Sermons & Devotionals by Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon
Sermon 1517 - For the Candid and Thoughtful
A Sermon (No. 1517) Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "And when Jesus saw" ["saw him," so it should be] "that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God."--Mark 12:34. THIS MAN BEGAN with Christ as a foe, and he ended as a ... Read More
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Sermon 1906 - How To Become Fishers of Men
A Sermon (No. 1906) Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "And Jesus saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."--Matthew 4:19. WHEN CHRIST CALLS US by his grace we ought not only to remember what we are, but we ought also to think of what he can... Read More
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Sermon 1763 - Knowledge. Worship. Gratitude.
A Sermon (No. 1763) Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "So that they are without excuse: because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful."--Romans 1:20, 21 THOSE who boast of their knowledge betray their ignorance. Knowledge ... Read More
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Sermon 1014 - "Nunc Dimittis"
A Sermon (No. 1014) Delivered on Lord's-day Morning, October 8th, 1871, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: for mine eyes have seen thy salvation."--Luke 2:29-30. BLESSED WERT THOU, O Simeon, for fle... Read More
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Sermon 1518 - Beloved, and yet Afflicted
Notes of a Sermon (No. 1518) PREACHED BEFORE AN AUDIENCE OF INVALID LADIES AT MENTONE, BY C. H. SPURGEON, "Lord, behold, he whom Thou lovest is sick."--John 11:3. THAT DISCIPLE WHOM JESUS LOVED is not at all backward to record that Jesus loved Lazarus too: there are no jealousies among those who are... Read More
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Sermon 2185 - Our Manifesto
A Sermon (No. 2185) Intended for Reading on Lord's-day, January 25th, 1891. Delivered on Friday Morning, April 25th, 1890, by C. H. SPURGEON, At an Assembly of Ministers of the Gospel. "But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man"--Galatians 1:11. TO ME it ... Read More
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Sermon 2205 - "My Times Are In Thy Hand"
A Sermon (No. 2205) Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, May 17th, 1891, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "My times are in thy hand."--Psalm 31:15. DAVID WAS SAD: his life was spent with grief, and his years with sighing. His sorrow had wasted his strength, and even his bones... Read More
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Sermon 994 - The Prayer of Jabez
A Sermon (No. 994) Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed!"--1 Chron. 4:10. WE know very little about Jabez, except that he was more honorable than his brethren, and that he was called Jabez because his mother bare him with sorro... Read More
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Sermon 1015 - The One Thing Needful
A Sermon (No. 1015) Delivered on Lord's-day Morning, October 15th, 1871 by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "But one thing is needful."--Luke 10:42. WE HAVE no difficulty whatever in deciding what the one thing is. We are not allowed to say that it is the Saviour, for he is ... Read More
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Sermon 1235 - How a Man's Conduct Comes Home to Him
A sermon (No. 1235) delivered on Lord's Day Morning, May 16th, 1875, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington, by C. H. Spurgeon. "The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself."--Proverbs 14:14. A common principle is here laid down and de... Read More
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Sermon 2061 - The Evidence of Our Lord's Wounds
A Sermon (No. 2061) Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington On Lord's-day Evening, December 2nd, 1877. "Then said he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing."--J... Read More
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Sermon 1034 - The Only Atoning Priest
A Sermon (No. 1034) Delivered on Lord's Day Morning, February 4th, 1872, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after he had offered one sacri... Read More
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Sermon 1778 - A Heavenly Pattern for Our Earthly Life
A Sermon (No. 1778) Preached on Wednesday Morning, April 30th, 1884, By C. H. SPURGEON, At Exeter-Hall Being the Annual Sermon of the Baptist Missionary Society. "Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven."--Matthew 6:10. OUR Father's will shall certainly be done, for the Lord "doeth according t... Read More
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Sermon 1907 - "The Tender Mercy of Our God"
A Sermon (No. 1907) Delivered on Lord's-day Morning, June 27th, 1886, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, t... Read More
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Sermon 1035 - The Real Presence, the Great Want of the Church
A Sermon (No. 1035) Delivered on Lord's Day Morning, February 11th, 1872, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's hou... Read More
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Sermon 2186 - Our Expectation
A Sermon (No. 2186) Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. "He shall see his seed."--Isaiah 53:10. THE FIRST THOUGHT suggested by this text is, that Jesus is still alive; for to see anything is the act of a living person. Our Lord Jesus died. We know that he died. We... Read More
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Sermon 995 - The Sheep and Their Shepherd
A Sermon (No. 995) Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me."--John 10:27. CHRISTIANS ARE HERE compared to sheep. Not a very flattering comparison you may say; but then we do not wish to be flattered, nor woul... Read More
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Sermon 2206 - "Am I a Sea, or a Whale?"
A Sermon (No. 2206) Intended for Reading on Lord's-Day, May 31st, 1891, Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington, On behalf of the British and Foreign Sailors' Society, On Thursday Evening, May 7th, 1891. "Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?"--Job... Read More
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Sermon 2240 - A Challenge and a Shield
A Sermon (No. 2240) Intended for Reading on Lord's-Day, January 24th, 1892, Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington On Lord's-Day Evening, August 24th, 1890. "Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died."--Romans 8:34. Here are two very wonderful challenges throw... Read More
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Sermon 2417 - First Forgiveness, Then Healing
A Sermon (No. 2417) Intended for Reading on Lord's-day, June 16th, 1895, Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington, On Thursday Evening, June 2nd, 1887. "When he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins be forgiven thee."-Luke 5:20. I HAVE READ TO YOU the narrati... Read More
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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.