January 1, 1970

Faith, and the Witness Upon Which It is Founded   “If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath witnessed of his son. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made …

1 John:5:9,10

June 1, 1911

A Sermon Published on Thursday, June 1, 1911, Delivered By C. H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington, On Lord’s-Day Evening, February 7, 1864. “This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ not by water only, but by water and blood.”-1 John 5:6.  BY the terms “water” and “blood” we understand the purifying and the pardoning effects of Christ’s work for his people. He came to purify them from the power of sin, that they might no longer live in it; this …

1 John:5:6

February 2, 1911

A Sermon Published on Thursday, February 2, 1911, Delivered by C.H. Spurgeon, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. "And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure." - 1 John 3:3 The Christian is a man of much present enjoyment. “Beloved, now are, we the sons of God; and, being …

1 John:3:3

September 9, 1909

No. 3161A Sermon Published on Thursday, September 9, 1909,Delivered by C.H. Spurgeon,At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington, In the Year 1875 “We know... And we know... And we know.” — I John 5:18-20. IT is remarkable how throughout the whole of John’s epistle he continually uses the word “know.” It has quite refreshed me to read through the epistle carefully, …

1 John:5:18-20

July 8, 1909

No. 3152A Sermon Published on Thursday, July 8, 1909,Delivered by C.H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington,On Lord’s-Day Evening, March 23, 1873 “For if our heart condemns, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.” — 1 John 3:20, 21. THE fault …

1 John:3:20-21

December 19, 1907

No. 3071A Sermon Published on Thursday, December 19, 1907, Delivered by C.H. Spurgeon,At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington,On Lord’s-Day Evening, September 6 1874  “Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.” — 1 John 5:21. THIS is the conclusion of one of the most mysterious, most simple and yet most. sublime, of all the divinely-inspired Books, and we may …

1 John:5:21

September 6, 1906

The Christian's Manifestation No. 3004A Sermon Published On Thursday, September 6th, 1906,Delivered By C.H. Spurgeon,At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.On Lord’s-Day Evening, August 5th, 1866. “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we …

1 John:3:2

January 19, 1896

“Herein is Love” “Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” — 1 John iv. 10. ARE there not scenes and circumstances which now and then transpire before us that prompt an exclamation like that of the apostle, “Herein is love”? …

1 John:4:10

September 22, 1889

Preparation for the Coming of the Lord   “And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.” — 1 John ii. 28.   OUR first anxious desire is that our hearers would come to Christ. We lay ourselves out to lift him up, …

1 John:2:28

July 29, 1888

Seeing and Testifying   “And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.”— 1 John iv. 14.   THERE are two things joined together in the text which must never be parted: “We have seen and do testify.” In the first place, never let any man testify what …

1 John:4:14