Results for: Prodigal

May 19, 1887

The Prodigal’s Climax   “When he came to himself.” — Luke xv. 17.   THERE are different stages in the sinner’s history, and they are worth marking in the prodigal’s experience. There is, first, the stage in which the young man sought independence of his father. The younger son said, “Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth …

Luke:15:17

August 23, 1874

The Turning Point “And he arose, and came to his father.” — Luke xv. 20. This sentence expresses the true turning point in the prodigal’s life story. Many other matters led up to it, and before he came to it there was much in him that was very hopeful; but this was the point itself, and had …

Luke:15:20

October 25, 1885

A Programme Never Carried Out   “And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and …

Luke:15:20, 21

February 7, 1858

The Prodigal's Return A SermonDelivered Sabbath Morning, February 7, 1858,By the Rev. C.H. Spurgeon,At The Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens "But when he was yet a great way off; his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him."—Luke 15:20 ALL PERSONS ENGAGED IN EDUCATION will tell you that they find …

Luke:15:20

July 16, 1871

Number One Thousand; Or, "Bread Enough and To Spare"   "And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!"—Luke 15:17        “He came to himself." The word may be applied to one waking out of a deep swoon. He had …

Luke:15:17

January 18, 1857

Confession of Sin—A Sermon with Seven Texts   "I have sinned."—Exodus 9:27        My sermon this morning will have seven texts, and yet I pledge myself that there shall be but three different words in the whole of them; for it so happens that the seven texts are all alike, occurring in seven different portions of God's …

Exodus:9:27/Numbers 22:34/1 Samuel 15:24/ Joshua 7:20/Matthew 27:4/ Job 6:20/ Luke 15:18

September 4, 1864

The Prodigal's Reception   “And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.”—Luke 15:20.   THERE he is! he is as wretched as misery itself; as filthy as his brute associates who could satisfy …

Luke:15:20

June 29, 1856

Men Chosen- Fallen Angels Rejected   "Verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham."—Hebrews 2:16        The Almighty God, who dwelt alone, was pleased to manifest himself by created works, which should display his wisdom and his power. When he set about the mighty work of …

Hebrews:2:16

March 8, 1874

Without Money and Without Price   “Without money and without price.” — Isaiah lv. 1.   THE spiritual blessings promised and provided in the gospel comprise all that man can need. They are described in the chapter before us as “water” refreshing and cleansing— the “water of life,” whereof if a man drink he shall never thirst again. They …

Isaiah:55:1

January 14, 1877

Disobedience to the Gospel   “But they have not all obeyed the gospel.” — Romans x. 16.   EVEN concerning those who have heard the gospel, it can still be said, “They have not all obeyed the gospel.” And this, dear friends, is one of the plainest proofs of the deep depravity of human nature. We might have expected …

Romans:10:16