Sermon 126 - Justification by Grace
A Sermon
(No. 126)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, April 5, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus."--Rom. 3:24.
THE hill of comfort is the hill of calvary; the house of consolation is builded with the wood of the c ...read
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Sermon 127 - Spiritual Resurrection
A Sermon
(No. 127)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, April 12, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins."--Ephesians 2:1.
IT MIGHT NATURALLY be expected that I should have selected the topic of the resurrection on what is usually called th ...read
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Sermon 128 - The Uses of the Law
A Sermon
(No. 128)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, April 19, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Wherefore then serveth the law? "--Galatians 3:19.
THE APOSTLE, by a highly ingenious and powerful argument, had proved that the law was never intended by God for the justification and salvation of m ...read
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Sermon 129 - David's Dying Prayer
A Sermon
(No. 129)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, April 26, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen."--Psalm 72:10.
THERE was a time when this prayer would have been unnecessary; a period, in fact, when it could not have been offered, see ...read
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Sermon 130 - Regeneration
A Sermon
(No. 130)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, May 3, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God."--John 3:3.
In daily life our thoughts are most occupied with things that are most necessary for our existence. No one murmured that the su ...read
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Sermon 131 - Salvation of the Lord
A Sermon
(No. 131)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, May 10, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Salvation is of the Lord."--Jonah 2:9.
JONAH learned this sentence of good theology in a strange college. He learned it in the whale's belly, at the bottom of the mountains, with the weeds wrapped abou ...read
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Sermon 132 - Christ--The Power and Wisdom of God
A Sermon
(No. 132)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, May 17, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God."--1 Corinthians 1:24.
UNBELIEF toward the gospel of Christ is the most unreasonable thing in all the world, because the reason which the unbeliever gives ...read
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Sermon 133 - Heavenly Rest
A Sermon
(No. 133)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, May 24, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God."--Hebrews 4:9.
THE Apostle proved, in the former part of this and the latter part of the preceding chapter, that there was a rest promised in Scri ...read
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Sermon 134 - Elijah's Appeal to the Undecided
A Sermon
(No. 134)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, May 31, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow him; if Baal, then follow him."--1 Kings 18:21.
IT WAS A DAY to be remembered, when the multitudes of Israel were assembled at the foot ...read
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Sermon 135 - Presumptuous Sins
A Sermon
(No. 135)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, June 7, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins."--Psalm 19:13.
ALL SINS are great sins, but yet some sins are greater than others. Every sin has in it the very venom of rebellion, and is full of the ...read
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Sermon 136 - Israel in Egypt
A Sermon
(No. 136)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, June 14, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"And they sang the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints."--Revelation 1 ...read
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Sermon 137 - Mercy, Omnipotence, and Justice
A Sermon
(No. 137)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, June 21, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked."--Nahum 1:3.
WORKS OF ART require some education in the beholder, before they can be thoroughly appreciated. We do ...read
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Sermon 138 - Prayer--the Forerunner of Mercy
A Sermon
(No. 138)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, June 28, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock."--Ezekiel 36:37.
IN reading the chapter we have seen t ...read
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Sermon 139 - Christ Lifted Up
A Sermon
(No. 139)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, July 5, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"And I, if I be lifted up, will draw all men unto me."--John 12:32.
IT was an extraordinary occasion upon which the Saviour uttered these words. It was the crisis of the world. We very often speak of th ...read
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Sermon 140 - A Simple Sermon for Seeking Souls
A Sermon
(No. 140)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, July 12, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."--Romans 10:13.
IT has been said by an eminent divine that many of us in preaching the word suppose too great knowledge in our hearers. " ...read
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Sermon 141 - Substitution
A Sermon
(No. 141-142)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, July 19th, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."--2 Corinthians 5:21.
A BOOK is the expression of the thoughts of the writer. The b ...read
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Sermon 143 - A Preacher from the Dead
A Sermon
(No. 143)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, July 26, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"And he said unto him, if they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead.--Luke 16:31.
MAN is very loath to think ill of himself. The most of mankind ...read
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Sermon 144 - Waiting Only Upon God
A Sermon
(No. 144)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, August 2, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"My soul, wait thou only upon God."--Psalm 62:6.
CALVIN translates this verse, "My soul, be thou silent before God." Rest calm and undisturbed. Thine enemies are round about thee, and have sore beset ...read
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Sermon 145 - Love Thy Neighbour
A Sermon
(No. 145)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, August 9th, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself"--Matthew 19:19.
OUR SAVIOUR very often preached upon the moral precepts of the law. Many of the sermons of Christ--and what sermons shall compare with them ...read
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Sermon 146 - The Good Man's Life and Death
A Sermon
(No. 146)
Delivered on Sabbath Morning, August 16, 1857, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."--Philippians 1:21.
HOW OMINOUSLY these words follow each other in the text--"live," "die." There is but a comma between them, and surely as it is in ...read
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