Am 9. Mai 1878 hielt Charles Spurgeon vor der British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel among the Jews (Britische Gesellschaft für die Verbreitung des Evangeliums unter Juden) die Predigt Der Weinstock Israel (The Vine of Israel). Seiner Predigt legte er Psalm 80,15 zugrunde: "O Gott der Heerscharen kehre doch zurück! Blicke vom Himmel herab und sieh, und nimm dich dieses Weinstocks an."
In der Predigt wird deutlich, dass Spurgeon die alttestamentlichen Prophetien über Israel wörtlich verstand und an eine Wiederherstellung der Nation Israels glaubte. Ferner stand für Spurgeon fest, dass Israel niemals seine nationale Identität einbüßen würde.
Der Leser der vorliegenden Predigt wird die große Liebe Spurgeons für Israel spüren. Er war zutiefst davon überzeugt, dass Gott sich in seiner Barmherzigkeit Israel wieder zuwenden würde, und er ermutigte seine Zuhörer, allezeit für das Volk Israel zu beten und den Juden das Evangelium zu verkünden.
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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