Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon
Charles HaddonSpurgeonwas a British Particular Baptist preacher. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, among whom he is known as the "Prince of Preachers". He was a strong figure in the Reformed Baptist tradition, defending the Church in agreement with the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith understanding, and opposing the liberal and pragmatic theological tendencies in the Church of his day...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth19 June 1834
morning sky clouds
If you give your soul up to anything earthly, whether it be the wealth, or the honours, or the pleasures of this world, you might as well hunt after the mirage of the desert or try to collect the mists of the morning, or to store up for yourself the clouds of the sky, for all these things are passing away.
real life-changing home
Another proof of the conquest of a soul for Christ will be found in a real change of life. If the man does not live differently from what he did before, both at home and abroad, his repentance needs to be repented of and his conversion is a fiction
teaching believe taught
I believe nothing merely because Calvin taught it, but because I have found his teaching in the Word of God.
believe doctrine good-work
Believing right doctrine will no more save you, than doing good works will save you.
like-you salvation savior
You are saved - seek to be like your Savior.
men christ salvation
As soon as a man has found Christ, he begins to find others.
law sorrow cost
There is nothing in the law of God that will rob you of happiness; it only denies you that which would cost you sorrow.
believe world spirit
A sinner can no more repent and believe without the Holy Spirit's aid than he can create a world.
grace saving receiving
Saving faith is an immediate relation to Christ, accepting, receiving, resting upon Him alone, for justification, sanctification, and eternal life by virtue of God's grace.
faith lying broken
Faith is the silver thread upon which the pearls of the graces are to be hung. Break that, and you have broken the string - the pearls lie scattered on the ground.
mistake believe men
A man who knows that he is saved by believing in Christ does not, when he is baptized, lift his baptism into a saving ordinance. In fact, he is the very best protester against that mistake, because he holds that he has no right to be baptized until he is saved.
god christian religious
God notices every one of us; there is not a sparrow or a worm that continues to live apart from His decrees.
wise men blessing
Get a friend to tell you your faults, or better still, welcome an enemy who will watch you keenly and sting you savagely. What a blessing such an irritating critic will be to a wise man, what an intolerable nuisance to a fool!
joy honor pathways
Obedience to the will of God is the pathway to perpetual honor and everlasting joy.