Thus Says the Lord!The following is from Spurgeon’s sermon,“Thus Saith the Lord” No. 591. Ezekiel 11:5. “Thus says the Lord” is the only authority in God’s Church. The faintest whisper of Jehovah’s voice should fill us withsolemn awe, and command the deepest obedience of our souls. Brethren, how careful should we be that we do […]
All the heresies….from Spurgeon’s sermon, “Self-Sufficiency Slain” It is a remarkable fact that all the heresies which havearisen in the Christian Church have had a decided tendencyto ‘dishonour God and to flatter man’. They have always had for their covert, if not for their open aim,the exaltation of human nature, and the casting down ofthe sovereignty of divine […]
These scars are the memorials of the fight! (C.H.Spurgeon) “And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain” Rev 5:6 Why would our exalted Lord appear in His wounds, in glory? The wounds […]
What are those wounds?Spurgeon, “The Evidence of Our Lord’s Wounds”O Lord Jesus, what are those wounds in your side,and in your hands? He answers–“These I endured when suffering for you.How can I forget you?I have graven you upon the palms of my hands.How can I ever fail to remember you?On my very heart the spear has written […]
The more grace a man has,the more he feels his deficiency of grace. The best of men are but men at the best, and the brightest saints are still sinners, for whom there is still a fountain open, that even they may still continue, with all their lofty attainments, to wash therein, and to be clean. […]
“Sovereign Grace Hated by the Modern Religionist” By C H SpurgeonIf anything is hated bitterly, it is the out-and-out gospel of thegrace of God, especially if that hateful word “sovereignty” ismentioned with it. Dare to say “He will have mercy on whomhe will have mercy, and he will have compassion on whom hewill have compassion” […]
The most prominent object in heaven?Spurgeon, “The Lamb in Glory” #2095.“And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain. Rev 5:6 Jesus, in his ‘sacrificial’ character, is the most prominent object in heaven. […]
Ps 22:16. “For dogs have compassed me.” Here he marks the more ignoble crowd, who, while less strong than their brutal leaders, were not less ferocious, for there they were howling and barking like unclean and hungry dogs! Hunters frequently surround their game with a circle, and gradually encompass them with an ever-narrowing ring of dogs […]
Take our sins to God!Spurgeon, “A Troubled Prayer” No. 741. Ps. 25:18 We must take our sins to God!The Christian, when he sins, thinks that he must fight this battle for himself,wrestle with his own evil temper himself, and he himself must enter into conflictwith his lusts and his besetting sins. But when he comes into […]
We need You to bring us to You! (C.H.Spurgeon) “When my heart is overwhelmed—lead me to the Rock that is higher than I!” Psalm 61:2 Most of us know what it is to be overwhelmed in heart—sinking like a vessel deluged by the storm!Discoveries of inward corruption will do this—if the Lord permits the great deep of our depraved […]