Category Archives: Evening’s With Spurgeon

“The exceeding greatness of His power to us-ward who believe according to the working of His mighty power, which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead.”~ Ephesians 1:19, 20 ~ In the resurrection of Christ, as in our salvation, there was put forth nothing short of a divine power. What shall we say of those who… (more…)

  “There is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.”~ Jeremiah 49:23 ~ Little  know we what sorrow may be upon the sea at this moment. We are safe in our quiet chamber, but far away on the salt sea the hurricane may be cruelly seeking for the lives of men. Hear how the death fiends howl among the… (more…)

“If ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.”~ Galatians 5:18 ~ He who looks at his own character and position from a legal point of view, will not only despair when he comes to the end of his reckoning, but if he be a wise man he will despair at the beginning; for if we… (more…)

“Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea?”~ Job 38:16 ~ Some things in nature must remain a mystery to the most intelligent and enterprising investigators. Human knowledge has bounds beyond which it cannot pass. Universal knowledge is for God alone. If this be so in the things which are seen and temporal, I may rest assured that it… (more…)

“Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin shall ye have.”~ Leviticus 19:36 ~ Weights, and scales, and measures were to be all according to the standard of justice. Surely no Christian man will need to be reminded of this in his business, for if righteousness were banished from all the world beside, it should find a… (more…)

“The Lord trieth the righteous.“~Psalm 11:5 ~ All events are under the control of Providence; consequently all the trials of our outward life are traceable at once to the great First Cause. Out of the golden gate of God’s ordinance the armies of trial march forth in array, clad in their iron armour, and armed with weapons of war. All… (more…)

“Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.”~ John 4:48 ~ A craving after marvels was a symptom of the sickly state of men’s minds in our Lord’s day; they refused solid nourishment, and pined after mere wonder. The gospel which they so greatly needed they would not have; the miracles which Jesus did not always choose to… (more…)

“Trust in Him at all times.” ~ Psalm 62:8 ~ Faith is as much the rule of temporal as of spiritual life; we ought to have faith in God for our earthly affairs as well as for our heavenly business. It is only as we learn to trust in God for the supply of all our daily need that we… (more…)

“If we walk in the light, as He is in the light.”~ 1 John 1:7 ~ As He is in the light! Can we ever attain to this? Shall we ever be able to walk as clearly in the light as He is whom we call “Our Father,” of whom it is written, “God is light, and in Him is… (more…)

“Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed.”~ Jeremiah 17:14 ~ “I have seen His ways, and will heal him.”~ Isaiah 57:18 ~ It is the sole prerogative of God to remove spiritual disease. Natural disease may be instrumentally healed by men, but even then the honour is to be given to God who giveth virtue unto medicine, and… (more…)

“All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.”~ Numbers 6:4 ~ Nazarites  had taken, among other vows, one which debarred them from the use of wine. In order that they might not violate the obligation, they were forbidden to drink the vinegar of wine… (more…)

“Sing, O barren.”~ Isaiah 54:1 ~ Though we have brought forth some fruit unto Christ, and have a joyful hope that we are “plants of His own right hand planting,” yet there are times when we feel very barren. Prayer is lifeless, love is cold, faith is weak, each grace in the garden of our heart languishes and droops. We… (more…)

“Into Thine hand I commit my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.” ~ Psalm 31:5 ~ These words have been frequently used by holy men in their hour of departure. We may profitably consider them this evening. The object of the faithful man’s solicitude in life and death is not his body or his estate, but his… (more…)

“The people, when they beheld Him, were greatly amazed, and running to Him saluted Him.”~ Mark 9:15 ~ How great the difference between Moses and Jesus! When the prophet of Horeb had been forty days upon the mountain, he underwent a kind of transfiguration, so that his countenance shone with exceeding brightness, and he put a veil over his face,… (more…)

“If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest.”~ Acts 8:37 ~ These words may answer your scruples, devout reader, concerning the ordinances. Perhaps you say, “I should be afraid to be baptized; it is such a solemn thing to avow myself to be dead with Christ, and buried with Him. should not feel at liberty to come to the… (more…)

“If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.”~ Exodus 22:6 ~ But what restitution can he make who casts abroad the fire-brands of error, or the coals of lasciviousness, and sets men’s souls on a… (more…)

“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith.”~ Ephesians 3:17 ~ Beyond measure it is desirable that we, as believers, should have the person of Jesus constantly before us, to inflame our love towards Him, and to increase our knowledge of Him. I would to God that my readers were all entered as diligent scholars in Jesus’ college, students… (more…)

“The unsearchable riches of Christ.”~ Ephesians 3:8. ~ My Master has riches beyond the count of arithmetic, the measurement of reason, the dream of imagination, or the eloquence of words. They are unsearchable! You may look, and study, and weigh, but Jesus is a greater Saviour than you think Him to be when your thoughts are at the greatest. My… (more…)

“I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye Me in vain.” ~Isaiah 45:19 ~ We may gain much solace by considering what God has not said. What He has said is inexpressibly full of comfort and delight; what He has not said is scarcely less rich in consolation. It was one of these “said nots” which preserved the… (more…)

“And they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.”~ Nehemiah 3:8 ~ Cities well fortified have broad walls, and so had Jerusalem in her glory. The New Jerusalem must, in like manner, be surrounded and preserved by a broad wall of nonconformity to the world, and separation from its customs and spirit. The tendency of these days break down the holy… (more…)

“Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for Thou art my strength.”~ Psalm 31:4 ~ Our spiritual foes are of the serpent’s brood, a and seek to ensnare us by subtlety. The prayer before us supposes the possibility of the believer being caught like a bird. So deftly does the fowler do his work,… (more…)

“And they gave Him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but He received it not.”~ Mark 15:23 ~ Agolden truth is couched in the fact that the Saviour put the myrrhed wine-cup from His lips. On the heights of heaven the Son of God stood of old, and as He looked down upon our globe He measured the long descent… (more…)

“This sickness is not unto death.”~ John 11:4 ~ From our Lord’s words we learn that there is a limit to sickness. Here is an “unto” within which its ultimate end is restrained, and beyond which it cannot go. Lazarus might pass through death, but death was not to be the ultimatum of his sickness. In all sickness, the Lord… (more…)

“Ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit.” ~ Romans 8:23 ~ Present possession is declared. At this present moment we have the first fruits of the Spirit. We have repentance, that gem of the first water; faith, that priceless pearl; hope, the heavenly emerald; and love, the glorious ruby. We are already made “new creatures in Christ Jesus,”… (more…)

“And I will give you an heart of flesh.”~ Ezekiel 36:26 ~ A heart of flesh is known by its tenderness concerning sin. To have indulged a foul imagination, or to have allowed a wild desire to tarry even for a moment, is quite enough to make a heart of flesh grieve before the Lord. The heart of stone calls… (more…)

“I know their sorrows.”~ Exodus 3:7 ~ The child is cheered as he sings, “This my father knows”; and shall not we be comforted as we discern that our dear Friend and tender soul-husband knows all about us? Thank You For Visiting 152

“And I will remember My covenant.”~ Genesis 9:15 ~ Mark the form of the promise. God does not say, “And when ye shall look upon the bow, and ye shall remember My covenant, then I will not destroy the earth,” but it is gloriously put, not upon our memory, which is fickle and frail, but upon God’smemory, which is infinite… (more…)

“The bow shall be seen in the cloud.”~ Genesis 9:14 ~ The rainbow, the symbol of the covenant with Noah, is typical of our Lord Jesus, who is the Lord’s witness to the people. When may we expect to see the token of the covenant? The rainbow is only to be seen painted upon a cloud. When the sinner’s conscience… (more…)

“Everlasting consolation.”~ 2 Thessalonians 2:16 ~ Consolation.” There is music in the word: like David’s harp, it charms away the evil spirit of melancholy. It was a distinguished honour to Barnabas to be called “the son of consolation”; nay, it is one of the illustrious names of a greater than Barnabas, for the Lord Jesus is “the consolation of Israel.”… (more…)

“The Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins.”~ Matthew 9:6 ~ Behold one of the great Physician’s mightiest arts: He has power to forgive sin! While here He lived below, before the ransom had been paid, before the blood had been literally sprinkled on the mercy-seat, He had power to forgive sin. Hath He not power to… (more…)

“He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, o of whom He had cast seven devils.”~ Mark 16:9 ~ Mary of Magdala was the victim of a fearful evil. She was possessed by not one devil only, but seven. These dreadful inmates caused much pain and pollution to the poor frame in which they had found a lodging. Hers was a hopeless,… (more…)

“All things are possible to him that believeth.”~ Mark 9:23 ~ Many professed Christians are always doubting and fearing, and they forlornly think that this is the necessary state of believers. This is a mistake, for “all things are possible to him that believeth”; and it is possible for us to mount into a state in which a doubt or… (more…)

“Satan hindered us.”~ 1 Thessalonians 2:18 ~ Since the first hour in which goodness came into conflict with evil, it has never ceased to be true in spiritual experience, that Satan hinders us. From all points of the compass, all along the line of battle, in the vanguard and in the rear, at the dawn of day and in the… (more…)

“Let the whole earth be filled with His glory;Amen, and Amen.”~ Psalm 72:19 ~ This is a large petition. To intercede for a whole city needs a stretch of faith, and there are times when a prayer for one man is enough to stagger us. But how far-reaching was the psalmist’s dying intercession! How comprehensive! How sublime! “Let the whole… (more…)

“Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?” ~ Numbers 32:6 ~ Kindred has its obligations. The Reubenites and Gadites would have been unbrotherly if they had claimed the land which had been conquered, and had left the rest of the people to fight for their portions alone. We have received much by means of the efforts… (more…)