Now, I hold that there is in every Christian two natures, as distinct as were the two natures of the God-Man Christ Jesus. There is one nature which cannot sin, because it is born of God—a spiritual nature, coming directly from heaven, as pure and as perfect as God himself, who is the author of […]
“We love him because he first loved us.” -1 John 4:19 There is no light in the planet but that which proceeds from the sun; and there is no true love to Jesus in the heart but that which comes from the Lord Jesus himself. From this overflowing fountain of the infinite love of God, […]
-Spurgeon, “Rest, Rest” “Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me;for I am meek and lowly in heart…” Matthew 11:29 If I actively labor for Christ I can only find rest in the labor,by possessing the meek spirit of my Lord. For if I go forth to labor for Christ without a meek spirit,I […]
The Spirit’s work in salvation by Spurgeon The Holy Spirit lays bare his heart, lets him see the loathsome cancer that is there eating away his life, uncovers to him all the blackness and defilement of that sink of hell– the human heart; and then the man stands aghast– “I never thought I was like […]
Man-made ministers! From Spurgeon’s, “The Two Effects of the Gospel” The ministry has been very often degraded into a ‘trade’. They are ‘selected by man’, they are crammed with literature; they are educated up to a certain point; they are turned out ready dressed; and persons call them ‘ministers’. I wish them all God-speed, every […]
If God had left me alone (by Charles Spurgeon) Sometimes, when I see some of the worst charactersin the street, I feel as if my heart must burst forth intears of gratitude that God has never let me act as theyhave done! I have thought, “If God had left me alone,and had not touched me […]
This is the doctrine that we preach! (Charles Spurgeon) This is the doctrine that we preach:If a man is saved—all the honor is to be given to Christ.If a man is lost—all the blame is to be laid upon himself. You will find all true theology summed up in these two short sentences:Salvation is all […]
The Breaker! (Charles Spurgeon) “The Breaker has gone up before them. He will bring you through the gates of your cities of captivity, back to your own land. Your King will lead you; the Lord Himself will guide you!” Micah 2:13 Inasmuch as Jesus has gone before us, things do not remain as they would […]
The Union Of Christ And His People It often happens, in the Psalms, that you can scarcely tell whether it is David, or the Lord Jesus, or both of them, to whom the writer is referring. Oftentimes you lose sight of David altogether, and are quiet certain that he is not there; while, at other […]
“If you are led of the Spirit—you are not under the law.” Galatians 5:18 We who looks at his own character and position from a legal point of view, will not only despair when he comes to the end of his reckoning—but if he is a wise man, he will despair at the beginning; for if […]