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Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.29.23

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.28.23

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.27.23

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.26.23

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.25.23

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.24.23

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.23.23

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.22.23

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.21.23

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.20.23

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.19.23

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.18.23

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.17.23

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.16.23

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.15.23

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.14.23

“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 131

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.13.23

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.11.23

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.10.23

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.09.23

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.08.23

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.07.23

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.06.23

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.05.23

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.04-23

“I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands.”~ Haggai 2:17  ~ How destructive is the hail to the standing crops, beating out the precious grain upon the ground! How grateful ought we to be when the corn is spared so terrible a ruin! Let us offer unto the Lord thanksgiving.… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.03.23

“But as He went.”~ Luke 8:42 ~ Jesus is passing through the throng to the house of Jairus, to raise the ruler’s dead daughter; but He is so profuse in goodness that He works another miracle while upon the road. While yet this rod of Aaron bears the blossom of an unaccomplished wonder, it yields the ripe almonds of a… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.02.23

“So she gleaned in the field until even.”~ Ruth 2:17 ~ Let me learn from Ruth, the gleaner. As she went out to gather the ears of corn, so must I go forth into the fields of prayer, meditation, the ordinances, and hearing the word to gather spiritual food. The gleaner gathers her portion ear by ear; her gains are… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.01.23

“Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness.”~ Psalm 65:11 ~ All the year round, every hour of every day, God is richly blessing us; both when we sleep and when we wake His mercy waits upon us. The sun may leave us a legacy of darkness, but our God never ceases to shine upon His children with beams of love.… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.31.23

“And these are the singers . . . they were employed in that work day and night.” ~ 1 Chronicles 9:33 ~ Well was it so ordered in the temple that the sacred chant never ceased: for evermore did the singers praise the Lord, whose mercy endureth for ever. As mercy did not cease to rule either by day or… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.30.23

“Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.”~ John 6:37 ~ No limit is set to the duration of this promise. It does not merely say, “I will not cast out a sinner at his first coming,” but, “I will in no wise cast out.” The original reads, “I will not, not cast out,” or “I… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.29.23

“All that the Father giveth Me shall come to Me.”~ John 6:37~ This declaration involves the doctrine of election: there are some whom the Father gave to Christ. It involves the doctrine of effectual calling: these who are given must and shall come; however stoutly they may set themselves against it, yet they shall be brought out of darkness into… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.28.23

“Who went about doing good.”~ Acts 10:38 ~ Few words, but yet an exquisite miniature of the Lord Jesus Christ. There are not many touches, but they are the strokes of a master’s pencil. Of the Saviour and only of the Saviour is it true in the fullest, broadest, and most unqualified sense. “He went about doing good.” From this… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.27.23

“Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect?” ~ Romans 8:33 ~ Most blessed challenge! How unanswerable it is! Every sin of the elect was laid upon the great Champion of our salvation, and by the atonement carried away. There is no sin in God’s book against His people: He seeth no sin in Jacob, neither iniquity in… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.26.23

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 07.25.23

“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…)

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