The Bible by Charles Spurgeon is a collection of three of his best sermons on the Word of God. The Bible proclaims God as its author, and therefore that it is authoritative. Its subjects are the great things of God's Law, though most men ignore it in actuality! The Word a Sword shows the Scripture to be quick, powerful, and as a sword: cutting, piercing, and discriminating ("dividing asunder"). Therefore we must reverence God's Word; we must get close to it when we feel deadened or weak. How to Read the Bible tells us that a true reading of the Scriptures requires an understanding of them. This necessitates careful reading, meditation, and prayer. We ought to seek out the spiritual teaching of the Word-in context and in its literary types (narrative, historical, poetic, prophetic, didactic, etc). Thus read, it is profitable for guidance in all the decisions of life.
He was converted to Christ at the age of 16 and immediately began preaching. He preached in the streets and in the fields before he was 21. In his first church, he began with 100 members. It grew until he was preaching to 10,000 people in the Surrey Music Hall. His church, the Metropolitan Tabernacle, seated 6,000 people. He withdrew from every movement among English Baptists which tended to criticize the Authorized Version 1611 in any way.
Before his death, he published more than 2,000 sermons and 49 volumes of commentaries, sayings, anecdotes, illustrations, and devotions.
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