C.H. Spurgeon
Spurgeon on Election
Sun, 09/27/2009 - 21:36 — Christian Blog"The Lord, when he means to save sinners, does not stop to ask them whether they mean to be saved, but like a rushing mighty wind the divine influence sweeps away every obstacle; the unwilling heart bends before the potent gale of grace, and sinners that would not yield are made to yield to God. I know this, if the Lord willed it, there is no man so desperately wicked here this morning that he would not be made now to seek for mercy, however infidel he might be; however rooted in his prejudices against the gospel, Jehovah hath but to will it, and it is done. Into thy dark heart, O thou who hast never seen the light, would the light stream; if he did but say, ‘Let there be light,’ there would be light. Thou mayest bend thy fist and lift up thy mouth against Jehovah; but he is thy master yet – thy master to destroy thee, if thou goest on in thy wickedness; but thy master to save thee now, to change thy heart and turn thy will, as he turneth the rivers of water." (Charles Spurgeon in Iain Murray, The Forgotten Spurgeon (East Peoria, IL: Versa Press, 2009), 97-98 [see original])
The Joys of Grace
Fri, 09/25/2009 - 05:35 — Christian Blog"Those who hope to be saved by trying to do their best know nothing of that glowing fervour, that hallowed warmth, that devout joy in God, which come with salvation freely given according to the grace of God." (C.H. Spurgeon, All of Grace (Rossshire, UK: Christian Focus Publications Ltd., 1997), 136)
The Believer's Hope
Fri, 09/25/2009 - 05:34 — Christian Blog"Christ and the believing sinner are in the same boat; unless Jesus sinks, the believer will never drown." (C.H. Spurgeon, All of Grace (Rossshire, UK: Christian Focus Publications Ltd., 1997), 133)
True Christians Thirst for Grace
Fri, 09/25/2009 - 05:32 — Christian Blog"If you were not saints you would have no grace, and you would feel no need of more grace; but because you are men of God, therefore you feel the daily demands of the spiritual life. The marble statue required no food; but the living man hungers and thirsts." (C.H. Spurgeon, All of Grace (Rossshire, UK: Christian Focus Publications Ltd., 1997), 117)
Trusting Christ to the Finish
Fri, 09/25/2009 - 05:30 — Christian Blog"If we trust ourselves for our holding on we shall not hold on." (C.H. Spurgeon, All of Grace (Rossshire, UK: Christian Focus Publications Ltd., 1997), 115)
Do Not Manufacture Repentance
Wed, 09/23/2009 - 04:49 — Christian Blog"Do not sit down and try to pump up repentance from the dry well of corrupt nature. It is contrary to the laws of mind to suppose that you can force your soul into that gracious state. Take your heart in prayer to Him who understands it, and say, 'Lord, cleanse it. Lord, renew it. Lord, work repentance in it.'" (C.H. Spurgeon, All of Grace (Rossshire, UK: Christian Focus Publications Ltd., 1997), 113)
God at Work in Suffering
Wed, 09/23/2009 - 04:45 — Christian Blog"Be thankful for the providence which has made you poor, or sick, or sad; for by all this Jesus works the life of your spirit and turns you to Himself." (C.H. Spurgeon, All of Grace (Rossshire, UK: Christian Focus Publications Ltd., 1997), 111)
Look to Christ and Believe
Wed, 09/23/2009 - 04:43 — Christian Blog
“Oh, sit not down straining those eyes of yours to fetch out impossible tears! Repentance comes not from unwilling nature, but from free and sovereign grace. Get not to your chamber to smite your breast in order to fetch from a heart of stone feelings which are not there. But go to Calvary and see how Jesus died. Look upward to the hills whence comes your help.” (C.H. Spurgeon, All of Grace (Rossshire, UK: Christian Focus Publications Ltd., 1997), 110)
Spurgeon and Sola Gratia
Tue, 09/22/2009 - 03:15 — Christian Blog“Let it never be forgotten that Jesus gives all that is needful for our salvation. It is highly important that all seekers after mercy should remember this. Faith is as much the gift of God as is the Saviour upon whom that faith relies. Repentance of sin is as truly the work of grace as the making of an atonement by which sin is blotted out. Salvation, from first to last, is of grace alone.” (C.H. Spurgeon, All of Grace (Rossshire, UK: Christian Focus Publications Ltd., 1997), 107)
Why Starve Rather Than Come to Christ?
Tue, 09/22/2009 - 03:12 — Christian Blog“No man would refuse to enter a lifeboat because he did not know the specific gravity of bodies; neither would a starving man decline to eat till he understood the whole process of nutrition. If you, my reader, will not believe until you understand all mysteries, you will never believe at all” (C.H. Spurgeon, All of Grace (Rossshire, UK: Christian Focus Publications Ltd., 1997), 96)
