Collection: Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Volume 10

Praying and Waiting

October 23, 1864

Praying and Waiting   “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask …

1 John:5:13-15

Barabbas Preferred to Jesus

October 16, 1864

Barabbas Preferred to Jesus   “Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.”—John 18:40.    THE custom of delivering a prisoner upon the day of the passover was intended no doubt as an act of grace on the part of the Roman authorities towards the Jews, and by the Jews it …

John:18:40

An Awful Premonition

1864

An Awful Premonition   No. 594By C.H. SpurgeonAt The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington “Verily I say unto you, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom,”—Matthew 16:28.  I MUST confess that I have frequently read this verse with but a vague sense of its profound impressiveness, …

Matthew:16:28

Inward Conflicts

October 9, 1864

Inward Conflicts   "Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.”—Solomon’s Song 6:13.    THIS verse is not addressed to the Church in her doubting state, nor while seeking her absent Lord, but it refers to her in her very …

Solomon:6:13

The True Position of Assurance

October 2, 1864

The True Position of Assurance   “In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise.”—Ephesians 1:13.    MANY sincerely-seeking souls are in great trouble because they have not yet attained to an assurance of …

Ephesians:1:13

Thus Saith the Lord:

September 25, 1864

"Thus Saith the Lord:" Or, the Book of Common Prayer Weighed in the Balances of the Sanctuary   "Thus saith the Lord.”—Ezekiel 11:5.   THE wise man saith, “Where the word of a king is, there is power.” What power must there be where there is the word of the King of kings who ruleth over all! We are not …

Ezekiel:11:5

The Backslider’s Way Hedged Up

September 18, 1864

The Backslider's Way Hedged Up   "She said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. And she shall follow …

Hosea:2:5-7

Jesus Meeting His Warriors

September 11, 1864

Jesus Meeting His Warriors   “And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the Most High God. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the Most High God, possessor of heaven and earth: and blessed be the Most High God, which hath delivered thine enemies into …

Genesis:14:18-20

The Prodigal’s Reception

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

God’s Strange Choice

August 28, 1864

God's Strange Choice   “For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called; but God hath chosen foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; …

1 Corinthians:1:26-29