Charles Haddon Spurgeon Text Sermons

“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

“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

“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

“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.

“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

“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

“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

“AS YOUR DAYS, SO SHALL YOUR STRENGTH BE” – Charles Spurgeon “AS YOUR DAYS, SO SHALL YOUR STRENGTH BE” “As your days, so shall your strength be.” Deuteronomy 33:25. BELOVED, it seems a sad thing that every day must die and be followed by a night. We have seen the

“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

“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,

“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.

“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,”

“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

“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

“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

“COMPEL THEM TO COME IN” – Charles Spurgeon “COMPEL THEM TO COME IN” “Compel them to come in.” Luke 14:23. I FEEL in such a haste to go out and obey this commandment this morning by compelling those to come in who are now tarrying in the highways and hedges

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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,

“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.

“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.”

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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,

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“LET US PRAY” – Charles Spurgeon “LET US PRAY” “But it is good for me to draw near to God.” Psalm 73:28. THERE are many ways by which the true believer draws near to God. The gates of the King’s palace are many; and through the love of Jesus and

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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?”

“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.

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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,

“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.”

“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

“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

“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 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

“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

“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

“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.”

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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.

“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

“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

“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

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

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

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