Spurgeon argued yesterday that often feelings come before faith, (having previously denied it!). In today's quote after carefully reminding us that not every conversion is a "typical" one he goes on to tell us how he feels the typical conversion occurs: Some men have the light of God; but they cannot tell when the light first came to them. Let none of you imagine that you are not converted because you do not know the hour when it occurred; otherwise, you would be as foolish as I should be if I … [Read more...]
Faith and Feelings Part Ten – Conversion is typically an emotional experience
September 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Faith and Feelings Part Nine – Spurgeon suggests experience comes before knowledge after all
September 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Today's quote from Spurgeon demonstrates that the man believed two points that many today would disagree with. Firstly, he argues that intellectual assent to the gospel is insufficient for salvation, indeed that it may make you more worthy of damnation. Secondly, he seems to suggest that experience may well need to come first before faith. How many people do in fact say, "if I could just feel God, I would believe?" Finally he seems to believe that it is possible to have full assurance of faith … [Read more...]
Faith and Feelings Part Four – Spurgeon on Sealing and Faith
September 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
In today's quote Spurgeon introduces the vital concept of "sealing" or assurance of our faith and relates it ultimately to the line from our hymn: Note also that this sealing does not necessarily come at once with faith. It grows out of faith, and comes “after that ye believed.” We are not in every case sealed at the moment when we first trust in Jesus. I am persuaded that many who believe in Jesus enter into peace directly, and perceive at once the blessed assurance which is involved in … [Read more...]
Faith and Feelings Part Three – Spurgeon on how feelings do not produce faith
September 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Our third quote in this little series, makes the very important point that however precious our experiences of God might be, a warm glowing feeling inside us never actually produces faith. Some of my readers might be surprised to know that I wholeheartedly agree. Faith on the other hand, DOES produce feelings, as in the other two quotes, Spurgeon quotes our hymn: There are some who fancy that faith cometh by feeling. If they could feel emotions either of horror or of exquisite delight, they … [Read more...]
C.H. Spurgeon on the exclusivity of the truth
August 9, 2010 By
Today's guest post comes to us from C.H. Spurgeon. These are previously unpublished words taken from notes of a sermon delivered on a Lord’s Day evening in 1856, at New Park Street. Notes taken by Pastor T.W. Medhurst. John 14.6 – ‘Jesus saith unto him, I am the way… no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me’ “There seems to be growing up amongst us an idea that a man is of a persecuting spirit of he does not think that the one who flatly contradicts him is as right as himself. If we … [Read more...]
New Spurgeon Sermons
January 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Phil Johnson describes the release of a volume of previously unpublished sermons from the undisputed prince of preachers. Pray that God will raise up men like this to declare boldly his word, going after lost souls and complacent saints in the same message. His was a voice you simply couldn't ignore. Out of love for Jesus, and his passion for the lost, his bold preaching gathered a truly large church. Many preachers today would not dream of preaching about a passage before seeing what … [Read more...]
God Breaks Those He Wants To Make Great
October 18, 2009 By 3 Comments
Spurgeon is at his best in the following quote. He speaks about the way in which God likes to bring people to the very end of themselves before taking ahold of them and using them for his glory:Is it not a curious thing that whenever God means to make a man great, He always first breaks him in pieces? There was a man whom the Lord meant to make into a prince. How did He do it? Why, He met him one night and wrestled with him! You always hear about Jacob’s wrestling. Well, I dare say he did, … [Read more...]
Spurgeon On Second (& Third, Forth and Fifth) Blessings
October 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Had a great email from a reader of my blog in Asia which I reproduce with permission in its entirety:I'm a faithful reader of your blog and a missionary in China. Thanks for being a place to go over the last couple years as God has increased my desire to "have it all". I've learned a lot through some of your posts and links to other Reformed Charismatics. I was blessed by the Spurgeon quote you posted a few days ago and wanted to share another quote that I read this week from Spurgeon. … [Read more...]
Christ Himself – The Gospel Coalition Blog
October 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
From Christ Himself – The Gospel Coalition Blog: "Our faith is a person; the gospel that we have to preach is a person; and go wherever we may, we have something solid and tangible to preach, for our gospel is a person. If you had asked the twelve Apostles in their day, ‘What do you believe in?’ they would not have stopped to go round about with a long sermon, but they would have pointed to their Master and they would have said, ‘We believe him.’ ‘But what are your doctrines?’ … [Read more...]
Spurgeon Atonement Illustration
August 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
This would win the wrath of many neo-liberals but I am sure that Piper would be glad to make room this Friday for the following quote I found on the pyromaniacs site from C.H. Spurgeon:Suppose," said I, "you had killed some one. You were a murderer; you were condemned to die, and you deserved it.""Faith," said he, "yes I should deserve it.""Well, her Majesty is very desirous of saving your life, and yet at the same time universal justice demands that someone should die on account of the deed … [Read more...]
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