A faint symbol of unutterable affection! (Charles Spurgeon, “Gleanings among the Sheaves”) “Yes, He is altogether lovely. This is my Beloved, and this is my Friend!” Song of Songs 5:16 In calling the Lord Jesus “altogether lovely,” the redeemed Church asserts that she sees nothing in Him which she does not admire. The world may […]
Fragrant Spices from the Mountains of Myrrh – by Spurgeon “You are all fair, My love; there is no spot in you.” Solomon’s Song 4:7 How marvelous are these words! “You are all fair, My love; there is no spot in you.” The glorious Bridegroom is charmed with His spouse, and sings soft canticles of […]
Never Separated from God “And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. Believeth thou this?” (John 11:26). Yes, LORD, we believe it; we shall never die. Our soul may be separated from our body, and this is death of a kind; but our soul shall never be separated from God, which is the […]
NUMBERED WITH THE TRANSGRESSORS by Spurgeon– Lo, he bears the transgressor’s scourging! He is tied to the whipping-post, his back is marred and scarred; the ploughers make deep furrows, and the blood flows in streams. He is numbered with transgressors, for he bears the felon’s cross; he comes into the street bowed down with the […]
I would rather believe a limited atonement that is efficacious for all men for whom it was intended, than a universal atonement that is not efficacious for anybody, except the will of men be added to it. –C.H. Spurgeon
“Jesus said unto them—If you seek Me, let these go their way.” — John 18:8 Mark, my soul, the care which Jesus manifested even in His hour of trial, towards the sheep of His hand! His love for His people is as strong in death. He resigns Himself to the enemy—but He interposes a word […]
He is full—infinitely full! “The only begotten of the Father—full of grace and truth.” John 1:14 Ah! He is full of grace. Had He not been—I would never have been saved. He drew me when I struggled to escape from His grace; and when at last I came all trembling like a condemned culprit to […]
THE BELIEVER SEEKING JESUS Spurgeon, “Lions Lacking– But the Children Satisfied” Once a man is saved, he seeks Jesus that he may praise him and put a crown on his head. His desire is– Oh, that my heart could find you! that all its strings might sing sweet music to you. Oh that my mouth […]
Oh! the glory! From Spurgeon’s sermon, “The Best Beloved” Do you say that Christ is altogether lovely? It is not enough. It is not a thousandth part enough! No tongue of man, no tongue of angel, can ever set forth his unutterable beauties! But the day shall presently dawn and usher in the everlasting age […]
(Charles Spurgeon, “The Blood of the Everlasting Covenant!” 1859) “The blood of the everlasting covenant!” Hebrews 13:20 Long before the day-star knew its place, long before God had spoken existence out of nothing, long before angel’s wing had stirred the unnavigated ether, long before a solitary song had disturbed the solemnity of the silence in […]