December 16, 2019

All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.  -- Proverbs 15:15   On December 25, 1852, the 18 year old Charles Spurgeon preached a Christmas sermon at Waterbeach Baptist Church that he titled, “The Merry Hearted Man.” We know this because he kept his notes …

December 10, 2019

“Renew a right spirit within me.” – Psalm 51:10   For Charles Haddon Spurgeon, fresh consecration to the Lord Jesus Christ was incredibly precious. In this sermon, he recounted how he was joyously overwhelmed by the unity of his church at the previous Wednesday meeting of the Metropolitan Tabernacle. His church was a “loving family” and a …

December 5, 2019

“Let not your hearts be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.” – John 14:1   For Charles Haddon Spurgeon, these words of the Lord Jesus Christ were especially sweet. When Jesus first spoke these words “The disciples had been like lambs, carried in the warm bosom of a loving Shepherd.” In the past Jesus …

November 26, 2019

“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” – 2 Corinthians 5:21.   Charles Spurgeon loved the doctrine of Christ’s substitutionary penal atonement. However, holding fast to this cherished conviction came at a cost. While Victorian culture “progressed” onward and …

November 19, 2019

“Ye that love the Lord, hate evil.” – Psalm 97:10   Charles Spurgeon believed that “The Christian religion is a golden chain with which the hands of men are fettered from all hatred.” Since the “spirit of Christ is love,” Spurgeon declared that “Wherever he governs, love reigns as a necessary consequence.” Simply put, “The Christian man …

November 5, 2019

“Quicken thou me according to thy word.” – Psalm 119:25   Charles Spurgeon began this sermon by noting that “you will frequently find David uttering this petition.” He believed that “it is a favorite prayer of [David’s].” According to Spurgeon, whenever David felt a spiritual “coldness” or “deadness” “stealing over him” his first cry was “Quicken thou …

October 31, 2019

“I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” – John 10:10   For Charles Spurgeon, the contrast between Jesus Christ and the thief in John 10 was acute. Christ came that those who believe in him “might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” On the …

October 21, 2019

“The life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God.” – Galatians 2:20   Charles Spurgeon rejoiced in the simple gospel of salvation by faith alone in Christ alone. His love for the gospel made him quick to defend the gospel when it was subject to “calumny” or …

October 17, 2019

“[Christ] has never refused to bear your burdens, He has never fainted under their weight.”   The Teacher opens up the book of Ecclesiastes by asking the question, “What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?”(Eccl. 1:3) He had exhausted the pleasures of life and the best it had to …

October 14, 2019

“This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners.” – 1 Tim. 1:15   Charles Spurgeon’s heart was gripped by the grace of God in Jesus Christ. In his opening remarks he declared “It is my conviction that our Lord Jesus Christ came into the world …