"Porque Deus amou o mundo..." Lutero chamou este versículo "o evangelho em miniatura". Ellicott disse: "Talvez não exista outro versículo na Bíblia que tenha sido tão completamente explicado como este". Mas quem poderia falar ou escrever condignamente sobre tal versículo? Spurgeon declarou: "Posso afirmar com convicção que João 3:16 pode ser colocado na frente de todos os meus volumes como o tema único de meu ministério. Tem sido o alvo exclusivo da minha vida apresentar o amor de Deus pelos homens, revelado em Jesus Cristo. O desejo do meu coração é de proclamar como uma trombeta as boas novas de que "Deus amou o mundo de tal maneira que deu o seu Filho unigênito, para que todo aquele que nele crê não pereça, mas tenha a vida eterna".
C.H. Spurgeon (1834 - 1892)
Spurgeon quickly became known as one of the most influential preachers of his time. Well known for his biblical powerful expositions of scripture and oratory ability. In modern evangelical circles he is stated to be the "Prince of Preachers." He pastored the Metropolitan Tabernacle in downtown London, England.His church was part of a particular baptist church movement and they defended and preached Christ and Him crucified and the purity of the Gospel message. Spurgeon never gave altar calls but always extended the invitation to come to Christ. He was a faithful minister in his time that glorified God and brought many to the living Christ.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was England's best-known preacher for most of the second half of the nineteenth century. In 1854, just four years after his conversion, Spurgeon, then only 20, became pastor of London's famed New Park Street Church (formerly pastored by the famous Baptist theologian John Gill).
The congregation quickly outgrew their building, moved to Exeter Hall, then to Surrey Music Hall. In these venues Spurgeon frequently preached to audiences numbering more than 10,000 - all in the days before electronic amplification.
In 1861 the congregation moved permanently to the new Metropolitan Tabernacle.
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