Charles Spurgeon • Apr 2, 1893
I AM about to speak of the second coming of Christ and I felt thankful that my dear brother’s prayer, although we had not been in consultation with one another upon the matter, was in every way so suitable to the subject upon which I am to speak. He led us in…
Charles Spurgeon • Apr 29, 1915
WE like to know how a person used to act, for we think we can infer from that how he will act. That is not always correct, however, for men change. But in our Savior’s case, if we study His life, we may very well infer from what He did, what He will do, becaus…
Charles Spurgeon • Feb 23, 1911
This morning [See Sermon #533, The Queen Of The South or The Earnest Enquirer] I spoke to you concerning the visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, and tried to use it as an illustration of the spirit in which sinners should come to Him who is far wiser…
Charles Spurgeon • Apr 15, 1909
THE psalmist Ethan is here speaking of the covenant people—the people of God, the people who know the joyful sound of the covenant of grace, and who therefore walk in the light of God’s countenance. It is said of these persons that God is the glory of their st…
Charles Spurgeon • Oct 25, 1885
THIS is the first song unto the Lord which is recorded in Holy Scripture. In Jacob’s blessing of his children there are verses which may be regarded as songs, but they are mere fragments, and can scarcely be said to be sung unto the Lord. There are other coupl…
Charles Spurgeon • Nov 19, 1899
WE noticed, in reading the chapter from which our text is taken, that the apostle Peter first mentioned the glorious doctrines of grace and the marvelous benefits bestowed by God upon believers, and he afterwards drew from them a practical inference. “Wherefor…
Charles Spurgeon • Jan 19, 1862
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 of His attributes stand leagued to put it down. God has touched other sins with His finger, but against this vice He has made b…
Charles Spurgeon
PAUL, when buffeted by the messenger of Satan, addressed his prayer to the Lord Jesus Christ, and not, as he usually did, to the heavenly Father. This is a somewhat remarkable fact, but it is clear from the passage before us. He says, “For this thing I besough…
Charles Spurgeon • Dec 14, 1911
I BELIEVE that we have in this verse a prayer of the Lord Jesus Christ. Some portions of this Psalm cannot apply to anyone but the Savior. And we have the examples of Peter and Paul to warrant us in saying that in this Psalm, David spoke of Jesus Christ. There…
Charles Spurgeon • Jul 5, 1868
“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 to the God of Jacob! Though it be thousands of years ago since the sweet singer of Israel thus s…
Charles Spurgeon • Jul 12, 1874
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 beauty wherewith the evening skies were all ablaze, and adoring Him who gave them thei…
Charles Spurgeon • Dec 18, 1913
THE early Christians were known to think and talk far more of our Savior than we do. Some of them were, perhaps, not quite so clear upon justification by faith as they ought to have been, but they were very clear about the merits of the precious blood, and if…
Charles Spurgeon • Feb 25, 1872
TOWARDS some subjects even the best of men need that their attention should be drawn. Certain themes need an introduction to our contemplations. We often see and yet do not see, we see that which upon the surface attracts the eye, but we fail to penetrate into…
Charles Spurgeon • Apr 30, 1914
THE night before He had “sweat, as it were, great drops of blood falling to the ground,” that fair visage, which was “fairer than that of any of the sons of men,” had been marred by agony and grief without parallel. During that night He had no rest, He was dra…
Charles Spurgeon • Oct 20, 1910
IF you will look at our text, dear friends, you will see that it is very ominously followed by the words, “and a time to hate.” We are changeable creatures, and we live in an ever-changing world, and this chapter gives an accurate summary of how most of our li…
Charles Spurgeon • Oct 22, 1903
THERE are some believers with strong and vigorous faith. Soaring high, they can mount up with wings as eagles. Fleet of foot, they can run, and not be weary, or with steady progress, they can walk and not faint. But all are not so highly privileged. I suppose…
Charles Spurgeon • Oct 8, 1871
BLESSED were you, O Simeon, for flesh and blood had not revealed this unto you, neither had it enabled you so cheerfully to bid the world farewell. The flesh clings to the earth—it is dust and owns allegiance to the ground out of which it was taken. It loathes…
Charles Spurgeon • Jun 7, 1906
EVERY man who is engaged in a good work desires that it may be lasting. “Establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it,” was not only a very appropriate prayer from the mouth of Moses, who had led the children of Is…
Charles Spurgeon • Aug 27, 1914
IN all those churches which are not altogether tied and bound by liturgies and rituals, it has been common to hold meetings for social prayer. We call them prayer meetings. Now, it may be profitable now and then to look over some of our institutions, to see wh…
Charles Spurgeon • Apr 14, 1870
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 house of Israel.” He went to the very borders of the Holy Land, but there He stayed, and north and south, east and west, in a…
Charles Spurgeon • Apr 19, 1896
IT is a very blessed habit of saints who have grown in grace to enter into actual conversation with the Well-beloved. Our text is not so much speaking of Him as speaking to Him, “We will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine.” O…
Charles Spurgeon • Nov 18, 1894
THE Lord has a very peculiar care for His own people. He is their Shepherd, and He feeds them like a flock. He is their Father, and He guards them as His own dear children. Whenever times of great trouble come, He thinks especially of them. He drowned the ante…
Charles Spurgeon • Jul 20, 1911
[Another Sermon by C. H. Spurgeon upon the same text is #1031, How Can I Obtain Faith?] ACCORDING to the Christian religion, faith is the great essential thing. “Without faith it is impossible to please God.” Whatever we may do or may be, we cannot be acceptab…
Charles Spurgeon • Mar 29, 1903
IT is a shameful spectacle where cruelty uses its keenest instrument to cut, not into the flesh, but into the very spirit, for scorn, contempt, insult, and ridicule, are as painful to the mind and heart as a scourge is to the body, and they cut like the sharpe…