Category Archives: ~ To God Be the Glory ~

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.16.22

All Turned to Holiness “In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, holiness unto the Lord,” ~ Zechariah 14:20 ~ Happy day when all things shall be consecrated, and the horses’ bells shall ring out holiness to the Lord! That day has come to me. Do I not make all things holy to God? These garments,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.16.22

“The precious blood of Christ.” ~ 1 Peter 1:19 ~ Standing at the foot of the cross, we see hands, and feet, and side, all distilling crimson streams of precious blood. It is “precious” because of its redeeming and atoning efficacy. By it the sins of Christ’s people are atoned for; they are redeemed from under the law; they are… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.15.22

“Lift them up for ever.” ~ Psalm 28:9 ~ God’s people need lifting up. They are very heavy by nature. They have no wings, or, if they have, they are like the dove of old which lay among the pots; and they need divine grace to make them mount on wings covered with silver, and with feathers of yellow gold.… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.15.22

Desires of Righteous Granted “The desires of the righteous shall be granted.” ~ Proverbs 10:24 ~ Because it is a righteous desire it is safe for God to grant it. It would be neither good for the man himself, nor for society at large, that such a promise should be made to the unrighteous. Let us keep the Lord’s commands,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.15.22

“My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?” ~ Psalm 22:1 ~ We here behold the Saviour in the depth of His sorrows. No other place so well shows the griefs of Christ as Calvary, and no other moment at Calvary is so full of agony as that in which His cry rends the air—”My God, my God, why… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.14.22

“Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him.” ~ Isaiah 3:10 ~ It is well with the righteous ALWAYS. If it had said, “Say ye to the righteous, that it is well with him in his prosperity,” we must have been thankful for so great a boon, for prosperity is an hour of peril, and it… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.14.22

My Choice Is His Choice “He shall choose our inheritance for us.” ~ Psalm 47:4 ~ Our enemies would allot us a very dreary portion, but we are not left in their hands. The Lord will cause us to stand in our lot, and our place is appointed by His infinite wisdom. A wiser mind than our own arranges our… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.14.22

“All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head.” ~ Psalm 22:7 ~ Mockery was a great ingredient in our Lord’s woe. Judas mocked Him in the garden; the chief priests and scribes laughed Him to scorn; Herod set Him at nought; the servants and the soldiers jeered at Him, and… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.13.22

“And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.” ~ Leviticus 1:4 ~ Our Lord’s being made “sin for us” is set forth here by the very significant transfer of sin to the bullock, which was made by the elders of the people. The laying… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.13.22

This Body Fashioned Anew “Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body.” ~ Philippians 3:21 ~ Often when we are racked with pain and unable to think or worship, we feel that this indeed is “the body of our humiliation,” and when we are tempted by the passions which rise from the… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.13.22

“A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me.” ~ Song of Solomon 1:13 ~ Myrrh may well be chosen as the type of Jesus on account of its preciousness, its perfume, its pleasantness, its healing, preserving, disinfecting qualities, and its connection with sacrifice. But why is He compared to “a bundle of myrrh”? First, for plenty. He is not… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.12.22

“The king’s garden.” ~ Nehemiah 3:15 ~ Mention of the king’s garden by Nehemiah brings to mind the paradise which the King of kings prepared for Adam. Sin has utterly ruined that fair abode of all delights, and driven forth the children of men to till the ground, which yields thorns and briers unto them. My soul, remember the fall,… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.12.22

He Remembers No More “For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” ~ Jeremiah 31:34 ~ When we know the Lord, we receive the forgiveness of sins. We know Him as the God of grace, passing by our transgressions. What a joyful discovery is this! But how divinely is this promise worded: the Lord… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.12.22

“My heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.” ~Psalm 22:14 ~ Our blessed Lord experienced a terrible sinking and melting of soul. “The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a wounded spirit who can bear?” Deep depression of spirit is the most grievous of all trials; all besides is as nothing.… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.11.22

“Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.” ~ Psalm 25:18 ~ It is well for us when prayers about our sorrows are linked with pleas concerning our sins—when, being under God’s hand, we are not wholly taken up with our pain, but remember our offences against God. It is well, also, to take both sorrow… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.11.22

Close Fellowship “And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord.” ~ Jeremiah 31:34 ~ Truly, whatever else we do not know, we know the Lord. This day is this promise… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.11.22

“I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint.” ~ Psalm 22:14 ~ Did earth or heaven ever behold a sadder spectacle of woe! In soul and body, our Lord felt Himself to be weak as water poured upon the ground. The placing of the cross in its socket had shaken Him with great violence,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.10.22

“For there stood by me this night the angel of God.” ~ Acts 27:23. ~ Temptest and long darkness, coupled with imminent risk of shipwreck, had brought the crew of the vessel into a sad case; one man alone among them remained perfectly calm, and by his word the rest were reassured. Paul was the only man who had heart… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.10.22

Look and Live “And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shalt come to pass, that everyone that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.” ~ Numbers 21:8 ~ This is a glorious gospel type. Jesus, numbered with the transgressors, hangs before us on the cross. A… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.10.22

“The place which is called Calvary.” ~ Luke 23:33 ~ The hill of comfort is the hill of Calvary; the house of consolation is built with the wood of the cross; the temple of heavenly blessing is founded upon the riven rock—riven by the spear which pierced His side. No scene in sacred history ever gladdens the soul like Calvary’s… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.09.22

“Thy gentleness hath made me great.” ~ Psalm 18:35 ~ The words are capable of being translated, “Thy goodness hath made me great.” David gratefully ascribed all his greatness not to his own goodness, but the goodness of God. “Thy providence,” is another reading; and providence is nothing more than goodness in action. Goodness is the bud of which providence… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.09.22

The Bible’s Supreme Place Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. ~ Psalm 119:16 ~ Yes, a true love for the great Book will bring us great peace from the great God and be a great protection to us. Let us live constantly in the society of the law of the Lord, and it… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.09.22

“And there followed Him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented Him.” ~ Luke 23:27 ~ Amid the rabble rout which hounded the Redeemer to His doom, there were some gracious souls whose bitter anguish sought vent in wailing and lamentations—fit music to accompany that march of woe. When my soul can, in imagination,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.08.22

“I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me.” ~ Psalm 23:4 ~ Behold, how independent of outward circumstances the Holy Ghost can make the Christian! What a bright light may shine within us when it is all dark without! How firm, how happy, how calm, how peaceful we may be, when the world shakes to and fro, and… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.08.22

Preserved to Work’s End ‘The Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.’ ~ Acts 23:11 ~ Are you a witness for the Lord, and are you just now in danger? Then remember that you are immortal till your work… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.08.22

“If they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?” ~ Luke 23:31 ~ Among other interpretations of this suggestive question, the following is full of teaching: “If the innocent substitute for sinners, suffer thus, what will be done when the sinner himself—the dry tree—shall fall into the hands of an angry God?” When… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.07.22

“Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, Thou God of my salvation; and my tongue shall sing aloud of Thy righteousness.” ~ Psalm 51:14 ~ In this solemn confession it is pleasing to observe that David plainly names his sin. He does not call it manslaughter, nor speak of it as an imprudence by which an unfortunate accident occurred to a… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.07.22

Without Fear of Man “And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee.” ~ Deuteronomy 28:10 ~ Then we can have no reason to be afraid of them. This would show a mean spirit and be a token of unbelief rather than of faith.… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.07.22

“O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame?” ~ Psalm 4:2 ~ An instructive writer has made a mournful list of the honours which the blinded people of Israel awarded to their long-expected King. (1.) They gave Him a procession of honour, in which Roman legionaries, Jewish priests, men and women, took a part,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.06.22

“In the name of the Lord I will destroy them.” ~ Psalm 118:12 ~ Our Lord Jesus, by His death, did not purchase a right to a part of us only, but to the entire man. He contemplated in His passion the sanctification of us wholly, spirit, soul, and body; that in this triple kingdom He Himself might reign supreme… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.06.22

Not Forgotten “Thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.” ~ Isaiah 44:21 ~ Our Jehovah cannot so forget His servants as to cease to love them. He chose them not for a time but forever. He knew what they would be when He called them into the divine family. He blots out their sins… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.06.22

“Let us go forth therefore unto Him without the camp.” ~ Hebrews 13:13 ~ Jesus, bearing His cross, went forth to suffer without the gate. The Christian’s reason for leaving the camp of the world’s sin and religion is not because he loves to be singular, but because Jesus did so; and the disciple must follow his Master. Christ was… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.05.22

“Before honour is humility.” ~ Proverbs 15:33 ~ Humiliation  of soul always brings a positive blessing with it. If we empty our hearts of self God will fill them with His love. He who desires close communion with Christ should remember the word of the Lord, “To this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.05.22

Not Forgotten Thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me. ~ Isaiah 44:21 ~ Our Jehovah cannot so forget His servants as to cease to love them. He chose them not for a time but forever. He knew what they would be when He called them into the divine family. He blots out their sins… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.05.22

“On Him they laid the cross, that He might bear it after Jesus.” ~ Luke 23:26 ~ WE see in Simon’s carrying the cross a picture of the work of the Church throughout all generations; she is the cross-bearer after Jesus. Mark then, Christian, Jesus does not suffer so as to exclude your suffering. He bears a cross, not that… (more…)

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