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
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We do not wish to enter Heaven until our work is done, for it would make us uneasy if there were one single soul left to be saved by our means.
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'You are no saint,' says the devil. Well, if I am not, I am a sinner, and Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. Sink or swim, I go to Him; other hope, I have none.
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Occasionally, some brother sings very earnestly through his nose, often disturbing those around him, but it does not matter how the voice sounds to the ears of man. What is important is how the heart sounds to the ears of God.
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Dear friends, we may well sing to our Beloved when it is near the time of our departure. It draws near, and as it approaches, we must not dread it, but rather thank God for it.
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I groan daily under a body of sin and corruption. Oh for the time when I shall drop this flesh, and be free from sin!
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There is no injustice in the grace of God. God is as just when He forgives a believer as when He casts a sinner into hell.
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It is not great faith, but true faith, that saves; and the salvation lies not in the faith, but in the Christ in whom faith trusts...It is not the measure of faith, but the sincerity of faith, which is the point to be considered.
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Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.
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Sin has been pardoned at such a price that we cannot henceforth trifle with it.
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Great thoughts of your sin alone will drive you to despair; but great thoughts of Christ will pilot you into the haven of peace.
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Free will I have often heard of, but I have never seen it. I have always met with will, and plenty of it, but it has either been led captive by sin or held in the blessed bonds of grace.
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Sincere repentance is continual. Believers repent until their dying day. This dropping well is not intermittent.
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Sin and Hell are married unless repentance proclaims the divorce.
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It does not spoil your happiness to confess your sin. The unhappiness is in not making the confession.