September 29, 2025

“What are you doing here, Elijah?” God asked as the prophet huddled in a mountainside cave. Burdened, beaten, and broken, Elijah was at the lowest point of his life. He had just witnessed a spectacular display of God’s power. However, this exhibition did not spark the reformation Elijah was anticipating. Instead of a great awakening, …

1 Kings:19:12-13

January 1, 1970

The Dromedaries    WE will read a few verses first, and at the close of them you will find the text. “Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and …

1 Kings:4:20-28

February 10, 1916

A Sermon Published on Thursday, February 10, 1916,Delivered by C.H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington,On Lord’s-Day Evening, September 10, 1871. “And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the earthquake: and after the …

1 Kings:19:11-13

October 16, 1913

No. 3376A Sermon Published on Thursday, October 16, 1913,Delivered by C.H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington,On Lord’s-Day Evening, July 2, 1868. “There is a sound of abundance of rain.” — 1 Kings 18:41. FROM the narrative we may learn that things can never be so bad but what God can bring deliverance in His own time. …

1 Kings:18:41

September 19, 1912

A Sermon Published on Thursday, September 19, 1912,Delivered by C.H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington,On Lord’s-Day Evening, June 24, 1866. “And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel …

1 Kings:14:13

August 1, 1912

A Sermon Published on Thursday, August 1, 1912,Delivered by C.H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington,On the Lord's Day Evening Sep. 9, 1883. “A month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home.” — 1 Kings 5:14. IT was right that, when a temple was to be built for the Lord God of Israel, the Israelites …

1 Kings:5:14

November 18, 1909

A Sermon Published on Thursday, November 18, 1909,Delivered by C.H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington,On Thursday Evening, July 31, 1873 “And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountain’s and brake in pieces the rocks before …

1 Kings:19:11-13

September 17, 1908

No. 3110A Sermon Published on Thursday, September 17, 1908,Delivered by C.H. Spurgeon,At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington “And he arose, and did not eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.”— 1 Kings 19:8 I. My first observation upon this passage is, that THE …

1 Kings:19:8

October 15, 1903

Observing the King’s Word   “Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it.” — 1 Kings xx. 33.   You know the circumstances to which these words refer. The boastful Syrian king had been utterly defeated, and his army destroyed. He himself had fled into an inner chamber in …

1 Kings:20:33

July 7, 1889

Foundation Work   “And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.”— 1 Kings v. 17.   “THE king commanded”: that is the beginning of all. Holy zeal waits for the king’s orders. But as soon as the command was given there was neither pause nor hesitation; …

1 Kings:5:17