October 29, 2017

MANOAH’S WIFE AND HER EXCELLENT ARGUMENT.   “And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God. But his wife said unto him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, …

Judges:13:22-23

October 29, 2017

Retreat Impossible   “I have opened my mouth unto the Lord,and I cannot go hack.” — Judges xi. 35.   IN Jephthah’s case there were good reasons for going back. He had made a rash vow, and such things are much better broken than kept. If a man makes a vow to commit a crime his vow to do …

Judges:11:35

February 11, 1909

No. 3131A Sermon Published on Thursday, February 11th, 1909,Delivered by C.H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. “He was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?” — …

Judges:15:18

October 11, 1906

Our Champion No. 3009A Sermon Published On Thursday, October 11th, 1906,Delivered By C.H. Spurgeon,At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington,In The Year 1864. “And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his …

Judges:16:3

October 17, 1889

Faint; but not Faint-Hearted   “Faint, yet pursuing.”— Judges viii. 4.   THESE three hundred men, though faint, were not faint-hearted. If they had been cowards, they would have left Gideon when he made the proclamation, “Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead.” Twenty and two thousand accepted that permission, and left …

Judges:8:4

June 2, 1889

Achsah’s Asking, a Pattern of Prayer   “And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath -sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. And it came to pass, when she came to …

Judges:1:12-15

October 10, 1886

The Danger of Carnal Security   “Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from …

Judges:18:7, 27-28

September 26, 1886

Shaven and Shorn, but Not Beyond Hope.   “Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.”— Judges xvi. 22.   LET me introduce the text to you. Samson was set apart from his birth to be the champion of Israel, to break the power of the Philistines who lorded over God’s people. Everything …

Judges:16:22

November 22, 1885

The Dream of Barley Cake   “And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, …

Judges:7:13-14

January 28, 1883

Hands Full of Honey   “And Samson turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion. And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did …

Judges:14:8-9