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Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.10.24

“And the evening and the morning were the first day.”~ Genesis 1:5 ~ The evening was “darkness” and the morning was “light,” and yet the two together are called by the name that is given to the light alone! This is somewhat remarkable, but it has an exact analogy in spiritual experience. In every believer there is darkness and light,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.26.24

“That He may set him with princes.”~ Psalm 113:8 ~ Our spiritual privileges are of the highest order. “Among princes” is the place of select society. “Truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.” Speak of select society, there is none like this! “We are a chosen generation, a peculiar people, a royal priesthood.” “We… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.26.24

“Giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge, etc.”~ 2 Peter 1:5, 6 ~ If thou wouldest enjoy the eminent grace of the full assurance of faith, under the blessed Spirit’s influence, and assistance, do what the Scripture tells thee, “Give diligence.” Take care that thy faith is of the right kind that it is not… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.25.24

“In their affliction they will seek Me early.”~ Hosea 5:15 ~ Losses and adversities are frequently the means which the great Shepherd uses to fetch home His wandering sheep; like fierce dogs they worry the wanderers back to the fold. There is no making lions tame if they are too well fed; they must be brought down from their great… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.25.24

“He left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.”~ Genesis 39:12 ~ In contending with certain sins there remains no mode of victory but by flight. The ancient naturalists wrote much of basilisks, whose eyes fascinated their victims and rendered them easy victims; so the mere gaze of wickedness puts us in solemn danger. He who… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.24.24

“His camp is very great.”~ Joel 2:11 ~ Consider,, my soul, the mightiness of the Lord who is thy glory and defence. He is a man of war, Jehovah is His name. All the forces of heaven are at His beck, legions wait at His door, cherubim and seraphim;, watchers and holy ones, principalities and powers, are all attentive to… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.24.25

“Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord.”~ Exodus 14:13 ~ These words contain God’s command to the believer when he is reduced to great straits and brought into extraordinary difficulties. He cannot retreat; he cannot go forward; he is shut up on the right hand and on the left; what is he now to do? The Master’s word… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.23.24

“The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.”~ 1 John 1:7~ Cleanseth,” says the text not “shall cleanse.” There are multitudes who think that as a dying hope they may look forward to pardon. Oh! how infinitely better to have cleansing now than to depend on the bare possibility of forgiveness when I come to die. Some… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.23.24

“Even thou wast as one of them.”~ Obadiah 1:11 ~ Brotherly kindness was due from Edom to Israel in the time of need, but instead thereof, the men of Esau made common cause with Israel’s foes. Special stress in the sentence before us is laid upon the word thou; as when Caesar cried to Brutus, “and thou Brutus”; a bad… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.22.24

“Behold the Man!”~ John 19:5 ~ If there be one place where our Lord Jesus most fully becomes the joy and comfort of His people, it is where He plunged deepest into the depths of woe. Come hither, gracious souls, and behold the Man in the garden of Gethsemane; behold His heart so brimming with love that He cannot hold… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.22.24

“I am married unto you.”~ Jeremiah 3:14 ~ Christ Jesus is joined unto His people in marriage-union. In love He espoused His Church as a chaste virgin, long before she fell under the yoke of bondage. Full of burning affection He toiled, like Jacob for Rachel, until the whole of her purchase-money had been paid, and now, having sought her… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.21.24

“Why go I mourning?”~ Psalm 42:9 ~ Canst thou answer this, believer? Canst thou find any reason why thou art so often mourning instead of rejoicing? Why yield to gloomy anticipations? Who told thee that the night would never end in day? Who told thee that the sea of circumstances would ebb out till there should be nothing left but… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.21.24

“The daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.”~ Isaiah 37:22 ~ Reassured by the Word of the Lord, the poor trembling citizens of Zion grew bold, and shook their heads at Sennacherib’s boastful threats. Strong faith enables the servants of God to look with calm contempt upon their most haughty foes. We know that our enemies are attempting… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.20.24

“And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor?”~ Jeremiah 2:18 ~ By sundry miracles, by divers mercies, by strange deliverances Jehovah had proved Himself to be worthy of Israel’s trust. Yet they broke down the hedges with which God had enclosed them as a sacred garden; they forsook their own… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.20.24

“The earnest of our inheritance.”~ Ephesians 1:14 ~ OH! what enlightenment, what joys, what consolation, what delight of heart is experienced by that man who has learned to feed on Jesus, and on Jesus alone. Yet the realization which we have of Christ’s preciousness is, in this life, imperfect at the best. As an old writer says, “‘Tis but a… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.19.24

“A bruised reed shall He not break, and smoking flax shall He not quench.”~ Matthew 12:20 ~ What is weaker than the bruised reed or the smoking flax? A reed that groweth in the fen or marsh, let but the wild duck light upon it, and it snaps; let but the foot of man brush against it, and it is… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.19.24

“The Lord our God hath shewed us His glory.”~ Deuteronomy 5:24 ~ God’s great design in all His works is the manifestation of His own glory. Any aim less than this were unworthy of Himself. But how shall the glory of God be manifested to such fallen creatures as we are? Man’s eye is not single, he has ever a… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.18.24

“Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path.”~ Joel 2:8 ~ Locusts always keep their rank, and although their number is legion, they do not crowd upon each other, so as to throw their columns into confusion. This remarkable fact in natural history shows how thoroughly the a Lord has infused the spirit of order… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.18.24

“They shall go hindmost with their standards.”~ Numbers 2:31 ~ The camp of Dan brought up the rear when the armies of Israel were on the march. The Danites occupied the hindmost place, but what mattered the position, since they were as truly part of the host as were the foremost tribes; they followed the same fiery cloudy pillar, they… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.17.24

“Let not one of them escape.”~ 1 Kings 18:40 ~ When the prophet Elijah had received the answer to his prayer, and the fire from heaven had consumed the sacrifice in the presence of all the people, he called upon the assembled Israelites to take the priests of Baal, and sternly cried, “Let not one of them escape.” He took… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.17.24

“Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.”~ 1 Thessalonians 1:4 ~ Many persons want to know their election before they look to Christ, but they cannot learn it thus, it is only to be discovered by “looking unto Jesus.” If you desire to ascertain your own election;—after the following manner, shall you assure your heart before God. Do you feel… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.16.24

“Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time is come. For Thy servants rake pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.” ~ Psalm 102:13, 14 ~ A selfish man in trouble is exceedingly hard to comfort, because the springs of his comfort entirely within himself, and when he… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.16.24

“They gathered manna every morning.”~ Exodus 16:21 ~ Labor to maintain a sense of thine entire dependence upon the Lord’s good will and pleasure for the continuance of thy richest enjoyments. Never try to live on the old manna, nor seek to find help in Egypt. All must come from Jesus, or thou art undone for ever. Old anointings will… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.15.24

“He appeared first to Mary Magdalene.”~ Mark 16:9 ~ Jesus appeared first to Mary Magdalene,” probably not only on account of her great love and persevering seeking, but because, as the context intimates, she had been a special trophy of Christ’s delivering power. Learn from this, that the greatness of our sin before conversion should not make us imagine that… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.15.24

“The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.”~ Leviticus 6:13 ~ Keep the altar of private prayer burning. This is the very life of all piety. The sanctuary and family altars borrow their fires here, there-fore let this burn well. Secret devotion is the very essence, evidence, and barometer, of vital and experimental religion.… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.14.24

“As it began to dawn, came Magdalene, to see the sepulchre.”~ Matthew 28:1 ~ Let us learn from Mary Magdalene how to obtain fellowship with the Lord Jesus. Notice how she sought. She sought the Saviour very early in the morning. If thou canst wait for Christ, and be patient in the hope of having fellowship with Him at some… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.14.24

“If thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.”~ Exodus 20:25 ~ God’s altar was to be built of unhewn stones, that no trace of human skill or labour might be seen upon it. Human wisdom delights to trim and arrange the doctrines of the cross into a system more artificial and more congenial with the depraved… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.13.24

“When I cry unto Thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.”~ Psalm 56:9 ~ It is impossible for any human speech to express the full meaning of this delightful phrase, “God is for me.” He was “for us” before the worlds were made; He was “for us,” or He would not have… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.13.2

“God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry?”~ Jonah 4:9 ~ Anger is not always or necessarily sinful, but it has such a tendency to run wild that whenever it displays itself, we should be quick to question its character, with this enquiry, “Doest thou well to be angry?” It may be that we can answer, “YES.” Very… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.12.24

“His heavenly kingdom.”~ 2 Timothy 4:18 ~ Donder city of the great King is a place of active service. Ransomed spirits serve Him day and night in His temple. They never cease to fulfil the good pleasure of their King. They always “rest,” so far as ease and freedom from care is concerned; and never “rest,” in the sense of… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.12.24

  “Sanctified by God the Father.”~ Jude  ~“Sanctified in Christ Jesus.”~ 1 Corinthians 1:2 ~“Through sanctification of the Spirit.”~ 1 Peter 1:2 ~ Mark the union of the Three Divine Persons in all their gracious acts. How unwisely do those believers talk who make preferences in the Persons of the Trinity; who think of Jesus as if He were the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.11.24

“Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.”~ Joel 1:3 ~ In this simple way, by God’s grace, a living testimony for truth is always to be kept alive in the land the beloved of the Lord are to hand down their witness for the gospel, and the covenant to… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.11.24

“After that ye have suffered awhile, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.”~ 1 Peter 5:10 ~ You have seen the arch of heaven as it spans the plain: glorious are its colours, and rare its hues. It is beautiful, but, alas, it passes away, and lo, it is not. The fair colours give way to the fleecy clouds, and… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.10.2

“Fellow citizens with the saints.”~ Ephesians 2:19 ~ What is meant by our being citizens in heaven? It means that we are under heaven’s government. Christ the king of heaven reigns in our hearts; our daily prayer is, “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” The proclamations issued from the throne of glory are freely received… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.09.24

“And God divided the light from the darkness.”~ Genesis 1:4 ~ A believer has two principles at work within him. In his natural estate he was subject to one principle only, which was darkness; now light has entered, and the two principles disagree. Mark the apostle Paul’s words in the seventh chapter of Romans: “I find then a law, that,… (more…)

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