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Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.05.24

“The Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.”~ 1 John 4:14 ~ It is a sweet thought that Jesus Christ did not come forth without His Father’s permission, authority, consent, and assistance. He was sent of the Father, that He might be the Saviour of men. We are too apt to forget that, while there are… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.04.24

“Your refuge from the avenger of blood.”~ Joshua 20:3 ~ It is said that in the land of Canaan, cities of refuge were so arranged, that any man might reach one of them within half a day at the utmost. Even so the word of our salvation is near to us; Jesus is a present Saviour, and the way to… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.04.24

“The love of the Lord.”~ Hosea 3:1 ~ Believer, look back through all thine experience, and think of the way whereby the Lord thy God has led thee in the wilderness, and how He hath fed and clothed thee every day how He hath borne with thine ill manners how He hath put up with all thy murmurings, and all… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.03.24

“Tell me . . . where Thou feedest, where Thou makest Thy flock to rest at noon.”~ Song of Solomon 1:7 ~ These words express the desire of the believer after Christ, and his longing for present communion with Him. Where doest Thou feed Thy flock? In Thy house? I will go, if I may find Thee there. In private… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.03.24

“Therefore, brethren, we are debtors.”  ~ Romans 8:12 ~ As God’s creatures, we are all debtors to Him: to obey Him with all our body, and soul, and strength. Having broken His commandments, as we all have, we are debtors to His justice, and we owe to Him a vast amount which we are not able to pay. But of… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.02.24

“And these are ancient things.”~ 1 Chronicles 4:22 ~ Yet not so ancient as those precious things which are the delight of our souls. Let us for a moment recount them, telling them over as misers count their gold. The sovereign choice of the Father, by which He elected us unto eternal life, or ever the earth was, is a… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.02.24

“Without the shedding of blood is no remission.”~ Hebrews 9:22 ~ This is the voice of unalterable truth. In none of the Jewish ceremonies were sins, even typically, removed without blood-shedding. In no case, by no means can sin be pardoned without atonement. It is clear, then, that there is no hope for me out of Christ; for there is… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.01.24

“Thy love to me was wonderful.”~ 2 Samuel 1:26 ~ Come, dear readers, let each one of us speak for himself of the wonderful love, not of Jonathan, but of Jesus. We will not relate what we have been told, but the things which we have tasted and handled-of the love of Christ. Thy love to me, O Jesus, was… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.01.24

“They shall sing in the ways of the Lord.~ Psalm 138:5 ~ The time when Christians begin to sing in the ways of the Lord is when they first lose their burden at the foot of the Cross. Not even the songs of the angels seem so sweet as the first song of rapture which gushes from the inmost soul… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.31.24

“Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.”~ 2 Samuel 18:23 ~ Runningis not everything, there is much in the way which we select: a swift foot over hill and down dale will not keep pace with a slower traveller upon level ground. How is it with my spiritual journey, am I labouring up the hill… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.31.24

“The Lord our Righteousness.”~ Jeremiah 23:6 ~ It will always give a Christian the greatest calm, quiet, ease, and peace, to think of the perfect righteousness of Christ. How often are the saints of God downcast and sad! I do not think they ought to be. I do not think they would if they could always see their perfection in… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.30.24

“In whom also we have obtained an inheritance.”~ Ephesians 1:11 ~ When Jesus gave Himself for us, He gave us all the rights and privileges which went with Himself; so that now, although as eternal God, He has essential rights to which no creature may venture to pretend, yet as Jesus, the Mediator, the federal Head of the covenant of… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.30.24

“When thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, then thou shalt bestir thyself.”~ 2 Samuel 5:24 ~ The members of Christ’s Church should be very prayerful, always seeking the unction of the Holy One to rest upon their hearts, that the kingdom of Christ may come, and that His “will be done on… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.29.24

“Perfect in Christ Jesus.”~ Colossians 1:28 ~ Do you not feel in your own soul that perfection is not in you? Does not every day teach you that? Every tear which trickles from your eye, weeps “imperfection”; every harsh word which proceeds from your lip, mutters “imperfection.” You have too frequently had a view of your own heart to dream… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.29.24

Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered.~ Hebrews 5:8 ~ We are told that the Captain of our salvation was made perfect through suffering, therefore we who are sinful, and who are far from being perfect, must not wonder if we are called to pass through suffering too. Shall the head be… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.29.24

“The dove came in to him in the evening.”~ Genesis 8:11 ~ Blessed be the Lord for another day of mercy, even though I am now weary with its toils. Unto the preserver of men lift I my song of gratitude. The dove found no rest out of the ark, and therefore returned to it; and my soul has learned… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.28.24

“And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.”~ Luke 2:20 ~ What was the subject of their praise? They praised God for what they had heard for the good tidings of great joy that a Saviour was born unto them. Let us copy them;… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.28.24

“Perfect in Christ Jesus.”~ Colossians 1:28 ~ Do you not feel in your own soul that perfection is not in you? Does not every day teach you that? Every tear which trickles from your eye, weeps “imperfection”; every harsh word which proceeds from your lip, mutters “imperfection.” You have too frequently had a view of your own heart to dream… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.27.24

“But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.”~ Luke 2:19 ~ There was an exercise, on the part of this blessed woman, of three powers of her being: her memory”she kept all these things; her affections she kept them in her heart; her intellect she pondered them; so that memory, affection, and understanding, were all exercised… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.27.24

“And of his fulness have all we received.”~ John 1:16 ~ These words tell us that there is a fulness in Christ. There is a fulness of essential Deity, for “in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead.” There is a fulness of perfect manhood, for in Him, bodily, that Godhead was revealed. There is a fulness of atoning… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.26.24

“All they that heard it wondered at those things.”~ Luke 2:18 ~ We must not cease to wonder at the great marvels of our God. It would be very difficult to draw a line between holy wonder and real worship; for when the soul is overwhelmed with the majesty of God’s glory, though it may not express itself in song,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.26.24

“Your heavenly Father.”~ Matthew 6:26 ~ God’s people are doubly His children, they are His offspring by creation, and they are His sons by adoption in Christ. Hence they are privileged to call Him, “Our Father which art in heaven.” Father! Oh, what precious word is that. Here isauthority: “If I be a Father, where is mine honour?” If ye… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~01.25.24

“Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.”~ Romans 3:31 ~ When the believer is adopted into the Lord’s family, his relationship to old Adam and the law ceases at once; but then he is under a new rule, and a new covenant. Believer, you are God’s child; it is your first… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.25.24

“I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us.”~ Isaiah 63:7 ~ And canst thou not do this? Are there no mercies which thou hast experienced? What though thou art gloomy now, canst thou forget that blessed hour when Jesus met thee, and said, “Come… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~01.24.24

“Martha was cumbered about much serving.”~Luke 10:40 ~ Her fault was not that she served: the condition of a servant well becomes every Christian. “I serve,” should be the motto of all the princes of the royal family of heaven. Nor was it her fault that she had “much serving.” We cannot do too much. Let us do all that… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.24.24

“Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler.”~ Psalm 91:3 ~ God delivers His people from the snare of the fowler in two senses. From, and out of. First, He delivers them from the snare does not let them enter it; and secondly, if they should be caught therein, He delivers them out of it. The first… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.23.24

“We will remember Thy love more than wine.”~ Song of Solomon 1:4 ~ Jesus will not let His people forget His love. If all the love they have enjoyed should be forgotten, He will visit them with fresh love. “Do you forget my cross?” says He, “I will cause you to remember it; for at My table I will manifest… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.23.24

“I have exalted one chosen out of the people.”~ Psalm 89:19 ~ Why was Christ chosen out of the people? Speak, my heart, for heart-thoughts are best. Was it not that He might be able to be our brother, in the blest tie of kindred blood? Oh, what relationship there is between Christ and the believer! The believer can say,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.22.24

“Doth Job fear God for nought?”~ Job 1:9 ~ This was the wicked question of Satan concerning that upright man of old, but there are many in the present day concerning whom it might be asked with justice, for they love God after a fashion because He prospers them; but if things went ill with them, they would give up… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.22.24

“Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?”~ Ezekiel 15:2 ~ These words are for the humbling of God’s people; they are called God’s vine, but what are they by nature more than others? They, by God’s goodness, have become fruitful, having been planted… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~01.21.24

“He was sore athirst, and called on the Lord, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of Thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst?”~ Judges 15:18 ~ Samson was thirsty and ready to die. The difficulty was totally different from any which the hero had met before. Merely to get thirst assuaged is nothing… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.21.24

“And so all Israel shall be saved.”~ Romans 11:26 ~ Then Moses sang at the Red Sea, it was his joy to know that all Israel were safe. Not a drop of spray fell from that solid wall until the last of God’s Israel had safely planted his foot on the other side the flood. That done, immediately the floods… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~01.20.24

“Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken Thou me in Thy way.”~ Psalm 119:37 ~ There are divers kinds of vanity. The cap and bells of the fool, the mirth of the world, the dance, the lyre, and the cup of the dissolute, all these men know to be vanities; they wear upon their forefront their proper name… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.20.24

“Abel was a keeper of sheep.”~ Genesis 4:2 ~ As a shepherd Abel sanctified his work to the glory of God, and offered a sacrifice of blood upon his altar, and the Lord had respect unto Abel and his offering. This early type of our Lord is exceedingly clear and distinct. Like the first streak of light which tinges the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.19.24

“He first findeth his own brother Simon.”~ John 1:41 ~ This case is an excellent pattern of all cases where spiritual life is vigorous. As soon as a man has found Christ, he begins to find others. I will not believe that thou hast tasted of the honey of the gospel if thou canst eat it all thyself. True grace… (more…)

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