Light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended.” Isaiah 60:20. ISRAEL of old had the Light of God while all the rest of the […]

STEPHEN’S DEATH – Charles Spurgeon

STEPHEN’S DEATH – Charles Spurgeon STEPHEN’S DEATH “And they stoned Stephen, as he was calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.” Acts 7:59, 60. IT […]

THE EAR BORED WITH AN AWL – Charles Spurgeon

THE EAR BORED WITH AN AWL – Charles Spurgeon THE EAR BORED WITH AN AWL “And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or […]

“I THOUGHT” – Charles Spurgeon

“I THOUGHT” – Charles Spurgeon “I THOUGHT” “I thought.” 2 Kings 5:11. OUR great objective in preaching today will be the conversion of sinners. There is a great deal else to be done—Believers need building up, comforting and quickening, but while myriads of men remain careless until they are swept away into Hell, it becomes […]

THE SAVIOR YOU NEED – Charles Spurgeon

THE SAVIOR YOU NEED – Charles Spurgeon THE SAVIOR YOU NEED “And being made perfect, He became the Author of Eternal Salvation unto all them that obey Him.” Hebrews 5:9. THE great folly of awakened sinners lies in looking to themselves when they are convinced that they are lost. When the Law condemns them; when […]

THE LORD CHIDING HIS PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon

THE LORD CHIDING HIS PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon THE LORD CHIDING HIS PEOPLE “He will not always chide: neither will He keep His anger forever.” Psalm 103:9. THIS verse has reference only to the children of God. The Psalm is for them; they alone can sing it, and this statement concerns them only; for this […]

“BY ALL MEANS, SAVE SOME” – Charles Spurgeon

“BY ALL MEANS, SAVE SOME” – Charles Spurgeon “BY ALL MEANS, SAVE SOME” “That I might, by all means, save some.” 1 Corinthians 9:22. THE Apostle speaks very broadly and talks about saving men. Some of our extremely orthodox Brothers would say at once, “You save men? How can man do that? The expression is […]

THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST THE TREASURY OF THE SAINTS – Charles Spurgeon

THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST THE TREASURY OF THE SAINTS – Charles Spurgeon THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST THE TREASURY OF THE SAINTS “For it pleased the Father that in Him should all fullness dwell.” Colossians 1:19. “And of His fullness we have all received, and Grace for Grace.” John 1:16. THESE two Texts make up a […]

THE CROWN OF THORNS – Charles Spurgeon

THE CROWN OF THORNS – Charles Spurgeon THE CROWN OF THORNS “And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon His head.” Matthew 27:29. BEFORE we enter the common hall of the soldiers and gaze upon “the sacred head once wounded,” it will be well to consider who and what He […]

ADDITIONS TO THE CHURCH – Charles Spurgeon

ADDITIONS TO THE CHURCH – Charles Spurgeon ADDITIONS TO THE CHURCH “And the Lord added to the Church daily such as should be saved.” Acts 2:47. WE are just coming to the most beautiful season of the year—Spring—when everything around us is shaking off the chill grave clothes of winter, and putting on the beautiful […]

MARROW AND FATNESS – Charles Spurgeon

MARROW AND FATNESS – Charles Spurgeon MARROW AND FATNESS “Then went King David in, and sat before the lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord God? And what is my house, that You have brought me up to now? And this was yet a small thing in Your sight, O Lord God, but […]

THE CHRISTIAN’S MOTTO – Charles Spurgeon

THE CHRISTIAN’S MOTTO – Charles Spurgeon THE CHRISTIAN’S MOTTO “I always do those things that please Him.” John 8:29. OUR Lord Jesus stood alone as the Advocate of right and truth in the days when He dwelt among men. It is true He had a few followers, but they were so slow to learn, and […]

NOW, A SERMON FOR YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN – Charles Spurgeon

NOW, A SERMON FOR YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN – Charles Spurgeon NOW, A SERMON FOR YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN “Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he sees is for many days to come, and he prophesies of the times that are far off.” Ezekiel 12:27. […]

REDEMPTION AND ITS CLAIMS – Charles Spurgeon

REDEMPTION AND ITS CLAIMS – Charles Spurgeon REDEMPTION AND ITS CLAIMS “You are bought with a price.” 1 Corinthians 6:20. “You are bought with a price.” 1 Corinthians 7:23. THE same words are found in each place, though a different inference is drawn from them. “You are bought with a price.” This morning’s Text was, […]

SAVING FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

SAVING FAITH – Charles Spurgeon SAVING FAITH “Your faith has saved you.” Luke 7:50; Luke 18:42. I do not remember that this expression is found anywhere else in the Word of God. It is found in these two places in the Gospel by Luke, but not in any other Gospel; Luke also gives us, in […]

WITHOUT MONEY AND WITHOUT PRICE – Charles Spurgeon

WITHOUT MONEY AND WITHOUT PRICE – Charles Spurgeon WITHOUT MONEY AND WITHOUT PRICE “Without money and without price.” Isaiah 55:1. THE spiritual blessings promised and provided in the Gospel comprise all that man can need; they are described in the Chapter before us as “water,” refreshing and cleansing—the “Water of Life,” of which if a […]

THE ENTREATY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon

THE ENTREATY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon THE ENTREATY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT “Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, Today, if you will hear His voice, harden not your hearts.” Hebrews 3:7. THE peculiar circumstances in which we are now placed as a congregation demand of me that my discourses should be principally […]

COUNTING THE COST – Charles Spurgeon

COUNTING THE COST – Charles Spurgeon COUNTING THE COST “For which of you, intending to build a tower, sits not down first, and counts the cost, whether he has sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock […]

SHILOH – Charles Spurgeon

SHILOH – Charles Spurgeon SHILOH “Until Shiloh comes; and unto Him shall the gathering of the people be.” Genesis 49:10. THE dying Patriarch was speaking of his own son, Judah, but while speaking of Judah, he had a special eye to our Lord, who sprang from the tribe of Judah. Everything, therefore, which he says […]

RUBBISH – Charles Spurgeon

RUBBISH – Charles Spurgeon RUBBISH “There is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall” Nehemiah 4:10. REMEMBER that Jerusalem had been totally destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and what is meant by the destruction by the Babylonians may be inferred from the vast heaps of the dust of powdered bricks and charred […]

THE CHARIOTS OF AMMINADIB – Charles Spurgeon

THE CHARIOTS OF AMMINADIB – Charles Spurgeon THE CHARIOTS OF AMMINADIB “Before I was even aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.” Song of Solomon 6:12. WE cannot be quite sure at this date what these chariots of Amminadib were to which the Inspired poet here refers; some suppose that he may […]

DANIEL FACING THE LIONS’ DEN – Charles Spurgeon

DANIEL FACING THE LIONS’ DEN – Charles Spurgeon DANIEL FACING THE LIONS’ DEN “Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as […]

THE MATCHLESS MYSTERY – Charles Spurgeon

THE MATCHLESS MYSTERY – Charles Spurgeon THE MATCHLESS MYSTERY “For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones” Ephesians 5:30. I DO not hesitate to say that this is one of the most wonderful Texts in the whole compass of Revelation. It sets forth the mystery of mysteries, the very […]

A LESSON FROM THE LIFE OF KING ASA – Charles Spurgeon

A LESSON FROM THE LIFE OF KING ASA – Charles Spurgeon A LESSON FROM THE LIFE OF KING ASA “Herein you have done foolishly: therefore from henceforth you shall have wars.” 2 Chronicles 16:9. OUR Text leads us to speak upon historical matters, and for this I shall by no means apologize, although I have […]

A REVIVAL PROMISE – Charles Spurgeon

A REVIVAL PROMISE – Charles Spurgeon A REVIVAL PROMISE “For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour My Spirit upon your seed, and My blessing upon your offspring: and they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the watercourses. One shall […]

LIFE MORE ABUNDANT – Charles Spurgeon

LIFE MORE ABUNDANT – Charles Spurgeon LIFE MORE ABUNDANT “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” John 10:10. “THE thief comes not but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.” False teachers, whatever their professions seriously injure and endanger the souls of men and […]

MY RESTORER – Charles Spurgeon

MY RESTORER – Charles Spurgeon MY RESTORER “He restores my soul.” Psalm 23:3. THIS sweetest of the Psalms sings of many mercies which the happy soul of the believer receives. And it traces all those benefits to one source, namely to the Good Shepherd Himself. “I shall not want.” Why? Because the Lord is my […]

THE PARENT’S AND PASTOR’S JOY – Charles Spurgeon

THE PARENT’S AND PASTOR’S JOY – Charles Spurgeon THE PARENT’S AND PASTOR’S JOY “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.” 3 John, 4. JOHN speaks of himself as though he was a father, and therefore, we concede to parents the right to use the language of the text. […]

THE GENTLENESS OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

THE GENTLENESS OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon THE GENTLENESS OF JESUS “He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear His voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall He not break, and smoking flax shall He not quench, till He sends forth judgment unto victory. And in His name shall the Gentiles […]

CONSOLATION FOR THE DESPAIRING – Charles Spurgeon

CONSOLATION FOR THE DESPAIRING – Charles Spurgeon CONSOLATION FOR THE DESPAIRING “For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before Your eyes, nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications when I cried unto You.” Psalm 31:22. I DESIRE at this time to speak to those who are much depressed in spirit, […]

THE GREAT JAIL—AND HOW TO GET OUT OF IT – Charles Spurgeon

THE GREAT JAIL—AND HOW TO GET OUT OF IT – Charles Spurgeon THE GREAT JAIL—AND HOW TO GET OUT OF IT “But the scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.” Galatians 3:22. IN every work which we undertake it is most […]

A MIGHTY PLEA – Charles Spurgeon

A MIGHTY PLEA – Charles Spurgeon A MIGHTY PLEA “You have been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me.” Psalm 27:9. IN times of distress it is somewhat a difficulty to have a choice of helpers, because while we are making our selection, the danger may have overtaken us. While the fox was considering […]

DEATH FOR SIN AND DEATH TO SIN – Charles Spurgeon

DEATH FOR SIN AND DEATH TO SIN – Charles Spurgeon DEATH FOR SIN AND DEATH TO SIN “Who His own self bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed.” 1 Peter 2:24. PETER, in this chapter, exhorted […]

FREE PARDON – Charles Spurgeon

FREE PARDON – Charles Spurgeon FREE PARDON “I, even I, am He that blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and will not remember your sins.” Isaiah 43:25. THIS extraordinary passage is rendered the more remarkable from its context, for it follows a description of the sins of God’s people, a description which mentions […]

GOOD NEWS FOR THE DESTITUTE – Charles Spurgeon

GOOD NEWS FOR THE DESTITUTE – Charles Spurgeon GOOD NEWS FOR THE DESTITUTE “He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.” Psalm 102:17. OBSERVE that the verse which precedes the text describes the Lord as appearing in His glory. His Zion is to be built up, and therefore her King […]

LET HIM ALONE – Charles Spurgeon

LET HIM ALONE – Charles Spurgeon LET HIM ALONE “Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.” Hosea 4:17. TO what purpose these vast assemblies Sunday after Sunday? Why do you crowd these aisles and galleries till every seat is occupied, and every foot of standing room is filled? Have you, all of you, a […]

THE MINISTER’S PLEA – Charles Spurgeon

THE MINISTER’S PLEA – Charles Spurgeon THE MINISTER’S PLEA “Through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.” Philippians 1:19. THE apostle was in prison, in great jeopardy of his life. He was much troubled by many who had begun to preach Jesus Christ, but did not preach Him in a proper […]

MORNING AND EVENING SONGS – Charles Spurgeon

MORNING AND EVENING SONGS – Charles Spurgeon MORNING AND EVENING SONGS “To show forth Your loving-kindness in the morning, and Your faithfulness every night.” Psalm 92:2. IT is a notion of the Rabbis that this Psalm was sung by Adam in Paradise. There are no reasons why we should believe it was so, and there […]

TO SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND OTHER SOUL-WINNERS – Charles Spurgeon

TO SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND OTHER SOUL-WINNERS – Charles Spurgeon TO SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND OTHER SOUL-WINNERS “Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one converts him, let him know, that he which converts the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide […]

“FOREVER WITH THE LORD” – Charles Spurgeon

“FOREVER WITH THE LORD” – Charles Spurgeon “FOREVER WITH THE LORD” “To be with Christ, which is far better.” Philippians 1:23. THE apostle was confined in the guardroom of the Praetorian. It is very probable that he had a soldier chained to his right hand, and another to his left and it is very possible […]

SIGNS OF THE TIMES – Charles Spurgeon

SIGNS OF THE TIMES – Charles Spurgeon SIGNS OF THE TIMES “And He said also to the people, When you see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway you say, There comes a shower; and so it is. And when you see the south wind blow, you say, There will be heat; and it […]

PAVED WITH LOVE – Charles Spurgeon

PAVED WITH LOVE – Charles Spurgeon PAVED WITH LOVE “The midst thereof being paved with love for the daughters of Jerusalem.” Song of Solomon 3:10. THIS portion of the Song describes the royal bridegroom as traveling up from the wilderness in an eastern palanquin, attended by His bodyguard, and by those who bear torches and […]

A FATAL DEFICIENCY – Charles Spurgeon

A FATAL DEFICIENCY – Charles Spurgeon A FATAL DEFICIENCY “If any man does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.” Romans 8:9. THIS is one of the most solemn texts in the whole Bible. It is so sweeping, it deals with all of us. “If any man does not have the […]

THE SEED UPON STONY GROUND – Charles Spurgeon

THE SEED UPON STONY GROUND – Charles Spurgeon THE SEED UPON STONY GROUND “And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: but when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.” […]

CLEARING THE ROAD TO HEAVEN – Charles Spurgeon

CLEARING THE ROAD TO HEAVEN – Charles Spurgeon CLEARING THE ROAD TO HEAVEN “Gather out the stones.” Isaiah 62:10. “GATHER out the stones”—that is to say, out of the King’s highway. Clear the road; make room for coming sinners. Take away all stumbling blocks. Make the gospel plain and simple, and come to the help […]

THE CHRISTIAN’S GREAT BUSINESS – Charles Spurgeon

THE CHRISTIAN’S GREAT BUSINESS – Charles Spurgeon THE CHRISTIAN’S GREAT BUSINESS “Restore unto me the joy of Your salvation; and uphold me with Your free Spirit. Then will I teach transgressors Your ways; and sinners shall be converted unto You.” Psalm 51:12-13. BELOVED brothers and sisters, sinners are all around us living in their sins. […]

THE HEART OF FLESH – Charles Spurgeon

THE HEART OF FLESH – Charles Spurgeon THE HEART OF FLESH “I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.’’ Ezekiel 36:26. IT is a peculiar feature in our holy religion that it begins its work within, and acts first upon the heart. Other […]

LOVE’S CROWNING DEED – Charles Spurgeon

LOVE’S CROWNING DEED – Charles Spurgeon LOVE’S CROWNING DEED “Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13. I HAVE lately in my ministry very much detained you in the balmy region of Divine loving kindness. Our subjects have frequently been full of love; I […]

HARVEST MEN NEEDED – Charles Spurgeon

HARVEST MEN NEEDED – Charles Spurgeon HARVEST MEN NEEDED “Then said He unto His disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few, pray you therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He will send forth laborers into His harvest. And when He had called unto Him His twelve disciples, He gave them […]

A SONG CONCERNING LOVING-KINDNESSES – Charles Spurgeon

A SONG CONCERNING LOVING-KINDNESSES – Charles Spurgeon A SONG CONCERNING LOVING-KINDNESSES “I will mention the loving-kindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord has bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which He has bestowed on them according to His mercies, and […]

THE WORLD ON FIRE – Charles Spurgeon

THE WORLD ON FIRE – Charles Spurgeon THE WORLD ON FIRE “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth, also, and the works that are therein shall be […]

GOD BESEECHING SINNERS BY HIS MINISTERS – Charles Spurgeon

GOD BESEECHING SINNERS BY HIS MINISTERS – Charles Spurgeon GOD BESEECHING SINNERS BY HIS MINISTERS “And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation; to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses […]

A WELCOME DISCOVERY – Charles Spurgeon

A WELCOME DISCOVERY – Charles Spurgeon A WELCOME DISCOVERY “God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.” Genesis 21:19. YOU know the story of Hagar—of her being sent out from Abraham’s tent with her son Ishmael. It was […]

FRESH GRACE CONFIDENTLY EXPECTED – Charles Spurgeon

FRESH GRACE CONFIDENTLY EXPECTED – Charles Spurgeon FRESH GRACE CONFIDENTLY EXPECTED “I shall be anointed with fresh oil.” Psalm 92:10. DAVID is very positive. He does not say, “I hope I shall be anointed with fresh oil, and I have a pleasing expectation that it may be so,” but he speaks of his future as […]

CHRIST ASLEEP IN THE VESSEL – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST ASLEEP IN THE VESSEL – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST ASLEEP IN THE VESSEL “Master, care You not that we perish?” Mark 4:38. THE day had been a very illustrious one. Our Lord had remarkably displayed His teaching and healing powers. Great crowds had been attracted, and He had both delivered to them most precious parables […]

THE APPLE TREE IN THE WOODS – Charles Spurgeon

THE APPLE TREE IN THE WOODS – Charles Spurgeon THE APPLE TREE IN THE WOODS “As the apple tree among the trees of the woods, so is my beloved among the sons.” Song of Solomon 2:3. BY the apple tree would probably be intended by the oriental writer either the citron, or the pomegranate, or […]

THE WAY TO HONOR – Charles Spurgeon

THE WAY TO HONOR – Charles Spurgeon THE WAY TO HONOR “Whoever keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he who waits on his master shall be honored.” Proverbs 27:18. IF a man in Palestine carefully watched his fig tree, and kept it in proper condition, he was sure to be abundantly […]

THE FATHER’S WILL – Charles Spurgeon

THE FATHER’S WILL – Charles Spurgeon THE FATHER’S WILL “And this is the Father’s will which has sent Me, that of all which He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of Him that sent Me, that everyone which sees […]

MEDICINE FOR THE DISTRACTED – Charles Spurgeon

MEDICINE FOR THE DISTRACTED – Charles Spurgeon MEDICINE FOR THE DISTRACTED “In the multitude of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul.” Psalm 94:19. GODLY people are thoughtful people. Indeed, it is often a sign of the beginning of grace in a man when he begins to consider. Lack of thought has to […]

THE GOOD SHEPHERDESS – Charles Spurgeon

THE GOOD SHEPHERDESS – Charles Spurgeon THE GOOD SHEPHERDESS “Tell me, O You whom my soul loves, where You feed, where You make Your flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turns aside by the flocks of Your companions? If you know not, O you fairest among women, go […]

ONWARD! – Charles Spurgeon

ONWARD! – Charles Spurgeon  ONWARD! “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13, 14. SO […]

ROMANS, BUT NOT ROMANISTS – Charles Spurgeon

ROMANS, BUT NOT ROMANISTS – Charles Spurgeon ROMANS, BUT NOT ROMANISTS “I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: that you receive her in the Lord, as becomes saints, and that you assist her in whatever business she has need of you: for she has […]

SOUL-SATISFYING BREAD – Charles Spurgeon

SOUL-SATISFYING BREAD – Charles Spurgeon SOUL-SATISFYING BREAD “And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that comes to Me shall never hunger; and he that believes on Me shall never thirst.” John 6:35. OUR Savior used expressions concerning Himself which might be turned to another meaning than He intended; He did […]

MOTIVES FOR STEADFASTNESS – Charles Spurgeon

MOTIVES FOR STEADFASTNESS – Charles Spurgeon MOTIVES FOR STEADFASTNESS “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be you steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 15:58. THE apostle had been putting forth all his strength to prove the doctrine of the resurrection, […]

MIRACLES OF LOVE – Charles Spurgeon

MIRACLES OF LOVE – Charles Spurgeon MIRACLES OF LOVE “You have loved my soul out of the pit of corruption.” Isaiah 38:17 (Marginal reading). THE means used for the restoration of Hezekiah’s body to health was a lump of figs laid as a plaster upon the boil, but the means used for the renewal of […]

THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD – Charles Spugeon

THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD – Charles Spugeon THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD “You are the light of the world.” Matthew 5:14. THIS title had been given by the Jews to certain of their eminent Rabbis. With great pomp they spoke of Rabbi Judah, or Rabbi Jochanan, as the lamps of the universe, the lights […]

PLENARY ABSOLUTION – Charles Spurgeon

PLENARY ABSOLUTION – Charles Spurgeon PLENARY ABSOLUTION “As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.” Psalm 103:12. WE shall aim at no novelty tonight, nor shall we try to serve up the old truths in any new and attractive forms. Upon your tables you always […]

A CALL TO WORSHIP – Charles Spurgeon

A CALL TO WORSHIP – Charles Spurgeon A CALL TO WORSHIP “And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord of Hosts: I will go also.” Zechariah 8:21. THIS prophecy may relate to the Jews, literally, and it is […]

“THE LORD IS RISEN INDEED” – Charles Spurgeon

“THE LORD IS RISEN INDEED” – Charles Spurgeon “THE LORD IS RISEN INDEED” “Why seek you the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke unto you when He was yet in Galilee.” Luke 24:5, 6. THE first day of the week commemorates the resurrection of Christ, and […]

THE HEART OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

THE HEART OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon THE HEART OF JESUS “I am meek and lowly in heart.” Matthew 11:29. WE have preached upon the whole of this passage several times before, therefore we do not intend to speak upon it in its full teaching, or enter upon its general run and context. But we […]

SPRING – Charles Spurgeon

SPRING – Charles Spurgeon SPRING “As the earth brings forth her bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.” Isaiah 61:11. DURING the past week the air has been balmy with […]

THE CONDITIONS OF POWER IN PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon

THE CONDITIONS OF POWER IN PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon THE CONDITIONS OF POWER IN PRAYER “And whatever we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. And this is His commandment, That we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ, […]

ROYAL HOMAGE – Charles Spurgeon

ROYAL HOMAGE – Charles Spurgeon ROYAL HOMAGE “And cast their crowns before the throne.” Revelation 4:10. THERE are a great many things we should like to know about heaven. Our curiosity has been excited full often to ask a vast number of questions, but after being excited it has never been gratified, for God’s word […]

AN OLD-FASHIONED CONVERSION – Charles Spurgeon

AN OLD-FASHIONED CONVERSION – Charles Spurgeon AN OLD-FASHIONED CONVERSION “Lo, all these things works God oftentimes with man, To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.” Job 33:29, 30. SOME people are wonderfully enamored of anything that is old. An old coin, an old picture, an […]

GOOD NEWS FOR THE LOST – Charles Spurgeon

GOOD NEWS FOR THE LOST – Charles Spurgeon GOOD NEWS FOR THE LOST “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” Luke 19:10. THE promises of God are like stars, there is not one of them but has in its turn guided tempest-tossed souls to their desired […]

THE MAN OF SORROWS – Charles Spurgeon

THE MAN OF SORROWS – Charles Spurgeon THE MAN OF SORROWS “A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.” Isaiah 53:3. POSSIBLY a murmur will pass round the congregation, “This is a dreary subject and a mournful theme.” But, O beloved, it is not so, for great as were the woes of our Redeemer, they […]

WONDERS – Charles Spurgeon

WONDERS – Charles Spurgeon WONDERS “And praise the name of the Lord your God, that has dealt wondrously with you.” Joel 2:26. IN the case which is particularly mentioned in this chapter, the nation of Israel had very grievously gone astray, and therefore they were visited by a very remarkable chastisement. An unusual plague of […]

GOOD CAUSE FOR GREAT ZEAL – Charles Spurgeon

GOOD CAUSE FOR GREAT ZEAL – Charles Spurgeon GOOD CAUSE FOR GREAT ZEAL “Now because we have maintenance from the king’s palace, and it was not proper for us to see the king dishonored, therefore have we sent and informed the king.” Ezra 4:14. THE facts of the case were these. Under Zerubbabel, the Jews, […]

DIVINE LOVE AND ITS GIFTS – Charles Spurgeon

DIVINE LOVE AND ITS GIFTS – Charles Spurgeon DIVINE LOVE AND ITS GIFTS “Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God, even our Father, which has loved us, and has given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work.” 2 Thessalonians 2:16, […]

THE MONSTER DRAGGED TO LIGHT – Charles Spurgeon

THE MONSTER DRAGGED TO LIGHT – Charles Spurgeon THE MONSTER DRAGGED TO LIGHT “Sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceedingly sinful.” Romans 7:13. “Philosophers have measured mountains Fathom’d the depths of seas, of states, and kings, Walked with a […]

ALWAYS AND FOR ALL THINGS – Charles Spurgeon

ALWAYS AND FOR ALL THINGS – Charles Spurgeon ALWAYS AND FOR ALL THINGS “Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 5:20. THE position of our text in the Epistle is worthy of observation. It follows the precept with regard to sacred song, […]

PRAYER CERTIFIED OF SUCCESS – Charles Spurgeon

PRAYER CERTIFIED OF SUCCESS – Charles Spurgeon PRAYER CERTIFIED OF SUCCESS “And I say unto you, Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened unto you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks it shall be opened.” […]

A HOLY CELEBRATION – Charles Spurgeon

A HOLY CELEBRATION – Charles Spurgeon A HOLY CELEBRATION “It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord.” Exodus 12:42. OF course you will understand that our text relates to the Passover. This is its first meaning. The Israelites were enjoined never to forget that they were once slaves in Egypt, and that […]

FOR THE TROUBLED – Charles Spurgeon

FOR THE TROUBLED – Charles Spurgeon FOR THE TROUBLED “Your wrath lies hard upon me, and You have afflicted me with all Your waves.” Psalm 88:7. IT is the business of a shepherd not only to look after the happy ones among the sheep, but to seek after the sick of the flock, and to […]

THE MAN GREATLY BELOVED – Charles Spurgeon

THE MAN GREATLY BELOVED – Charles Spurgeon THE MAN GREATLY BELOVED “O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto you, be strong, yes, be strong.” Daniel 10:19. I ANTICIPATE an objection to my preaching from this text, and using it in reference to any persons in this congregation. “The words were spoken to Daniel […]

MY PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon

MY PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon MY PRAYER “Quicken me in Your way.” Psalm 119:37. I THINK you will find the prayer for quickening repeated nine times in this Psalm. The form of it differs, but it is always the same vehement cry, “Quicken me, O Lord.” In addition to this, you will hear David twice […]

THE ESSENCE OF SIMPLICITY – Charles Spurgeon

THE ESSENCE OF SIMPLICITY – Charles Spurgeon THE ESSENCE OF SIMPLICITY “Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said unto him, Do you believe on the Son of God? He answered and said, Who is He, Lord, that I might believe on Him?” John 9:35, 36. THIS […]

THE HEXAPLA OF MYSTERY – Charles Spurgeon

THE HEXAPLA OF MYSTERY – Charles Spurgeon THE HEXAPLA OF MYSTERY “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up into glory.” 1 Timothy 3:16. (NKJV). THE Apostle tells us in […]

JESUS, THE KING OF TRUTH – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS, THE KING OF TRUTH – Charles Spurgeon JESUS, THE KING OF TRUTH “Pilate therefore said unto Him, Are You a king then? Jesus answered, You say rightly that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the […]

DWELL DEEP, O DEDAN! – Charles Spurgeon

DWELL DEEP, O DEDAN! – Charles Spurgeon DWELL DEEP, O DEDAN! “Dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan.” Jeremiah 49:8. WE do not quite know who these inhabitants of Dedan were, but in all probability they were some Arabian tribe or tribes. Perhaps they were descendants of Keturah; they probably dwelt in the rock city of […]

THE THORN IN THE FLESH – Charles Spurgeon

THE THORN IN THE FLESH – Charles Spurgeon THE THORN IN THE FLESH “And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I […]

LIVING TEMPLES FOR THE LIVING GOD – Charles Spurgeon

LIVING TEMPLES FOR THE LIVING GOD – Charles Spurgeon LIVING TEMPLES FOR THE LIVING GOD “Thus says the Lord, Heaven is My throne and earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you build unto Me? And where is the place of My rest? For all those things has My hand made, and all […]

THE LIFE, WALK AND TRIUMPH OF FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

THE LIFE, WALK AND TRIUMPH OF FAITH – Charles Spurgeon THE LIFE, WALK AND TRIUMPH OF FAITH “And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before Me, and be you perfect. And I will make My covenant between Me and you, […]

A VISIT TO THE TOMB – Charles Spurgeon

A VISIT TO THE TOMB – Charles Spurgeon A VISIT TO THE TOMB “He is not here: for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.” Matthew 28:6. THE holy women, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, came to the sepulcher, hoping to find there the body of their […]

OUR GIFTS AND HOW TO USE THEM – Charles Spurgeon

OUR GIFTS AND HOW TO USE THEM – Charles Spurgeon OUR GIFTS AND HOW TO USE THEM “Therefore I remind you to you stir up the gift of God which is in you by the laying on of my hands.” 2 Timothy 1:6. I SUPPOSE that Timothy was a somewhat retiring youth and that from […]

THE SECRET FOOD AND THE PUBLIC NAME – Charles Spurgeon

THE SECRET FOOD AND THE PUBLIC NAME – Charles Spurgeon THE SECRET FOOD AND THE PUBLIC NAME “Your Words were found, and I did eat them; and Your Word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.” Jeremiah 15:16. JEREMIAH had […]

THE SAINTS BLESSING THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon

THE SAINTS BLESSING THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon THE SAINTS BLESSING THE LORD “Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy name.” Psalm 103:1. You see here a man talking to himself, a soul with all his soul talking to his soul. Every speaker should learn to soliloquize. […]

THE LORD BLESSING HIS SAINTS – Charles Spurgeon

THE LORD BLESSING HIS SAINTS – Charles Spurgeon THE LORD BLESSING HIS SAINTS “You are blessed of the Lord [or of JEHOVAH] which made Heaven and earth.” Psalm 115:15. WITHOUT any preface, (for where there is such a feast before us anything which detains us from the table will be out of place), let us […]

THE GREAT ASSIZE – Charles Spurgeon

THE GREAT ASSIZE – Charles Spurgeon THE GREAT ASSIZE “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that everyone may receive the things done in his body, according to that he has done, whether it is good or bad.” 2 Corinthians 5:10. THIS morning we preached— concerning the resurrection of the dead, […]

A ROOT OUT OF A DRY GROUND – Charles Spurgeon

A ROOT OUT OF A DRY GROUND – Charles Spurgeon A ROOT OUT OF A DRY GROUND “A root out of a dry ground.” Isaiah 53:2. THE Prophet is speaking of the Messiah. He declares of Him, “He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry […]

THE PARACLETE – Charles Spurgeon

THE PARACLETE – Charles Spurgeon THE PARACLETE “I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you forever.” John 14:16. THE unspeakable gift of the Son of God was followed up by the equally priceless gift of the Holy Spirit. Must it not be confessed by us […]

A HONEYCOMB – Charles Spurgeon

A HONEYCOMB – Charles Spurgeon A HONEYCOMB “For consider Him that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest you are wearied and faint in your minds.” Hebrews 12:3. WHEN the Hebrew Christians were suffering dire persecution the Apostle could suggest no better support for their faith than this, “Consider Him.” He bade them look […]

THE MINISTRY OF GRATITUDE – Charles Spurgeon

THE MINISTRY OF GRATITUDE – Charles Spurgeon THE MINISTRY OF GRATITUDE “And immediately she arose and ministered unto them.” Luke 4:39. PETER’S wife’s mother had been sick of a great fever, and had been restored by the touch of the Savior’s hands, and by the power of the Savior’s word. The Grace of God does […]

WRECKED, BUT NOT RECKLESS – Charles Spurgeon

WRECKED, BUT NOT RECKLESS – Charles Spurgeon WRECKED, BUT NOT RECKLESS “All hope that we should be saved was then taken away.” Acts 27:20. HERE was a case of extreme peril, in which there seemed to be no possibility whatever of any of the lives of nearly 300 persons being preserved. In this emergency the […]

LABORING AND NOT FAINTING – Charles Spurgeon

LABORING AND NOT FAINTING – Charles Spurgeon LABORING AND NOT FAINTING “For My name’s sake you have labored and have not fainted.” Revelation 2:3. THE Lord Jesus Christ never removes His eyes from His Church. He notes everything that concerns her, observing not merely the life of her members but their soul’s health, and not […]

A SIMPLE REMEDY – Charles Spurgeon

A SIMPLE REMEDY – Charles Spurgeon A SIMPLE REMEDY “With His stripes we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5. EVER since the Fall, healing has been the chief necessity of manhood. There was no physician in Paradise, but outside that blissful enclosure professors of the healing art have been precious as the gold of Ophir. Even in […]

THE RESURRECTION CREDIBLE – Charles Spurgeon

THE RESURRECTION CREDIBLE – Charles Spurgeon THE RESURRECTION CREDIBLE “Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?” Acts 26:8. CONCERNING the souls of our believing friends who have departed this life we suffer no distress, we feel sure that they are where Jesus is, and behold His […]

A CALL FOR REVIVAL – Charles Spurgeon

A CALL FOR REVIVAL – Charles Spurgeon A CALL FOR REVIVAL “Come my Beloved, let us go forth into the field, let us lodge in the villages. Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grapes appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I […]

THE HEALING OF ONE BORN BLIND – Charles Spurgeon

THE HEALING OF ONE BORN BLIND – Charles Spurgeon THE HEALING OF ONE BORN BLIND “Since the world began it has been unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind.” John 9:32. (NKJV) THAT was quite true: there was no instance recorded in Scripture or in profane history at the […]

SALVATION ALL OF GRACE – Charles Spurgeon

SALVATION ALL OF GRACE – Charles Spurgeon SALVATION ALL OF GRACE “By Grace are you saved.” Ephesians 2:8. OTHER Divine Attributes are manifest in Salvation. The Wisdom of God devised the plan; the Omnipotence of God executes in us the work of Salvation; the Immutability of God preserves and carries it on—in fact, all the […]

MOSES’ DECISION – Charles Spurgeon

MOSES’ DECISION – Charles Spurgeon MOSES’ DECISION “By faith Moses, when came of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: […]

WHY AM I THUS? – Charles Spurgeon

WHY AM I THUS? – Charles Spurgeon WHY AM I THUS? “I delight in the Law of God after the inward man. But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.” Romans 7:22, 23. […]

RAHAB – Charles Spurgeon

RAHAB – Charles Spurgeon RAHAB “By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them who believed not, when she had received the spies in peace.” Hebrews 11:31. “Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?” James 2:25. THESE are two […]

BEHOLD THE LAMB! – Charles Spurgeon

BEHOLD THE LAMB! – Charles Spurgeon BEHOLD THE LAMB! “Behold the Lamb of God!” John 1:36. IT IS the preacher’s principal business, I think I might say, his only business, to cry, “Behold the Lamb of God!” For this reason was John born and sent into the world, and such were the prophecies which went […]

TO THE THOUGHTLESS – Charles Spurgeon

TO THE THOUGHTLESS – Charles Spurgeon TO THE THOUGHTLESS “The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib: but Israel does not know, My people do not consider.” Isaiah 1:3. IT IS clear from this Chapter that the Lord views the sin of mankind with intense regret. We are obliged to speak of […]

NO QUARTER – Charles Spurgeon

NO QUARTER – Charles Spurgeon NO QUARTER “Elijah said unto them, take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape,” 1 Kings18:40. ELIJAH may be called the Iron Prophet; he was a stern and brave man who flinched not to deliver his Master’s message at all hazards. It was right that such a […]

UNTRODDEN WAYS – Charles Spurgeon

UNTRODDEN WAYS – Charles Spurgeon UNTRODDEN WAYS “For you have not passed this way before.” Joshua 3:4. THEY had come out of Egypt, they had gone up and down in the wilderness, but they had never before crossed the Jordan. It was new ground to them, a new difficulty, and a new series of events […]

PERSEVERANCE WITHOUT PRESUMPTION – Charles Spurgeon

PERSEVERANCE WITHOUT PRESUMPTION – Charles Spurgeon PERSEVERANCE WITHOUT PRESUMPTION “I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand.” John 10:28. THOSE of you who were present last Thursday evening will remember that I spoke then upon the necessity of “holding fast the beginning of […]

INGRATITUDE OF MAN – Charles Spurgeon

INGRATITUDE OF MAN – Charles Spurgeon INGRATITUDE OF MAN “He came unto His own, and His own received Him not.” John 1:11. I WOULD very frankly confess at the outset that I am not about to preach from the words of this Text, and that I have selected it solely because it contains an epitome […]

“WATERS TO SWIM IN” – Charles Spurgeon

“WATERS TO SWIM IN” – Charles Spurgeon “WATERS TO SWIM IN” “Waters to swim in.” Ezekiel 47:5. THE whole vision, though bearing other meanings, may be applied to the spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It began at Jerusalem as a tiny rivulet. By our Savior’s preaching, a few disciples, some of whom became […]

TESTIMONY AND EXPERIENCE – Charles Spurgeon

TESTIMONY AND EXPERIENCE – Charles Spurgeon TESTIMONY AND EXPERIENCE “And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the saying of the woman, who testified, ‘He told me all that I ever did.’ So when the Samaritans had come to Him, they urged Him to stay with them; and He stayed […]

THE SPHERE OF INSTRUMENTALITY – Charles Spurgeon

THE SPHERE OF INSTRUMENTALITY – Charles Spurgeon THE SPHERE OF INSTRUMENTALITY “Jesus said, Take away the stone.” John 11:39. “Jesus said to them, Loose him, and let him go.” John 11:44. THERE lay Lazarus in the grave, dead. His restoration to life was utterly hopeless upon any ordinary principles. Certainly Lazarus could not raise himself; […]

GOLDEN BOWLS FULL OF INCENSE – Charles Spurgeon

GOLDEN BOWLS FULL OF INCENSE – Charles Spurgeon GOLDEN BOWLS FULL OF INCENSE “Golden vials full of incense, which are the prayers of saints.” Revelation 5:8. [The original title of this sermon is “GOLDEN VIALS FULL OF ODOURS.”] I SHOULD not have addressed you upon the subject of intercession today if this week had not […]

A BRIGHT LIGHT IN DEEP SHADES – Charles Spurgeon

A BRIGHT LIGHT IN DEEP SHADES – Charles Spurgeon A BRIGHT LIGHT IN DEEP SHADES “Hearken to me, you who follow after Righteousness, you who seek the Lord. Look unto the rock where you are hewn, and to the hole of the pit where you are dug.” Isaiah 51:1. THE Israelites were commanded to remember […]

INTERCESSORY PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon

INTERCESSORY PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon INTERCESSORY PRAYER “For yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.” Psalm 141:5. THIS is a very difficult passage in the original, and it is hard to fix its meaning with absolute certainty. However, it is no business of mine, at the present, to go into the various interpretations […]

THE SIN-OFFERING FOR THE COMMON PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon

THE SIN-OFFERING FOR THE COMMON PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon THE SIN-OFFERING FOR THE COMMON PEOPLE “And if any one of the common people sins through ignorance, while he does something against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and is guilty. Or if his sin, which he […]

THE TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY – Charles Spurgeon

THE TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY – Charles Spurgeon THE TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY “All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before You.” Psalm 22:27. SOME have thought that this Psalm was used as a soliloquy by our Lord when He was expiring […]

COVENANT BLESSINGS – Charles Spurgeon

COVENANT BLESSINGS – Charles Spurgeon COVENANT BLESSINGS “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit within you, and cause […]

JOY IN A RECONCILED GOD – Charles Spurgeon

JOY IN A RECONCILED GOD – Charles Spurgeon JOY IN A RECONCILED GOD “And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the Atonement.” Romans 5:11. OUR Text begins with these words, “And not only so.” It is the second time in which […]

LOOSENING THE SANDAL STRAP – Charles Spurgeon

LOOSENING THE SANDAL STRAP – Charles Spurgeon LOOSENING THE SANDAL STRAP “One mightier than I comes, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loosen.” Luke 3:16. IT was not John’s business to attract followers to him but to point them to Jesus, and he very faithfully discharged his commission. His opinion of his Master, […]

GLORIOUS PREDESTINATION – Charles Spurgeon

GLORIOUS PREDESTINATION – Charles Spurgeon GLORIOUS PREDESTINATION “For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the Image of His Son, that He might be the First-Born among many brethren.” Romans 8:29. You will have noticed that in this Chapter, Paul has been expounding a very deep inward, spiritual experience. He […]

A PERSUASIVE TO STEADFASTNESS – Charles Spurgeon

A PERSUASIVE TO STEADFASTNESS – Charles Spurgeon A PERSUASIVE TO STEADFASTNESS “For we are made partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end.” Hebrews 3:14. HOW is it possible for the preacher to say too much about faith, or to extol this Grace too highly! It is of […]

MERCY’S MASTER MOTIVE – Charles Spurgeon

MERCY’S MASTER MOTIVE – Charles Spurgeon MERCY’S MASTER MOTIVE “For My name’s sake will I defer My anger, and for My praise will I refrain for you, that I cut you not off. Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction. For My own sake, […]

WHO ARE THESE, AND FROM WHERE DID THEY COME? – Charles Spurgeon

WHO ARE THESE, AND FROM WHERE DID THEY COME? – Charles Spurgeon WHO ARE THESE, AND FROM WHERE DID THEY COME? “And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, Who are these, arrayed in white robes? And from where did they come? And I said unto him, Sir, you know. And he said to […]

“PRAY WITHOUT CEASING” – Charles Spurgeon

“PRAY WITHOUT CEASING” – Charles Spurgeon “PRAY WITHOUT CEASING” “Pray without ceasing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:17. THE position of our Text is very suggestive. Observe what it follows. It comes immediately after the Precept, “Rejoice evermore”; as if that command had somewhat staggered the reader, and made him ask, “How can I always rejoice?” And, therefore, […]

ANOTHER ROYAL PROCESSION – Charles Spurgeon

ANOTHER ROYAL PROCESSION – Charles Spurgeon ANOTHER ROYAL PROCESSION “Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King comes unto you, meek, and sitting upon a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey.” Matthew 21:5. IT is not our intention to preach from this verse, alone, but from the combined narrative of our Savior’s triumphant […]

THE POOR MAN’S FRIEND – Charles Spurgeon

THE POOR MAN’S FRIEND – Charles Spurgeon THE POOR MAN’S FRIEND “For He shall deliver the needy when he cries; the poor also, and him who has no helper.” Psalm 72:12. THIS is a royal Psalm. In it you see predictions of Christ, not upon the Cross, but upon the Throne. In reference to His […]

PRECIOUS DEATHS – Charles Spurgeon

PRECIOUS DEATHS – Charles Spurgeon PRECIOUS DEATHS “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.” Psalm 116:15. DAVID sought deliverance from imminent peril and he felt sure of obtaining it, for being a servant of the Lord he knew that his life was too precious in the sight of God […]

THE REAL PRESENCE—THE GREAT NEED OF THE CHURCH – Charles Spurgeon

THE REAL PRESENCE—THE GREAT NEED OF THE CHURCH – Charles Spurgeon THE REAL PRESENCE—THE GREAT NEED OF THE CHURCH “It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found Him whom my soul loves: I held Him, and would not let Him go, until I had brought Him into my mother’s house, […]

THE ONLY ATONING PRIEST – Charles Spurgeon

THE ONLY ATONING PRIEST – Charles Spurgeon THE ONLY ATONING PRIEST “And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But this Man, after He had offered one Sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, from that time waiting till His […]

FAITH’S DAWN AND ITS CLOUDS – Charles Spurgeon

FAITH’S DAWN AND ITS CLOUDS – Charles Spurgeon FAITH’S DAWN AND ITS CLOUDS “And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help my unbelief.” Mark 9:24. LAST Sabbath morning we treated upon the way by which Divine Faith comes to the soul. “Faith comes by hearing. It […]

THE TWO YOKES – Charles Spurgeon

THE TWO YOKES – Charles Spurgeon THE TWO YOKES “Thus says the Lord: You have broken the yokes of wood, but you have made in their place yokes of iron.” Jeremiah 28:13. ALL through the Book of Jeremiah you will observe that the Prophet taught the people not only by words, but by symbols; at […]

HOW CAN I OBTAIN FAITH? – Charles Spurgeon

HOW CAN I OBTAIN FAITH? – Charles Spurgeon HOW CAN I OBTAIN FAITH? “So then Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.” Romans 10:17. IT is difficult to make men understand that the Salvation of the Gospel is not by works, but entirely by Grace, that it is not presented to […]

THE PILGRIM’S LONGINGS – Charles Spurgeon

THE PILGRIM’S LONGINGS – Charles Spurgeon THE PILGRIM’S LONGINGS “And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from where they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for […]

A CALL TO HOLY LIVING – Charles Spurgeon

A CALL TO HOLY LIVING – Charles Spurgeon A CALL TO HOLY LIVING “What do you do more than others?” Matthew 5:47. IT is a very great fault in any ministry if the Doctrine of Justification by Faith alone is not most clearly taught. I will go further, and add, that it is not only […]

THE GLORIOUS MASTER AND THE SWOONING DISCIPLE – Charles Spurgeon

THE GLORIOUS MASTER AND THE SWOONING DISCIPLE – Charles Spurgeon THE GLORIOUS MASTER AND THE SWOONING DISCIPLE “And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. And He laid His right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not. I am the First and the Last. I am He who lives, and […]

THE JOY OF THE LORD, THE STRENGTH OF HIS PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon

THE JOY OF THE LORD, THE STRENGTH OF HIS PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon THE JOY OF THE LORD, THE STRENGTH OF HIS PEOPLE “The joy of the Lord is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10. “And the sinners sang aloud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made […]

JOY BORN AT BETHLEHEM – Charles Spurgeon

JOY BORN AT BETHLEHEM – Charles Spurgeon JOY BORN AT BETHLEHEM “And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And […]

A VISIT TO THE HARVEST FIELD – Charles Spurgeon

A VISIT TO THE HARVEST FIELD – Charles Spurgeon A VISIT TO THE HARVEST FIELD “Be patient therefore, Brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until he receives the early and latter rain. Be you also patient. Establish […]

“THE THRONE OF GRACE” – Charles Spurgeon

“THE THRONE OF GRACE” – Charles Spurgeon “THE THRONE OF GRACE” “The Throne of Grace.” Hebrews 4:16. THESE words are found embedded in that gracious verse, “Let us therefore come boldly unto the Throne of Grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find Grace to help in time of need.” They are a gem in […]

PRAISES AND VOWS ACCEPTED IN ZION – Charles Spurgeon

PRAISES AND VOWS ACCEPTED IN ZION – Charles Spurgeon PRAISES AND VOWS ACCEPTED IN ZION “Praise waits for You, O God, in Zion: and unto You shall the vow be performed. O You who hear prayer, unto You shall all flesh come.” Psalm 65:1, 2. UPON Zion there was erected an altar dedicated to God […]

SLEEP NOT – Charles Spurgeon

SLEEP NOT – Charles Spurgeon SLEEP NOT “Let us not sleep, as do others.” 1 Thessalonians 5:6. WE do not usually sleep towards the things of this world. We rise up early, and sit up late, and eat the bread of carefulness, for Mammon’s sake. In this age of competition, most men are wide enough […]

HEAVEN’S NURSE CHILDREN – Charles Spurgeon

HEAVEN’S NURSE CHILDREN – Charles Spurgeon HEAVEN’S NURSE CHILDREN “I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms.” Hosea 11:3. IF you note well the opening part of this Chapter, you will find that it consists of a wonderful chain of mercies; every single line is a rare jewel, and the whole passage […]

“THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS” – Charles Spurgeon

“THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS” – Charles Spurgeon “THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS” “In them has He set a tabernacle for the sun, which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoices as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the Heaven, and his circuit unto […]

HOUSEHOLD SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon

HOUSEHOLD SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon HOUSEHOLD SALVATION “And they spoke unto him the Word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. And when he had brought them into his […]

PLEADING – Charles Spurgeon

PLEADING – Charles Spurgeon PLEADING “But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: You are my Help and my Deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying.” Psalm 70:5. YOUNG painters were anxious, in the olden times, to study under the great masters. They concluded that they would more easily attain to excellence […]

THE TALKING BOOK – Charles Spurgeon

THE TALKING BOOK – Charles Spurgeon THE TALKING BOOK “When you awake, it shall talk with you.” Proverbs 6:22. IT is a very happy circumstance when the commandment of our father and the law of our mother are also the Commandment of God and the Law of the Lord. Happy are they who have a […]

BEAUTY FOR ASHES – Charles Spurgeon

BEAUTY FOR ASHES – Charles Spurgeon BEAUTY FOR ASHES “To appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be […]

“NUNC DIMITTIS” – Charles Spurgeon

“NUNC DIMITTIS” – Charles Spurgeon “NUNC DIMITTIS” “Lord, now let You Your servant depart in peace, according to Your Word: for my eyes have seen Your Salvation.” Luke 2:29, 30. BLESSED were you, O Simeon, for flesh and blood had not revealed this to you, neither had it enabled you so cheerfully to bid the […]

OUR WATCHWORD – Charles Spurgeon

OUR WATCHWORD – Charles Spurgeon OUR WATCHWORD “Let such as love Your Salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.” Psalm 70:4. THESE words occur at least three times in the book of Psalms, and therefore we may regard them as especially important. When God speaks once, twice, thrice, He does as it were awaken us […]

THE UNBELIEVER’S UNHAPPY CONDITION – Charles Spurgeon

THE UNBELIEVER’S UNHAPPY CONDITION – Charles Spurgeon THE UNBELIEVER’S UNHAPPY CONDITION “He who believes not the Son shall not see life, but the Wrath of God abides on him.” John 3:36. THIS is a part of a discourse by John the Baptist; we have not many sermons by that mighty preacher, but we have just […]

JOB’S REGRET AND OUR OWN – Charles Spurgeon

JOB’S REGRET AND OUR OWN – Charles Spurgeon JOB’S REGRET AND OUR OWN “Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me when His candle shined upon my head, and when by His Light I walked through darkness. As I was in the days of my youth, when […]

LIGHT FOR THOSE WHO SIT IN DARKNESS – Charles Spurgeon

LIGHT FOR THOSE WHO SIT IN DARKNESS – Charles Spurgeon LIGHT FOR THOSE WHO SIT IN DARKNESS “The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles. The people which sat in darkness saw great Light, and to them which sat in the region […]

TRAVAILING FOR SOULS – Charles Spurgeon

TRAVAILING FOR SOULS – Charles Spurgeon TRAVAILING FOR SOUL “As soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.” Isaiah 66:8. Israel had fallen into the lowest condition, but an inward yearning of heart was felt in the midst of God’s people for the return of the Divine Blessing; and no sooner had this anxious […]

LOVE’S LOGIC – Charles Spurgeon

LOVE’S LOGIC – Charles Spurgeon LOVE’S LOGIC “We love Him because He first loved us.” 1 John 4:19. THIS is a great Doctrinal Truth, and I might with much propriety preach a Doctrinal sermon from it, of which the sum and substance would be the Sovereign Grace of God. God’s Love is evidently prior to […]

NORTH AND SOUTH – Charles Spurgeon

NORTH AND SOUTH – Charles Spurgeon NORTH AND SOUTH “I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back.” Isaiah 43:6. IN the fullness of the promised days when the Jews shall be restored from their wanderings, and all the seed of Jacob shall again meet in their own land, […]

CHRIST IS ALL “Christ is All in All.” – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST IS ALL “Christ is All in All.” – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST IS ALL “Christ is All in All.” Colossians 3:11. THE Apostle was arguing for Holiness. He was earnestly contending against sin and for the maintenance of Christian Graces, but he did not, as some do who would like to be thought preachers of […]

LESSONS FROM NATURE – Charles Spurgeon

LESSONS FROM NATURE – Charles Spurgeon LESSONS FROM NATURE “Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats, and the rooks for the conies.” Psalm 104:17, 18. THIS Psalm is all through a song of Nature, the adoration […]

“BOUGHT WITH A PRICE” – Charles Spurgeon

“BOUGHT WITH A PRICE” – Charles Spurgeon “BOUGHT WITH A PRICE” “You are not your own. For you are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20. OUR beloved Brother, Thomas Cook, who has for so long a time served this Church […]

YOUR OWN SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon

YOUR OWN SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon YOUR OWN SALVATION “Your own Salvation.” Philippians 2:12. WE select the words, “your own Salvation,” as our text this morning, not out of any singularity, or from the slightest wish that the brevity of the text should surprise you; but because our subject will be the more clearly before […]

NOW, AND THEN – Charles Spurgeon

NOW, AND THEN – Charles Spurgeon NOW, AND THEN “For now we see through a glass, darkly. But then face to face.” 1 Corinthians 13:12. IN this chapter the Apostle Paul has spoken in the highest terms of charity or love. He accounts it to be a Grace far more excellent than any of the […]

ALTOGETHER LOVELY – Charles Spurgeon

ALTOGETHER LOVELY – Charles Spurgeon ALTOGETHER LOVELY “Yes, He is altogether lovely.” Song of Solomon 5:16. WHEN the old Puritan minister had delivered his discourse, and dwelt upon firstly, and secondly, and thirdly, and perhaps upon twenty-fifthly, before he sat down he usually gave a comprehensive summary of all that he had spoken. Everyone who […]

“BREAD ENOUGH AND TO SPARE” – Charles Spurgeon

“BREAD ENOUGH AND TO SPARE” – Charles Spurgeon “BREAD ENOUGH AND TO SPARE” “And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!” Luke 15:17. “HE came to himself.” The word may be applied to one waking out of […]

THE WITHERING WORK OF THE SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon

THE WITHERING WORK OF THE SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon THE WITHERING WORK OF THE SPIRIT “The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: the grass withers, the flower fades: because the Spirit of the Lord blows […]

MORE AND MORE – Charles Spurgeon

MORE AND MORE – Charles Spurgeon MORE AND MORE “But I will hope continually, and will yet praise You more and more.” Psalm 71:14. WHEN sin conquered the realm of manhood, it slew all the minstrels except those of the race of Hope. For humanity, amid all its sorrows and sins, Hope sings on. To […]

PROSPERITY UNDER PERSECUTION – Charles Spurgeon

PROSPERITY UNDER PERSECUTION – Charles Spurgeon PROSPERITY UNDER PERSECUTION “Come on let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falls out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. Therefore they did set […]

THE ALARM – Charles Spurgeon

THE ALARM – Charles Spurgeon THE ALARM “I myself will awake early.” Psalm 57:8. THE proper subject to treat upon with such a text as this would be the proper and excellence of early rising, especially when we are desirous of praising or serving God. The dew of dawn should be consecrated to devotion. The […]

THE SHEEP AND THEIR SHEPHERD – Charles Spurgeon

THE SHEEP AND THEIR SHEPHERD – Charles Spurgeon THE SHEEP AND THEIR SHEPHERD “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” John 10:27. CHRISTIANS are here compared to sheep. Not a very flattering comparison you may say; but then we do not wish to be flattered, nor would our Lord […]

THE PRAYER OF JABEZ – Charles Spurgeon

THE PRAYER OF JABEZ – Charles Spurgeon THE PRAYER OF JABEZ “Oh that You would bless me indeed!” 1 Chronicles 4:10. WE know very little about Jabez except that he was more honorable than his brothers, and that he was called Jabez because his mother bore him with sorrow. It will sometimes happen that where […]

THE NORTHERN IRON AND THE STEEL – Charles Spurgeon

THE NORTHERN IRON AND THE STEEL – Charles Spurgeon THE NORTHERN IRON AND THE STEEL “Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?” Jeremiah 15:12. THE Prophet Jeremiah was, as we saw upon a former occasion—(See #980, Volume 17—HIDDEN MANNA— by the Grace of God, for all 63 volumes of C. H. Spurgeon sermons […]

A NEW ORDER OF PRIESTS AND LEVITES – Charles Spurgeon

A NEW ORDER OF PRIESTS AND LEVITES – Charles Spurgeon A NEW ORDER OF PRIESTS AND LEVITES “And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, says the Lord.” Isaiah 66:21. THIS Chapter is surrounded with critical difficulties, and yet it is full of spiritual instruction. The verse before us is by […]

THE FOURFOLD TREASURE – Charles Spurgeon

THE FOURFOLD TREASURE – Charles Spurgeon THE FOURFOLD TREASURE “But of Him are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: that, according as it is written, he that glories, let him glory in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 1:30, 31. WE meet somewhere in the […]

SELF-HUMBLING AND SELF-SEARCHING – Charles Spurgeon

SELF-HUMBLING AND SELF-SEARCHING – Charles Spurgeon SELF-HUMBLING AND SELF-SEARCHING “Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun has looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me, they made me the keeper of the vineyards. But my own vineyard have I not kept.” Song of Solomon 1:6. FROM where do I […]

A LAST LOOKOUT – Charles Spurgeon

A LAST LOOKOUT – Charles Spurgeon A LAST LOOKOUT “The time of my departure is at hand.” 2 Timothy 4:6. SO near, so very near the change—his removal from this to another world; and so very conscious of it; yet Paul looked back with calm satisfaction; he looked forward with sweet assurance; and he looked […]

THE PASTOR’S PARTING BLESSING – Charles Spurgeon

THE PASTOR’S PARTING BLESSING – Charles Spurgeon THE PASTOR’S PARTING BLESSING “The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.” Romans 16:24. THE Christian is someone of generous actions but his wishes go far beyond his deeds; where he cannot be beneficent he is benevolent; if he cannot actually accomplish good for […]

MARAH, OR THE BITTER WATERS SWEETENED – Charles Spurgeon

MARAH, OR THE BITTER WATERS SWEETENED – Charles Spurgeon MARAH, OR THE BITTER WATERS SWEETENED “And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? And he […]

VICTOR EMMANUEL, EMANCIPATOR – Charles Spurgeon

VICTOR EMMANUEL, EMANCIPATOR – Charles Spurgeon VICTOR EMMANUEL, EMANCIPATOR “To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.” Isaiah 42:7. ON a former occasion [Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Volume 16, No. 915, “Sinners Bound with the Cords of Sin”] we contemplated […]

THE TOUCHSTONE OF GODLY SINCERITY – Charles Spurgeon

THE TOUCHSTONE OF GODLY SINCERITY – Charles Spurgeon THE TOUCHSTONE OF GODLY SINCERITY “Will he always call upon God?” Job 27:10. WHEN Job resumes his address in this Chapter, he appeals to God in a very solemn matter as to the truth of all that he had spoken. No less vehemently does he assert his […]

THE CHURCH AS SHE SHOULD BE – Charles Spurgeon

THE CHURCH AS SHE SHOULD BE – Charles Spurgeon THE CHURCH AS SHE SHOULD BE “You are beautiful, O my love as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.” Song of Solomon 6:4. THERE are various estimates of the Christian Church. Some think everything of her; some think nothing of her; and […]

MOAB IS MY WASH POT – Charles Spurgeon

MOAB IS MY WASH POT – Charles Spurgeon MOAB IS MY WASH POT “Moab is My wash pot.” Psalm 60:8. MOAB, which had threatened Israel, was to be so completely subdued, and become so utterly contemptible as to be likened to a wash pot or basin in which men wash their feet. More than this, […]

THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST “But to each one of us Grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore He says: ‘When He Ascended up on high, He led captivity captive and gave gifts to men. (Now this ‘He Ascended’—what does it mean, but that He […]

CARRIED BY FOUR – Charles Spurgeon

CARRIED BY FOUR – Charles Spurgeon CARRIED BY FOUR “And He withdrew Himself into the wilderness, and prayed. And it came to pass on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem: […]

HIDDEN MANNA – Charles Spurgeon

HIDDEN MANNA – Charles Spurgeon HIDDEN MANNA “Your Words were found, and I ate them, and Your Word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by Your name, O Lord God of Hosts.” Jeremiah 15:16. JEREMIAH was a man of exceedingly sensitive temperament: the very reverse of Elijah. […]

FAITH AND REGENERATION – Charles Spurgeon

FAITH AND REGENERATION – Charles Spurgeon FAITH AND REGENERATION “Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves Him who is begotten of Him.” 1 John 5:1. THE preacher of the Gospel, to make full proof of his ministry, will require much Divine Teaching. […]

ALL FULLNESS IN CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

ALL FULLNESS IN CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon ALL FULLNESS IN CHRIST “For it pleased the Father that in Him should all fullness dwell.” Colossians 1:19. THE preacher is under no difficulties this morning as to the practical object to be aimed at in his discourse. Every subject should be considered with an objective; every discourse […]

THE MASTER’S PROFESSION—THE DISCIPLES’ PURSUIT – Charles Spurgeon

THE MASTER’S PROFESSION—THE DISCIPLES’ PURSUIT – Charles Spurgeon HE MASTER’S PROFESSION—THE DISCIPLES’ PURSUIT In aid of the Baptist Young Men’s Missionary Association. “I have preached righteousness in the great assembly: lo, I have not refrained My lips, O Lord, You know. I have not hid Your Righteousness within My heart, I have declared Your Faithfulness […]

THE WEDDING GARMENT – Charles Spurgeon

THE WEDDING GARMENT – Charles Spurgeon THE WEDDING GARMENT “And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who had did not have on a wedding garment: so he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. Then the […]

THE PARABLE OF THE WEDDING FEAST – Charles Spurgeon

THE PARABLE OF THE WEDDING FEAST – Charles Spurgeon THE PARABLE OF THE WEDDING FEAST “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come. Again, he sent […]

COMPASSION FOR SOULS – Charles Spurgeon

COMPASSION FOR SOULS – Charles Spurgeon COMPASSION FOR SOULS “Then she went and sat down across from him at a distance of about a bowshot; for she had said to herself, Let me not see the death of the boy. So she sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice and wept.” Genesis 21:16. BRIEFLY […]

THE POWER OF CHRIST ILLUSTRATED BY THE RESURRECTION – Charles Spurgeon

THE POWER OF CHRIST ILLUSTRATED BY THE RESURRECTION – Charles Spurgeon THE POWER OF CHRIST ILLUSTRATED BY THE RESURRECTION “For our conversation is in Heaven; from which we also look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body, according to […]

NEW USES FOR OLD TROPHIES – Charles Spurgeon

NEW USES FOR OLD TROPHIES – Charles Spurgeon NEW USES FOR OLD TROPHIES “King David’s spears and shields, that were in the Temple of the Lord.” 2 Kings 11:10. WHEN David had fought with an adversary, and overcome him, he took away his armor and his weapons, and as other victorious heroes were likely to […]

THE OPEN FOUNTAIN – Charles Spurgeon

THE OPEN FOUNTAIN – Charles Spurgeon THE OPEN FOUNTAIN “In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.” Zechariah 13:1. WE do not begrudge the seed of Israel after the flesh the first application of this very precious Promise […]

THE LOST SILVER PIECE – Charles Spurgeon

THE LOST SILVER PIECE – Charles Spurgeon THE LOST SILVER PIECE “Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, does not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she finds it? And when she has found it, she calls her friends and her neighbors together, saying, […]

REST, REST – Charles Spurgeon

REST, REST – Charles Spurgeon REST, REST “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavily laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy, and […]

LIFE IN CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

LIFE IN CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon LIFE IN CHRIST “Because I live, you shall live also.” John 14:19. THIS world saw our Lord Jesus for a very little time, but now it sees Him no more. It only saw Him with the outward eye and after a carnal sort, so that when the clouds received […]

THE SAGES, THE STAR, AND THE SAVIOR – Charles Spurgeon

THE SAGES, THE STAR, AND THE SAVIOR – Charles Spurgeon THE SAGES, THE STAR, AND THE SAVIOR “Where is He who is born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East, and have come to worship Him.” Matthew 2:2. THE Incarnation of the Son of God was one of the […]

JOSEPH’S BONES – Charles Spurgeon

JOSEPH’S BONES – Charles Spurgeon JOSEPH’S BONES “By Faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel, and gave commandment concerning his bones.” Hebrews 11:22. WE cannot readily tell which action in a gracious life God may set the most store by. The Holy Spirit in this Chapter selects […]

PURGING OUT THE LEAVEN – Charles Spurgeon

PURGING OUT THE LEAVEN – Charles Spurgeon PURGING OUT THE LEAVEN “Know you not that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Purge out, therefore, the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast, not […]

THE ESSENCE OF THE GOSPEL – Charles Spurgeon

THE ESSENCE OF THE GOSPEL – Charles Spurgeon THE ESSENCE OF THE GOSPEL “He who believes on Him is not condemned; but he who believes not is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the Only-Begotten Son of God.” John 3:18. I MAY have preached from this text before, I may […]

OUR KING, OUR JOY – Charles Spurgeon

OUR KING, OUR JOY – Charles Spurgeon OUR KING, OUR JOY “Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.” Psalm 149:2. THE book of Psalms ends in a sacred tumult of joyous praise. There is praise all through it, though sometimes it is but a still small voice, but when you reach the […]

A PERSONAL APPLICATION – Charles Spurgeon

A PERSONAL APPLICATION – Charles Spurgeon A PERSONAL APPLICATION “But now once in the end of the world has He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.” Hebrews 9:26. IN those good old times, when preachers did not grow weary, though they preached for three hours at a stretch, and when congregations […]

THE SAINT ONE WITH HIS SAVIOR – Charles Spurgeon

THE SAINT ONE WITH HIS SAVIOR – Charles Spurgeon THE SAINT ONE WITH HIS SAVIOR “He who is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.” 1 Corinthians 6:17. THE context of our text is very terrible. When we are reading the 16th verse one seems to remember Sodom, its infamy, and the fire and brimstone […]

ICONOCLAST – Charles Spurgeon

ICONOCLAST – Charles Spurgeon ICONOCLAST “He removed the high places, and broke the images, and cut down the groves, and broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made; for until those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it. And he called it Nehushtan. He trusted in the Lord God of […]

RIGHT REPLIES TO RIGHT REQUESTS – Charles Spurgeon

RIGHT REPLIES TO RIGHT REQUESTS – Charles Spurgeon RIGHT REPLIES TO RIGHT REQUESTS “If a son shall ask for bread of any of you who is a father, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask […]

DEI GRATIA – Charles Spurgeon

DEI GRATIA – Charles Spurgeon DEI GRATIA “To the praise of the Glory of His Grace.” Ephesians 1:6. NO Truth of God is more plainly taught in God’s Word than this, that the Salvation of sinners is entirely owing to the Grace of God. If there is anything clear at all in Scripture, it is […]

JESUS NO PHANTOM – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS NO PHANTOM – Charles Spurgeon JESUS NO PHANTOM “And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a ghost. And they cried out for fear.” Matthew 14:26. SOME of the richest comforts are lost to us for lack of clear perception. What consolation could be greater to […]

THINK WELL AND DO WELL – Charles Spurgeon

THINK WELL AND DO WELL – Charles Spurgeon THINK WELL AND DO WELL “For Your Loving Kindness is before my eyes: and I have walked in Your Truth.” Psalm 26:3. THROUGHOUT this Psalm David is laboring under the fear that he should be judged and condemned with the ungodly world. He feels in his own […]

A SINGULAR BUT NECESSARY QUESTION – Charles Spurgeon

A SINGULAR BUT NECESSARY QUESTION – Charles Spurgeon A SINGULAR BUT NECESSARY QUESTION “Will you be made whole?” John 5:6. JESUS spoke to the impotent man who had been afflicted for 38 years, and inquired of him, “Will you be made whole?” It seems a very strange question to ask. Who would not be made […]

A MOST NECESSARY PRAYER CONCERNING THE HOLY SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon

A MOST NECESSARY PRAYER CONCERNING THE HOLY SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon  MOST NECESSARY PRAYER CONCERNING THE HOLY SPIRIT “Cast me not away from Your Presence; and take not Your Holy Spirit from me.” Psalm 51:11. THIS Psalm is beyond all others a photograph of penitent David; you have probably seen that interesting slab of stone […]

DONE IN A DAY, BUT WONDERED AT FOREVER – Charles Spurgeon

DONE IN A DAY, BUT WONDERED AT FOREVER – Charles Spurgeon DONE IN A DAY, BUT WONDERED AT FOREVER “I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. In that day, says the Lord of Hosts, they shall invite every man his neighbor under the vine, and under the fig tree.” Zechariah 3:9, […]

NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE – Charles Spurgeon

NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE – Charles Spurgeon NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE “Preaching peace by Jesus Christ; (He is Lord of all).” Acts 10:36. THESE words were addressed to an admirable congregation, all met with an earnest purpose, all conscious that they were in the Presence of God, all like good soil that had been plowed and prepared […]

THE UNRIVALLED ELOQUENCE OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

THE UNRIVALLED ELOQUENCE OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon THE UNRIVALLED ELOQUENCE OF JESUS “The officers answered, ‘Never man spoke like this Man.’” John 7:46. THE chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to lay hold upon the Savior lest His preaching should altogether overthrow their power. While the constables who had mingled with the throng were […]

MEANS FOR RESTORING THE BANISHED – Charles Spurgeon

MEANS FOR RESTORING THE BANISHED – Charles Spurgeon MEANS FOR RESTORING THE BANISHED “Neither does God respect any person: yet does He devise means, that His banished are not expelled from Him.” 2 Samuel 14:14. THE woman of Tekoah, in arguing with David for the recall of his son Absalom, argued with great shrewdness; after […]

THE UNCONQUERABLE KING – Charles Spurgeon

THE UNCONQUERABLE KING – Charles Spurgeon THE UNCONQUERABLE KING “At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes unto Heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored Him who lives forever, whose Dominion is an everlasting Dominion, and His Kingdom is from […]

A STRING OF PEARLS – Charles Spurgeon

A STRING OF PEARLS – Charles Spurgeon A STRING OF PEARLS “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again unto a lively hope by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fades not […]

SEEKING FOR JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

SEEKING FOR JESUS – Charles Spurgeon SEEKING FOR JESUS “Seeking for Jesus.” John 6:24. THE persons who are here described as seeking for Jesus were looking after Him from a very mean and selfish motive—not because of the gracious Words which He spoken, nor to render Him thanks for benefits received at His hands, but […]

THE PROFIT OF GODLINESS IN THE LIFE TO COME – Charles Spurgeon

THE PROFIT OF GODLINESS IN THE LIFE TO COME – Charles Spurgeon THE PROFIT OF GODLINESS IN THE LIFE TO COME “Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the Promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.” 1 Timothy 4:8. WE endeavored, this morning, to prove the profitableness of […]

RIPE FRUIT – Charles Spurgeon

RIPE FRUIT – Charles Spurgeon RIPE FRUIT “My soul desired the first ripe fruit.” Micah 7:1. THE nation of Israel had fallen into so sad and backsliding a condition—it was not like a vine covered with fruit, but like a vineyard after the whole vintage has been gathered; there was not to be found a […]

AN ENCOURAGING LESSON FROM PAUL’S CONVERSION – Charles Spurgeon

AN ENCOURAGING LESSON FROM PAUL’S CONVERSION – Charles Spurgeon AN ENCOURAGING LESSON FROM PAUL’S CONVERSION “Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem. And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name. […]

THE SPUR – Charles Spurgeon

THE SPUR – Charles Spurgeon THE SPUR “I must work the works of Him that sent Me while it is day: the night is coming when no man can work.” John 9:4. IF this 9th Chapter of John is intended to be a continuation of the history contained in the 8th, as we think it […]

THE WAY – Charles Spurgeon

THE WAY – Charles Spurgeon THE WAY “Jesus said unto him, I am the Way.” John 14:6. THE most precious things lie in the smallest packages. Diamonds have much value in little space. Those Scriptural sayings which are fullest of meaning are many of them couched in the fewest words. Who shall measure the depth […]

THE TENDER PITY OF THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon

THE TENDER PITY OF THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon THE TENDER PITY OF THE LORD “Like as a father pities his children, so the Lord pities them who fear Him. For he knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.” Psalm 103:13, 14. DAVID sang of the compassionate Pity of our heavenly Father who […]

THE WINNOWING FAN – Charles Spurgeon

THE WINNOWING FAN – Charles Spurgeon THE WINNOWING FAN “Follow peace with all men, and Holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: looking diligently lest any man fail of the Grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled.” Hebrews 12:14, 15. WELL did the […]

THE PILGRIM’S GRATEFUL RECOLLECTIONS – Charles Spurgeon

THE PILGRIM’S GRATEFUL RECOLLECTIONS – Charles Spurgeon THE PILGRIM’S GRATEFUL RECOLLECTIONS “And He humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you knew not, neither did your fathers know; that He might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by every Word that proceeds out […]

A GOOD SOLDIER OF JESUS CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

A GOOD SOLDIER OF JESUS CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon A GOOD SOLDIER OF JESUS CHRIST “A good soldier of Jesus Christ.” 2 Timothy 2:2, 3. MANY men, many minds. In reference to what a Christian is there have been very many and diverse opinions; according to the notions of some, a Christian is an exquisite […]

THE PROFIT OF GODLINESS IN THIS LIFE – Charles Spurgeon

THE PROFIT OF GODLINESS IN THIS LIFE – Charles Spurgeon THE PROFIT OF GODLINESS IN THIS LIFE “Bodily exercise profits little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having Promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.” 1 Timothy […]

A BLESSED WONDER – Charles Spurgeon

A BLESSED WONDER – Charles Spurgeon A BLESSED WONDER “When Jesus heard it, He marvelled, and said to them who followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great Faith, no, not in Israel.” Matthew 8:10. YOU remember that we commenced this morning’s sermon by observing that Jesus is not reported to […]

THE SAD WONDER – Charles Spurgeon

THE SAD WONDER – Charles Spurgeon THE SAD WONDER “And He marvelled because of their unbelief.” Mark 6:6. THAT Jesus marvelled was in itself a marvel; we never read that either science or art, Nature or Providence excited His wonder; we do not find that He marvelled at the grandeur of the Temple, although His […]

BANDS OF LOVE – Charles Spurgeon

BANDS OF LOVE – Charles Spurgeon BANDS OF LOVE “I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of Love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.” Hosea 11:4. GOD, by the mouth of His Prophet, is here expostulating with […]

ANGELIC STUDIES – Charles Spurgeon

ANGELIC STUDIES – Charles Spurgeon ANGELIC STUDIES “To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the Church the manifold Wisdom of God.” Ephesians 3:10. THE “principalities and powers in heavenly places” to whom the Apostle here refers, are, no doubt, the angels. These bright and glorious […]

HOW GOD CONDEMNED SIN – Charles Spurgeon

HOW GOD CONDEMNED SIN – Charles Spurgeon HOW GOD CONDEMNED SIN “For what the Law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh. Romans 8:3. EVER since man has fallen away from God, […]

THREE PRECIOUS THINGS – Charles Spurgeon

THREE PRECIOUS THINGS – Charles Spurgeon THREE PRECIOUS THINGS “He is precious.” 1 Peter 2:7. “Precious promises.” 2 Peter 1:4. “Precious faith.” 2 Peter 1:1. THESE three precious things, when put together, present to us a treasure of priceless things, altogether without parallel. When Moses was about to die he pronounced a blessing upon all […]

AWAY WITH FEAR – Charles Spurgeon

AWAY WITH FEAR – Charles Spurgeon AWAY WITH FEAR “Fear you not; for I am with you; be not dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of My Righteousness.” Isaiah 41:10. IF there should be nothing in the […]

THE MODEL HOME MISSION AND THE MODEL HOME MISSIONARY – Charles Spurgeon

THE MODEL HOME MISSION AND THE MODEL HOME MISSIONARY – Charles Spurgeon THE MODEL HOME MISSION AND THE MODEL HOME MISSIONARY “Who went about doing good.” Acts 10:38. OUR Lord’s public ministry on earth was a Home Mission. He Himself said to His disciples, “I am not sent save to the lost sheep of the […]

A NEW SONG FOR NEW HEARTS – Charles Spurgeon

A NEW SONG FOR NEW HEARTS – Charles Spurgeon A NEW SONG FOR NEW HEARTS “And in that day you shall say, O Lord, I will praise You: though You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me.” Isaiah 12:1. THIS prophesy is said by some to relate to the […]

MARTHA AND MARY – Charles Spurgeon

MARTHA AND MARY – Charles Spurgeon MARTHA AND MARY “Now it came to pass, as they went, that He entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard His Word. But Martha was […]

THE SINE QUA NON – Charles Spurgeon

THE SINE QUA NON – Charles Spurgeon THE SINE QUA NON “Jesus answered him, If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.” John 13:8. IN matchless condescension our Lord had girt Himself as a servant, and was washing the feet of the disciples. Peter, struck with such a spectacle, would not […]

INDIVIDUAL SIN LAID ON JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

INDIVIDUAL SIN LAID ON JESUS – Charles Spurgeon INDIVIDUAL SIN LAID ON JESUS “All we like sheep have gone astray. We have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” Isaiah 53:6. I THINK I addressed you from this text four years ago , […]

JESUS ONLY – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS ONLY – Charles Spurgeon JESUS ONLY “And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only.” Matthew 17:8. (NKJV) THE last words will suffice us for a text, “Jesus only.” When Peter saw our Lord with Moses and Elijah, he exclaimed, “Master, it is good to be here,” as […]

PREPARE TO MEET YOUR GOD – Charles Spurgeon

PREPARE TO MEET YOUR GOD – Charles Spurgeon PREPARE TO MEET YOUR GOD “Prepare to meet your God, O Israel.” Amos 4:12. GOD had in the days of Amos by different ways rebuked the sin of His people Israel; He had wasted them with famine and sword; He had withheld the rain; He had sent […]

SINCERITY AND DUPLICITY – Charles Spurgeon

SINCERITY AND DUPLICITY – Charles Spurgeon SINCERITY AND DUPLICITY “Hereby we do know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He that says, I know Him, and keeps not His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.” 1 John 2:3, 4. THE Epistles of John possess and combine certain […]

NATHANAEL AND THE FIG TREE – Charles Spurgeon

NATHANAEL AND THE FIG TREE – Charles Spurgeon NATHANAEL AND THE FIG TREE “Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law, and also the Prophets, wrote; Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. And Nathanael said to him, ‘Can anything good come out of Nazareth?’ Philip […]

BACKSLIDING HEALED – Charles Spurgeon

BACKSLIDING HEALED – Charles Spurgeon BACKSLIDING HEALED “I will heal their backsliding.” Hosea 14:4. WHICH rings with the more sonorous voice, the knell, “their backsliding,” or the marriage peal, “I will heal”? All through the Scripture records there is revealed a vehement contest between man’s sin and God’s Grace; each of them striving to become […]

THE KING FEASTING IN HIS GARDEN – Charles Spurgeon

THE KING FEASTING IN HIS GARDEN – Charles Spurgeon THE KING FEASTING IN HIS GARDEN “I have come to My garden, My Sister, My Spouse; I have gathered My myrrh with My spice; I have eaten My honeycomb with My honey; I have drunk My wine with My milk: Eat, O Friends; drink, yes, drink […]

THE TWO BUILDERS AND THEIR HOUSES – Charles Spurgeon

THE TWO BUILDERS AND THEIR HOUSES – Charles Spurgeon THE TWO BUILDERS AND THEIR HOUSES “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon […]

PRECIOUS, HONORABLE, BELOVED – Charles Spurgeon

PRECIOUS, HONORABLE, BELOVED – Charles Spurgeon PRECIOUS, HONORABLE, BELOVED “Since you were precious in My sight you have been honorable, and I have loved you.” Isaiah 43:4. THE first reference of this text is evidently to Israel; that nation was precious in God’s sight; He had been pleased sovereignly to make an Election of the […]

A GENEROUS PROPOSAL – Charles Spurgeon

A GENEROUS PROPOSAL – Charles Spurgeon A GENEROUS PROPOSAL “Come you with us, and we will do you good.” Numbers 10:29. THESE ancient words, so simple, yet so sweet, fascinate us with a potent hallowed charm; they ring out their melody like a familiar air; the language of a heart full of kindness, inspired with […]

SINNERS BOUND WITH THE CORDS OF SIN – Charles Spurgeon

SINNERS BOUND WITH THE CORDS OF SIN – Charles Spurgeon SINNERS BOUND WITH THE CORDS OF SIN “His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.” Proverbs 5:22. THE first part of our text has reference to a net in which birds or beasts are […]

WORK IN US AND WORK BY US – Charles Spurgeon

WORK IN US AND WORK BY US – Charles Spurgeon WORK IN US AND WORK BY US “To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily.” Colossians 1:29. (NKJV) THE Apostle Paul could very truthfully assert that he labored and agonized. When the Holy Spirit had anointed the […]

METHOD AND MUSIC, OR THE ART OF HOLY AND HAPPY LIVING – Charles Spurgeon

METHOD AND MUSIC, OR THE ART OF HOLY AND HAPPY LIVING – Charles Spurgeon METHOD AND MUSIC, OR THE ART OF HOLY AND HAPPY LIVING “And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by Him.” Colossians 3:17. IT IS always […]

THE GLORIOUS HEREAFTER AND OURSELVES – Charles Spurgeon

THE GLORIOUS HEREAFTER AND OURSELVES – Charles Spurgeon THE GLORIOUS HEREAFTER AND OURSELVES “Now He who has worked us for the same thing is God, who also has given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.” 2 Corinthians 5:5. IT IS a very comforting thing to be able to see the work of God in […]

THE PUTTING AWAY OF SIN – Charles Spurgeon

THE PUTTING AWAY OF SIN – Charles Spurgeon THE PUTTING AWAY OF SIN “Now once in the end of the world has He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.” Hebrews 9:26. WHEN the old dispensation was becoming worn out, and like a vesture ready to be laid aside; when the end […]

OVERWHELMING OBLIGATIONS – Charles Spurgeon

OVERWHELMING OBLIGATIONS – Charles Spurgeon OVERWHELMING OBLIGATIONS “What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits toward me?” Psalm 116:12. DEEP emotion prompts this question; but where are the depths of love and gratitude that can meet its exuberant demands? You will perhaps remember an incident in the life of a famous soldier, […]

VOICES FROM THE EXCELLENT GLORY – Charles Spurgeon

VOICES FROM THE EXCELLENT GLORY – Charles Spurgeon VOICES FROM THE EXCELLENT GLORY “And Jesus, when He was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon Him: and lo a voice from Heaven, […]

ASSURED SECURITY IN CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

ASSURED SECURITY IN CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon ASSURED SECURITY IN CHRIST “I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that day.” 2 Timothy 1:12. IN the style of these Apostolic words there is a positiveness most refreshing in this age of […]

CHRIST—THE FALL AND RISE OF MANY – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST—THE FALL AND RISE OF MANY – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST—THE FALL AND RISE OF MANY [I thank God most devoutly that I am permitted, once again, to appear in my place among you. It is always a most painful deprivation to me when I am unable to preach the gospel on the Sabbath to my […]

THE SOUL’S CRISIS – Charles Spurgeon

THE SOUL’S CRISIS – Charles Spurgeon THE SOUL’S CRISIS “Jesus of Nazareth passes by.” Luke 18:37. SUCH was the news of that day. As an exclamation, doubtless it was often repeated when our Lord made His journeys through the land of Palestine and its outskirts—“Jesus of Nazareth passes by!” How quickly would the inhabitants of […]

FOOTSTEPS OF MERCY – Charles Spurgeon

FOOTSTEPS OF MERCY – Charles Spurgeon FOOTSTEPS OF MERCY “If there is a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto men His uprightness: Then He is gracious unto him and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.’” Job 33:23, 24. WHEN God has […]

THE EYE—A SIMILITUDE – Charles Spurgeon

THE EYE—A SIMILITUDE – Charles Spurgeon THE EYE—A SIMILITUDE “Keep me as the apple of the eye.” Psalm 17:8. THIS prayer is full of meaning, and is the outflow of a well-instructed mind; it is no parrot cry, but the leaping up of a living desire from a grace-taught and thoughtful heart. The man knows […]

THE WAY EVERLASTING – Charles Spurgeon

THE WAY EVERLASTING – Charles Spurgeon THE WAY EVERLASTING “Lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalm 139:24. WE must all of us have a “way.” We must be journeying, for this is not our resting place; we cannot abide in any one stay. “Forward” is the word of command. As the round earth never pauses, […]

SAFE SHELTER – Charles Spurgeon

SAFE SHELTER – Charles Spurgeon SAFE SHELTER “He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings shall you trust.” Psalm 91:4. WHAT condescending words! I cannot express the sense I feel of the great loving-kindness of the Lord to us in using such a simile to set forth His protecting care of His […]

THE UPPER HAND – Charles Spurgeon

THE UPPER HAND – Charles Spurgeon THE UPPER HAND “For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under law, but under grace.” Romans 6:14. WHAT a golden sentence! But does it not begin with a hard word? A sad and sorrowful note is sounded in that word “sin.” It was sin […]

PREACH, PREACH, PREACH EVERYWHERE! – Charles Spurgeon

PREACH, PREACH, PREACH EVERYWHERE! – Charles Spurgeon PREACH, PREACH, PREACH EVERYWHERE! “And He said unto them, Go you into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he who believes not shall be damned.” Mark 16:15, 16. BEFORE our Lord gave His disciples […]

THE UNRIVALLED FRIEND – Charles Spurgeon

THE UNRIVALLED FRIEND – Charles Spurgeon THE UNRIVALLED FRIEND “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.” Proverbs 17:17. THERE is one thing about the usefulness of which all men are agreed, namely, friendship. But most men are soon aware that counterfeits of friendship are common as autumn leaves; few […]

A WORD WITH THOSE WHO WAIT FOR SIGNS AND WONDERS – Charles Spurgeon

A WORD WITH THOSE WHO WAIT FOR SIGNS AND WONDERS – Charles Spurgeon A WORD WITH THOSE WHO WAIT FOR SIGNS AND WONDERS “This is an evil generation: they seek a sign.” Luke 11:29. READING the Old Testament we observe that the Lord, in the olden times, condescendingly gave signs to His servants when He […]

THE FIRST CRY FROM THE CROSS – Charles Spurgeon

THE FIRST CRY FROM THE CROSS – Charles Spurgeon THE FIRST CRY FROM THE CROSS “Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Luke 23:34. OUR Lord was at that moment enduring the first pains of crucifixion; the executioners had just then driven the nails through His hands and feet; […]

THE COMING RESURRECTION – Charles Spurgeon

THE COMING RESURRECTION – Charles Spurgeon THE COMING RESURRECTION “Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves shall hear His voice and shall come forth—those who have done good, unto the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.” John […]

A SUMMONS TO BATTLE – Charles Spurgeon

A SUMMONS TO BATTLE – Charles Spurgeon A SUMMONS TO BATTLE “The time when kings go forth to battle.” 2 Samuel 11:1. THERE seems to have been in the olden times among the petty sovereigns of the East, regular seasons for warfare; perhaps they marched forth in the spring, when the grass would afford food […]

CHRIST WITH THE KEYS OF DEATH AND HELL – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST WITH THE KEYS OF DEATH AND HELL – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST WITH THE KEYS OF DEATH AND HELL “I have the keys of hell and of death.” Revelation 1:18. THEN hell and death, terrible powers as they are, are not left to riot without government. Death is a land of darkness, as darkness itself, […]

STRONG CONSOLATION – Charles Spurgeon

STRONG CONSOLATION – Charles Spurgeon STRONG CONSOLATION “Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath; that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to […]

A SERIOUS REPRIMAND – Charles Spurgeon

A SERIOUS REPRIMAND – Charles Spurgeon A SERIOUS REPRIMAND “My father, if the prophet had bid you do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, Wash and be clean?” 2 Kings 5:13. I AM somewhat myself in the position of Elijah, when Naaman, the […]

THE VITAL FORCE – Charles Spurgeon

THE VITAL FORCE – Charles Spurgeon THE VITAL FORCE “Now, the just shall live by faith.” Hebrews 10:38. SEE here the germ of the Christian’s life! See, too, how it blooms, blossoms and bears! But observe it is not said the just shall live for his faith, or because of the merit of his believing […]

THE BELLOWS BURNED – Charles Spurgeon

THE BELLOWS BURNED – Charles Spurgeon THE BELLOWS BURNED “The bellows are burned.” Jeremiah 6:29. THE prophets frequently spoke in parables. They did this partly to excite the attention of their hearers. Those to whom they spoke might not have listened to morally instructive truths of God expressed in abstract terms, but when they heard […]

REAL GRACE FOR REAL NEED – Charles Spurgeon

REAL GRACE FOR REAL NEED – Charles Spurgeon REAL GRACE FOR REAL NEED “He healed those who had need of healing.” Luke 9:11. “HE healed those who had need of healing,” that is to say, on this gracious occasion no single case came before Him which baffled Him. However rampant might be the disease, however […]

THE SILKEN FETTER – Charles Spurgeon

THE SILKEN FETTER – Charles Spurgeon THE SILKEN FETTER “Fear the Lord and His goodness.” Hosea 3:5. THE whole verse runs thus: “Afterward shall the children of Israel return and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and His goodness in the latter days.” A brief word may […]

A DOOR OPENED IN HEAVEN – Charles Spurgeon

A DOOR OPENED IN HEAVEN – Charles Spurgeon A DOOR OPENED IN HEAVEN “After this I looked and, behold, a door was opened in heaven.” Revelation 4:1. HOW highly favored was the apostle John! While his Master was on earth he was the favored disciple, permitted to lean his head upon His bosom as a […]

A SAFE PROSPECTIVE – Charles Spurgeon

A SAFE PROSPECTIVE – Charles Spurgeon A SAFE PROSPECTIVE “At the time appointed the end shall be.” Daniel 8:19. HUMAN nature anxiously desires to know something of the future. If we were told tonight that we could go to a certain spot where we might lift the veil of our own history, and foresee the […]

SERVING THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon

SERVING THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon SERVING THE LORD “Serving the Lord.” Romans 12:11. THE harmony of Scripture is admirable. Everything is proportionate and balanced. He who weighed the mountains in scales has had a clear eye to the adjustment of truth in His word. Within these pages you find a sufficiency of doctrine, for […]

HELP FOR SEEKERS OF THE LIGHT – Charles Spurgeon

HELP FOR SEEKERS OF THE LIGHT – Charles Spurgeon HELP FOR SEEKERS OF THE LIGHT “We look for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.” Isaiah 59:9. ISRAEL had greatly revolted from her God, and in consequence she had brought upon herself great sorrow. Still, instead of repenting of their faults, […]

MULTITUDINOUS THOUGHTS AND SACRED COMFORTS – Charles Spurgeon

MULTITUDINOUS THOUGHTS AND SACRED COMFORTS – Charles Spurgeon MULTITUDINOUS THOUGHTS AND SACRED COMFORTS “In the multitude of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul.” Psalm 94:19. IF MAN were a mere animal, his joy and sorrow would depend entirely upon outward things. Let but the trough be full, and the swine are happy; […]

THE OLD MAN CRUCIFIED – Charles Spurgeon

THE OLD MAN CRUCIFIED – Charles Spurgeon THE OLD MAN CRUCIFIED “Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him.” Romans 6:6. EVERY new man is two men; every believer in Christ is what he was, and not what he was: the old nature, and the new nature exist at the same time in […]

THE BELIEVER A NEW CREATURE – Charles Spurgeon

THE BELIEVER A NEW CREATURE – Charles Spurgeon THE BELIEVER A NEW CREATURE “Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature.” 2 Corinthians 5:17. THIS text is exceedingly full of matter, and might require many treatises, and even multitudes of folios to bring forth all its meaning. Holy Scripture is notably […]

THE FORMER AND THE LATTER RAIN – Charles Spurgeon

THE FORMER AND THE LATTER RAIN – Charles Spurgeon THE FORMER AND THE LATTER RAIN “Let us now fear the Lord our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season. He reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.” Jeremiah 5:24. SUCH are the climate and soil of Palestine, […]

AN ASSUREDLY GOOD THING – Charles Spurgeon

AN ASSUREDLY GOOD THING – Charles Spurgeon AN ASSUREDLY GOOD THING “It is good for me to draw near to God.” Psalm 73:28. WHEN a man is sick, everybody knows what is good for him; they recommend remedies by the score—salts from the earth, herbs of the field, drugs from the east, minerals from the […]

A WELL-ORDERED LIFE – Charles Spurgeon

A WELL-ORDERED LIFE – Charles Spurgeon A WELL-ORDERED LIFE “Order my steps in Your word, and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.” Psalm 119:133. THIS is not the prayer of an unconverted man, or the cry of an awakened sinner foolishly expecting to find salvation in good works; it is the prayer of […]

LEANING ON OUR BELOVED – Charles Spurgeon

LEANING ON OUR BELOVED – Charles Spurgeon LEANING ON OUR BELOVED “Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning upon her Beloved?” Song of Solomon 8:5. CAREFUL readers will have noticed that in the verses which precede my text, the spouse had been particularly anxious that her communion with her Lord might not […]

THE UNWEARIED RUNNER – Charles Spurgeon

THE UNWEARIED RUNNER – Charles Spurgeon THE UNWEARIED RUNNER “They shall run and not be weary.” Isaiah 40:31. BEING asked to address myself upon this occasion principally to young people, it occurred to me that running was the young man’s pace, the motion of the strong man who in his earliest days rejoices in the […]

“THINGS TO COME” – Charles Spurgeon

“THINGS TO COME” – Charles Spurgeon “THINGS TO COME” “Things to come, all are yours.” 1 Corinthians 3:22. A SHORT time ago we meditated upon the former words of this verse, “Things present, all are yours.” [“Things Present,” #870, Vol. 15.] Friends have asserted that it was a pleasant and profitable meditation— may we have […]

THE OVERFLOWING CUP – Charles Spurgeon

THE OVERFLOWING CUP – Charles Spurgeon THE OVERFLOWING CUP “My cup runs over.” Psalm 23:5. THE fault of being too happy, if it exists anywhere, must be a very scarce one; a far more prevalent vice is that of dwelling upon the dark shades of life to the forgetfulness of its brighter lights. We drink […]

CHRIST MADE A CURSE FOR US – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST MADE A CURSE FOR US – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST MADE A CURSE FOR US “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, cursed is everyone that hangs on a tree.” Galatians 3:13. THE apostle had been showing to the Galatians that salvation […]

THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS – Charles Spurgeon

THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS – Charles Spurgeon THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS “Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.” Philippians 1:6. THE dangers which attend the spiritual life are of the most appalling character; the life […]

TO THOSE WHO ARE “ALMOST PERSUADED” – Charles Spurgeon

TO THOSE WHO ARE “ALMOST PERSUADED” – Charles Spurgeon TO THOSE WHO ARE “ALMOST PERSUADED” “Then Agrippa said unto Paul, You almost persuade me to be a Christian.” Acts 26:28. NOTWITHSTANDING his bonds, Paul is to be envied that he had an opportunity of addressing himself to kings and rulers, and that at least once […]

THINGS PRESENT – Charles Spurgeon

THINGS PRESENT – Charles Spurgeon THINGS PRESENT “Things present, all are yours.” 1 Corinthians 3:22. SOME of the Corinthians had attached themselves to one great religious teacher, and others to another. There was a disposition among them to set up rival leaders of opposing parties; a band would follow Paul, another company admired Apollos, and […]

THE GOSPEL OF ABRAHAM’S SACRIFICE OF ISAAC – Charles Spurgeon

THE GOSPEL OF ABRAHAM’S SACRIFICE OF ISAAC – Charles Spurgeon THE GOSPEL OF ABRAHAM’S SACRIFICE OF ISAAC “He who spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all.” Romans 8:32. WE have selected this verse as our theme, but our true text you will find in the 22nd chapter of Genesis, the […]

MATURE FAITH—ILLUSTRATED BY ABRAHAM’S OFFERING UP ISAAC – Charles Spurgeon

MATURE FAITH—ILLUSTRATED BY ABRAHAM’S OFFERING UP ISAAC – Charles Spurgeon MATURE FAITH—ILLUSTRATED BY ABRAHAM’S OFFERING UP ISAAC “And He said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and get you into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will […]

TEARFUL SOWING AND JOYFUL REAPING – Charles Spurgeon

TEARFUL SOWING AND JOYFUL REAPING – Charles Spurgeon TEARFUL SOWING AND JOYFUL REAPING “He who goes forth and weeps, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.” Psalm 126:6. THE whole of our life we are sowing; in activity, in suffering, in thought, in word we are always scattering […]

REST – Charles Spurgeon

REST – Charles Spurgeon REST “For we who have believed do enter into rest.” Hebrews 4:3. REST! A dainty word indeed! Too rich a syllable for this unstable earth! Is it not a stray word from the language of the celestials? REST! Is it obtainable? Is it possible? Can there ever be rest for the […]

DEEP CALLS UNTO DEEP – Charles Spurgeon

DEEP CALLS UNTO DEEP – Charles Spurgeon DEEP CALLS UNTO DEEP “Deep calls unto deep.” Psalm 42:7. IN the grandeur of nature there are amazing harmonies. When the storm agitates the ocean below, the heavens above hear the tumult, and answer to the clamor; down comes a deluge of sonorous hail or swift-descending rain, attended […]

LIFE’S EVER-SPRINGING WELL – Charles Spurgeon

LIFE’S EVER-SPRINGING WELL – Charles Spurgeon LIFE’S EVER-SPRINGING WELL “The water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” John 4:14. YOU have been busy all week with external things. You have had to deal with the questions, “What shall we eat, and what shall […]

THE STONE ROLLED AWAY – Charles Spurgeon

THE STONE ROLLED AWAY – Charles Spurgeon THE STONE ROLLED AWAY “The angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.” Matthew 28:2. AS the holy women went towards the sepulcher in the twilight of the morning, desirous to embalm the body of […]

WINNOWING TIME – Charles Spurgeon

WINNOWING TIME – Charles Spurgeon WINNOWING TIME “What is the chaff to the wheat? says the Lord.” Jeremiah 23:28. IT is remarkable that God has traced so much of the misery of the children of Israel in the period of their degradation to the unfaithfulness of those governors, priests, and prophets who ruled over them. […]

BROKEN BONES – Charles Spurgeon

BROKEN BONES – Charles Spurgeon BROKEN BONES “Make me to hear joy and gladness, that the bones which You have broken may rejoice.” Psalm 51:8. BACKSLIDING is a most common evil, far more common than some of us suppose. We may ourselves be guilty of it, and yet may delude our hearts with the idea […]

MOURNING AT THE SIGHT OF THE CRUCIFIED – Charles Spurgeon

MOURNING AT THE SIGHT OF THE CRUCIFIED – Charles Spurgeon MOURNING AT THE SIGHT OF THE CRUCIFIED “And all the people who came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts and returned.” Luke 23:48. MANY in that crowd who came together to behold the crucifixion of Jesus, came in […]

THE OLD WAY OF THE WICKED – Charles Spurgeon

THE OLD WAY OF THE WICKED – Charles Spurgeon THE OLD WAY OF THE WICKED “Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trod? Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was swept away with a flood: Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for […]

THE FULLNESS OF JESUS THE TREASURY OF SAINTS – Charles Spurgeon

THE FULLNESS OF JESUS THE TREASURY OF SAINTS – Charles Spurgeon THE FULLNESS OF JESUS THE TREASURY OF SAINTS “Of His fullness have we all received and grace for grace.” John 1:16. THESE are not words spoken by John the Baptist, as a cursory reader might imagine, but they were written by John the Evangelist. […]

TIMELY REFLECTIONS – Charles Spurgeon

TIMELY REFLECTIONS – Charles Spurgeon TIMELY REFLECTIONS “Now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.” Romans 13:11. BUT what “salvation” is this? The question is important because we very commonly speak of “salvation” as that state of divine grace into which everyone who believes in Jesus is introduced when he passes from death unto […]

THE IMPORTUNATE WIDOW – Charles Spurgeon

THE IMPORTUNATE WIDOW – Charles Spurgeon THE IMPORTUNATE WIDOW “And He spoke a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray and not to faint, saying, There was in a city a judge which feared not God, neither regarded man: and there was a widow in that city; and she came […]

EVERYDAY USEFULNESS – Charles Spurgeon

EVERYDAY USEFULNESS – Charles Spurgeon EVERYDAY USEFULNESS “And he brought him to Jesus.” John 1:42. WE have a most intense desire for the revival of religion in our own midst and throughout all the churches of our Lord Jesus. We see that error is making great advances, and we would gladly lift up a banner […]

FIRE—THE NEED OF THE TIMES – Charles Spurgeon

FIRE—THE NEED OF THE TIMES – Charles Spurgeon FIRE—THE NEED OF THE TIMES “I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!” Luke 12:49. OUR Lord was here certainly alluding to the opposition and persecution which the gospel would excite. This is clear from the context, in which […]

A SERMON FOR THE MOST MISERABLE OF MEN – Charles Spurgeon

A SERMON FOR THE MOST MISERABLE OF MEN – Charles Spurgeon A SERMON FOR THE MOST MISERABLE OF MEN “My soul refused to be comforted.” Psalm 77:2. In this refusal to be comforted, David is not to be imitated. His experience in this instance is recorded rather as a warning than as an example; here […]

CONSTANCY AND INCONSTANCY—A CONTRAST – Charles Spurgeon

CONSTANCY AND INCONSTANCY—A CONTRAST – Charles Spurgeon CONSTANCY AND INCONSTANCY—A CONTRAST “Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: His going forth is prepared as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. O Ephraim, what shall I do […]

NEARNESS TO GOD – Charles Spurgeon

NEARNESS TO GOD – Charles Spurgeon NEARNESS TO GOD “But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far-off are made near by the blood of Christ.” Ephesians 2:13. THE text is a gate of pearl leading up to the excellent glory; happy are the men to whom it is given to enter thereby; it […]

SOUL-WINNING – Charles Spurgeon

SOUL-WINNING – Charles Spurgeon SOUL-WINNING “He who wins souls is wise.” Proverbs 11:30. THE text does not say, “he who wins money is wise,” though no doubt he thinks himself wise and perhaps, in a certain groveling sense in these days of competition, he might be so; but such wisdom is of the earth, and […]

UNSOUND SPIRITUAL TRADING – Charles Spurgeon

UNSOUND SPIRITUAL TRADING – Charles Spurgeon UNSOUND SPIRITUAL TRADING “All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirits.” Proverbs 16:2. DURING the last two years some of the most notable commercial reputations have been hopelessly destroyed; men in the great world of trade who were trusted […]

JESUS CHRIST IMMUTABLE – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS CHRIST IMMUTABLE – Charles Spurgeon JESUS CHRIST IMMUTABLE “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” Hebrews 13:8. FOR a very considerable number of years an esteemed and venerable vicar of a Surrey parish has sent me at the New Year a generous testimony of his love, and an acknowledgment of the pleasure […]

JOYFUL TRANSFORMATIONS – Charles Spurgeon

JOYFUL TRANSFORMATIONS – Charles Spurgeon JOYFUL TRANSFORMATIONS “I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight.” Isaiah 42:16 IN the pursuit of holiness the pilgrim is often surrounded with darkness; while in the pathway of evil the traveler is dazzled with a glare of light; it is the way of the tempter to […]

GOOD CHEER FOR CHRISTMAS – Charles Spurgeon

GOOD CHEER FOR CHRISTMAS – Charles Spurgeon GOOD CHEER FOR CHRISTMAS “And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well-refined.” Isaiah 25:6. WE have nearly arrived at […]

CONSECRATION TO GOD – Charles Spurgeon

CONSECRATION TO GOD – Charles Spurgeon CONSECRATION TO GOD—ILLUSTRATED BY ABRAHAM’S CIRCUMCISION “And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before Me, and be you perfect. And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.” […]

JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH—ILLUSTRATED BY ABRAM’S RIGHTEOUSNESS – Charles Spurgeon

JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH—ILLUSTRATED BY ABRAM’S RIGHTEOUSNESS – Charles Spurgeon JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH—ILLUSTRATED BY ABRAM’S RIGHTEOUSNESS “And he believed in the Lord; and He counted it to him for righteousness.” Genesis 15:6. YOU will remember that last Lord’s-Day morning we spoke upon the calling of Abram, and the faith by which he was enabled to enter […]

EFFECTUAL CALLING—ILLUSTRATED BY THE CALL OF ABRAM – Charles Spurgeon

EFFECTUAL CALLING—ILLUSTRATED BY THE CALL OF ABRAM – Charles Spurgeon EFFECTUAL CALLING—ILLUSTRATED BY THE CALL OF ABRAM “They went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.” Genesis 12:5. IF you desire to know the character or a child, you will probably learn much about it from […]

THE ANGELIC LIFE – Charles Spurgeon

THE ANGELIC LIFE – Charles Spurgeon THE ANGELIC LIFE “For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.” Matthew 22:30. WE must all of us develop one way or the other. Manhood, as we see it here, is but the green blade, or, […]

CROWDING TO TOUCH THE SAVIOR – Charles Spurgeon

CROWDING TO TOUCH THE SAVIOR – Charles Spurgeon CROWDING TO TOUCH THE SAVIOR “For He healed many, so that as many as had afflictions pressed about Him to touch Him.” Mark 3:10. (NKJV) OUR Lord had been persecuted, and therefore He put forth many proofs of His power. When opposition attends the gospel it will […]

DO NOT SIN AGAINST THE CHILD – Charles Spurgeon

DO NOT SIN AGAINST THE CHILD – Charles Spurgeon DO NOT SIN AGAINST THE CHILD “Spoke I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child?” Genesis 42:22. THUS Reuben reminded his brothers of his admonition concerning Joseph—thus would I address you with regard to your own children. I thought it meet, beloved friends, […]

THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH – Charles Spurgeon

THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH – Charles Spurgeon THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH “He is the head of the body, the church.” Colossians 1:18. AS if to show us that this title of “Head of the church” is to be held in highest esteem, it is here placed in connection with the loftiest honors of […]

SINS OF OMISSION – Charles Spurgeon

SINS OF OMISSION – Charles Spurgeon SINS OF OMISSION “Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant which I commanded them to do; but they did them not.” Jeremiah 11:8. JEREMIAH was […]

“ALL THESE THINGS” – Charles Spurgeon

“ALL THESE THINGS” – Charles Spurgeon “ALL THESE THINGS” — A SERMON WITH THREE TEXTS “And Jacob their father said unto them, You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and you will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.” Genesis 42:36. THE patriarch must use the […]

SOWN LIGHT – Charles Spurgeon

SOWN LIGHT – Charles Spurgeon SOWN LIGHT “Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.” Psalm 97:11. THIS appears to be the teaching of the entire Psalm, and the verse which follows, “Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous,” is intended to be the practical inference drawn from the whole of […]

A CHEERFUL GIVER IS BELOVED OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon

A CHEERFUL GIVER IS BELOVED OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon A CHEERFUL GIVER IS BELOVED OF GOD “God loves a cheerful giver.” 2 Corinthians 9:7. I AM most anxious, dear friends, to make full proof of my ministry and in this one respect especially, that I may address you upon all parts of God’s word, […]

THE UNIVERSAL REMEDY – Charles Spurgeon

THE UNIVERSAL REMEDY – Charles Spurgeon THE UNIVERSAL REMEDY “With His stripes we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5. I RECEIVED, one day this week, a short communication worded on this wise: “Wanted, a cure for a weak and doubting faith, especially when Satan disinclines to pray.” Anxiously desirous to prescribe cures for such maladies and for […]

THE LORD’S NAME AND MEMORIAL – Charles Spurgeon

THE LORD’S NAME AND MEMORIAL – Charles Spurgeon THE LORD’S NAME AND MEMORIAL “Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.” Isaiah […]

THE BEST CLOAK – Charles Spurgeon

THE BEST CLOAK – Charles Spurgeon THE BEST CLOAK “And was clad with zeal as a cloak.” Isaiah 59:17. THE solitary champion who is here spoken of, who looked and “saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor”—and therefore His own arm brought salvation unto Him, and His righteousness it […]

THE ALTAR – Charles Spurgeon

THE ALTAR – Charles Spurgeon THE ALTAR “The altar that sanctifies the gift” Matthew 23:19. HAD man remained perfect, his communion with God would have been as unrestricted as that of an obedient child with an affectionate father. Adam might have worshiped his God acceptably anywhere, at any time, and in any mode he chose. […]

GRAY HAIRS – Charles Spurgeon

GRAY HAIRS – Charles Spurgeon GRAY HAIRS “Gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knows not.” Hosea 7:9. THE prophet here testified that the kingdom of Israel had learned the way of the surrounding heathen, and had polluted itself with their vices, and consequently the strength of the kingdom had decayed; he […]

THE PERFUMING OF THE HEART – Charles Spurgeon

THE PERFUMING OF THE HEART – Charles Spurgeon THE PERFUMING OF THE HEART “And hope makes not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which is given unto us.” Romans 5:5. THE apostle sets before us a ladder like that which Jacob saw; the foot rests […]

DYING DAILY – Charles Spurgeon

DYING DAILY – Charles Spurgeon DYING DAILY “I die daily.” 1 Corinthians 15:31. IN a certain sense we all do this; the very moment we begin to live, we commence to die; we are like hour-glasses—there are fewer sands left to run from the very moment they begin to trickle down. The whole of our […]

THE FACULTY BAFFLED, THE GREAT PHYSICIAN SUCCESSFUL – Charles Spurgeon

THE FACULTY BAFFLED, THE GREAT PHYSICIAN SUCCESSFUL – Charles Spurgeon THE FACULTY BAFFLED, THE GREAT PHYSICIAN SUCCESSFUL “And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood 12 years, and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, when she had […]

CHRIST, THE GLORY OF HIS PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST, THE GLORY OF HIS PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST, THE GLORY OF HIS PEOPLE “A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel.” Luke 2:32. WE must read this passage literally, for so Simeon intended it. The Lord Jesus Christ, though once despised and rejected by His own countrymen, is […]

THE SIEVE – Charles Spurgeon

THE SIEVE – Charles Spurgeon THE SIEVE “For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.” Amos 9:9. “I WILL command, and I will sift”—how easily the divine purposes become […]

THE HEAVEN OF HEAVEN – Charles Spurgeon

THE HEAVEN OF HEAVEN – Charles Spurgeon THE HEAVEN OF HEAVEN “And they shall see His face.” Revelation 22:4. THE Italians so much admire the city of Naples that their proverb is, “See Naples and die,” as if there remained nothing more to be seen after that fair bay and city had been gazed upon. […]

NOAH’S FLOOD – Charles Spurgeon

NOAH’S FLOOD – Charles Spurgeon NOAH’S FLOOD “The flood came and took them all away.” Matthew 24:39. WE commonly say that “there is no rule without an exception,” and certainly the rule that there is no rule without an exception has an exception to itself, for the rules of God are without exception. The rule […]

THE PANTING DEER – Charles Spurgeon

THE PANTING DEER – Charles Spurgeon THE PANTING DEER “As the deer pants after the waterbrooks, so pants my soul after You, O God.” psalm 42:1. THERE is something to be lamented in this state of mind, for if the psalmist had maintained unbroken communion with his God, he would not have been so much […]

HOPE IN HOPELESS CASES – Charles Spurgeon

HOPE IN HOPELESS CASES – Charles Spurgeon HOPE IN HOPELESS CASES “Bring him here to Me.” Matthew 17:17. OUR real text will be the entire narrative, but as it seems necessary to select some one sentence, we have chosen that before us as the true hinge of the story. The kingdom of our Lord Jesus […]

WORKING OUT WHAT IS WORKED IN – Charles Spurgeon

WORKING OUT WHAT IS WORKED IN – Charles Spurgeon WORKING OUT WHAT IS WORKED IN “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.” Philippians 2:12, 13. I HAVE frequently heard these words addressed to an indiscriminate […]

THE MINSTRELSY OF HOPE – Charles Spurgeon

THE MINSTRELSY OF HOPE – Charles Spurgeon THE MINSTRELSY OF HOPE “God, even our own God, shall bless us. God shall bless us.” Psalm 67:6, 7. “GOD, even our own God.” What an exceedingly sweet title! What a loveliness and liveliness of heart must have been in the man who first applied that endearing name […]

THE PLEIADES AND ORION – Charles Spurgeon

THE PLEIADES AND ORION – Charles Spurgeon THE PLEIADES AND ORION “Can you bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?” Job 38:31. MOST of you know that singularly beautiful cluster of stars called the Pleiades—very small, but intensely bright. These are most conspicuous about the time of spring, and therefore, […]

THE WIDOW OF SAREPTA – Charles Spurgeon

THE WIDOW OF SAREPTA – Charles Spurgeon THE WIDOW OF SAREPTA “And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, Arise, get you to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain you.” 1 Kings 17:8, 9. THE prophets taught as much by their […]

THE WALL DAUBED WITH UNTEMPERED MORTAR – Charles Spurgeon

THE WALL DAUBED WITH UNTEMPERED MORTAR – Charles Spurgeon THE WALL DAUBED WITH UNTEMPERED MORTAR “Because, even because, they have seduced My people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar: say unto them who daub it with untempered mortar, that it […]

DANIEL’S UNDAUNTED COURAGE – Charles Spurgeon

DANIEL’S UNDAUNTED COURAGE – Charles Spurgeon DANIEL’S UNDAUNTED COURAGE “Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber towards Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.” Daniel […]

LIFE BY FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

LIFE BY FAITH – Charles Spurgeon LIFE BY FAITH “The just shall live by faith.” Galatians 3:11. THE apostle quotes from the Old Testament, from the second chapter of Habakkuk, at the fourth verse, and thus confirms one inspired statement by another. Even the just are not justified by their own righteousness, but live by […]

THE PRIVILEGED MAN – Charles Spurgeon

THE PRIVILEGED MAN – Charles Spurgeon THE PRIVILEGED MAN “Then washed I you with water; yes, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil. I clothed you also with embroidered work, and shod you with badgers’ skin, and I girded you about with fine linen, and I covered you […]

THE DEEP-SEATED CHARACTER OF SIN – Charles Spurgeon

THE DEEP-SEATED CHARACTER OF SIN – Charles Spurgeon THE DEEP-SEATED CHARACTER OF SIN “The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is engraved upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars.” Jeremiah 17:1. IN traveling in the East, inscriptions […]

UNTO YOU, YOUNG MEN – Charles Spurgeon

UNTO YOU, YOUNG MEN – Charles Spurgeon UNTO YOU, YOUNG MEN “I have written unto you, young men, because you are strong, and the Word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.” 1 John 2:14. JOHN abounded in charity, but with the utmost stretch of it he could not have […]

THE FAITHFULNESS OF JESUS -Charles Spurgeon

THE FAITHFULNESS OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon THE FAITHFULNESS OF JESUS “Having loved His own which were in the world, He loved them unto the end.” John 13:1. WE shall consider these words first in their evident relation to the apostles, and those who were the companions of Jesus during His sojourn on earth. Afterwards […]

THE APPROACHABLENESS OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

THE APPROACHABLENESS OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon THE APPROACHABLENESS OF JESUS “Then drew near unto Him all the publicans and sinners to hear Him.” Luke 15:1. THE most depraved and despised classes of society formed an inner ring of hearers around our Lord. I gather from this that He was a most approachable person, that […]

BRINGING THE KING BACK – Charles Spurgeon

BRINGING THE KING BACK – Charles Spurgeon BRINGING THE KING BACK “Now therefore, why speak you not a word of bringing the king back?” 2 Samuel 19:10. THIS morning we were indulged with the Master’s blessing while considering one of the most delightful subjects that can ever occupy the minds of God’s creatures this side […]

GOOD NEWS FOR LOYAL SUBJECTS – Charles Spurgeon

GOOD NEWS FOR LOYAL SUBJECTS – Charles Spurgeon GOOD NEWS FOR LOYAL SUBJECTS “He must reign.” 1 Corinthians 15:25. “MUST” is for the king, and concerning King Jesus there is a divine necessity that He must reign. He was once the King of misery—in that kingdom He reigned supreme; that crown of thorns is preeminent […]

A YOUNG MAN’S VISION – Charles Spurgeon

A YOUNG MAN’S VISION – Charles Spurgeon A YOUNG MAN’S VISION “Your young men shall see visions.” Acts 2:17. MANY visions have led to the most disastrous results. When Napoleon had a vision of a universal monarchy over which he should preside, with the French eagle for his ensign, he drenched the lands in blood. […]

RESURRECTION WITH CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

RESURRECTION WITH CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon RESURRECTION WITH CHRIST “But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in sins, has quickened us together with Christ, (by grace you are saved).” Ephesians 2:4, 5. THERE have been conferences of late of all […]

APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION – Charles Spurgeon

APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION – Charles Spurgeon APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION “Repent you therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.” Acts 3:19. AFTER the notable miracle of healing the lame man, when the wondering people clustered round about Peter and John, they […]

ISRAEL’S GOD AND GOD’S ISRAEL – Charles Spurgeon

ISRAEL’S GOD AND GOD’S ISRAEL – Charles Spurgeon ISRAEL’S GOD AND GOD’S ISRAEL “There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, Who rides the heavens to help you, and in His excellence on the clouds. The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms; He will thrust out the enemy from […]

GOOD EARNESTS OF GREAT SUCCESS – Charles Spurgeon

GOOD EARNESTS OF GREAT SUCCESS – Charles Spurgeon GOOD EARNESTS OF GREAT SUCCESS “And the Word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.” Acts 6:7. CERTAIN things preceded this prosperity—the counterpart of which I verily believe we […]

THE WOMAN WHO WAS A SINNER – Charles Spurgeon

THE WOMAN WHO WAS A SINNER – Charles Spurgeon THE WOMAN WHO WAS A SINNER “And, behold, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at His feet behind Him weeping, and began to […]

THE CENTURION’S FAITH AND HUMILITY – Charles Spurgeon

THE CENTURION’S FAITH AND HUMILITY – Charles Spurgeon THE CENTURION’S FAITH AND HUMILITY “Then Jesus went with them. And when He was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to Him, saying unto Him, Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof. Therefore […]

JESUS, THE EXAMPLE OF HOLY PRAISE – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS, THE EXAMPLE OF HOLY PRAISE – Charles Spurgeon JESUS, THE EXAMPLE OF HOLY PRAISE “I will declare Your name unto My brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise You. You who fear the Lord, praise Him; all you the seed of Jacob, glorify Him; and fear Him, all you the seed […]

SPECIAL PROTRACTED PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon

SPECIAL PROTRACTED PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon SPECIAL PROTRACTED PRAYER “And it came to pass in those days, that He went out to a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.” Luke 6:12. IF any man of woman born might have lived without prayer it was surely the Lord Jesus Christ. To […]

SPOTS IN OUR FEASTS OF CHARITY – Charles Spurgeon

SPOTS IN OUR FEASTS OF CHARITY – Charles Spurgeon SPOTS IN OUR FEASTS OF CHARITY “These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear.” Jude 1:12. WHEN the church of God is extending her bounds rapidly, it is of the utmost importance that the growth should be […]

JOSHUA’S OBEDIENCE – Charles Spurgeon

JOSHUA’S OBEDIENCE – Charles Spurgeon JOSHUA’S OBEDIENCE “Only be you strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses, My servant commanded you: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper where ever you go.” Joshua 1:7. JOSHUA was […]

JOSHUA’S VISION – Charles Spurgeon

JOSHUA’S VISION – Charles Spurgeon JOSHUA’S VISION “And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, there stood a man opposite him with His sword drawn in His hand. And Joshua went to Him, and said to Him, Are You for us, or for […]

JESUS AND THE LAMBS – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS AND THE LAMBS – Charles Spurgeon JESUS AND THE LAMBS “He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom.” Isaiah 40:11. IN the chapter before us, our Savior is described as Jehovah God. He is spoken of as clothed with irresistible power: “He shall come with strong hand, and […]

NEARER AND DEARER – Charles Spurgeon

NEARER AND DEARER – Charles Spurgeon NEARER AND DEARER “I sleep, but my heart is awake: it is the voice of my beloved! He knocks, saying, Open to me, My sister, My love, My dove, My perfect one: for My head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night. I have […]

MARY MAGDALENE – Charles Spurgeon

MARY MAGDALENE – Charles Spurgeon MARY MAGDALENE “Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven devils.” Mark 16:9. EXPERIMENTAL preaching, when truthful, is almost always profitable. As the spouse of old desired to see the footsteps of the flock, so souls in distress are always happy to observe the proofs that others have trod […]

THE ARROWS OF THE BOW BROKEN IN ZION – Charles Spurgeon

THE ARROWS OF THE BOW BROKEN IN ZION – Charles Spurgeon THE ARROWS OF THE BOW BROKEN IN ZION “There broke He the arrows of the bow, the shield and sword of battle.” Psalm 76:3. THE writer of this song of triumph gloried as a patriot in the defeat of his country’s foes: he did […]

KING’S GARDENS – Charles Spurgeon

KING’S GARDENS – Charles Spurgeon KING’S GARDENS “The King’s garden.” Nehemiah 3:15. THERE have been many very famous king’s gardens, such as those “hanging gardens” in Nineveh, in which Sardanapalus delighted himself, and that remarkable garden of Cyrus, in which he took such great interest, because, as he said, every tree and every plant in […]

LINGERERS HASTENED – Charles Spurgeon

LINGERERS HASTENED – Charles Spurgeon LINGERERS HASTENED “And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him out and set him outside the city.” Genesis 19:16. EVEN as Lot […]

CREATION’S GROANS AND THE SAINTS’ SIGHS – Charles Spurgeon

CREATION’S GROANS AND THE SAINTS’ SIGHS – Charles Spurgeon CREATION’S GROANS AND THE SAINTS’ SIGHS “We know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now. And not only that, but ourselves also, which have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, […]

A SONG, A SOLACE, A SERMON, AND A SUMMONS – Charles Spurgeon

A SONG, A SOLACE, A SERMON, AND A SUMMONS – Charles Spurgeon A SONG, A SOLACE, A SERMON, AND A SUMMONS “For His mercy endures forever.” Psalm 136:1. THIS 136th Psalm was constantly sung in the temple by appointed singers, among whom the names of Heman and Jeduthun are mentioned. These, we are told in […]

THE GREAT MYSTERY OF GODLINESS – Charles Spurgeon

THE GREAT MYSTERY OF GODLINESS – Charles Spurgeon THE GREAT MYSTERY OF GODLINESS “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.” 1 Timothy 3:16. THE apostle had just […]

WANTED, A GUEST CHAMBER! – Charles Spurgeon

WANTED, A GUEST CHAMBER! – Charles Spurgeon WANTED, A GUEST CHAMBER! “The Master says, Where is the guest chamber, where I shall eat the Passover with My disciples?” Mark 14:14. AS FAR as we know, out of the many thousands who had come to Jerusalem from the utmost ends of the earth to keep the […]

THE ROSE AND THE LILY – Charles Spurgeon

THE ROSE AND THE LILY – Charles Spurgeon THE ROSE AND THE LILY “I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.” Song of Solomon 2:1. HERE are sweet flowers blooming serenely in this wintry weather. In the garden of the soul you may gather fragrant flowers at all seasons of the […]

SERMONS FROM SAINTLY DEATHBEDS – Charles Spurgeon

SERMONS FROM SAINTLY DEATHBEDS – Charles Spurgeon SERMONS FROM SAINTLY DEATHBEDS “And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.” Genesis 49:33. JACOB did not yield up the ghost until he had delivered the […]

SAVING KNOWLEDGE – Charles Spurgeon

SAVING KNOWLEDGE – Charles Spurgeon SAVING KNOWLEDGE “Jesus answered and said unto her, If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, Give Me a drink; you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” John 4:10. THE matter will turn, this morning, upon those […]

CHRISTUS ET EGO – Charles Spurgeon

CHRISTUS ET EGO – Charles Spurgeon CHRISTUS ET EGO “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me.” Galatians 2:20. […]

THE SECRET SPOT – Charles Spurgeon

THE SECRET SPOT – Charles Spurgeon THE SECRET SPOT “Their spot is not the spot of His children.” Deuteronomy 32:5. THERE are frequently great difficulties in identifying the persons of men, even when they have been distinctly seen. Our police courts have given us, during the last few weeks, most serious evidence that men may […]

GOD’S FOREKNOWLEDGE OF MAN’S SIN – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S FOREKNOWLEDGE OF MAN’S SIN – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S FOREKNOWLEDGE OF MAN’S SIN “Yes, you heard not; yes, you knew not; yes, from that time that your ear was not opened: for I knew that you would deal very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.” Isaiah 48:8. THE ancient people of God […]

PLAIN WORDS WITH THE CARELESS – Charles Spurgeon

PLAIN WORDS WITH THE CARELESS – Charles Spurgeon PLAIN WORDS WITH THE CARELESS “When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before Him, and with a loud voice said, ‘What have I to do with You, Jesus, You Son of the Most High God? I beg You, do not torment me!’” Luke 8:28. IF […]

HELPS – Charles Spurgeon

HELPS – Charles Spurgeon HELPS “And God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.” 1 Corinthians 12:28. IT appears, according to the apostle Paul, in regard to the diversity of gifts which proceeded from the Spirit of God, […]

A SONG AT THE WELLHEAD – Charles Spurgeon

A SONG AT THE WELLHEAD – Charles Spurgeon A SONG AT THE WELLHEAD “And from there they went to Beer; which is the well where the Lord said to Moses, ‘Gather the people together, and I will give them water.’ Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well! All of you sing to it— […]

THE GREAT ATTRACTION – Charles Spurgeon

THE GREAT ATTRACTION – Charles Spurgeon THE GREAT ATTRACTION “And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me.” John 12:32. THE death of our Lord Jesus Christ must have appeared to His apostles to be an unmitigated misfortune. No doubt they conceived that it would be the death […]

A SHARP KNIFE FOR THE VINE BRANCHES – Charles Spurgeon

A SHARP KNIFE FOR THE VINE BRANCHES – Charles Spurgeon A SHARP KNIFE FOR THE VINE BRANCHES “Every branch in Me that bears not fruit He takes away: and every branch that bears fruit, He purges it, that it may bring forth more fruit.” John 15:2. THESE are the words of Jesus. Unto you who […]

DAVID’S HOLY WONDER AT THE LORD’S GREAT GOODNESS – Charles Spurgeon

DAVID’S HOLY WONDER AT THE LORD’S GREAT GOODNESS – Charles Spurgeon DAVID’S HOLY WONDER AT THE LORD’S GREAT GOODNESS “Oh how great is Your goodness, which You have laid up for them who fear You, which You have worked for them who trust in You before the sons of men!” Psalm 31:19. YOU will observe […]

DELAY IS DANGEROUS – Charles Spurgeon

DELAY IS DANGEROUS – Charles Spurgeon DELAY IS DANGEROUS “And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at least ten; after that she shall go.” Genesis 24:55. YOU know the story of which these words form a part. Abraham was anxious to secure a wife for his […]

SEEING JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

SEEING JESUS – Charles Spurgeon SEEING JESUS “We see Jesus.” Hebrews 2:9. THE apostle, in this verse, does not claim to have seen the Lord in the flesh, although he boasts in another passage that he has done so, and asserts it as one of the proofs of his apostleship. He is not, indeed, in […]

THE WATER OF LIFE – Charles Spurgeon

THE WATER OF LIFE – Charles Spurgeon THE WATER OF LIFE “The woman said to Him, Sir, give me this water.” John 4:15. YOU will remember that our Savior had been speaking to the woman of Samaria concerning living water. He had endeavored to catch her attention by using a metaphor to her work and […]

SERVING THE LORD WITH GLADNESS – Charles Spurgeon

SERVING THE LORD WITH GLADNESS – Charles Spurgeon SERVING THE LORD WITH GLADNESS “Serve the Lord with gladness.” Psalm 100:2. MUCH of the sweetness of music lies in the ear to which it is addressed. There are mysterious sweetnesses and unknown harmonies which lurk amid the notes, and are detected only by the ear attuned […]

A PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH MILITANT – Charles Spurgeon

A PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH MILITANT – Charles Spurgeon A PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH MILITANT “Save Your people, and bless Your inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up forever.” Psalm 28:9. LET me direct your attention to the verse before the text, and then let us read the text in connection with it, “The […]

THE ECHO – Charles Spurgeon

THE ECHO – Charles Spurgeon THE ECHO “When You said, Seek you My face; my heart said to You, Your face, Lord, will I seek.” Psalm 27:8. THIS ready response to a divine call may be looked at in three ways. It may be said of it, first, that it is the natural duty of […]

BELIEVING TO SEE – Charles Spurgeon

BELIEVING TO SEE – Charles Spurgeon BELIEVING TO SEE “I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” Psalm 27:13. I HAVE taken the whole verse for my text, but I am not sure that I shall keep to it. The words in it […]

GRACE—THE ONE WAY OF SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon

GRACE—THE ONE WAY OF SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon GRACE—THE ONE WAY OF SALVATION “But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.” Acts 15:11. YOU who are conversant with Scripture will recollect that these are the words of the apostle Peter. Paul and Barnabas had […]

OUR LIFE, OUR WORK, OUR CHANGE – Charles Spurgeon

OUR LIFE, OUR WORK, OUR CHANGE – Charles Spurgeon OUR LIFE, OUR WORK, OUR CHANGE “All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change comes.” Job 14:14. JOB was well near driven to desperation by the fearful torment of his bodily pains, by the exasperating remarks of his friends, and the […]

SONGS OF DELIVERANCE – Charles Spurgeon

SONGS OF DELIVERANCE – Charles Spurgeon SONGS OF DELIVERANCE “They who are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they recount the righteous acts of the Lord, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of His villages in Israel: then shall the people of the Lord go down […]

THE RELATIONSHIP OF MARRIAGE – Charles Spurgeon

THE RELATIONSHIP OF MARRIAGE – Charles Spurgeon THE RELATIONSHIP OF MARRIAGE “Return, O backsliding children, says the Lord; for I am married to you.” Jeremiah 3:14. THESE are dainty words—a grateful sedative for a troubled conscience. Such singular comfort is fitted to cheer the soul, and put the brightest hue on all her prospects. The […]

THE SHRILL TRUMPET OF ADMONITION – Charles Spurgeon

THE SHRILL TRUMPET OF ADMONITION – Charles Spurgeon THE SHRILL TRUMPET OF ADMONITION “Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed. […]

THE SWEET HARP OF CONSOLATION – Charles Spurgeon

THE SWEET HARP OF CONSOLATION – Charles Spurgeon THE SWEET HARP OF CONSOLATION “Fear not; for I am with you.” Isaiah 41:10. WE sometimes speak and think very lightly of doubts and fears; but such is not God’s estimate of them. Our heavenly Father evidently considers them to be great evils, extremely mischievous to us, […]

JESUS PUTTING AWAY SIN – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS PUTTING AWAY SIN – Charles Spurgeon JESUS PUTTING AWAY SIN “…now once in the end of the age has He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.” Hebrews 9:26. WHEN the conscience is unenlightened and the heart is rebellious, man is divided from his God by a false sense of personal […]

THE GLORIOUS GOSPEL OF THE BLESSED GOD – Charles Spurgeon

THE GLORIOUS GOSPEL OF THE BLESSED GOD – Charles Spurgeon THE GLORIOUS GOSPEL OF THE BLESSED GOD “According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.” 1 Timothy 1:11. THIS verse occurs just after a long list of sins, which the apostle declares to be contrary to sound doctrine; […]

IN THE HAY FIELD – Charles Spurgeon

IN THE HAY FIELD – Charles Spurgeon IN THE HAY FIELD “He causes the grass to grow for the cattle.” Psalm 104:14. WE who are condemned to live in this great wilderness of brick are very likely to forget the seasons altogether; and our friends who live out in the green country, and see the […]

WORK – Charles Spurgeon

WORK – Charles Spurgeon WORK “I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day: the night comes, when no man can work.” John 9:4. You observe that a very speculative question had been put to our Lord, and His answer to that very speculative question is, “I must work.” His […]

ALIVE OR DEAD —WHICH? – Charles Spurgeon

ALIVE OR DEAD —WHICH? – Charles Spurgeon ALIVE OR DEAD —WHICH? “He that has the Son has life; and he that has not the Son of God has not life.” 1 John 5:12. LAST Sunday morning we addressed you upon the gracious operations of the Holy Spirit in the believer, and upon the glorious fact […]

THE SAINT AND THE SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon

THE SAINT AND THE SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon THE SAINT AND THE SPIRIT “But you know Him; for He dwells with you, and shall be in you.” John 14:17. THE Holy Spirit, although He is the most active, most potent, and most real worker in the world, is not discerned by the mass of mankind. […]

NAZARETH—OR, JESUS REJECTED BY HIS FRIENDS – Charles Spurgeon

NAZARETH—OR, JESUS REJECTED BY HIS FRIENDS – Charles Spurgeon NAZARETH—OR, JESUS REJECTED BY HIS FRIENDS “And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up, and thrust Him out of the city, and they led Him unto the brow of the hill on which their city was […]

THE KING IN HIS BEAUTY – Charles Spurgeon

THE KING IN HIS BEAUTY – Charles Spurgeon THE KING IN HIS BEAUTY “Your eyes shall see the king in His beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.” Isaiah 33:17. WHEN the Assyrians had invaded Judea with an immense army, and were about to attack Jerusalem, Rabshakeh was sent with a […]

MORE THAN CONQUERORS – Charles Spurgeon

MORE THAN CONQUERORS – Charles Spurgeon MORE THAN CONQUERORS “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” Romans 8:37. THE distinguishing mark of a Christian is his confidence in the Christ’s love, and the yielding of his affections to Christ in return. First, faith sets her seal upon […]

A TRIUMPHAL ENTRANCE – Charles Spurgeon

A TRIUMPHAL ENTRANCE – Charles Spurgeon A TRIUMPHAL ENTRANCE “Lift up your heads, O you gates; even lift them up, you everlasting doors; and the King of Glory shall come in.” Psalm 24:9. ON Monday evening we expounded this Psalm. We then enlarged upon the glorious ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ, and His triumphal […]

THE RIGHTEOUS HOLDING ON HIS WAY – Charles Spurgeon

THE RIGHTEOUS HOLDING ON HIS WAY – Charles Spurgeon THE RIGHTEOUS HOLDING ON HIS WAY “The righteous also shall hold on his way.” Job 17:9. WE are thrice happy in having a goodly number of young beginners in our midst. Our springtide is cheered and beautified with many blossoms of hopeful converts. They have just […]

SELF-HUMBLING – Charles Spurgeon

SELF-HUMBLING – Charles Spurgeon SELF-HUMBLING “Because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God, when you heard His words against this place, and against the inhabitants, and you humbled yourself before Me, and you tore your clothes, and wept before Me; I also have heard you, says the Lord.” 2 Chronicles 34:27. JOSIAH […]

“MAKE THIS VALLEY FULL OF DITCHES” – Charles Spurgeon

“MAKE THIS VALLEY FULL OF DITCHES” – Charles Spurgeon “MAKE THIS VALLEY FULL OF DITCHES” “And he said, Thus says the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches. For thus says the Lord, You shall not see wind, neither shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that you may drink, […]

THE END OF THE RIGHTEOUS DESIRED – Charles Spurgeon

THE END OF THE RIGHTEOUS DESIRED – Charles Spurgeon THE END OF THE RIGHTEOUS DESIRED “Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!” Numbers 23:10. CARLYLE, in his History of the French Revolution, tells us of a Duke of Orleans who did not believe in death; so […]

THE UNSEARCHABLE RICHES OF CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

THE UNSEARCHABLE RICHES OF CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon THE UNSEARCHABLE RICHES OF CHRIST “Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.” Ephesians 3:8. THE apostle Paul felt it to be a great privilege to be allowed […]

JESUS AT BETHESDA—OR, WAITING CHANGED FOR BELIEVING – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS AT BETHESDA—OR, WAITING CHANGED FOR BELIEVING – Charles Spurgeon JESUS AT BETHESDA—OR, WAITING CHANGED FOR BELIEVING “After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market, a pool which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In […]

EPHRAIM BEMOANING HIMSELF – Charles Spurgeon

EPHRAIM BEMOANING HIMSELF – Charles Spurgeon EPHRAIM BEMOANING HIMSELF “I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus: You have chastised me, and I was chastised as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn You me, and I shall be turned, for You are the Lord my God.” Jeremiah 31:18. THE heathen described their fabled deity, […]

A SERMON TO OPEN NEGLECTERS AND NOMINAL FOLLOWERS OF RELIGION – Charles Spurgeon

A SERMON TO OPEN NEGLECTERS AND NOMINAL FOLLOWERS OF RELIGION – Charles Spurgeon A SERMON TO OPEN NEGLECTERS AND NOMINAL FOLLOWERS OF RELIGION “But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go, work today in my vineyard.’ He answered and said, ‘I will not:’ […]

A TROUBLED PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon

A TROUBLED PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon A TROUBLED PRAYER “Look upon my affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.” Psalm 25:18. IF this Psalm were indeed written by David at the time when his son Absalom had raised the rebellion against him, we can readily understand the distinction which he draws between his […]

STEPHEN’S MARTYRDOM – Charles Spurgeon

STEPHEN’S MARTYRDOM – Charles Spurgeon STEPHEN’S MARTYRDOM “But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” […]

THE SIN OFFERING – Charles Spurgeon

THE SIN OFFERING – Charles Spurgeon THE SIN OFFERING “If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he has sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the Lord for a sin offering.” Leviticus 4:3. IN the previous chapters of the book of Leviticus you read […]

GRIEVE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon

GRIEVE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon GRIEVE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT “And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby you are sealed unto the day of redemption.” Ephesians 4:30. IT is a very clear proof of the personality of the Holy Spirit that He can be grieved. Now, it would be very […]

GOD—ALL IN ALL – Charles Spurgeon

GOD—ALL IN ALL – Charles Spurgeon GOD—ALL IN ALL “When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble? And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him? Whether it is done against a nation, or against a man only.” Job 34:29. WE commenced our special services with a sermon of encouragement, by which […]

A HAPPY CHRISTIAN – Charles Spurgeon

A HAPPY CHRISTIAN – Charles Spurgeon A HAPPY CHRISTIAN “And the Lord shall guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and make fat your bones: and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.” Isaiah 58:11. IT is very important that our preaching should […]

LOVING ADVICE FOR ANXIOUS SEEKERS – Charles Spurgeon

LOVING ADVICE FOR ANXIOUS SEEKERS – Charles Spurgeon LOVING ADVICE FOR ANXIOUS SEEKERS “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally, and upbraids not; and it shall be given him.” James 1:5. IF YOU are acquainted with the context, you will at once perceive that this verse […]

THE DAWN OF REVIVAL, OR PRAYER SPEEDILY ANSWERED – Charles Spurgeon

THE DAWN OF REVIVAL, OR PRAYER SPEEDILY ANSWERED – Charles Spurgeon THE DAWN OF REVIVAL, OR PRAYER SPEEDILY ANSWERED “At the beginning of your supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to show you; for you are greatly beloved.” Daniel 9:23. PRAYER is useful in a thousand ways. It is spiritually what the […]

UNSTAGGERING FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

UNSTAGGERING FAITH – Charles Spurgeon UNSTAGGERING FAITH “And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb. He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God, […]

THE HEART—A DEN OF EVIL – Charles Spurgeon

THE HEART—A DEN OF EVIL – Charles Spurgeon THE HEART—A DEN OF EVIL “For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.” Matthew 15:19. WE cannot too often insist upon it that religion is a matter of the heart. It is the besetting sin of man to forget that […]

A WORD IN SEASON – Charles Spurgeon

A WORD IN SEASON – Charles Spurgeon A WORD IN SEASON “When men are cast down, then you shall say, There is lifting up; and He shall save the humble person.” Job 22:29. ALTHOUGH we cannot take everything that Eliphaz the Temanite happened to say as being of divine authority, the immediate inspiration of the […]

LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED – Charles Spurgeon

LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED – Charles Spurgeon LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED “Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in Me.” John 14:1. THE disciples had been like lambs carried in the warm bosom of a loving Shepherd. They were now about to be left by Him, […]

CHEERING WORDS AND SOLEMN WARNINGS – Charles Spurgeon

CHEERING WORDS AND SOLEMN WARNINGS – Charles Spurgeon CHEERING WORDS AND SOLEMN WARNINGS “Say you to the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given him.” Isaiah […]

GOOD CHEER FOR THE NEW YEAR – Charles Spurgeon

GOOD CHEER FOR THE NEW YEAR – Charles Spurgeon GOOD CHEER FOR THE NEW YEAR “The eyes of the Lord your God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.” Deuteronomy 11:12. THE Israelites had sojourned for a while in Egypt, a land which only produces […]

GOD INCARNATE, THE END OF FEAR – Charles Spurgeon

GOD INCARNATE, THE END OF FEAR – Charles Spurgeon GOD INCARNATE, THE END OF FEAR “And the angel said unto them, Fear not.” Luke 2:10. NO SOONER did the angel of the Lord appear to the shepherds, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, than they were sorely afraid. It had come […]

ETERNAL LIFE – Charles Spurgeon

ETERNAL LIFE – Charles Spurgeon ETERNAL LIFE “And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand.” John 10:28. SOME will say that this is a mixed congregation, and that such a doctrine as this should not be advanced in the presence of […]

A MESSAGE FROM GOD TO HIS CHURCH AND PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon

A MESSAGE FROM GOD TO HIS CHURCH AND PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon A MESSAGE FROM GODTO  HIS CHURCH AND PEOPLE “O Lord, I have heard Your speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years! In the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy.” Habakkuk […]

HIS NAME—THE EVERLASTING FATHER – Charles Spurgeon

HIS NAME—THE EVERLASTING FATHER – Charles Spurgeon HIS NAME—THE EVERLASTING FATHER “The everlasting Father.” Isaiah 9:6. HOW complex is the person of our Lord Jesus Christ! Almost in the same breath the prophet calls Him a “child,” and a “counselor,” a “son,” and “the everlasting Father.” This is no contradiction, and to us scarcely a […]

THE ROOT THAT BEARS WORMWOOD – Charles Spurgeon

THE ROOT THAT BEARS WORMWOOD – Charles Spurgeon THE ROOT THAT BEARS WORMWOOD “Lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood.” Deuteronomy 29:18. THE people of Israel, after all the wonderful things which God had done for them, should have felt themselves bound forever to their father’s God. They had […]

THE CAPTIVE SAVIOR FREEING HIS PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon

THE CAPTIVE SAVIOR FREEING HIS PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon THE CAPTIVE SAVIOR FREEING HIS PEOPLE “Jesus answered, ‘I have told you that I am He. Therefore, if you seek Me let these go their way,’ that the saying might be fulfilled, which He spoke, ‘Of those whom You gave Me have I lost none.’ ” […]

THE LAST ENEMY DESTROYED – Charles Spurgeon

THE LAST ENEMY DESTROYED – Charles Spurgeon THE LAST ENEMY DESTROYED “The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.” 1 Corinthians 15:26. OUR Savior stooped to the lowest depths of degradation, He shall be exalted to the topmost heights of glory. “Being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient […]

THE GOSPEL’S HEALING POWER – Charles Spurgeon

THE GOSPEL’S HEALING POWER – Charles Spurgeon THE GOSPEL’S HEALING POWER “And it came to pass on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was […]

PRAYING IN THE HOLY SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon

PRAYING IN THE HOLY SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon PRAYING IN THE HOLY SPIRIT “Praying in the Holy Spirit.” Jude 1:20. THESE words occur in a passage where the apostle is indicating the contrast between the ungodly and the godly. The ungodly are mocking, speaking great swelling words, and walking after their ungodly lusts, while the […]

THE STANDARD UPLIFTED IN THE FACE OF THE FOE – Charles Spurgeon

THE STANDARD UPLIFTED IN THE FACE OF THE FOE – Charles Spurgeon THE STANDARD UPLIFTED IN THE FACE OF THE FOE “When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.” Isaiah 59:19. THE Hebrew seems to be very difficult to interpret in this […]

PRAY FOR JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

PRAY FOR JESUS – Charles Spurgeon PRAY FOR JESUS “Prayer also shall be made for Him continually.” Psalm 72:15. HAVING on one or two occasions made use of the phrase, “praying for King Jesus,” I have been somewhat surprised to find that it was not understood, and I have been rather astonished at receiving several […]

THE CHURCH AWAKENED – Charles Spurgeon

THE CHURCH AWAKENED – Charles Spurgeon THE CHURCH AWAKENED  “Therefore He says: ‘Awake, you who sleeps, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.’” Ephesians 5:14. WE have not time this evening to enter into the question as to where this quotation came from. There does not appear to be one exactly like […]

CHILDREN’S BREAD GIVEN TO DOGS – Charles Spurgeon

CHILDREN’S BREAD GIVEN TO DOGS – Charles Spurgeon CHILDREN’S BREAD GIVEN TO DOGS “And she said, Truth, Lord: yet even the little dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.” Matthew 15:27. IN this narrative we have the portrait of a soul for which a sure blessing is reserved. If the story […]

A SAVIOR SUCH AS YOU NEED – Charles Spurgeon

A SAVIOR SUCH AS YOU NEED – Charles Spurgeon A SAVIOR SUCH AS YOU NEED “But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us: for after He had said before, ‘This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord, I will put My laws into their hearts, and in […]

SOUL MURDER—WHO IS GUILTY? – Charles Spurgeon

SOUL MURDER—WHO IS GUILTY? – Charles Spurgeon SOUL MURDER—WHO IS GUILTY? “Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, The God of my salvation, And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.” Psalm 51:14. DAVID had been grossly guilty towards his faithful and veteran friend Uriah. He had given instructions that Uriah should […]

WAR WITH AMALEK – Charles Spurgeon

WAR WITH AMALEK – Charles Spurgeon WAR WITH AMALEK “Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.” Exodus 17:8. THERE were two great trials which the children of Israel had to endure in passing onward to the promised rest—their needs and their enemies; but I must add a third, which sprang out of these […]

A FEAST FOR FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

A FEAST FOR FAITH – Charles Spurgeon A FEAST FOR FAITH “This also comes forth from the Lord of hosts, who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in working.” Isaiah 28:29. ISAIAH admired the farmer’s skill in his calling. He mentions with admiration the various methods adopted by the farmer in the rotation of crops, […]

THE GREAT WHITE THRONE – Charles Spurgeon

THE GREAT WHITE THRONE – Charles Spurgeon THE GREAT WHITE THRONE “And I saw a great white throne, and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.” Revelation 20:11. MANY of the visions which John saw are very obscure, and […]

KICKING AGAINST THE PRICKS – Charles Spurgeon

KICKING AGAINST THE PRICKS – Charles Spurgeon KICKING AGAINST THE PRICKS “It is hard for you to kick against the pricks.” Acts 9:5. THIS expression is highly characteristic of the Savior from its figurative form. While He was on earth, He spoke to the people in parables; and speaking out of heaven, in this instance, […]

THE BLOOD OF ABEL AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

THE BLOOD OF ABEL AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon THE BLOOD OF ABEL AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS “And He said, ‘What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.’” Genesis 4:10. “And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the […]

HEAVENLY GEOMETRY – Charles Spurgeon

HEAVENLY GEOMETRY – Charles Spurgeon HEAVENLY GEOMETRY “That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all […]

FIELDS WHITE FOR HARVEST – Charles Spurgeon

FIELDS WHITE FOR HARVEST – Charles Spurgeon FIELDS WHITE FOR HARVEST “Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, Lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest.” John 4:35. MANY unbelieving Christians have a very large […]

THE VOICE OF CHOLERA – Charles Spurgeon

THE VOICE OF CHOLERA – Charles Spurgeon THE VOICE OF CHOLERA “Can two walk together, except they are agreed? Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing? Will a bird fall in a snare on the earth, […]

HEZEKIAH AND THE AMBASSADORS—OR, VAINGLORY REBUKED – Charles Spurgeon

HEZEKIAH AND THE AMBASSADORS—OR, VAINGLORY REBUKED – Charles Spurgeon HEZEKIAH AND THE AMBASSADORS—OR, VAINGLORY REBUKED “At that time Berodach-Baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick. And Hezekiah was attentive to them, and showed them all the house of his […]

SALVATION ALTOGETHER BY GRACE – Charles Spurgeon

SALVATION ALTOGETHER BY GRACE – Charles Spurgeon SALVATION ALTOGETHER BY GRACE “Who has saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the world began.” 2 Timothy 1:9. IF we would influence thoughtful […]

PETER’S THREE CALLS – Charles Spurgeon

PETER’S THREE CALLS – Charles Spurgeon PETER’S THREE CALLS “The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.” John 1:37. “And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. Then He said to them, Follow […]

SEEING AND NOT SEEING—OR, MEN AS TREES WALKING – Charles Spurgeon

SEEING AND NOT SEEING—OR, MEN AS TREES WALKING – Charles Spurgeon SEEING AND NOT SEEING—OR, MEN AS TREES WALKING “And He came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man unto Him, and besought Him to touch him. And He took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and […]

ORDER AND ARGUMENT IN PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon

ORDER AND ARGUMENT IN PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon ORDER AND ARGUMENT IN PRAYER “Oh that I knew where I might find Him! That I might come even to His seat! I would present my case before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.” Job 23:3, 4. IN Job’s uttermost extremity he cried after the Lord. […]

SIN CONDEMNED AND EXECUTED BY CHRIST JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

SIN CONDEMNED AND EXECUTED BY CHRIST JESUS – Charles Spurgeon SIN CONDEMNED AND EXECUTED BY CHRIST JESUS “For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh.” […]

SEEING IS NOT BELIEVING, BUT BELIEVING IS SEEING – Charles Spurgeon

SEEING IS NOT BELIEVING, BUT BELIEVING IS SEEING – Charles Spurgeon SEEING IS NOT BELIEVING, BUT BELIEVING IS SEEING “Whom having not seen, you love; though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.” […]

GOD’S CURE FOR MAN’S WEAKNESS – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S CURE FOR MAN’S WEAKNESS – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S CURE FOR MAN’S WEAKNESS “Out of weakness were made strong.” Hebrews 11:34. SOME kinds of weakness are of God’s appointment and necessarily incident to manhood; they are not sinful, and therefore we may continue to be subject to them without regret. In reference to such weaknesses […]

TURNING BACK IN THE DAY OF BATTLE ON A WEEKDAY. – Charles Spurgeon

TURNING BACK IN THE DAY OF BATTLE ON A WEEKDAY. – Charles Spurgeon TURNING BACK IN THE DAY OF BATTLE ON A WEEKDAY. “The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.” Psalm 78:9. I DO not think that it has ever been clearly ascertained to what particular […]

THE AXE AT THE ROOT—A TESTIMONY AGAINST PUSEYITE IDOLATRY – Charles Spurgeon

THE AXE AT THE ROOT—A TESTIMONY AGAINST PUSEYITE IDOLATRY – Charles Spurgeon THE AXE AT THE ROOT—A TESTIMONY AGAINST PUSEYITE IDOLATRY “But the hour is coming , and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit […]

SIN LAID ON JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

SIN LAID ON JESUS – Charles Spurgeon SIN LAID ON JESUS “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” Isaiah 53:6. THE verse opens with a confession of sin common to all the persons intended in […]

THE GARDEN OF THE SOUL – Charles Spurgeon

THE GARDEN OF THE SOUL – Charles Spurgeon THE GARDEN OF THE SOUL “A place called Gethsemane.” Matthew 26:36. THOUGH I have taken only these few words for my text, I shall endeavor to bring the whole narrative before your mind’s eyes. It is a part of the teaching of Holy Writ that man is […]

JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING – Charles Spurgeon

JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING – Charles Spurgeon JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING “Joy and peace in believing.” Romans 15:13. I WOULD address myself this morning to a special class, and if there should be no spiritual instruction for others, I trust that they will follow what is said with their prayers, that the word […]

AN IMMOVABLE FOUNDATION – Charles Spurgeon

AN IMMOVABLE FOUNDATION – Charles Spurgeon AN IMMOVABLE FOUNDATION “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” Psalm 11:3. WE are walking along through the vineyard of this psalm, plucking the clusters on the right hand, and on the left, when suddenly, with a tremendous roar, the “if” of our text, like a […]

A LESSON FROM THE GREAT PANIC – Charles Spurgeon

A LESSON FROM THE GREAT PANIC – Charles Spurgeon A LESSON FROM THE GREAT PANIC “The removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.” Hebrews 12:27. IT is a most popular error that the world stands still, and is fixed and […]

TEMPTATIONS ON THE PINNACLE – Charles Spurgeon

TEMPTATIONS ON THE PINNACLE – Charles Spurgeon TEMPTATIONS ON THE PINNACLE “Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down, for it is written, ‘He shall give His angels charge over You,’ […]

SWEET SAVOR – Charles Spurgeon

SWEET SAVOR – Charles Spurgeon SWEET SAVOR “I will accept you with your sweet savor.” Ezekiel 20:41. GOD does not cease to observe the sins of His people. As the eyes of Moses never waxed dim, so the eyes of God do not grow dim with regard to the sins of His chosen. We may […]

MESSENGERS WANTED – Charles Spurgeon

MESSENGERS WANTED – Charles Spurgeon MESSENGERS WANTED “Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.” Isaiah 6:8. GOD’S great remedy for man’s ruin of man is the sacrifice of His dear Son. He proclaims to the […]

OBEDIENCE BETTER THAN SACRIFICE – Charles Spurgeon

OBEDIENCE BETTER THAN SACRIFICE – Charles Spurgeon OBEDIENCE BETTER THAN SACRIFICE “Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.” 1 Samuel 15:22. SAUL had been commanded to utterly slay all the Amalekites and their cattle. Instead of doing so, he spared the king, and allowed his people to […]

HEEDLESSNESS IN RELIGION – Charles Spurgeon

HEEDLESSNESS IN RELIGION – Charles Spurgeon HEEDLESSNESS IN RELIGION “But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart; for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, who had made Israel sin.” 2 Kings 10:31. JEHU was raised up by God to be a […]

HOPE, YET NO HOPE—NO HOPE, YET HOPE – Charles Spurgeon

HOPE, YET NO HOPE—NO HOPE, YET HOPE – Charles Spurgeon HOPE, YET NO HOPE—NO HOPE, YET HOPE “You are wearied in the greatness of your way; yet you did not say, There is no hope.” Isaiah 57:10. “And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will […]

DIVINE GENTLENESS ACKNOWLEDGED – Charles Spurgeon

DIVINE GENTLENESS ACKNOWLEDGED – Charles Spurgeon DIVINE GENTLENESS ACKNOWLEDGED “Your gentleness has made me great.” Psalm 18:35. THERE are several interpretations of this text. A moment will suffice to give them to you. The word is capable of being translated, “Your goodness has made me great.” David saw much of benevolence in God’s action towards […]

FUTURE PUNISHMENT A FEARFUL THING – Charles Spurgeon

FUTURE PUNISHMENT A FEARFUL THING – Charles Spurgeon FUTURE PUNISHMENT A FEARFUL THING “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” Hebrews 10:31. YOU will most cheerfully bear me witness that my most frequent subjects are the mercy and abundant loving kindness of our God in Jesus Christ, and […]

EYES OPENED – Charles Spurgeon

EYES OPENED – Charles Spurgeon EYES OPENED “And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water.” Genesis 21:19. “And their eyes were opened, and they knew Him.” Luke 24:31. THE fall of man was most disastrous in its results to our entire being. “In the day that you eat thereof you shall […]

HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN HIM? – Charles Spurgeon

HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN HIM? – Charles Spurgeon HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN HIM? Genesis 41:9. NO single power or faculty of man escaped damage at the fall—while the affections were polluted, the will was made perverse, the judgment was shifted from its proper balance, and the memory lost much of its power and more of its integrity. […]

THE AMEN – Charles Spurgeon

THE AMEN – Charles Spurgeon THE AMEN “The Amen.” Revelation 3:14. THE word “Amen” is much fuller of meaning than may be supposed, and as a title of our Lord Jesus Christ it is eminently suggestive. As you know the word is a Hebrew one which has been very properly conveyed not only into our […]

PRAISE YOUR GOD, O ZION! – Charles Spurgeon

PRAISE YOUR GOD, O ZION! – Charles Spurgeon PRAISE YOUR GOD, O ZION! “And when He was come near, even now at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen, saying, […]

FAITH VERSUS SIGHT – Charles Spurgeon

FAITH VERSUS SIGHT – Charles Spurgeon FAITH VERSUS SIGHT “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” 2 Corinthians 5:7. I THINK the apostle is explaining here how it was he could say, that while he was at home in the body, he was absent from the Lord; and through what means he felt that […]

MAN’S THOUGHTS AND GOD’S THOUGHTS – Charles Spurgeon

MAN’S THOUGHTS AND GOD’S THOUGHTS – Charles Spurgeon MAN’S THOUGHTS AND GOD’S THOUGHTS “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8, 9. […]

SPRING IN THE HEART – Charles Spurgeon

SPRING IN THE HEART – Charles Spurgeon SPRING IN THE HEART “You bless the springing thereof.” Psalm 65:10. THERE is something very delightful in the springtime of nature, and though other seasons excel in fullness, spring must always bear the palm for freshness and beauty. We are accustomed to thank God when the harvest hours […]

THE MIGHTY ARM – Charles Spurgeon

THE MIGHTY ARM – Charles Spurgeon THE MIGHTY ARM “You have a mighty arm: strong is Your hand, and high is Your right hand.” Psalm 89:13. WE are, during the coming week, humbly but earnestly to beseech of God for days of refreshing and seasons of revival. It is well for us at the outset […]

SECRET SINS DRIVEN OUT BY STINGING HORNETS – Charles Spurgeon

SECRET SINS DRIVEN OUT BY STINGING HORNETS – Charles Spurgeon SECRET SINS DRIVEN OUT BY STINGING HORNETS “Moreover the Lord your God will send the hornet among them until those who are left, who hide themselves from you, are destroyed.” Deuteronomy 7:20. LET us spiritualize the story of the conquest of Canaan by the children […]

THE RAVENS’ CRY – Charles Spurgeon

THE RAVENS’ CRY – Charles Spurgeon THE RAVENS’ CRY “He gives to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.” Psalm 147:9. I SHALL open this sermon with a quotation. I must give you, in Caryl’s own words his note upon ravens. “Naturalists tell us, that when the raven has fed his […]

HE REWARD OF THE RIGHTEOUS – Charles Spurgeon

HE REWARD OF THE RIGHTEOUS – Charles Spurgeon THE REWARD OF THE RIGHTEOUS “When the Son of man shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit upon the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from […]

FROST AND THAW – Charles Spurgeon

FROST AND THAW – Charles Spurgeon FROST AND THAW “He gives snow like wool: He scatters the frost like ashes. He casts out His hail like morsels; who can stand before His cold? He sends out His word, and melts them: He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow.” Psalm 147:16-18. LOOKING out […]

OPEN HEART FOR THE GREAT SAVIOR – Charles Spurgeon

OPEN HEART FOR THE GREAT SAVIOR – Charles Spurgeon OPEN HEART FOR THE GREAT SAVIOR “But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them who believe on His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of […]

UNITY IN CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

UNITY IN CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon UNITY IN CHRIST “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one; as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be one in Us: that the world […]

LAST THINGS – Charles Spurgeon

LAST THINGS – Charles Spurgeon LAST THINGS “At the last.” Proverbs 5:11 THE wise man saw the young and simple straying into the house of the strange woman. The house seemed so completely different from what he knew it to be, that he desired to shed a light upon it, that the young man might […]

HOLY WORK FOR CHRISTMAS – Charles Spurgeon

HOLY WORK FOR CHRISTMAS – Charles Spurgeon HOLY WORK FOR CHRISTMAS “And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this Child. And all they who heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered […]

OPEN HOUSE FOR ALL COMERS – Charles Spurgeon

OPEN HOUSE FOR ALL COMERS – Charles Spurgeon OPEN HOUSE FOR ALL COMERS “This man receives sinners, and eats with them.” Luke 15:2. IT is not very unusual that the Pharisees could not understand the Savior’s mode of action—not only because self-righteousness and bigotry had blinded their eyes, and callousness of heart to the interest […]

EARLY AND LATE – Charles Spurgeon

EARLY AND LATE – Charles Spurgeon EARLY AND LATE “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. . . And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace. . . Again he went out […]

WALKING IN THE LIGHT AND WASHED IN THE BLOOD – Charles Spurgeon

WALKING IN THE LIGHT AND WASHED IN THE BLOOD – Charles Spurgeon WALKING IN THE LIGHT AND WASHED IN THE BLOOD “But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.” 1 John […]

CONSOLATION IN THE FURNACE – Charles Spurgeon

CONSOLATION IN THE FURNACE – Charles Spurgeon CONSOLATION IN THE FURNACE “He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt. And the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.” Daniel 3:25. THE narrative of the glorious boldness and marvelous […]

GREAT ARBITRATION CASE – Charles Spurgeon

GREAT ARBITRATION CASE – Charles Spurgeon GREAT ARBITRATION CASE “Neither is there any mediator between us, who might lay his hand on us both.” Job 9:33. THE patriarch Job, when reasoning with the Lord concerning his great affliction, felt himself to be at a disadvantage, and declined the controversy, saying, “He is not a man, […]

LIGHT—NATURAL AND SPIRITUAL – Charles Spurgeon

LIGHT—NATURAL AND SPIRITUAL – Charles Spurgeon LIGHT—NATURAL AND SPIRITUAL “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: […]

SIMEON – Charles Spurgeon

SIMEON – Charles Spurgeon SIMEON “And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was upon him.” Luke 2:25 (NKJV). WHAT a biography of a man! How short and yet how complete! We have […]

FROM THE DUNGHILL TO THE THRONE – Charles Spurgeon

FROM THE DUNGHILL TO THE THRONE – Charles Spurgeon FROM THE DUNGHILL TO THE THRONE “He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the dunghill; that He may set him with princes, even with the princes of His people.” Psalm 113:7, 8. THE greatness and majesty of the […]

SATANIC HINDRANCES – Charles Spurgeon

SATANIC HINDRANCES – Charles Spurgeon SATANIC HINDRANCES “Satan hindered us.” 1 Thessalonians 2:18. PAUL, and Silas, and Timothy, were very desirous to visit the Church at Thessalonica, but they were unable to do so for the singular reason announced in the text, namely, “Satan hindered us.” It was not from want of will, for they […]

PRECEDING GRACE – Charles Spurgeon

PRECEDING GRACE – Charles Spurgeon PRECEDING GRACE “When it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, to reveal His Son in me.” Galatians 1:15-16. YOU all know the story of the apostle Paul; he had been a persecutor, and went armed with letters to Damascus to hail […]

THE GREAT ITINERANT – Charles Spurgeon

THE GREAT ITINERANT – Charles Spurgeon THE GREAT ITINERANT “Who went about doing good.” Acts 10:38. YOU will observe, if you read the chapter before us, that Peter’s sermon was short and much to the point. He preached Jesus Christ to Cornelius immediately and unmistakably. He gave a very admirable sketch of the life of […]

MEMORY—THE HANDMAID OF HOPE – Charles Spurgeon

MEMORY—THE HANDMAID OF HOPE – Charles Spurgeon MEMORY—THE HANDMAID OF HOPE “This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.” Lamentations 3:21. MEMORY is very often the servant of despondency. Despairing minds call to remembrance every dark foreboding in the past and every gloomy feature in the present. Memory stands like a handmaiden clothed […]

A BLOW FOR PUSEYISM – Charles Spurgeon

A BLOW FOR PUSEYISM – Charles Spurgeon A BLOW FOR PUSEYISM “It is the Spirit who quickens; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” John 6:63. OUR Lord had plainly told His hearers that He was the Bread of Life; and that except they […]

JESUS THE SHEPHERD – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS THE SHEPHERD – Charles Spurgeon JESUS THE SHEPHERD “He shall feed His flock like a shepherd.” Isaiah 40:11. OUR Lord Jesus is very frequently described as the Shepherd of His people. The figure is inexhaustible, but it has been so often handled that I suppose it would be difficult to say anything fresh upon […]

A SERMON FROM A RUSH – Charles Spurgeon

A SERMON FROM A RUSH – Charles Spurgeon A SERMON FROM A RUSH “Can the rush grow up without a marsh? Can the reeds grow without water? While it is yet green and not cut down, it withers before any other plant. So are the paths of all who forget God. And the hypocrite’s hope […]

JUDGMENT THREATENING BUT MERCY SPARING – Charles Spurgeon

JUDGMENT THREATENING BUT MERCY SPARING – Charles Spurgeon JUDGMENT THREATENING BUT MERCY SPARING “Cut it down; why does it use up the ground? But he answered and said to him, Lord, let it alone this year also.” Luke 13:7, 8. THE comparison of a man to a tree and of human works to fruit is […]

SONGS FOR DESOLATE HEARTS – Charles Spurgeon

SONGS FOR DESOLATE HEARTS – Charles Spurgeon SONGS FOR DESOLATE HEARTS “Sing, O barren, you who did not bear. Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, says the Lord.” Isaiah 54:1. IT was […]

DEGREES OF POWER ATTENDING THE GOSPEL – Charles Spurgeon

DEGREES OF POWER ATTENDING THE GOSPEL – Charles Spurgeon DEGREES OF POWER ATTENDING THE GOSPEL “For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; as you know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.” 1 Thessalonians 1:5. […]

HEART’S EASE – Charles Spurgeon

HEART’S EASE – Charles Spurgeon HEART’S EASE “He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.” Psalm 112:7. THE last month has been a peculiarly gloomy season. Evil tidings have followed on one another’s heels like Job’s messengers. Epidemics have been rampant among our families, and many are […]

IN WHOM ARE YOU TRUSTING? – Charles Spurgeon

IN WHOM ARE YOU TRUSTING? – Charles Spurgeon IN WHOM ARE YOU TRUSTING? “Now in whom do you trust?” Isaiah 36:5. THAT question may not be without importance in matters of ordinary life. We have all to trust our fellows, more or less, and I suppose we have all had to smart in some degree, […]

THE BLIND MAN’S EARNEST CRIES – Charles Spurgeon

THE BLIND MAN’S EARNEST CRIES – Charles Spurgeon THE BLIND MAN’S EARNEST CRIES “And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy upon me! And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great […]

GOD’S WITNESSES – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S WITNESSES – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S WITNESSES “You are My witnesses, says the Lord, and My servant, whom I have chosen.” Isaiah 43:10. YOU, most of you, know that I am incessantly engaged every hour in the week either in preaching the gospel or in endeavoring to discharge the multifarious duties connected with this immense […]

NO TEARS IN HEAVEN – Charles Spurgeon

NO TEARS IN HEAVEN – Charles Spurgeon NO TEARS IN HEAVEN “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.” Revelation 7:17. IT is an ill thing to be always mourning, sighing, and complaining concerning the present. However dark it may be, we may surely recall some fond remembrances of the past. There were […]

WITHHOLDING CORN – Charles Spurgeon

WITHHOLDING CORN – Charles Spurgeon WITHHOLDING CORN “He who withholds corn, the people shall curse him, but blessing shall be upon the head of him who sells it.” Proverbs 11:26. IF I dared, I would always preach upon the comfortable promises and gracious doctrines of God’s Word; I find it most delightful and easy work […]

CONFESSION OF SIN – Charles Spurgeon

CONFESSION OF SIN – Charles Spurgeon CONFESSION OF SIN ILLUSTRATED BY THE CASES OF DR. PRITCHARD AND CONSTANCE KENT “I acknowledged my sin unto You, and my iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord, and You forgave the iniquity of my sin.” Psalm 32:5. DAVID’S grief for […]

THE GOSPEL’S POWER IN A CHRISTIAN’S LIFE – Charles Spurgeon

THE GOSPEL’S POWER IN A CHRISTIAN’S LIFE – Charles Spurgeon THE GOSPEL’S POWER IN A CHRISTIAN’S LIFE “Only let your conversation be as it becomes the gospel of Christ.” Philippians 1:27. THE word “conversation” does not merely mean our talk, one with another, but the whole course of our life and behavior in the world. […]

ZEALOTS – Charles Spurgeon

ZEALOTS – Charles Spurgeon ZEALOTS “Simon called the Zealot.” Luke 6:15. SIMON, called the Zealot, has apparently two surnames in Scripture, but they mean the same thing. He is called Simon the Canaanite in Hebrew—not because he was an inhabitant of Cana or a Canaanite, but that word, when interpreted, means precisely the same as […]

WHO ARE THE ELECT? – Charles Spurgeon

WHO ARE THE ELECT? – Charles Spurgeon WHO ARE THE ELECT? “And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him, for this is he.” 1 Samuel 16:12. SAMUEL was sent to Bethlehem to discover the object of God’s election. This would have been a very difficult task if the God who sent him had not accompanied him, […]

THE DOVE’S RETURN TO THE ARK – Charles Spurgeon

THE DOVE’S RETURN TO THE ARK – Charles Spurgeon THE DOVE’S RETURN TO THE ARK “But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. Then he put forth his hand and took her, […]

THE CHURCH’S LOVE TO HER LOVING LORD – Charles Spurgeon

THE CHURCH’S LOVE TO HER LOVING LORD – Charles Spurgeon THE CHURCH’S LOVE TO HER LOVING LORD “Tell me, O You whom my soul loves, where You feed, where You make Your flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one who turns aside by the flocks of Your companions?” Song of […]

ARE YOU PREPARED TO DIE? – Charles Spurgeon

ARE YOU PREPARED TO DIE? – Charles Spurgeon ARE YOU PREPARED TO DIE? “How will you do in the swelling of Jordan?” Jeremiah 12:5. CANAAN may be considered as a type of two states or conditions in the Christian’s life. It was the land of rest to the children of Israel after a weary pilgrimage […]

CHRISTIANS KEPT IN TIME AND GLORIFIED IN ETERNITY – Charles Spurgeon

CHRISTIANS KEPT IN TIME AND GLORIFIED IN ETERNITY – Charles Spurgeon CHRISTIANS KEPT IN TIME AND GLORIFIED IN ETERNITY “Now unto Him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, […]

TWO LOVING INVITATIONS – Charles Spurgeon

TWO LOVING INVITATIONS – Charles Spurgeon TWO LOVING INVITATIONS “Come and see.” John 1:39. “Come and dine.” John 21:12. THE one text is in the beginning, and the other at the end of John’s gospel. There is a mystery here. Here is typified a growth, which it were well for us to understand. “Come and […]

CONSIDER BEFORE YOU FIGHT – Charles Spurgeon

CONSIDER BEFORE YOU FIGHT – Charles Spurgeon CONSIDER BEFORE YOU FIGHT “What king, going to make war against another king, sits not down first, and consults whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that comes against him with twenty thousand? Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he […]

THE BELIEVER SINKING IN THE MIRE – Charles Spurgeon

THE BELIEVER SINKING IN THE MIRE – Charles Spurgeon THE BELIEVER SINKING IN THE MIRE “Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink.” Psalm 69:14. MANY rivers, and especially the Nile, have on their banks deep deposits of black mud, and when any person seeks to leap on shore, if he should […]

THE HOLY SPIRIT COMPARED TO THE WIND – Charles Spurgeon

THE HOLY SPIRIT COMPARED TO THE WIND – Charles Spurgeon THE HOLY SPIRIT COMPARED TO THE WIND “The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell from where it comes, and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” John 3:8. AT the present […]

JERICHO CAPTURED – Charles Spurgeon

JERICHO CAPTURED – Charles Spurgeon JERICHO CAPTURED “And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into your hands Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor. And you shall compass the city, all you men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shall you do six days.” […]

A GLORIOUS CHURCH – Charles Spurgeon

A GLORIOUS CHURCH – Charles Spurgeon A GLORIOUS CHURCH “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, […]

JUSTIFICATION AND GLORY – Charles Spurgeon

JUSTIFICATION AND GLORY – Charles Spurgeon JUSTIFICATION AND GLORY “Whom He justified, them He also glorified.” Romans 8:30. WELL said the apostle in another place, “All things are of God,” and here in this passage all works of divine grace are evidently so. The pronoun, “He,” is repeated yet again and again, as if to […]

THE WATERER WATERED – Charles Spurgeon

THE WATERER WATERED – Charles Spurgeon THE WATERER WATERED “He who waters will also be watered himself.” Proverbs 11:25. THE general principle is that in living for the good of others, we shall be profited ourselves. We must not isolate our own interests, but feel that we live for others. This teaching is sustained by […]

JESUS APPEARING TO MARY MAGDALENE – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS APPEARING TO MARY MAGDALENE – Charles Spurgeon JESUS APPEARING TO MARY MAGDALENE “Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven devils.” Mark 16:9. THE doctrine of a risen Savior is exceedingly precious. The resurrection is the cornerstone […]

PRESENT PRIVILEGE AND FUTURE FAVOR – Charles Spurgeon

PRESENT PRIVILEGE AND FUTURE FAVOR – Charles Spurgeon PRESENT PRIVILEGE AND FUTURE FAVOR “The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms; and He shall thrust out the enemy from before you; and shall say, Destroy them.” Deuteronomy 33:27. THERE is a great satisfaction in having such a text as this, for […]

SATAN CONSIDERING THE SAINTS – Charles Spurgeon

SATAN CONSIDERING THE SAINTS – Charles Spurgeon SATAN CONSIDERING THE SAINTS “And the Lord said unto Satan, Have you considered My servant Job.” Job 1:8. HOW very uncertain are all terrestrial things! How foolish would that believer be who should lay up his treasure anywhere except in heaven! Job’s prosperity promised as much stability as […]

TRAVELING EXPENSES ON THE TWO GREAT ROADS – Charles Spurgeon

TRAVELING EXPENSES ON THE TWO GREAT ROADS – Charles Spurgeon TRAVELING EXPENSES ON THE TWO GREAT ROADS “So he paid the fare.” Jonah 1:3. AS a general rule, wherever we go, whatever we do, we must “pay the fare.” Expenditure is connected with every act, work, and operation. The sun does not constantly flood this […]

“THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST” – Charles Spurgeon

“THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST” – Charles Spurgeon “THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST” “The precious blood of Christ.” 1 Peter 1:19. IT is frequently my fear I should fall into the habit of preaching about the gospel rather than directly preaching the gospel. And then, I labor to return to the first principle of our […]

A WARNING AGAINST HARDNESS OF HEART – Charles Spurgeon

A WARNING AGAINST HARDNESS OF HEART – Charles Spurgeon A WARNING AGAINST HARDNESS OF HEART “But exhort one another daily, while it is called ‘Today,’ lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.” Hebrews 3:13. THE children of Israel, in their coming out of Egypt, and in their 40 years’ sojourn in […]

THE GOLDEN KEY OF PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon

THE GOLDEN KEY OF PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon THE GOLDEN KEY OF PRAYER “Call unto Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3. SOME of the most learned works in the world smell of midnight oil; but the most spiritual, and most comforting […]

THE GREAT PHYSICIAN AND HIS PATIENTS – Charles Spurgeon

THE GREAT PHYSICIAN AND HIS PATIENTS – Charles Spurgeon THE GREAT PHYSICIAN AND HIS PATIENTS “They who are whole need not a physician, but they who are sick.” Matthew 9:12. THIS was Christ’s apology for mingling with publicans and sinners when the Pharisees murmured against Him. He triumphantly cleared Himself by showing that according to […]

CHRIST OUR LIFE—SOON TO APPEAR – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST OUR LIFE—SOON TO APPEAR – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST OUR LIFE—SOON TO APPEAR “When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall you also appear with Him in glory.” Colossians 3:4. MY discourse on Sunday mornings is very frequently the gathering up of the thoughts and experiences of the week—a handful of barley which […]

THE SPECIAL CALL AND THE UNFAILING RESULT – Charles Spurgeon

THE SPECIAL CALL AND THE UNFAILING RESULT – Charles Spurgeon THE SPECIAL CALL AND THE UNFAILING RESULT “God is faithful, by whom you were called unto the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” 1 Corinthians 1:9. AS I look round upon this large church, numbering far above 2,000 members, my soul is often […]

HUMAN DEPRAVITY AND DIVINE MERCY – Charles Spurgeon

HUMAN DEPRAVITY AND DIVINE MERCY – Charles Spurgeon HUMAN DEPRAVITY AND DIVINE MERCY “And the Lord smelled a sweet savor; and the Lord said in His heart, I will never again curse the ground for man’s sake; although the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living […]

“FOR CHRIST’S SAKE” – Charles Spurgeon

“FOR CHRIST’S SAKE” – Charles Spurgeon “FOR CHRIST’S SAKE” “For Christ’s sake.” Ephesians 4:32. THIS is the great argument of awakened sinners when they seek mercy at God’s hands. Once they could boast of their own righteousness; they could rest upon their feelings, their resolutions, their goodness of heart, or their prayers; but now that […]

“THE STRONG ONE DRIVEN OUT BY A STRONGER ONE” – Charles Spurgeon

“THE STRONG ONE DRIVEN OUT BY A STRONGER ONE” – Charles Spurgeon “THE STRONG ONE DRIVEN OUT BY A STRONGER ONE” “When a strong man armed keeps his palace, his goods are in peace: but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he takes from him all his armor wherein […]

JESUS WASHING HIS DISCIPLES’ FEET – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS WASHING HIS DISCIPLES’ FEET – Charles Spurgeon JESUS WASHING HIS DISCIPLES’ FEET “Then He came to Simon Peter: and Peter said to Him, Lord, do You wash my feet?” John 13:6. OUR Savior had so steadfastly set His face towards the awful sufferings of His passion, that when they actually approached He was not […]

ZECHARIAH’S VISION OF JOSHUA THE HIGH PRIEST – Charles Spurgeon

ZECHARIAH’S VISION OF JOSHUA THE HIGH PRIEST – Charles Spurgeon ZECHARIAH’S VISION OF JOSHUA THE HIGH PRIEST “And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. And the Lord said to Satan, The Lord rebuke you Satan! The Lord […]

THE GREAT NEED—OR, THE GREAT SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon

THE GREAT NEED—OR, THE GREAT SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon THE GREAT NEED—OR, THE GREAT SALVATION “O that you had hearkened to My commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea.” Isaiah 48:18. FROM this verse we may learn that when God smites men on […]

KNOWLEDGE COMMENDED – Charles Spurgeon

KNOWLEDGE COMMENDED – Charles Spurgeon KNOWLEDGE COMMENDED “But the people that know their God shall be strong and do exploits. And they who understand among the people shall instruct many.” Daniel 11:32, 33. THE uninspired book of the Maccabees is perhaps the best interpreter of this passage in Daniel. The prophet, we think, refers to […]

A DISCOURSE FOR A REVIVAL SEASON – Charles Spurgeon

A DISCOURSE FOR A REVIVAL SEASON – Charles Spurgeon DISCOURSE FOR A REVIVAL SEASON. “Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of My people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the Lord in Zion? Is not her King in her? Why have they provoked Me to anger with […]

TRUE UNITY PROMOTED – Charles Spurgeon

TRUE UNITY PROMOTED – Charles Spurgeon TRUE UNITY PROMOTED “Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” Ephesians 4:3. YOU will remember that for several years I have received my morning’s text for the first Sunday in the year from an esteemed brother, a clergyman of the Church of England. […]

MARY’S SONG – Charles Spurgeon

MARY’S SONG – Charles Spurgeon MARY’S SONG “And Mary said, My soul does magnify the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.” Luke 1:46, 47. MARY was on a visit when she expressed her joy in the language of this noble song. It were well if all our social communion were as […]

GOOD WORKS IN GOOD COMPANY – Charles Spurgeon

GOOD WORKS IN GOOD COMPANY – Charles Spurgeon GOOD WORKS IN GOOD COMPANY “Come, my Beloved, let us go forth to the field; let us lodge in the villages. Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine has budded, whether the grape blossoms are open, and the pomegranates are […]

THE MAN WITH THE MEASURING LINE – Charles Spurgeon

THE MAN WITH THE MEASURING LINE – Charles Spurgeon THE MAN WITH THE MEASURING LINE “I lifted up my eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. So I said, Where are you going? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width, […]

NOW – Charles Spurgeon

NOW – Charles Spurgeon NOW “For He says, I have heard You in a time accepted and in the day of salvation have I succored You: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” 2 Corinthians 6:2. WE frequently hear the question discussed as to which are the best times. […]

THE SMOKE OF THEIR TORMENTS – Charles Spurgeon

THE SMOKE OF THEIR TORMENTS – Charles Spurgeon THE SMOKE OF THEIR TORMENTS “And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the Lord. Then he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain; and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the country […]

A SOLEMN INQUIRY CONCERNING OUR FAMILIES – Charles Spurgeon

A SOLEMN INQUIRY CONCERNING OUR FAMILIES – Charles Spurgeon A SOLEMN INQUIRY CONCERNING OUR FAMILIES “And the men said unto Lot, have you anyone else here? Son-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whomever you have in the city—take them out of this place!” Genesis 19:12. THE angelic messengers of mercy were not only earnest to […]

THE CENTURION—OR AN EXHORTATION TO THE VIRTUOUS – Charles Spurgeon

THE CENTURION—OR AN EXHORTATION TO THE VIRTUOUS – Charles Spurgeon THE CENTURION—OR AN EXHORTATION TO THE VIRTUOUS “And when they came to Jesus, they besought Him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom He should do this: for he loves our nation, and he has built us a synagogue. Then Jesus went with them. […]

THE CERTAINTY AND FREENESS OF DIVINE GRACE – Charles Spurgeon

THE CERTAINTY AND FREENESS OF DIVINE GRACE – Charles Spurgeon THE CERTAINTY AND FREENESS OF DIVINE GRACE “All who the Father gives Me shall come to Me; and he who comes to Me I will in no wise cast out.” John 6:37. LET it be forevermore remembered that the words of Jesus Christ are full […]

TWO VISIONS – Charles Spurgeon

TWO VISIONS – Charles Spurgeon TWO VISIONS “I saw by night and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and it stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled and white. Then said I, O my Lord, what are these? And the angel that […]

PREPARATION FOR REVIVAL – Charles Spurgeon

PREPARATION FOR REVIVAL – Charles Spurgeon PREPARATION FOR REVIVAL “Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?” Amos 3:3. THE believer is agreed with God. The war between the most holy God and His offending creatures is over, in the case of blood-washed sinners; not suspended by a truce, but ended forever by a peace […]

PRAYING AND WAITING – Charles Spurgeon

PRAYING AND WAITING – Charles Spurgeon PRAYING AND WAITING “These things have I written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God; that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe on the name of the Son of God. And this is the confidence that we […]

BARABBAS PREFERRED TO JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

BARABBAS PREFERRED TO JESUS – Charles Spurgeon BARABBAS PREFERRED TO JESUS “Then they all cried again, saying, ‘Not this man, but Barabbas.’ Now Barabbas was a robber.” John 18:40. THE custom of delivering a prisoner upon the day of the passover was intended, no doubt, as an act of grace on the part of the […]

AN AWFUL PREMONITION – Charles Spurgeon

AN AWFUL PREMONITION – Charles Spurgeon AN AWFUL PREMONITION “Assuredly I say unto you, there are some standing here, who shall not taste of death till they see the Son of man coming in His kingdom.” Matthew 16:28. I MUST confess that I have frequently read this verse with but a vague sense of its […]

INWARD CONFLICTS – Charles Spurgeon

INWARD CONFLICTS – Charles Spurgeon INWARD CONFLICTS “Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon you. What will you see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.” Song of Solomon 6:13. THIS verse is not addressed to the Church in her doubting state, nor while seeking her absent […]

THE TRUE POSITION OF ASSURANCE – Charles Spurgeon

THE TRUE POSITION OF ASSURANCE – Charles Spurgeon THE TRUE POSITION OF ASSURANCE “In whom you also trusted, after that you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that you believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.” Ephesians 1:13. MANY sincerely seeking souls are in […]

“THUS SAYS THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon

“THUS SAYS THE LORD – Charles Spurgeon “THUS SAYS THE LORD” —OR, THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER WEIGHED IN THE BALANCES OF THE SANCTUARY “Thus says the Lord.” Ezekiel 11:5. THE wise man says, “Where the word of a king is, there is power.” What power must there be where there is the word of […]

THE BACKSLIDER’S WAY HEDGED UP – Charles Spurgeon

THE BACKSLIDER’S WAY HEDGED UP – Charles Spurgeon THE BACKSLIDER’S WAY HEDGED UP “She said, I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink. Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns and make a wall, that she […]

JESUS MEETING HIS WARRIORS – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS MEETING HIS WARRIORS – Charles Spurgeon JESUS MEETING HIS WARRIORS “And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the Most High God. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the Most High God, possessor of heaven and earth: and blessed be the Most […]

THE PRODIGAL’S RECEPTION – Charles Spurgeon

THE PRODIGAL’S RECEPTION – Charles Spurgeon THE PRODIGAL’S RECEPTION “And he arose and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.” Luke 15:20. THERE he is! He is as wretched as misery itself; […]

GOD’S STRANGE CHOICE – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S STRANGE CHOICE – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S STRANGE CHOICE “For you see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confuse the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the […]

THE CHILD SAMUEL’S PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon

THE CHILD SAMUEL’S PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon THE CHILD SAMUEL’S PRAYER “Speak, Lord; for Your servant hears.” 1 Samuel 3:9. IN the days of Eli the Word of the Lord was precious, and there was no open vision. It was well when the word did come, that one chosen individual had the hearing ear to […]

A MYSTERY! SAINTS SORROWING AND JESUS GLAD! – Charles Spurgeon

A MYSTERY! SAINTS SORROWING AND JESUS GLAD! – Charles Spurgeon A MYSTERY! SAINTS SORROWING AND JESUS GLAD! “Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent you may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.” John 11:14, 15. THERE lived […]

A HEARER IN DISGUISE – Charles Spurgeon

A HEARER IN DISGUISE – Charles Spurgeon A HEARER IN DISGUISE “And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, wife of Jeroboam; why do you pretend to be another? For I am sent to you with heavy tidings.” 1 […]

THE LAMB—THE LIGHT – Charles Spurgeon

THE LAMB—THE LIGHT – Charles Spurgeon THE LAMB—THE LIGHT “And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.” Revelation 21:23. TO the lover of Jesus, it is very pleasant to observe how […]

THE RESTORATION AND CONVERSION OF THE JEWS – Charles Spurgeon

THE RESTORATION AND CONVERSION OF THE JEWS – Charles Spurgeon THE RESTORATION AND CONVERSION OF THE JEWS “The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, and caused me to pass […]

CHILDREN BROUGHT TO CHRIST, NOT TO THE FONT – Charles Spurgeon

CHILDREN BROUGHT TO CHRIST, NOT TO THE FONT – Charles Spurgeon CHILDREN BROUGHT TO CHRIST, NOT TO THE FONT “And they brought young children to Him, that He should touch them; but His disciples rebuked those who brought them. But when Jesus saw it, He was much displeased and said to them, Let the little […]

GOD IS WITH US – Charles Spurgeon

GOD IS WITH US – Charles Spurgeon GOD IS WITH US “If God is for us, who can be against us?” Romans 8:31. THE Truth of God here asserted is indisputable. Even heathens have taken this for their motto, and emblazoned it upon their standards of war. “God is for us!” has been the war […]

GOD PLEADING FOR SAINTS, AND SAINTS PLEADING FOR GOD – Charles Spurgeon

GOD PLEADING FOR SAINTS, AND SAINTS PLEADING FOR GOD – Charles Spurgeon GOD PLEADING FOR SAINTS, AND SAINTS PLEADING FOR GOD “O Lord, You have pleaded the case for my soul; You have redeemed my life.” Lamentations 3:58. THE Prophet speaks experimentally as of a matter which he had proved for himself. There is no […]

A BAD EXCUSE IS WORSE THAN NONE – Charles Spurgeon

A BAD EXCUSE IS WORSE THAN NONE – Charles Spurgeon A BAD EXCUSE IS WORSE THAN NONE “And they all with one consent began to make excuses.” Luke 14:18. THE provisions of the gospel of Christ may well be compared to a supper, provided as they were, in the evening of the world—“in these last […]

WHAT GOD CANNOT DO! – Charles Spurgeon

WHAT GOD CANNOT DO! – Charles Spurgeon WHAT GOD CANNOT DO! “God, who cannot lie.” Titus 1:2. TRUTH once reigned supreme upon our globe, and then earth was paradise. Man knew no sorrow while he was ignorant of falsehood. The Father of Lies invaded the garden of bliss, and with one foul lie he blighted […]

LABOR IN VAIN – Charles Spurgeon

LABOR IN VAIN – Charles Spurgeon LABOR IN VAIN “Jonah said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; […]

“LET US GO FORTH” – Charles Spurgeon

“LET US GO FORTH” – Charles Spurgeon “LET US GO FORTH” “Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach.” Hebrews 13:13. MODERN professors have discovered a very easy way of religion. There is a method by which a man may attain to great reputation as a Christian, and yet avoid […]

QUIET MUSING! – Charles Spurgeon

QUIET MUSING! – Charles Spurgeon QUIET MUSING! “While I was musing, the fire burned.” Psalm 39:3. OUR subject this evening will not stand in need of much preface. The Psalm may teach us that there are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. The company of sinners was a […]

THE PIERCED ONE PIERCES THE HEART – Charles Spurgeon

THE PIERCED ONE PIERCES THE HEART – Charles Spurgeon THE PIERCED ONE PIERCES THE HEART “And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon Me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him, as one […]

THE SUPERLATIVE EXCELLENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon

THE SUPERLATIVE EXCELLENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon THE SUPERLATIVE EXCELLENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT “Nevertheless I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you.” […]

BAPTISMAL REGENERATION – Charles Spurgeon

BAPTISMAL REGENERATION – Charles Spurgeon BAPTISMAL REGENERATION “And He said unto them, Go you into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he who believes not shall be damned.” Mark 16:15-16. IN the preceding verse, our Lord Jesus Christ gives us some […]

LAUS DEO – Charles Spurgeon

LAUS DEO – Charles Spurgeon LAUS DEO “For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.” Romans 11:36. MY text consists almost entirely of monosyllables, but it contains the loftiest of sublimities. Such a tremendous weight of meaning is concentrated here, that an archangel’s eloquence would […]

UNBELIEVERS STUMBLING—BELIEVERS REJOICING – Charles Spurgeon

UNBELIEVERS STUMBLING—BELIEVERS REJOICING – Charles Spurgeon UNBELIEVERS STUMBLING—BELIEVERS REJOICING “As it is written, Behold I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense: and whoever believes on Him shall not be ashamed.” Romans 9:33. OUR apostle was inspired of God, and yet he was moved to quote passages out of the Old Testament. […]

THE FIRST FIVE DISCIPLES – Charles Spurgeon

THE FIRST FIVE DISCIPLES – Charles Spurgeon THE FIRST FIVE DISCIPLES “And the two disciples heard him speak and they followed Jesus. Then Jesus turned and saw them Following, and said unto them, What do you seek? They said unto Him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master), where do You dwell? He said […]

THE ARROWS OF THE LORD’S DELIVERANCE – Charles Spurgeon

THE ARROWS OF THE LORD’S DELIVERANCE – Charles Spurgeon THE ARROWS OF THE LORD’S DELIVERANCE “You should have struck five or six times; then had you struck Syria till you had consumed it: whereas now you shall strike Syria but thrice.” 2 Kings 13:19. THAT deathbed scene speaks volumes for the power of holiness. Elisha […]

GENERAL AND YET PARTICULAR – Charles Spurgeon

GENERAL AND YET PARTICULAR – Charles Spurgeon GENERAL AND YET PARTICULAR “You have given Him power over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him.” John 17:2. THIS was used by our Savior as an argument why the Father should glorify Him in His dread hour of […]

THE GREAT LIBERATOR – Charles Spurgeon

THE GREAT LIBERATOR – Charles Spurgeon THE GREAT LIBERATOR “If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free, indeed.” John 8:36. BLESSED is that word “free,” and blessed is he who spends himself to make men so. You did well to crowd your streets, and to welcome with your joyous acclamations the […]

A PROMISE FOR US AND FOR OUR CHILDREN – Charles Spurgeon

A PROMISE FOR US AND FOR OUR CHILDREN – Charles Spurgeon A PROMISE FOR US AND FOR OUR CHILDREN “Yet now hear, O Jacob, My servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: thus says the Lord that made you, and formed you from the womb, which will help you: Fear not, O Jacob, My servant; […]

THE BARLEY FIELD ON FIRE – Charles Spurgeon

THE BARLEY FIELD ON FIRE – Charles Spurgeon THE BARLEY FIELD ON FIRE “Absalom sent for Joab, to have him sent to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come. Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab’s field is near mine, […]

“ALAS FOR US, IF YOU WERE ALL, AND NOTHING BEYOND, O EARTH” – Charles Spurgeon

“ALAS FOR US, IF YOU WERE ALL, AND NOTHING BEYOND, O EARTH” – Charles Spurgeon “ALAS FOR US, IF YOU WERE ALL, AND NOTHING BEYOND, O EARTH” “If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.” 1 Corinthians 15:19. YOU will understand that the apostle is arguing […]

EXPIATION – Charles Spurgeon

EXPIATION – Charles Spurgeon EXPIATION “You shall make His soul an offering for sin.” Isaiah 53:10. BOTH Jews and Gentiles knew pretty well what an offering for sin meant. The Gentiles had been in the habit of offering sacrifices. The Jews, however, had by far the clearer idea of it. And what was meant by […]

CHRIST IS GLORIOUS—LET US MAKE HIM KNOWN – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST IS GLORIOUS—LET US MAKE HIM KNOWN – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST IS GLORIOUS—LET US MAKE HIM KNOWN “And He shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord His God; and they shall abide: for now shall He be great unto the ends of the […]

THE CRIPPLE AT LYSTRA – Charles Spurgeon

THE CRIPPLE AT LYSTRA – Charles Spurgeon THE CRIPPLE AT LYSTRA “The same heard Paul speaking. Paul beholding him intently, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, said with a loud voice, Stand upright on your feet. And he leaped and walked.” Acts 14:9, 10. I HAVE read in your hearing the story […]

A BUNDLE OF MYRRH – Charles Spurgeon

A BUNDLE OF MYRRH – Charles Spurgeon A BUNDLE OF MYRRH “A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; He shall lie all night between my breasts.” Song of Solomon 1:13. CERTAIN divines have doubted the inspiration of Solomon’s Song; others have conceived it to be nothing more than a specimen of ancient love […]

WHERE TO FIND FRUIT – Charles Spurgeon

WHERE TO FIND FRUIT – Charles Spurgeon WHERE TO FIND FRUIT “From Me is your fruit found.” Hosea 14:8. THE text has a double significance. It may indicate the fruit upon which we feed, or the fruit which we are enabled to produce. If it shall mean the first, there is much of comfort in […]

THE SINNER’S FRIEND – Charles Spurgeon

THE SINNER’S FRIEND – Charles Spurgeon THE SINNER’S FRIEND “A friend of publicans and sinners.” Matthew 11:19. MANY a true word is spoken in jest, and many a tribute to virtue has been unwittingly paid by the sinister lips of malice. The enemies of our Lord Jesus Christ thought to brand Him with infamy, hold […]

NOTHING BUT LEAVES – Charles Spurgeon

NOTHING BUT LEAVES – Charles Spurgeon NOTHING BUT LEAVES “He found nothing but leaves.” Mark 11:13. MOST of the miracles of Moses were grand displays of divine justice. What were the first 10 wonders, but 10 plagues? The same may be said of the prophets, especially of Elijah and Elisha. Was it not significant both […]

ENDURING TO THE END – Charles Spurgeon

ENDURING TO THE END – Charles Spurgeon ENDURING TO THE END “He who endures to the end shall be saved.” Matthew 10:22. THIS particular text was originally addressed to the apostles when they were sent to teach and preach in the name of the Lord Jesus. Perhaps, bright visions floated before their minds of honor […]

ELECTION NO DISCOURAGEMENT TO SEEKING SOULS – Charles Spurgeon

ELECTION NO DISCOURAGEMENT TO SEEKING SOULS – Charles Spurgeon ELECTION NO DISCOURAGEMENT TO SEEKING SOULS “I will be gracious upon whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy upon whom I will show mercy.” Exodus 33:19. BECAUSE God is the Maker and Creator and Sustainer of all things, He has a right to do […]

DO YOU KNOW HIM? – Charles Spurgeon

DO YOU KNOW HIM? – Charles Spurgeon DO YOU KNOW HIM? “That I may know Him.” Philippians 3:10. THE objective of the apostle’s life—that for which he sacrificed everything—country, kindred, honor, comfort, liberty, and life itself, was that he might know Christ! Observe that this is not Paul’s prayer as an unconverted man—that he may […]

FAITH AND LIFE – Charles Spurgeon

FAITH AND LIFE – Charles Spurgeon FAITH AND LIFE  “Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them who have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Savior Jesus Christ; grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our […]

THE SHIP ON FIRE—A VOICE OF WARNING – Charles Spurgeon

THE SHIP ON FIRE—A VOICE OF WARNING – Charles Spurgeon THE SHIP ON FIRE—A VOICE OF WARNING “Escape for your life.” Genesis 19:17. “You have magnified your mercy, which you have showed unto me in saving my life.” Genesis 19:19. HERE is the alarm of mercy declaring the sinner’s duty—“Escape for your life.” Here is […]

A DESPERATE CASE—HOW TO MEET IT – Charles Spurgeon

A DESPERATE CASE—HOW TO MEET IT – Charles Spurgeon A DESPERATE CASE—HOW TO MEET IT “Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard […]

FORWARD! FORWARD! FORWARD! – Charles Spurgeon

FORWARD! FORWARD! FORWARD! – Charles Spurgeon FORWARD! FORWARD! FORWARD! “And the Lord said unto Moses, Why cry you unto Me? Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward.” Exodus 14:15. SPIRITUAL men, in their distresses, turn at once to prayer even as the stag when hunted takes to flight. Prayer is a never-failing […]

SUFFERING AND REIGNING WITH JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

SUFFERING AND REIGNING WITH JESUS – Charles Spurgeon SUFFERING AND REIGNING WITH JESUS “If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him: if we deny Him, He also will deny us.” 2 Timothy 2:12. MY venerable friend, who has up to now sent me a text for the New Year, still ministers the word of […]

ALPHA AND OMEGA – Charles Spurgeon

ALPHA AND OMEGA – Charles Spurgeon ALPHA AND OMEGA “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.” Revelation 22:13. EVERY Sunday school child knows that there is no great mystery hidden in the words, “Alpha and Omega.” We have here the names of the first and last letters […]

THE HOLY CHILD, JESUS “ – Charles Spurgeon

THE HOLY CHILD, JESUS “ – Charles Spurgeon THE HOLY CHILD, JESUS “That signs and wonders may be done by the name of Your holy child, Jesus.” Acts 4:30. THE opposition of the world is often a very great blessing to the Church. If it is met by holy boldness, it is sure to yield […]

LESSONS FROM LYDIA’S CONVERSION – Charles Spurgeon

LESSONS FROM LYDIA’S CONVERSION – Charles Spurgeon LESSONS FROM LYDIA’S CONVERSION “And on the Sabbath we went out of the city by a riverside, where prayer was customarily made; and we sat down and spoke to the women who met there. Now a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of […]

ONCE A CURSE BUT NOW A BLESSING – Charles Spurgeon

ONCE A CURSE BUT NOW A BLESSING – Charles Spurgeon ONCE A CURSE BUT NOW A BLESSING “And it shall come to pass, that as you were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing. Do not fear, let […]

PAUL—HIS CLOAK AND HIS BOOKS – Charles Spurgeon

PAUL—HIS CLOAK AND HIS BOOKS – Charles Spurgeon PAUL—HIS CLOAK AND HIS BOOKS “Bring the cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, when you come— and the books, but especially the parchments.” 2 Timothy 4:13. FOOLISH persons have made remarks upon the trifles of Scripture. They have marveled why so little a matter as […]

DIRECTION IN DILEMMA – Charles Spurgeon

DIRECTION IN DILEMMA – Charles Spurgeon DIRECTION IN DILEMMA “Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.” Exodus 14:13. GOD’S great design in all His works is the manifestation of His glory. Any aim less than this were unworthy of Himself. He cannot act for the good of His creatures as an ultimate aim, […]

THE LAMBS AND THEIR SHEPHERD – Charles Spurgeon

THE LAMBS AND THEIR SHEPHERD – Charles Spurgeon THE LAMBS AND THEIR SHEPHERD “He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom.” Isaiah 40:11. THE people of God are most fitly compared to sheep. The excellences of their moral and spiritual character furnish one side of the picture, for like […]

HEAVENLY LOVESICKNESS! – Charles Spurgeon

HEAVENLY LOVESICKNESS! – Charles Spurgeon HEAVENLY LOVESICKNESS! “I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell Him that I am lovesick.” Song of Solomon 5:8 (NKJV). SICK! That is a sad thing. It moves your pity. “Sick of love” (KJV)—lovesick! That stirs up other emotions which we shall presently […]

CALEB—THE MAN FOR THE TIMES – Charles Spurgeon

CALEB—THE MAN FOR THE TIMES – Charles Spurgeon CALEB—THE MAN FOR THE TIMES “But My servant Caleb, because he had another spirit in him, and has followed Me fully, him will I bring into the land he went, and his seed shall possess it.” Numbers 14:24. IT is a rough name that—“Caleb.” Most translators say […]

ENCOURAGE YOUR MINISTER! – Charles Spurgeon

ENCOURAGE YOUR MINISTER! – Charles Spurgeon ENCOURAGE YOUR MINISTER! “Encourage him.” Deuteronomy 1:38. MOSES could not conduct the people into the promised land. Nor can the law bring any man to heaven. The law may lead a man out of the Egypt of his sin, and it may bring him into the wilderness of conviction; […]

JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH – Charles Spurgeon

JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH – Charles Spurgeon JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH “Whereas the Lord was there.” Ezekiel 35:10. HEREIN lay the special security of the chosen land. The Edomites saw the whole country of Israel and Judah left desolate; Babylonians and Chaldeans had carried away the people, and ravaged the land, therefore the proud inhabitants of the city in the rock […]

BEN-HADAD’S ESCAPE—AN ENCOURAGEMENT FOR SINNERS – Charles Spurgeon

BEN-HADAD’S ESCAPE—AN ENCOURAGEMENT FOR SINNERS – Charles Spurgeon BEN-HADAD’S ESCAPE—AN ENCOURAGEMENT FOR SINNERS “And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray you, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the […]

THE MIGHTY POWER WHICH CREATES AND SUSTAINS FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

THE MIGHTY POWER WHICH CREATES AND SUSTAINS FAITH – Charles Spurgeon THE MIGHTY POWER WHICH CREATES AND SUSTAINS FAITH “The exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power, which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His own […]

THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH, OR THE EARNEST INQUIRER – Charles Spurgeon

THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH, OR THE EARNEST INQUIRER – Charles Spurgeon THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH, OR THE EARNEST INQUIRER “The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed […]

THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon

THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER “You crown the year with Your goodness, and Your paths drop fatness.” Psalm 65:11. POSSIBLY objections might have been raised to a day of thanksgiving for the abundant harvest if it had been ordered or suggested by Government. Certain brethren are so exceedingly tender in their […]

THE WARRANT OF FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

THE WARRANT OF FAITH – Charles Spurgeon THE WARRANT OF FAITH “And this is His commandment, that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ.” 1 John 3:23. THE old law shines in terrible glory with its ten commandments. There are some who love that law so much that they cannot pass […]

THE CHIEF OF SINNERS – Charles Spurgeon

THE CHIEF OF SINNERS – Charles Spurgeon THE CHIEF OF SINNERS “Sinners; of whom I am chief.” 1 Timothy 1:15. WHO among all the Scriptural writers can compare with Paul in the fullness of his testimony to the grace of God? Upon the doctrines of grace, upon the experience of divine grace, upon everything that […]

THE CEDARS OF LEBANON – Charles Spurgeon

THE CEDARS OF LEBANON – Charles Spurgeon THE CEDARS OF LEBANON “The trees of the Lord are full of sap, the cedars of Lebanon, which He has planted.” Psalm 104:16. IF Solomon were here this morning, who spoke of all trees, from the hyssop on the wall to the cedar that is in Lebanon, he […]

CHASTISEMENT—NOW AND AFTERWARDS – Charles Spurgeon

CHASTISEMENT—NOW AND AFTERWARDS – Charles Spurgeon CHASTISEMENT—NOW AND AFTERWARDS “Now no chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterwards it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them who are exercised thereby.” Hebrews 12:11. LAST Sunday morning we tried to show you how the uncleanness of sin is removed. (Sermon #527, […]

THE RED HEIFER – Charles Spurgeon

THE RED HEIFER – Charles Spurgeon THE RED HEIFER “This is the ordinance of the law, which the Lord has commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish and upon which never came yoke: and you shall give her unto Eleazar the […]

NO ILLUSION – Charles Spurgeon

NO ILLUSION – Charles Spurgeon NO ILLUSION “…and did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.” Acts 12:9. FANCY, not fact! A dream! A delusion! That would be the world’s estimate of the most blessed Christian experience. “Fanaticism” is the name by which they […]

AM I SOUGHT OUT? – Charles Spurgeon

AM I SOUGHT OUT? – Charles Spurgeon AM I SOUGHT OUT? “You shall be called, Sought Out.” Isaiah 62:12 (NKJV). THE first meaning of our text is very clear. Here is a prophecy, because Jerusalem, having been deprived of her beauty by her enemies, was for a long time forsaken and worthy to be called, […]

THE SAINT’S HORROR AT THE SINNER’S HELL – Charles Spurgeon

THE SAINT’S HORROR AT THE SINNER’S HELL – Charles Spurgeon THE SAINT’S HORROR AT THE SINNER’S HELL “Gather not my soul with sinners.” Psalm 26:9. WE must all be gathered in due course. When time shall have ripened the fruit, it must hang no longer upon the tree, but be gathered into the basket; when […]

FROM DEATH TO LIFE – Charles Spurgeon

FROM DEATH TO LIFE – Charles Spurgeon FROM DEATH TO LIFE The Lord kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave, and brings up.” 1 Samuel 2:6. THIS sentence occurs in the very remarkable song of Hannah, who was equally illustrious as a poetess, and prevalent as a suppliant. She sings an experiential […]

MEALTIME IN THE CORN FIELDS – Charles Spurgeon

MEALTIME IN THE CORN FIELDS – Charles Spurgeon MEALTIME IN THE CORN FIELDS “And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come here and eat of the bread and dip your morsel in the vinegar. So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed her parched corn, and she did eat and was satisfied, and left.” […]

THE POWER OF AARON’S ROD – Charles Spurgeon

THE POWER OF AARON’S ROD – Charles Spurgeon THE POWER OF AARON’S ROD “But Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.” Exodus 7:12. WE shall not attempt to discuss the question as to whether these magicians actually did turn their rods into serpents or not; it is probable that they, by dexterous sleight of hand, substituted […]

CONFESSION WITH THE MOUTH – Charles Spurgeon

CONFESSION WITH THE MOUTH – Charles Spurgeon CONFESSION WITH THE MOUTH “With the heart man believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Romans 10:10. THIS morning, according to my promise, I will discourse upon the second part of this verse—“With the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” I feel a […]

BELIEVING WITH THE HEART – Charles Spurgeon

BELIEVING WITH THE HEART – Charles Spurgeon BELIEVING WITH THE HEART “For with the heart man believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Romans 10:10. EVERY star in heaven yields its ray of light to cheer the mariner upon the watery waste, but there are leaders among that sparkling host—stars […]

THE BRIDGELESS GULF – Charles Spurgeon

THE BRIDGELESS GULF – Charles Spurgeon THE BRIDGELESS GULF “Beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that they which would pass from here to you, cannot, neither can they pass to us, who would come from there.” Luke 16:26. FOR the last few months I have been led […]

THE RAINBOW – Charles Spurgeon

THE RAINBOW – Charles Spurgeon THE RAINBOW “And the bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.” Genesis 9:16. THE story of Noah’s preservation in the ark is a suggestive […]

THE MINISTER’S STOCK-TAKING – Charles Spurgeon

THE MINISTER’S STOCK-TAKING – Charles Spurgeon THE MINISTER’S STOCK-TAKING “And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.” Acts 28:24. THIS is the only proper way to calculate the results of our ministry. We just want the account book ruled with two columns. On one side we must put down the long […]

THE SINNER’S ADVOCATE – Charles Spurgeon

THE SINNER’S ADVOCATE – Charles Spurgeon THE SINNER’S ADVOCATE “My little children, these things write I unto you, that you sin not. And if any man sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” 1 John 2:1. THE Apostle John presents us with a very clear and emphatic testimony to the […]

TELL IT ALL – Charles Spurgeon

TELL IT ALL – Charles Spurgeon TELL IT ALL “But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, Came and fell down before Him and told Him all the truth.” Mark 5:33. JESUS was pressing through the throng to the house of Jairus to raise the ruler’s dead daughter; but He is […]

THE YOUNG MAN’S PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon

THE YOUNG MAN’S PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon THE YOUNG MAN’S PRAYER “O satisfy us early with Your mercy, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.” Psalm 90:14. ISRAEL had suffered a long night of affliction. Dense was the darkness while they abode in Egypt, and cheerless was the glimmering twilight of that […]

A PRECIOUS DROP OF HONEY – Charles Spurgeon

A PRECIOUS DROP OF HONEY – Charles Spurgeon A PRECIOUS DROP OF HONEY “Behold, I have inscribed you upon the palms of My hands.” Isaiah 49:16. GOD’S promises are not exhausted by one fulfillment. They are manifold mercies, so that after you have opened one fold, and found out one signification, you may unfurl them […]

PENTECOST – Charles Spurgeon

PENTECOST – Charles Spurgeon PENTECOST “When the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as […]

PEACE BY BELIEVING – Charles Spurgeon

PEACE BY BELIEVING – Charles Spurgeon PEACE BY BELIEVING “Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 5:1. A MOMENT’S contemplation would suffice to awaken any man to the terror of the position involved in being at war with God. For a subject to be in a […]

“LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION” – Charles Spurgeon

“LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION” – Charles Spurgeon “LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION” “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” Matthew 6:13. CERTAIN Psalms are entitled “Songs of Degrees.” Certainly the prayer before us might be called a Prayer of Degrees. It begins where all true prayer must commence, with the spirit […]

COMFORT TO SEEKERS FROM WHAT THE LORD HAS NOT SAID – Charles Spurgeon

COMFORT TO SEEKERS FROM WHAT THE LORD HAS NOT SAID – Charles Spurgeon COMFORT TO SEEKERS FROM WHAT THE LORD HAS NOT SAID “I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek you Me in vain.” Isaiah 45:19. WE might gain much […]

THE POWER OF PRAYER AND THE PLEASURE OF PRAISE – Charles Spurgeon

THE POWER OF PRAYER AND THE PLEASURE OF PRAISE – Charles Spurgeon THE POWER OF PRAYER AND THE PLEASURE OF PRAISE “You also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons, thanks may be given by many on our behalf. For our rejoicing in […]

STRONG MEAT – Charles Spurgeon

STRONG MEAT – Charles Spurgeon STRONG MEAT “But strong meat belongs to them who are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.” Hebrews 5:14. IN most large houses we shall find humanity in all its stages. We shall see the infant in […]

THE ROOT OF THE MATTER – Charles Spurgeon

THE ROOT OF THE MATTER – Charles Spurgeon THE ROOT OF THE MATTER “The root of the matter is found in me.” Job 19:28. FOR the last three or four Lord’s-day evenings, I have been trying to fish with a net of small meshes. It has been my anxious desire to gather in and draw […]

I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES – Charles Spurgeon

I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES – Charles Spurgeon I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES “For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: whom I shall see for […]

DEATH AND LIFE IN CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

DEATH AND LIFE IN CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon DEATH AND LIFE IN CHRIST “Now if we are dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more; death has no more dominion over Him. For in that He died, He died unto […]

A JEALOUS GOD – Charles Spurgeon

A JEALOUS GOD – Charles Spurgeon A JEALOUS GOD “For the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.” Exodus 34:14. THE passion of jealousy in man is usually exercised in an evil manner, but it is not in itself necessarily sinful. A man may be zealously cautious of his honor, and suspiciously vigilant […]

GRACE ABOUNDING – Charles Spurgeon

GRACE ABOUNDING – Charles Spurgeon GRACE ABOUNDING “I will love them freely.” Hosea 14:4. THIS sentence is a body of divinity in miniature. He who understands its meaning is a theologian, and he who can dive into its fullness is a true Master in divinity! “I will love them freely,” is a condensation of the […]

EBENEZER! – Charles Spurgeon

EBENEZER! – Charles Spurgeon EBENEZER! “Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Up to now has the Lord helped us.” 1 Samuel 7:12. IT is certainly a very delightful thing to mark the hand of God in the lives of ancient saints. […]

THE CLEAN AND THE UNCLEAN – Charles Spurgeon

THE CLEAN AND THE UNCLEAN – Charles Spurgeon THE CLEAN AND THE UNCLEAN “Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which you shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven footed, and chews the cud, among the beasts, that shall you […]

THE GLADNESS OF THE MAN OF SORROWS – Charles Spurgeon

THE GLADNESS OF THE MAN OF SORROWS – Charles Spurgeon THE GLADNESS OF THE MAN OF SORROWS “You love righteousness and hate wickedness: therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows. All Your garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they […]

THE PROCESSION OF SORROW – Charles Spurgeon

THE PROCESSION OF SORROW – Charles Spurgeon THE PROCESSION OF SORROW “And they took Jesus, and led Him away.” John 19:16. NEXT Saturday all eyes will be fixed on a great Prince who shall ride through our streets with his Royal Bride. Today I invite your attention to another Prince, marching in another fashion through […]

THE NEW SONG – Charles Spurgeon

THE NEW SONG – Charles Spurgeon THE NEW SONG “O sing unto the Lord a new song; for He has done marvelous things: His right hand, and His holy arm have gotten Him the victory.” Psalm 98:1. THERE must be new songs on new occasions of triumph. It would have been absurd for Miriam with […]

THE GREATEST TRIAL ON RECORD – Charles Spurgeon

THE GREATEST TRIAL ON RECORD – Charles Spurgeon THE GREATEST TRIAL ON RECORD “The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against His anointed.” Psalm 2:2. AFTER our Lord had been betrayed by the false-hearted Judas, He was bound by the officers who had come to […]

THE BETRAYAL – Charles Spurgeon

THE BETRAYAL – Charles Spurgeon THE BETRAYAL “And while He yet spoke, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them and drew near unto Jesus to kiss Him. But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betray you the Son of Man with a kiss?” Luke 22:47, 48. WHEN […]

GETHSEMANE – Charles Spurgeon

GETHSEMANE – Charles Spurgeon GETHSEMANE “And being in an agony He prayed more earnestly: and His sweat was, as it were, great drops of blood falling down to the ground.” Luke 22:44. FEW had fellowship with the sorrows of Gethsemane. The majority of the disciples were not there. They were not sufficiently advanced in divine […]

NOMINAL CHRISTIANS—REAL INFIDELS – Charles Spurgeon

NOMINAL CHRISTIANS—REAL INFIDELS – Charles Spurgeon NOMINAL CHRISTIANS—REAL INFIDELS “If I say the truth, why do you not believe Me?” John 8:46. AS we meet this evening to commune at the table of the Lord, it will then be necessary for me to seek the edification of God’s people. I, therefore, think it best to […]

OUR STRONGHOLD – Charles Spurgeon

OUR STRONGHOLD – Charles Spurgeon OUR STRONGHOLD “The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous run into it, and are safe.” Proverbs 18:10. STRONG towers were a greater security in a bygone age than they are now. Then when troops of marauders invaded the land, strong castles were set upon the various […]

GRACIOUS RENEWAL – Charles Spurgeon

GRACIOUS RENEWAL – Charles Spurgeon GRACIOUS RENEWAL “Renew a right spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10. WE had a joyful meeting last Wednesday evening. As a Church, we all met together as a loving family, and it was a sight of the most encouraging kind, to see a great host, like the host of God, of […]

BROAD RIVERS AND STREAMS – Charles Spurgeon

BROAD RIVERS AND STREAMS – Charles Spurgeon BROAD RIVERS AND STREAMS “Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: your eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. But […]

THE VOICE FROM HEAVEN – Charles Spurgeon

THE VOICE FROM HEAVEN – Charles Spurgeon THE VOICE FROM HEAVEN “And they heard a great voice from heaven, saying unto them, Come up here.” Revelation 11:12. WHAT may be the particular meaning of the prophecy concerning the witnesses clothed in sackcloth, their death, their resurrection, and their subsequent entrance into heaven, I am unable […]

A TEMPTED SAVIOR—OUR BEST SUCCOR – Charles Spurgeon

A TEMPTED SAVIOR—OUR BEST SUCCOR – Charles Spurgeon A TEMPTED SAVIOR—OUR BEST SUCCOR “For in that He Himself has suffered being tempted, He is able to succor them who are tempted.” Hebrews 2:18. MY text, furnishing the motto for the congregation for the New Year is, as you know, always supplied to me by a […]

THE SINNER’S END – Charles Spurgeon

THE SINNER’S END – Charles Spurgeon THE SINNER’S END “Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. Surely You did set them in slippery places: You cast them down into destruction.” Psalm 73:17, 18. A LACK of understanding has destroyed many. The dark pit of ignorance has engulfed its thousands. […]

NO ROOM FOR CHRIST IN THE INN – Charles Spurgeon

NO ROOM FOR CHRIST IN THE INN – Charles Spurgeon NO ROOM FOR CHRIST IN THE INN “And she brought forth her first-born Son and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.” Luke 2:7. IT was necessary that it should be […]

THE LORD—THE LIBERATOR – Charles Spurgeon

THE LORD—THE LIBERATOR – Charles Spurgeon THE LORD—THE LIBERATOR “The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners.” Psalm 146:7. WHEN preaching last Tuesday in Dover, the mayor of the town very courteously lent the ancient town hall for the service, and in passing along to reach a private entrance, I noticed a large number of grated […]

LIFE AND WALK OF FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

LIFE AND WALK OF FAITH – Charles Spurgeon LIFE AND WALK OF FAITH “As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him.” Colossians 2:6. OUR nature is fond of change. Although man was made in the image of God at first, it is plain enough that any trace of immutability which […]

THE ROYAL PAIR IN THEIR GLORIOUS CHARIOT – Charles Spurgeon

THE ROYAL PAIR IN THEIR GLORIOUS CHARIOT – Charles Spurgeon THE ROYAL PAIR IN THEIR GLORIOUS CHARIOT “Who is this who comes out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant? Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the […]

A DRAMA IN FIVE ACTS – Charles Spurgeon

A DRAMA IN FIVE ACTS – Charles Spurgeon A DRAMA IN FIVE ACTS “But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remains, that both they who have wives be as though they had none. And they who weep, as though they wept not; and they who rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and […]

A MESSAGE FROM GOD FOR YOU – Charles Spurgeon

A MESSAGE FROM GOD FOR YOU – Charles Spurgeon A MESSAGE FROM GOD FOR YOU “The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; He will no more carry you away into captivity: He will visit your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He will discover your sins.” Lamentations 4:22. EVERY Sunday we are […]

CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY – Charles Spurgeon

CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY – Charles Spurgeon CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY “Did not I weep for him who was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?” Job 30:25. IN endeavoring to justify the ways of God, Job’s three friends came to the harsh conclusion that he would not have been so severely afflicted if he had […]

CHRIST—PERFECT THROUGH SUFFERINGS – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST—PERFECT THROUGH SUFFERINGS – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST—PERFECT THROUGH SUFFERINGS “For it became Him, from whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.” Hebrews 2:10. BELIEVING that God foreknows all things, we cannot but come to the conclusion […]

NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! – Charles Spurgeon

NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! – Charles Spurgeon NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! “He has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5. WHAT power resides in “Thus says the Lord!” The man who can grasp by faith, “He has said,” has an all-conquering weapon in his hand. What doubt will not […]

CITIZENSHIP IN HEAVEN – Charles Spurgeon

CITIZENSHIP IN HEAVEN – Charles Spurgeon CITIZENSHIP IN HEAVEN “For our conversation is in heaven; from where also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.” Philippians 3:20. THERE can be no comparison between a soaring seraph and a crawling worm. Christians ought so to live that it were idle to speak of a […]

SELF-DELUSION – Charles Spurgeon

SELF-DELUSION – Charles Spurgeon SELF-DELUSION “Many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.” Luke 13:24. EVERY wise merchant will occasionally hold a stock-taking, when he will cast up his accounts, examine what he has on hand, and ascertain decisively whether his trade is prosperous or declining. Every man […]

FAITH OMNIPOTENT – Charles Spurgeon

FAITH OMNIPOTENT – Charles Spurgeon FAITH OMNIPOTENT “Jesus said to him, If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” Mark 9:23. I MUST take your minds back to the scene in the midst of which Christ uttered these memorable words. Christ had been upon the mountaintop, transfigured in the presence of […]

GOOD NEWS FOR YOU – Charles Spurgeon

GOOD NEWS FOR YOU – Charles Spurgeon GOOD NEWS FOR YOU “But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was.” Luke 10:33. THE Good Samaritan is a masterly picture of true benevolence. The Samaritan had no kinship with the Jew, he was purely of foreign origin, yet he pities his poor neighbor. The […]

BELIEVERS—LIGHTS IN THE WORLD – Charles Spurgeon

BELIEVERS—LIGHTS IN THE WORLD – Charles Spurgeon BELIEVERS—LIGHTS IN THE WORLD “Do all things without murmurings and disputing, that you may be blameless and harmless, children of God, without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom you shine as lights in the world; holding fast the word of life, that […]

“ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED” – Charles Spurgeon

“ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED” – Charles Spurgeon “ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED” “He has made us accepted in the beloved.” Ephesians 1:6. “THE beloved!” This was a golden name which the ancient Church, in her most joyous moments, was known to give to the Anointed of the Lord. When the time of the singing of birds […]

THE MESSENGER OF THE COVENANT – Charles Spurgeon

THE MESSENGER OF THE COVENANT – Charles Spurgeon THE MESSENGER OF THE COVENANT “The messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight.” Malachi 3:1. THE LORD’S people delight in the everlasting covenant itself. It is an unfailing source of consolation to them as often as the Holy Spirit leads them to its green pastures, and […]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, O SLEEPER? – Charles Spurgeon

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, O SLEEPER? – Charles Spurgeon WHAT DO YOU MEAN, O SLEEPER? “But Jonah had gone down into the lowest parts of the ship, had laid down, and was fast asleep. So the captain came to him, and said to him, What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call upon your God; perhaps […]

EZEKIEL’S DESERTED INFANT – Charles Spurgeon

EZEKIEL’S DESERTED INFANT – Charles Spurgeon EZEKIEL’S DESERTED INFANT “No eye pitied you, to do any of these unto you, to have compassion upon you. But you were cast out into the open field to the loathing of your person, in the day that you were born. And when I passed by you and saw […]

FLESH AND SPIRIT—A RIDDLE – Charles Spurgeon

FLESH AND SPIRIT—A RIDDLE – Charles Spurgeon FLESH AND SPIRIT—A RIDDLE “So foolish was I and ignorant: I was as a beast before You. Nevertheless I am continually with You: You have held me by my right hand. You shall guide me with Your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in […]

THE LOADED WAGON – Charles Spurgeon

THE LOADED WAGON – Charles Spurgeon THE LOADED WAGON “Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.” Amos 2:13. THE other Sunday morning we went into the corn fields to glean with Boaz and Ruthand I trust that many of the timid and faint-hearted were encouraged to […]

THE HOLY SPIRIT GLORIFYING CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

THE HOLY SPIRIT GLORIFYING CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon THE HOLY SPIRIT GLORIFYING CHRIST “He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine, and shall declare it to you.” John 16:14. WE always need the Spirit of God in our preaching; but I think we more especially require His divine direction, and instruction […]

A SERMON FOR GLEANERS – Charles Spurgeon

A SERMON FOR GLEANERS – Charles Spurgeon A SERMON FOR GLEANERS “Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not. And let fall also some of the handfuls on purpose for her and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.” Ruth 2:15, 16. […]

CHRIST’S SERVANT—HIS DUTY AND REWARD – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST’S SERVANT—HIS DUTY AND REWARD – Charles Spurgeon CHRIST’S SERVANT—HIS DUTY AND REWARD “If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.” John 12:26. HOW many persons are of the religion of the Greeks who are mentioned […]

CREATION—AN ARGUMENT FOR FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

CREATION—AN ARGUMENT FOR FAITH – Charles Spurgeon CREATION—AN ARGUMENT FOR FAITH “Ah, Lord God, behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for You.” Jeremiah 32:17. AT the very time when the Chaldeans had cast up mounds round about the city of […]

AM I CLEAR OF HIS BLOOD? – Charles Spurgeon

AM I CLEAR OF HIS BLOOD? – Charles Spurgeon AM I CLEAR OF HIS BLOOD? “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.” Genesis 4:10. CAIN was of the wicked one and slew his brother. “The way of Cain” is not hard to describe. He is too proud to offer […]

FAITH AND REPENTANCE INSEPARABLE – Charles Spurgeon

FAITH AND REPENTANCE INSEPARABLE – Charles Spurgeon FAITH AND REPENTANCE INSEPARABLE “Repent and believe the gospel.” Mark 1:15. OUR Lord Jesus Christ commences His ministry by announcing its leading commands. He comes up from the wilderness newly anointed, like the bridegroom from his chamber; His love notes are repentance and faith. He comes forth fully […]

A SERMON FOR MEN OF TASTE – Charles Spurgeon

A SERMON FOR MEN OF TASTE – Charles Spurgeon A SERMON FOR MEN OF TASTE “Therefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby, if, indeed, you have tasted that the Lord is […]

THE FRIEND OF SINNERS – Charles Spurgeon

THE FRIEND OF SINNERS – Charles Spurgeon THE FRIEND OF SINNERS “He was numbered with the transgressors; and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.” Isaiah 53:12. A VAGUE notion is abroad in the world that the benefit of Christ’s passion is intended only for good people. The preaching of […]

RELIGION—REALITY! – Charles Spurgeon

RELIGION—REALITY! – Charles Spurgeon RELIGION—REALITY! “For it is not a vain thing for you, because it is your life.” Deuteronomy 32:47. IT appears from this closing remark of Moses that there were men in his time who thought religion to be vain, although, under the system which then existed, there were many plain proofs of […]

THE STONY HEART REMOVED – Charles Spurgeon

THE STONY HEART REMOVED – Charles Spurgeon THE STONY HEART REMOVED “I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:26. THE fall of man was utter and entire. Some things, when they have become dilapidated, may be repaired; but the old house […]

THE LOVE OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

THE LOVE OF JESUS – Charles Spurgeon THE LOVE OF JESUS  WHAT IT IS—NONE BUT HIS LOVED ONES KNOW” “And to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge.” Ephesians 3:19. IT is the distinguishing mark of God’s people that they know the love of Christ. Without exception, all those who have passed from death […]

SUNSHINE IN THE HEART – Charles Spurgeon

SUNSHINE IN THE HEART – Charles Spurgeon SUNSHINE IN THE HEART “Delight yourself also in the Lord; and He shall give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4. THERE are two teachings in our text which must be very surprising to those who are strangers to vital godliness; to sincere believers these marvels are […]

COMPASSION FOR THE MULTITUDE – Charles Spurgeon

COMPASSION FOR THE MULTITUDE – Charles Spurgeon COMPASSION FOR THE MULTITUDE “And they said to Him, We have here only five loaves and two fish. He said, Bring them here to Me.” Matthew 14:17, 18. AS was Christ, my brothers and sisters, when in this world, so are we also. Such, indeed, is our calling […]

THE LORD’S CARE OF HIS PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon

THE LORD’S CARE OF HIS PEOPLE – Charles Spurgeon THE LORD’S CARE OF HIS PEOPLE “He who touches you, touches the apple of My eye.” Zechariah 2:8. GOD’S love to His ancient people is the theme of many a psalm, and deserves to be rehearsed in the ears of every generation. Abraham was by nature […]

CHOICE PORTIONS – Charles Spurgeon

CHOICE PORTIONS – Charles Spurgeon CHOICE PORTIONS “For the Lord’s portion is His people.” Deuteronomy 32:9. “The Lord is my portion, says my soul.” Lamentations 3:24. THE love of God changes us into its own image, so that what the Lord says concerning us, we also can declare concerning Him. God is essentially love, and […]

AN EXHORTATION – Charles Spurgeon

AN EXHORTATION – Charles Spurgeon AN EXHORTATION BY REV. C. H. SPURGEON “And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David […]

JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS – Charles Spurgeon

JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS – Charles Spurgeon JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS “And Joseph said unto his brothers, I am Joseph; does my father yet live? And his brothers could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. And Joseph said unto his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came […]

GOD’S ESTIMATE OF TIME – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S ESTIMATE OF TIME – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S ESTIMATE OF TIME “But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” 2 Peter 3:8. FROM this text certain persons, more desirous to find arguments for their theories, than […]

THE OLD, OLD STORY – Charles Spurgeon

THE OLD, OLD STORY – Charles Spurgeon THE OLD, OLD STORY “In due time Christ died for the ungodly.” Romans 5:6. THERE is a doctor of divinity here tonight who listened to me some years ago. He has been back to his own dwelling place in America, and he has come here again. I could […]

RESURRECTION—CHRIST THE FIRST FRUITS – Charles Spurgeon

RESURRECTION—CHRIST THE FIRST FRUITS – Charles Spurgeon RESURRECTION—CHRIST THE FIRST FRUITS . “But now is Christ risen from the dead and become the first fruits of them who slept.” 1 Corinthians 15:20. THE fact of Christ’s resurrection is exceedingly well attested. It was necessary that it should be beyond dispute, since it lies at the […]

THE PORTION OF THE UNGODLY – Charles Spurgeon

THE PORTION OF THE UNGODLY – Charles Spurgeon THE PORTION OF THE UNGODLY “Behold, they shall be as stubble, the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame; it shall not be a coal to be warmed by, nor a fire to sit before.” Isaiah 47:14. THIS text […]

THE TWO DRAUGHTS OF FISHES – Charles Spurgeon

THE TWO DRAUGHTS OF FISHES – Charles Spurgeon THE TWO DRAUGHTS OF FISHES “Now when He had left speaking, He said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.” Luke 5:4. “And He said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you […]

GOD’S WILL AND MAN’S WILL – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S WILL AND MAN’S WILL – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S WILL AND MAN’S WILL “So then, it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.” Romans 9:16. “Whoever will, let him take the water of life freely.” Revelation 22:17. THE great controversy which for many ages has […]

THE ELDERS BEFORE THE THRONE – Charles Spurgeon

THE ELDERS BEFORE THE THRONE – Charles Spurgeon THE ELDERS BEFORE THE THRONE “Around the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. The four and twenty elders fall down before Him who […]

CHEER FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED – Charles Spurgeon

CHEER FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED – Charles Spurgeon CHEER FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED “But his wife said unto him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, He would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would He have showed us all these things, nor would He have told us […]

THE DANGER OF DOUBTING – Charles Spurgeon

THE DANGER OF DOUBTING – Charles Spurgeon THE DANGER OF DOUBTING “And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul.” 1 Samuel 27:1. TO doubt the loving-kindness of God is thought by some to be a very small sin. In fact, some have even exalted the doubts […]

GOD OR SELF—WHICH? – Charles Spurgeon

GOD OR SELF—WHICH? – Charles Spurgeon GOD OR SELF—WHICH? “Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did you at all fast unto Me, even to Me? And when you did eat, and when you […]

A SIGHT OF SELF – Charles Spurgeon

A SIGHT OF SELF – Charles Spurgeon A SIGHT OF SELF “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. And there is none who calls upon Your name, who […]

A SERMON FOR SPRING – Charles Spurgeon

A SERMON FOR SPRING – Charles Spurgeon A SERMON FOR SPRING “My beloved spoke and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, […]

OBTAINING PROMISES – Charles Spurgeon

OBTAINING PROMISES – Charles Spurgeon OBTAINING PROMISES “Who through faith obtained promises.” Hebrews 11:33. THE promises of God are to the believer an inexhaustible mine of wealth. Happy is it for him if he knows how to search out their secret veins, and enrich himself with their hidden treasures. They are to him an armory […]

SANCTIFICATION – Charles Spurgeon

SANCTIFICATION – Charles Spurgeon  SANCTIFICATION “Sanctified by God the Father.” “Sanctified in Christ Jesus.” Jude 1:1. 1 Corinthians 1:2. “Through sanctification of the Spirit.” 1 Peter 1:2. MARK, beloved, the union of the three divine persons in all their gracious acts! We believe that there is one God, and although we rejoice to recognize the […]

LIFE IN EARNEST – Charles Spurgeon

LIFE IN EARNEST – Charles Spurgeon LIFE IN EARNEST “He did it with all his heart and prospered.” 2 Chronicles 31:21. THIS is no unusual occurrence; in fact, it seems to be the general rule of the moral universe, that those men prosper who do their work with all their hearts, while those are almost […]

A VOICE FROM THE HARTLEY COLLIERY – Charles Spurgeon

A VOICE FROM THE HARTLEY COLLIERY – Charles Spurgeon A VOICE FROM THE HARTLEY COLLIERY “If a man dies, shall he live again?” Job 14:14. ONCE more the Lord has spoken. Once again the voice of providence has proclaimed, “All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of grass.” O […]

A SECRET AND YET NO SECRET – Charles Spurgeon

A SECRET AND YET NO SECRET – Charles Spurgeon A SECRET AND YET NO SECRET “A garden enclosed is My sister, My spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.” “A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters and streams from Lebanon.” Song of Solomon 4:12, 15. OBSERVE the sweet titles with which Christ, […]

TWO ADVENTS OF CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon

TWO ADVENTS OF CHRIST – Charles Spurgeon TWO ADVENTS OF CHRIST “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them who look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation.” Hebrews […]

GRACE EXALTED—BOASTING EXCLUDED – Charles Spurgeon

GRACE EXALTED—BOASTING EXCLUDED – Charles Spurgeon GRACE EXALTED—BOASTING EXCLUDED “Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.” Romans 3:27. PRIDE is most obnoxious to God. As a sin, His holiness hates it; as a treason, His sovereignty detests it; as a rebellion, the whole […]

A CURE FOR CARE – Charles Spurgeon

A CURE FOR CARE – Charles Spurgeon A CURE FOR CARE “Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7. NO one precept contains the whole of a Believer’s duty; but usually in Scripture the precepts rise one above the other, like those stone steps by which the traveler in […]

A PSALM FOR THE NEW YEAR – Charles Spurgeon

A PSALM FOR THE NEW YEAR – Charles Spurgeon A PSALM FOR THE NEW YEAR “But grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be glory both now and forever. Amen.” 2 Peter 3:18. BEHOLD, beloved, our perpetual dangers. Where can we go to escape from peril? […]

PREACHING! MAN’S PRIVILEGE AND GOD’S POWER! – Charles Spurgeon

PREACHING! MAN’S PRIVILEGE AND GOD’S POWER! – Charles Spurgeon PREACHING! MAN’S PRIVILEGE AND GOD’S POWER! “For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man, and protected him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.” Mark 6:20. THE preaching of the Word has exceeding power. John […]

ALL-SUFFICIENCY MAGNIFIED – Charles Spurgeon

ALL-SUFFICIENCY MAGNIFIED – Charles Spurgeon ALL-SUFFICIENCY MAGNIFIED “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13. THE former part of the sentence would be a piece of impudent daring without the latter part to interpret it. There have been some men who, puffed up with vanity, have in their hearts said, “I […]

SELF-SUFFICIENCY SLAIN – Charles Spurgeon

SELF-SUFFICIENCY SLAIN – Charles Spurgeon SELF-SUFFICIENCY SLAIN “Without Me you can do nothing.” John 15:5. CONSCIOUS of this truth of God in my own case, I would earnestly seek the help of God’s Spirit in preaching as in every other spiritual exercise, for, without Him, I can do nothing! It is a remarkable fact that […]

TENDER WORDS OF TERRIBLE APPREHENSION! – Charles Spurgeon

TENDER WORDS OF TERRIBLE APPREHENSION! – Charles Spurgeon TENDER WORDS OF TERRIBLE APPREHENSION! “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.” Psalm 9:17. MANY of God’s ministers have been accused of taking pleasure in preaching upon this terrible subject of “the wrath to come.” We were, indeed, strange beings, […]

A BASKET OF SUMMER FRUIT – Charles Spurgeon

A BASKET OF SUMMER FRUIT – Charles Spurgeon A BASKET OF SUMMER FRUIT “Thus has the Lord God showed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit. And He said, Amos, what do you see? And I said, a basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, the end is come upon […]

GRACE REVIVING ISRAEL – Charles Spurgeon

GRACE REVIVING ISRAEL – Charles Spurgeon GRACE REVIVING ISRAEL “I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. Those who dwell under his shadow shall […]

THE HIGH PRIEST STANDING BETWEEN THE DEAD AND THE LIVING – Charles Spurgeon

THE HIGH PRIEST STANDING BETWEEN THE DEAD AND THE LIVING – Charles Spurgeon THE HIGH PRIEST STANDING BETWEEN THE DEAD AND THE LIVING “And Aaron took it as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put in incense, and made atonement […]

“MAGNIFICAT” – Charles Spurgeon

“MAGNIFICAT” – Charles Spurgeon “MAGNIFICAT” “Awake, awake, Deborah; awake, awake, utter a song; arise, Barak, and lead your captivity captive, you son of Abinoam.” Judges 5:12. MANY of the saints of God are as mournful as if they were captives in Babylon, for their life is spent in tears and sighing. They will not chant […]

THE SONS OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon

THE SONS OF GOD – Charles Spurgeon THE SONS OF GOD “The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God; and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.” Romans 8:16, 17. […]

LOVE TO JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

LOVE TO JESUS – Charles Spurgeon  LOVE TO JESUS “O You whom my soul loves.” Song of Solomon 1:7. IF the life of a Christian may be compared to a sacrifice, then humility digs the foundation for the altar; prayer brings the unhewn stones and piles them, one upon the other; penitence fills the trench […]

SIN SLAIN – Charles Spurgeon

SIN SLAIN – Charles Spurgeon SIN SLAIN “And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.” Judges 4:22. IF […]

STRUGGLES OF CONSCIENCE – Charles Spurgeon

STRUGGLES OF CONSCIENCE – Charles Spurgeon STRUGGLES OF CONSCIENCE “How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.” Job 13:23. THERE are many persons who long to have a deeper sense of their sinfulness, and then with a certain show of conscientious scruple, they make an excuse for […]

A SINGLE EYE AND SIMPLE FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

A SINGLE EYE AND SIMPLE FAITH – Charles Spurgeon A SINGLE EYE AND SIMPLE FAITH “The light of the body is the eye: if therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body shall be full of darkness.” Matthew 6:22, 23 (NKJV). […]

MAN’S WEAKNESS—GOD’S ANOINTING – Charles Spurgeon

MAN’S WEAKNESS—GOD’S ANOINTING – Charles Spurgeon MAN’S WEAKNESS—GOD’S ANOINTING “I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too hard for me.” 2 Samuel 3:39. YOU will remember that David was secretly anointed king over Israel by Samuel, but he waited many a weary year before the crown […]

THREE HOMILIES FROM ONE TEXT – Charles Spurgeon

THREE HOMILIES FROM ONE TEXT – Charles Spurgeon THREE HOMILIES FROM ONE TEXT “And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness, and all manner of disease among the people. And His fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto […]

REIGNING GRACE – Charles Spurgeon

REIGNING GRACE – Charles Spurgeon REIGNING GRACE “So that as sin has reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 5:21. I SHALL not pretend to enter into the fullness of this text, but merely select that topic, “grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal […]

CHRIST’S FIRST AND LAST SUBJECT – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST’S FIRST AND LAST SUBJECT – Charles Spurgeon  CHRIST’S FIRST AND LAST SUBJECT “From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17. “And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.” Luke 24:47. […]

TRUE PRAYER—TRUE POWER! – Charles Spurgeon

TRUE PRAYER—TRUE POWER! – Charles Spurgeon TRUE PRAYER—TRUE POWER! “Therefore I say unto you, whatever things you ask, when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.” Mark 11:24 (NKJV). THIS verse has something to do with the faith of miracles; but I think it has far more reference to the […]

VESSELS OF MERCY—A SERMON OF SELF-EXAMINATION – Charles Spurgeon

VESSELS OF MERCY—A SERMON OF SELF-EXAMINATION – Charles Spurgeon VESSELS OF MERCY—A SERMON OF SELF-EXAMINATION “And that He might make known the riches of His Glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, even us, whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles.” Romans 9:23, […]

EVERYWHERE AND YET FORGOTTEN – Charles Spurgeon

EVERYWHERE AND YET FORGOTTEN – Charles Spurgeon EVERYWHERE AND YET FORGOTTEN “Who knows not in all these that the hand of the Lord has worked this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.” Job 12:9, 10. THESE verses occur in Job’s answer to Zophar the Naamathite. […]

CONSTRAINING LOVE – Charles Spurgeon

CONSTRAINING LOVE – Charles Spurgeon CONSTRAINING LOVE “Oh love the Lord all you His saints.” Psalm 31:23. LOVE Jehovah—so the text runs. God the Father demands your love, and He deserves the warmest affection of your hearts. He has chosen you from before the foundation of the world. He has given His Son that He […]

EFFECTS OF SOUND DOCTRINE – Charles Spurgeon

EFFECTS OF SOUND DOCTRINE – Charles Spurgeon EFFECTS OF SOUND DOCTRINE “For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.” Matthew 24:24. I AM not about to enter upon any argument in proof of the doctrine […]

VILE INGRATITUDE! – Charles Spurgeon

VILE INGRATITUDE! – Charles Spurgeon VILE INGRATITUDE! “Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations.” Ezekiel 16:1-2. AND how do you think the prophet proceeded in order to accomplish the solemn commission which had been thus entrusted to him? Did he begin by reminding […]

A DIVINE CHALLENGE! – Charles Spurgeon

A DIVINE CHALLENGE! – Charles Spurgeon A DIVINE CHALLENGE! “Thus says the Lord, let My people go, that they may serve Me.” Exodus 8:1. ON two or three former occasions I have endeavored to insist upon the fact that God always puts a distinction between Israel and Egypt. He constantly speaks of the Israelites as […]

THE JEER OF SARCASM, AND THE RETORT OF PIETY – Charles Spurgeon

THE JEER OF SARCASM, AND THE RETORT OF PIETY – Charles Spurgeon THE JEER OF SARCASM, AND THE RETORT OF PIETY “Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered himself today in the […]

CONTENTMENT – Charles Spurgeon

CONTENTMENT – Charles Spurgeon CONTENTMENT “For I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content.” Philippians 4:11. THE apostle Paul was a very learned man, but not the least among his manifold acquisitions in science was this—he had learned to be content. Such learning is far better than much that is acquired in […]

SPECIAL THANKSGIVING TO THE FATHER – Charles Spurgeon

SPECIAL THANKSGIVING TO THE FATHER – Charles Spurgeon SPECIAL THANKSGIVING TO THE FATHER “Giving thanks unto the Father, which has made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son.” Colossians […]

HIGH DOCTRINE – Charles Spurgeon

HIGH DOCTRINE – Charles Spurgeon HIGH DOCTRINE “And all things are of God.” 2 Corinthians 5:18. I WOULD have you look on this text as being a summary of all the things which we have preached to you these years. It has been my endeavor, constantly and continually, to maintain that salvation is of God’s […]

CHARACTERISTICS OF FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

CHARACTERISTICS OF FAITH – Charles Spurgeon CHARACTERISTICS OF FAITH “Then said Jesus unto him, Except you see signs and wonders, you will not believe.” John 4:48. YOU will remember that Luke, in his letter to Theophilus, speaks of things which Jesus began both to do and to teach as if there was a connection between […]

A SENSE OF PARDONED SIN – Charles Spurgeon

A SENSE OF PARDONED SIN – Charles Spurgeon A SENSE OF PARDONED SIN “You have cast all my sins behind Your back.” Isaiah 38:17. HEZEKIAH here speaks positively on a matter concerning which he had not the remotest shadow of a doubt. He had trusted his God; he had cast himself upon the merit of […]

THE TEACHING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon

THE TEACHING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT – Charles Spurgeon THE TEACHING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatever I have said unto you.” John 14:26. THERE are many […]

PEACE AT HOME, AND PROSPERITY ABROAD ON BEHALF OF THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY – Charles Spurgeon

PEACE AT HOME, AND PROSPERITY ABROAD ON BEHALF OF THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY – Charles Spurgeon  PEACE AT HOME, AND PROSPERITY ABROAD ON BEHALF OF THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY. “He makes peace in your borders and fills you with the finest of the wheat. He sends forth His commandment upon earth: His Word runs very […]

TERRIBLE CONVICTIONS AND GENTLE DRAWINGS – Charles Spurgeon

TERRIBLE CONVICTIONS AND GENTLE DRAWINGS – Charles Spurgeon TERRIBLE CONVICTIONS AND GENTLE DRAWINGS “When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer.” Psalm 32:3, 4. DAVID here describes a very […]

PERSONAL SERVICE ON BEHALF OF THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY. – Charles Spurgeon

PERSONAL SERVICE ON BEHALF OF THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY. – Charles Spurgeon  PERSONAL SERVICE ON BEHALF OF THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY “O Lord, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant and the son of Your handmaid; You have loosed my bonds.” Psalm 116:16. THESE sentences suggest a contrast. David’s religion was one of […]

THE BEGINNING, INCREASE, AND END OF THE DIVINE LIFE – Charles Spurgeon

THE BEGINNING, INCREASE, AND END OF THE DIVINE LIFE – Charles Spurgeon  THE BEGINNING, INCREASE, AND END OF THE DIVINE LIFE “Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end should greatly increase.” Job 8:7. THIS was the reasoning of Bildad the Shuhite. He wished to prove that Job could not possibly be an upright […]

CHRIST—OUR SUBSTITUTE – Charles Spurgeon

CHRIST—OUR SUBSTITUTE – Charles Spurgeon  CHRIST—OUR SUBSTITUTE “For He has made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.” 2 Corinthians 5:21. SOME time ago an excellent lady sought an interview with me with the objective, as she said, of enlisting my […]

THE ROYAL DEATHBED – Charles Spurgeon

THE ROYAL DEATHBED – Charles Spurgeon  THE ROYAL DEATHBED “Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord has not done it?” Amos 3:6. WE have nothing to do, this morning, with the question of moral evil, and indeed, with the awful mystery of the origin of moral evil, we have nothing to do […]

TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!—A PARADOX! – Charles Spurgeon

TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!—A PARADOX! – Charles Spurgeon  TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!—A PARADOX! “They yet believed not for joy.” Luke 24:41. THIS is a very strange sentence, but the Christian is a singularly complex being. He is a compound of the fallen, and of the perfect. He continually detects in himself an alternation […]

THE TRUE APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION – Charles Spurgeon

THE TRUE APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION – Charles Spurgeon  THE TRUE APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION “Instead of your fathers shall be your children, whom You may make princes in all the earth.” Psalm 45:16. THE overwhelming national calamity announced to the citizens of London at midnight by the solemn tolling of the great bell of St. Paul’s was unknown […]

THE WEEDING OF THE GARDEN – Charles Spurgeon

THE WEEDING OF THE GARDEN – Charles Spurgeon  THE WEEDING OF THE GARDEN “But He answered and said, Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.” Matthew 15:13. JESUS CHRIST had spoken certain truths of God which were highly objectionable to the Pharisees. Some of His loving disciples were greatly frightened, […]

THE PEACEMAKER – Charles Spurgeon

THE PEACEMAKER – Charles Spurgeon  THE PEACEMAKER “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.” Matthew 5:9. THIS is the seventh of the beatitudes. There is a mystery always connected with the number seven. It was the number of perfection among the Hebrews, and it seems as if the Savior […]

“IT IS FINISHED!”- Charles Spurgeon

“IT IS FINISHED!”- Charles Spurgeon “IT IS FINISHED!”   “When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, It is finished: and He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.” John 19:30. MY brothers and sisters, I would have you attentively observe the singular clearness, power, and quickness of the Savior’s mind in the […]

ABRAM AND THE RAVENOUS BIRDS – Charles Spurgeon

ABRAM AND THE RAVENOUS BIRDS – Charles Spurgeon ABRAM AND THE RAVENOUS BIRDS “And when the vultures came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.” Genesis 15:11. WE might use this text, if we chose, as a picture of the ease with which faith repels all attacks that are made upon Christ, the great […]

THE ROARING LION – Charles Spurgeon

THE ROARING LION – Charles Spurgeon THE ROARING LION “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brethren in the world. SATAN, who is called by various names […]

BREAD FOR THE HUNGRY – Charles Spurgeon

BREAD FOR THE HUNGRY – Charles Spurgeon BREAD FOR THE HUNGRY “So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that […]

SCOURGE FOR SLUMBERING SOULS – Charles Spurgeon

SCOURGE FOR SLUMBERING SOULS – Charles Spurgeon SCOURGE FOR SLUMBERING SOULS “Woe to those who are at ease in Zion.” Amos 6:1. IN itself considered, it is no ill thing to be at ease; no, it is a great blessing to be at ease in Zion in the healthy sense and meaning of that word. […]

THE SHIELD OF FAITH – Charles Spurgeon

THE SHIELD OF FAITH – Charles Spurgeon THE SHIELD OF FAITH “Above all, taking the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.” Ephesians 6:16. LIKE the Spartans, every Christian is born a warrior. It is his destiny to be assaulted; it is his duty […]

THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST—RECEIVED! – Charles Spurgeon

THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST—RECEIVED! – Charles Spurgeon THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST—RECEIVED! “And of His fullness we have all received.” John 1:16. THE text informs us that there is fullness in Christ. There is a fullness of essential Deity, for “in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead.” There is a fullness of perfect manhood, […]

THE GLORY OF CHRIST—BEHELD! – Charles Spurgeon

THE GLORY OF CHRIST—BEHELD! – Charles Spurgeon THE GLORY OF CHRIST—BEHELD! “And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth.” John 1:14. I CANNOT refrain from mentioning an incident connected with the perusal of the […]

TO DIE OR NOT TO DIE! – Charles Spurgeon

TO DIE OR NOT TO DIE! – Charles Spurgeon TO DIE OR NOT TO DIE! “Willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 5:8. I ONCE heard two good men holding a dialog with one another. I should not like to have the task of saying […]

GOD’S FIRST WORDS TO THE FIRST SINNER – Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S FIRST WORDS TO THE FIRST SINNER – Charles Spurgeon GOD’S FIRST WORDS TO THE FIRST SINNER “The Lord God called to Adam, and said unto him, Where are you?” Genesis 3:9. IT will be interesting to the members of this church to know that it was under a sermon delivered by Mr. William Wallin […]

FULL REDEMPTION – Charles Spurgeon

FULL REDEMPTION – Charles Spurgeon FULL REDEMPTION “There shall not a hoof be left behind.” Exodus 10:26. THE controversy between Jehovah, the God of the whole earth, and Pharaoh, king of Egypt, was intended to be remembered and spoken of throughout all generations. On that occasion, God permitted human nature to arrive at its highest […]

THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER – Charles Spurgeon

THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER – Charles Spurgeon THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER “And when a great multitude had gathered, and they had come to Him from every city, He spoke by a parable: a sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trod […]

IMPORTANCE OF SMALL THINGS – Charles Spurgeon

IMPORTANCE OF SMALL THINGS – Charles Spurgeon IMPORTANCE OF SMALL THINGS “The Lord our God made a breach upon us for that we sought Him not after the due order.” 1 Chronicles 15:13. LET me explain the events of which a summary is to be found in 2 Samuel 6 and 1 Chronicles 13:15—the ark […]

INFANT SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon

INFANT SALVATION – Charles Spurgeon INFANT SALVATION “Is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.” 2 Kings 4:26. THE subject of this morning’s discourse will be “Infant salvation.” It may not possibly be interesting to all present, but I do not remember to have preached upon this subject to this congregation, […]

NOT NOW, BUT HEREAFTER! – Charles Spurgeon

NOT NOW, BUT HEREAFTER! – Charles Spurgeon NOT NOW, BUT HEREAFTER! “Have you not asked them who go by the way? And do you not know their signs, that the wicked is reserved for the day of destruction? They shall be brought forth for the day of wrath. Who shall declare his way to his […]

RESURRECTION! – Charles Spurgeon

RESURRECTION! – Charles Spurgeon  RESURRECTION! “But someone will say, ‘How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?’ Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies. And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain; perhaps wheat or some other […]

FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD – Charles Spurgeon

FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD – Charles Spurgeon FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD “That which we have seen and heard we declare unto you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.” 1 John 1:3. FELLOWSHIP with God was one of the richest privileges of […]

SEPARATING THE PRECIOUS FROM THE VILE – Charles Spurgeon

SEPARATING THE PRECIOUS FROM THE VILE – Charles Spurgeon SEPARATING THE PRECIOUS FROM THE VILE “That you may know how that the Lord has made a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.” Exodus 11:7. THE difference between the Egyptians and Israel was exceedingly manifest. At first sight, it seemed to be very greatly to the […]

MEMENTO MORI – Charles Spurgeon

MEMENTO MORI – Charles Spurgeon MEMENTO MORI “O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end.” Deuteronomy 32:29. MAN is unwilling to consider the subject of death. The shroud, the pickaxe and the grave, he labors to keep continually out of sight. He would live here always if […]

ELECTION AND HOLINESS – Charles Spurgeon

ELECTION AND HOLINESS – Charles Spurgeon ELECTION AND HOLINESS “Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord’s your God, the earth also, with all that therein is. Only the Lord had a delight in your fathers to love them, and He chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as […]

JESUS ABOUT HIS FATHER’S BUSINESS – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS ABOUT HIS FATHER’S BUSINESS – Charles Spurgeon JESUS ABOUT HIS FATHER’S BUSINESS “Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.” John 4:34. IT is peculiarly pleasing to the Christian to observe the interest which God the Father takes in the work […]

BLAST OF THE TRUMPET AGAINST FALSE PEACE – Charles Spurgeon

BLAST OF THE TRUMPET AGAINST FALSE PEACE – Charles Spurgeon A BLAST OF THE TRUMPET AGAINST FALSE PEACE “Peace, peace, when there is no peace.” Jeremiah 6:14. MINISTERS are fearfully guilty if they intentionally build up men in a false peace. I cannot imagine any man more greatly guilty of blood than he who plays […]

ACCIDENTS, NOT PUNISHMENTS – Charles Spurgeon

ACCIDENTS, NOT PUNISHMENTS – Charles Spurgeon ACCIDENTS, NOT PUNISHMENTS “There were present at that season some that told Him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose you that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things? I tell you, […]

NATURAL OR SPIRITUAL? – Charles Spurgeon

NATURAL OR SPIRITUAL? – Charles Spurgeon NATURAL OR SPIRITUAL? “But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned.” 1 Corinthians 2:14. THE Apostle Paul knows of only two classes of men—natural and spiritual. Before his eyes, all other distinctions are extinguished. […]

THE INFALLIBILITY OF GOD’S PURPOSE – Charles Spurgeon

THE INFALLIBILITY OF GOD’S PURPOSE – Charles Spurgeon THE INFALLIBILITY OF GOD’S PURPOSE “But He is of one mind, and who can make Him change? And whatever His soul desires, that He does.” Job 23:13. IT is very advantageous to the Christian mind to frequently consider the deep and unsearchable attributes of God. The beneficial […]

INTERCESSORY PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon

INTERCESSORY PRAYER – Charles Spurgeon INTERCESSORY PRAYER “The Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends.” Job 42:10. “THE Lord restored Job’s losses.” So, then, our longest sorrows have a close, and there is a bottom to the most profound depths of our misery. Our winters shall not frown forever; summer shall soon […]

THE BROKEN COLUMN – Charles Spurgeon

THE BROKEN COLUMN – Charles Spurgeon THE BROKEN COLUMN “And another also said, Lord, I will follow You; but…” Luke 9:61. WHEN you have walked through a cemetery, you have frequently seen over a grave a broken column, intended to memorialize the death of someone who was taken away in the prime of manhood— before […]

THE JOINT-HEIRS AND THEIR DIVINE PORTION – Charles Spurgeon

THE JOINT-HEIRS AND THEIR DIVINE PORTION – Charles Spurgeon THE JOINT-HEIRS AND THEIR DIVINE PORTION “Joint-heirs with Christ.” Romans 8:17. THE apostle has proceeded through a simple, but exceedingly forcible, train of reasoning till he gains this glorious point—“joint-heirs with Christ.” He begins thus—“You have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but […]

JACOB’S WAKING EXCLAMATION – Charles Spurgeon

JACOB’S WAKING EXCLAMATION – Charles Spurgeon JACOB’S WAKING EXCLAMATION “And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.” Genesis 28:16. THROUGH his own foolish wisdom Jacob had been compelled to leave his father’s house. Perhaps we are scarcely able to judge of […]

OUR MISERIES, MESSENGERS OF MERCY – Charles Spurgeon

OUR MISERIES, MESSENGERS OF MERCY – Charles Spurgeon OUR MISERIES, MESSENGERS OF MERCY “Come and let us return unto the Lord: for He has torn, and He will heal us. He has smitten, and He will bind us up. After two days He will revive us: in the third day He will raise us up, […]

A PEAL OF BELLS – Charles Spurgeon

A PEAL OF BELLS – Charles Spurgeon A PEAL OF BELLS “In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD.” Zechariah 14:20. THERE are many days already past which we might well have wished to see. Who would not have rejoiced to have beheld the day when God […]

THE NEW NATURE – Charles Spurgeon

THE NEW NATURE – Charles Spurgeon THE NEW NATURE “Being born-again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides forever. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower thereof falls away: but […]

FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! – Charles Spurgeon

FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! – Charles Spurgeon FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! “When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon you.” Isaiah 43:2. BEFORE we explain the metaphor of the text, it may be well for us to remark that we are not sufficiently grateful, I fear, for the […]

CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN – Charles Spurgeon

CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN – Charles Spurgeon CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN “Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord?” Psalm 24:3. THERE is little doubt that this Psalm has a primary reference to the Lord Jesus Christ. He it is who alone ascended up on high by His own merits, and by virtue of a perfect […]

JEHOVAH TSIDKENU THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS – Charles Spurgeon

JEHOVAH TSIDKENU THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS – Charles Spurgeon JEHOVAH TSIDKENU THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS “This is His name whereby He shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.” Jeremiah 23:6. MAN by the fall sustained an infinite loss in the matter of righteousness. He suffered the loss of a righteous nature, and then a two-fold […]

“EVEN SO, FATHER! – Charles Spurgeon

“EVEN SO, FATHER! – Charles Spurgeon “EVEN SO, FATHER!” “At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight.” Matthew 11:25, […]

THE CHURCH—CONSERVATIVE AND AGGRESSIVE – Charles Spurgeon

THE CHURCH—CONSERVATIVE AND AGGRESSIVE – Charles Spurgeon THE CHURCH—CONSERVATIVE AND AGGRESSIVE “The Church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.” 1 Timothy 3:15. YOU will remember it was announced last Sunday that a collection would be made today in behalf of our institution for training young men for the ministry. It […]

TRUST IN GOD—TRUE WISDOM – Charles Spurgeon

TRUST IN GOD—TRUE WISDOM – Charles Spurgeon TRUST IN GOD—TRUE WISDOM “He who handles a matter wisely shall find good: and whoever trusts in the Lord, happy is he.” Proverbs 16:20. WISDOM is man’s true path—that which enables him to accomplish best the end of his being, and which, therefore, gives to him the richest […]

THE FIRST RESURRECTION – Charles Spurgeon

THE FIRST RESURRECTION – Charles Spurgeon THE FIRST RESURRECTION “And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them who were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the Word of God, and who had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, […]

NONCONFORMITY – Charles Spurgeon

NONCONFORMITY – Charles Spurgeon NONCONFORMITY SIR JOHN BURGOYNE, on taking the Chair, said—Ladies and gentlemen. It is extremely gratifying to be aware that every preceding meeting, whether spiritual or in the shape of bazaar or lecture, that has been held for the promotion of this great undertaking, has, by the exertions and energies, and able […]

THE FINAL PERSEVERANCE OF BELIEVERS IN CHRIST JESUS – Charles Spurgeon

THE FINAL PERSEVERANCE OF BELIEVERS IN CHRIST JESUS – Charles Spurgeon THE FINAL PERSEVERANCE OF BELIEVERS IN CHRIST JESUS MY dear brethren and friends. Most unexpectedly did the kind invitation of my esteemed brother, Mr. Spurgeon, come to me to take part in the present service of this beautiful house. And after I had engaged […]

EFFECTUAL CALLING – Charles Spurgeon

EFFECTUAL CALLING – Charles Spurgeon EFFECTUAL CALLING MY Christian friends, our minds have been occupied today with some of the loftiest subjects that can engage the thoughts of man. Our attention has been directed to the infinitely wise and true God, and we have been endeavoring to conceive of Him as the great, the infinite, […]

PARTICULAR REDEMPTION I THINK – Charles Spurgeon

PARTICULAR REDEMPTION I THINK – Charles Spurgeon PARTICULAR REDEMPTION I THINK It is well that the death of Christ and its consequent blessings should occupy one place in our discussion here tonight; for not only is it the central truth in the Calvinistic theory, but the death of Christ is the center point of all […]

HUMAN DEPRAVITY – Charles Spurgeon

HUMAN DEPRAVITY – Charles Spurgeon HUMAN DEPRAVITY MY Christian friends, you are quite aware that the subject which is to engage our further attention this afternoon, is HUMAN DEPRAVITY—a subject about which there are different opinions, which I shall not attempt to examine at the present time, but I shall confine myself to the teachings […]

ELECTION – Charles Spurgeon

ELECTION – Charles Spurgeon ELECTION My dear Christian friends, those who best know my cast of mind will readily believe me when I say I would rather have spoken on the majesty and mystery of the person of Christ, or I would rather have spoken on the perfection and intrinsic worth of the mediation of […]

EXPOSITION OF THE DOCTRINES OF GRACE – Charles Spurgeon

EXPOSITION OF THE DOCTRINES OF GRACE – Charles Spurgeon EXPOSITION OF THE DOCTRINES OF GRACE Saved from the damning power of sin, The law’s tremendous curse, We’ll now the sacred song begin Where God began with us. We’ll sing the vast unmeasured grace Which, from the days of old, Did all His chosen sons embrace, […]