Sermon 385 - Exposition of the Doctrines of Grace + 386-388 - part 4
EFFECTUAL CALLING
BY THE
Rev. JAMES SMITH
OF CHELTENHAM.
My Christian friends, our minds have been occupied to-day with some of the loftiest subjects that can engage the thoughts of man. Our attention has been directed to the infinitely wise and true God, and we have been endeavouring to conceive of him as the great, the infinite, the e ...read
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Sermon 392 - Trust in God--True Wisdom
A sermon
(No. 392)
delivered on Sunday Morning, May 12th, 1861,
at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington,
by C. H. Spurgeon.
"He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he."--Proverbs 16:20.
Wisdom is man's true path--that which enables him to accomplish best the end of his being, a ...read
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Sermon 395 - Jehovah Tsidkenu: The Lord Our Righteousness
A Sermon
(No. 395)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, June 2nd, 1861 by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"This is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord our Righteousness.--Jeremiah 23:6.
MAN BY THE FALL sustained an infinite loss in the matter of righteousness. He suffered the loss of a righteou ...read
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Sermon 396 - Climbing the Mountain
A Sermon
(No. 396)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, June the 16th, 1861 by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord?"--Psalm 24:3.
THERE IS little doubt that this Psalm has a primary reference to the Lord Jesus Christ. He it is who alone ascended up on high by his o ...read
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Sermon 397 - Fire! Fire! Fire!
A Sermon
(No. 397)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, June 23rd, 1861 by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee."--Isaiah 43:2.
BEFORE we explain the metaphor of the text, it may be well for us to remark th ...read
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Sermon 398 - The New Nature
A Sermon
(No. 398)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, June the 30th, 1861 by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for over. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. ...read
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Sermon 399 - A Peal of Bells
A Sermon
(No. 399)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, July the 7th, 1861 by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD."--Zechariah 14:20.
THERE ARE MANY days already past which we might well have wished to see. Who would not have re ...read
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Sermon 400 - Our Miseries, Messengers of Mercy
A Sermon
(No. 400)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, July the 14th, 1861 by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten and he will bind us up. After two days he will revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we ...read
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Sermon 401 - Jacob's Waking Exclamation
A Sermon
(No. 401)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, July the 21st, 1861 by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord in this place; and I knew it not."--Genesis 28:16.
THROUGH his own foolish wisdom Jacob had been compelled to leave his father's ...read
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Sermon 402 - The Joint Heirs and Their Divine Portion
A Sermon
(No. 402)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, July the 28th, 1861 by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"Joint heirs with Christ."--Romans 8:17.
THE APOSTLE has proceeded through a simple but exceedingly forcible train of reasoning till he gains this glorious point--"Joint heirs with Christ." He b ...read
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Sermon 403 - The Broken Column
A Sermon
(No. 403)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, August the 4th, 1861 by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee: but"--Luke 9:61.
WHEN YOU have walked through a cemetery, you have frequently seen over a grave a broken column, intended to memorialize the de ...read
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Sermon 404 - Intercessory Prayer
A Sermon
(No. 404)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, August the 11th, 1861 by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends."--Job 42:10.
THE LORD turned the captivity of Job." So, then, our longest sorrows have a close, and there is a bottom ...read
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Sermon 405 - The Triumphal Entry Into Jerusalem
A Sermon
(No. 405)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, August the 18th, 1861 by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass."--Matthew. 21:5.
WE HAVE READ the chapter from which our text is ...read
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Sermon 406 - The Infallibility of God's Purpose
A Sermon
(No. 406)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, August the 25th, 1861 by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"But he is in one minds, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.--Job 23:13.
IT is very advantageous to the Christian mind frequently to consider the deep and uns ...read
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Sermon 407 - Natural or Spiritual?
A Sermon
(No. 407)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, September the 1st, 1861 by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the spirit of God, neither can he know then because they are spiritually discerned."--1 Corinthians 2:14.
THE APOSTLE PAUL knows of only two ...read
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Sermon 408 - Accidents, Not Punishments
Spurgeon preached this message in response to two disasters that had hit very close to home. On Sunday, August 25, 1861, a nightmarish collision between two trains in the Clayton Tunnel (a 1.5-mile long tunnel between London and Brighton) had claimed 23 lives and severely injured hundreds. Barely more than two weeks later, on Monday, September 2, a ...read
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Sermon 409 - Fellowship With God
A Sermon
(No. 409)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, September the 15th, 1861 by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ."--1 John 1:3.
F ...read
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Sermon 410 - Not Now, But Hereafter!
A Sermon
(No. 410)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, September the 22nd, 1861 by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, that the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. Who shall d ...read
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Sermon 411 - Infant Salvation
A Sermon
(No. 411)
Delivered on Sunday Morning, September 29th, 1861 by the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"Is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well"--2 Kings 4:26.
THE SUBJECT of this morning's discourse will be "Infant Salvation." It may not possibly be interesting to all present, b ...read
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Sermon 432 - A Voice from the Hartley Colliery
A Sermon
(No. 432)
Delivered on Thursday Evening, January 30th, 1862, by
C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
"If a man die, shall he live again?--Job 14:14.
ONCE MORE THE LORD has spoken. Once again the voice of Providence has proclaimed "All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of ...read
C.H. Spurgeon