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Where can I find Charles Spurgeon's sermons?
The Blue Letter Bible team has added a wide selection of Charles Spurgeon's sermons. We gratefully thank The Spurgeon Archive for the use of their source files and the above image of Spurgeon. What Are the Clouds?
Why did Charles Spurgeon leave this earth?
A strong emphasis in Spurgeon's preaching was God's grace and sovereignty over man's helpless state. He also knew well the terrible joy that comes only through suffering as he lived quite afflicted (both by illness and slander). C.H. Spurgeon left this earth for his heavenly hope in 1892.
Who was Charles Haddon Spurgeon?
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892), often known today as the Prince of Preachers, began his pastorate at London's New Park Street Church in 1854 at the age of twenty. Following in the Non-conformist tradition, he quickly became one of Britain's most popular preachers.
Who was James in the Bible?
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. He was an apostle, and he was the Lord’s brother, yet he mentions not these greater things, but he takes the lowly title, in which, no doubt, he felt the highest honour, and calls himself “a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.”
What does God put enmity between?
God Himself hath put enmity between the serpent and the woman, between the serpent's seed and the woman's seed; and that enmity must show itself. The serpent bites at the heel of the true seed: hence mockings, persecutions, temptations, and trials are sure to beset the pathway to faith.
What does James mean by "all joy"?
Let grace reign in all hearts, and this earth will become a temple filled with perpetual song; and even the trials of life will become causes of the highest joy, so beautifully described by James as "all joy," as if every possible delight were crowded into it.
What is your faith that is tried?
It is supposed that you have that faith. You are not the people of God, you are not truly brethren unless you are believers. It is this faith of yours which is peculiarly obnoxious to Satan and to the world which lieth in the wicked one.
Why does Satan rage at faith?
By faith God is greatly glorified, and hence by faith Satan is greatly annoyed. He rages at faith because he sees therein his own defeat and the victory of grace.
When God tempts Abraham, he is bidden to take his son?
When God did tempt Abraham he was bidden to take his son, his only son, and offer him upon a mountain for a sacrifice. Nobody here was ever tried in that way: nobody ever will be. We may have the trial of losing our child, but certainly not the trial of having a command to offer him in sacrifice.
When was the sermon "Count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations" delivered?
Delivered on Lord's Day Morning, February 4th, 1883, by. C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. "My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
Does calm resignation come at once?
Calm resignation does not come all at once; often long years of physical pain, or mental depression, or disappointment in business, or multiplied bereavements, are needed to bring the soul into full submission to the will of the Lord.
When did God say "Go to now"?
God’s Will about the Future. October 16, 1890. God’s Will about the Future “Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow.
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness and receive with meek
Before Sermon , At Sermon, and After Sermon “Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” — James i. 21, 22. BRETHREN, it is a good thing to …
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What does James 1:10-11 mean?
James 1:10-11. But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Who is James the Apostle?
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. He was an apostle, and he was the Lord’s brother, yet he mentions not these greater things, but he takes the lowly title, in which, no doubt, he felt the highest honour, and calls himself “a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.”.
Who said to the twelve tribes and the ten that are lost?
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. According to the teaching of some in the present day, the apostle should have said, “To the two tribes, and the ten that are lost,” but he does not say so, nor does Scripture say so.
Did men run for a crown in the Greek games?
Men ran for a crown in the Greek games, and could not win the crown without the running. So doth God give to them that run a crown, but not without the running. He giveth to them, first, the privilege of suffering for his name’s sake, and then of being rewarded for it. James 1:13.
What was the emphasis of Spurgeon's sermons?
A strong emphasis in Spurgeon's preaching was God's grace and sovereignty over man's helpless state.
When did Charles Spurgeon leave the earth?
C.H. Spurgeon left this earth for his heavenly hope in 1892. The Blue Letter Bible team has added a wide selection of Charles Spurgeon's sermons.
Who was the Prince of Preachers?
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892), often known today as the Prince of Preachers, began his pastorate at London's New Park Street Church in 1854 at the age of twenty. Following in the Non-conformist tradition, he quickly became one of Britain's most popular preachers.