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3469. Martha and Mary
| Answers in Genesis I sometimes run with Martha to do what Christ needs me to do; but I think I ought more frequently to sit with Mary to receive from Christ what I need from him.
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3172. Bright Prospects For Young Believers
| Answers in Genesis They went out into blessed liberty, rejoicing in Him; and their light afterwards was greatly increased in brightness, and their life in happiness as they grew in divine knowledge and holiness.
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2927. Love At Leisure
| Answers in Genesis Let us put aside our service for a while. I am afraid that even those who are busy in the Master’s work overlook the necessity for love to be at leisure.
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181. Particular Redemption
| Answers in Genesis The doctrine of Redemption is one of the most important doctrines of the system of faith. A mistake on this point will inevitably lead to a mistake through the entire system of our belief.
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3221. “Yet There Is Room”
| Answers in Genesis There are still
many sinners who seem to have no room for Christ in their hearts, yet there is plenty of room for sinners in the heart and love
of Christ.
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276. A Divided Heart
| Answers in Genesis Not only is the church of Christ at the present day divided somewhat in its creed, and somewhat also in its practise of the ordinances, but alas, it is also somewhat divided in heart.
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85. Omniscience
| Answers in Genesis here are more eyes fixed on man then he knows of: he does not see as he is seen. He thinks he is obscure and unobserved, but let him remember that a cloud on witnesses hold him in full view.
2669. Comfort From Christ’s Omniscience
| Answers in Genesis At times, the grace that is really in us is scarcely visible to ourselves. I have often rejoiced that God’s omniscience has enabled him to find grace in me which I could not see, and I feel sure that there must be some of you who sometimes are led to question whether there is any grace in you or not.
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3057. Following Christ
| Answers in Genesis If the Holy Spirit shall bless the word that is spoken to you by the humblest Christian alive, it may be quite as useful to your soul as though the Master himself had been here.
2743. Mistaken Notions About Repentance
| Answers in Genesis It is enough for you to go and confess the truth, and to be sorrowful that you have so far forgotten your God, that you have lived for yourself, and hence have been an enemy of the Most High. Go and confess that to the Lord, but do not bring against yourself a morbid self-accusation which is not true in God’s sight.
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2762. Taking Hold Of God’s Covenant
| Answers in Genesis Those of you who imagine that you can get to heaven by obeying the commands of God should remember that even the perfect Adam could not keep the law, so how shall his imperfect children do what he failed to accomplish? The covenant of works is broken, and all hope of our being saved by it is gone for ever.
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3472. A Solemn Deprivation
| Answers in Genesis We shall have two things to consider this evening—the misery of our past state, and the great deliverance which God has accomplished for us.
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364. The Shulamite’s Choice Prayer
| Answers in Genesis We are longing for his coming; we are saying in the language of the last verse of this song of songs, “Make haste, my beloved, and be like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of spices.”
3511. The Battle of Life
| Answers in Genesis We may be quite sure that if we ever attempt the warfare of life at our own expense we shall soon find ourselves failing, and it will end in a miserable defeat.
3506. What Self Deserves
| Answers in Genesis Mercy makes a man lie low before the throne of heavenly grace, and leads him to ascribe all honour and glory to the God from whom the mercy comes.
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3503. Joy in Salvation
| Answers in Genesis While salvation becomes our own by an act of faith, it is not our own so that we can claim any merit or take any part of the glorying for ourselves.
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3502. Powerful Persuasives
| Answers in Genesis Oh! that every labouring, weary sinner here might at once come to Jesus and find that rest which the Saviour expresses himself as so willing to give!
3498. God’s Gentle Power
| Answers in Genesis Since Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, we may conclude that the way in which God dealt with him is very much the way in which he would deal with us.
2495. Defiled And Defiling
| Answers in Genesis If a man is himself holy, however holy
he may be, can he make another man holy simply by touching him? If he
speaks of good things, or does good actions, will it be certain that
by it he will affect others by his good words and good works? Oh, no!
425. Too Good To Be True! A Paradox!
| Answers in Genesis The Christian is a very complex being. He is a compound of the fallen and of the perfect. He detects in himself continually an alternation between the almost diabolical and the divine.
93. God in the Covenant
| Answers in Genesis What a glorious covenant the second covenant is! Well might it be called “a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.”
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2506. God’s Law In Man’s Heart
| Answers in Genesis The law of the ten commandments is strictly just; it is such a
law as a man might make for himself if he studied his own best
interests, and had wisdom enough to frame it properly. It is a
perfect law, in which the interests of God and man are both studied.
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2727. Bitter Herbs
| Answers in Genesis Whenever anyone really believes in Jesus Christ, there is always, mingled with the joyful belief, a measure of sorrowful repentance. There is a mixture of emotions, there is a bitter-sweet and a sweet-bitter. I rejoice that Christ has put away my sin, but I sorrow that he should ever have had to do it.
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75. Final Perseverance
| Answers in Genesis There are some places in Europe which have been the scenes of frequent warfare, as for instance, the kingdom of Belgium, which might be called the battlefield of Europe.
2340. The Best Christmas Fare
| Answers in Genesis Is there something for our spiritual palate, something to satisfy our spiritual appetite, so that we may eat, and be satisfied, and rejoice before the Lord?
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2663. A Leap Year Sermon
| Answers in Genesis There are still some who, like Paul, are born to God “out of due time.” They are truly born again, regenerated, converted, at a most unlikely time. There have been multitudes brought to Christ, under earnest sermons, and the truth has been effectively carried home to the hearts of many of the hearers.
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2664. Things Unknown
| Answers in Genesis All of us have a certain amount of ignorance and imperfection; for if we knew all things, we should have no necessity for this promise, that God would show us great and mighty things, which we do not know. But, since we are still imperfect, and growing in our knowledge, this promise is extremely precious to us.
3095. Faith In Christ
| Answers in Genesis The subject which I have chosen for this morning, and which may God
the Holy Spirit bless to us, is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as the
way of salvation.
2463. Why Men Reject Christ
| Answers in Genesis These
Samaritans would not receive Christ, and they gave as the silly
reason for their rejection of him that he was going to Jerusalem; and
many who do not receive Christ must give equally unreasonable reasons
for their unreasonable conduct.
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2464. The Power Of A Sigh
| Answers in Genesis When David wrote this Psalm, the days were dark; and his cry was, “Help,
Lord; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the
children of men”; from which I gather that, bad as the times may be
in which we live, there have been bad times before these.
573. Baptismal Regeneration
| Answers in Genesis Spurgeon Sermon 573. Baptismal Regeneration, delivered on Sunday Morning, June 5, 1864, by C. H. Spurgeon, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.
1356. The Trees In God’s Courts
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon calls our attention to the planting of the trees, the promise that they shall flourish, the continued fertility they exhibit, and the conclusive proof they show of God’s faithfulness.
2872. The Lord’s Supper
| Answers in Genesis Christ’s death, too, is chosen for special celebration because it is the most important part of all that he did or suffered. We would not depreciate his life, his baptism, his work, or his resurrection, but his death is the centre of everything.
2866. Good News
| Answers in Genesis You have nothing to do, sinner, but to give yourself up to the leading, guiding, directing, assisting, quickening of the blessed Spirit of God. It is true that you must believe, but he will give you the grace of faith. It is true that you must repent, but it is also true that he works repentance in us.
2700. Growth In Grace
| Answers in Genesis The more we do for Christ, the more he will do for us; but let us take heed that, while we water other people’s vineyards, our own is not neglected, and that the stones of its hedges are not cast down. May God grant you, brethren, to grow in grace!
2873. Who Loves Christ Most?
| Answers in Genesis Now, this is just what the Lord, in his infinite mercy, does for all poor sinners who come and trust his Son. He gives them a receipt in full, for there is One who has paid the debt for them. All glory be to his name, it has been paid in full.
2396. Eternal Life!
| Answers in Genesis The life of the Christian here is the triumphant life that is to be enjoyed hereafter, it is one and the same life so far as its real nature is concerned.
2332. Lessons From The Manna
| Answers in Genesis God, who loved the children of Israel, and chose them, and determined to make them a special people for himself, undertook to teach them through the manna.
2703. The Preservation Of Christians In The World
| Answers in Genesis I commend you to the God of all grace, who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory; but yet please always remember that sin itself is “the evil” to you. It will always be so to you as long as you live, and, though forgiven, it is still sin pardoned.
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2704. “Flee From The Wrath To Come”
| Answers in Genesis To sin against the patience and longsuffering of Almighty God, is to sin with a vengeance. You defiantly put your finger into the very eye of God when you know that he sees you sin, and yet you go on sinning because he does not immediately take vengeance on you for all your evil works.
1891. The Sermon Of The Seasons
| Answers in Genesis There is an end appointed by the Most High, and it will surely come: then the seasons will melt into the endless age, and time shall be promoted into eternity.
188. The Redeemer’s Prayer
| Answers in Genesis If one part of Scripture is more dear to the believer than any other, it must be this which contains his Master’s last prayer before he entered through the torn vail of his own crucified body.
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1892. Why They Leave Us
| Answers in Genesis We come at last to feel that the desires of our heart are inspired by his Spirit, and then that we have the petitions which we have asked from him.
1668. The Still Small Voice
| Answers in Genesis Is this Elijah who brought the fire and water from the skies? Yes, he has become faint-hearted and weary, and therefore he has fled from his Master’s service.
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2767. Jesus In Gethsemane
| Answers in Genesis Our blessed Master is to be imitated in that he sought retirement when he was about to enter into the great struggle of his life. Just then, when Judas was about to give the traitor’s kiss, — when scribes and Pharisees were about to hound him to the cross, — he felt that he must get away to Gethsemane.
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2768. Debtors And Debtors
| Answers in Genesis There are two lessons for us to learn from this text; the first is, that all sinners are debtors to God; and the second is, that some sinners are greater debtors to God than others are: “The one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.”
2181. God Forgiving Sin
| Answers in Genesis Spurgeon Sermon 2181. God Forgiving Sin, delivered On Thursday Evening, February 6, 1890, By C. H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.
199. A Free Salvation
| Answers in Genesis You see, I have something to sell this evening; I have to invite you to come and buy that which, will be proclaimed this night in the gospel.
1726. Buying Without Money
| Answers in Genesis Spurgeon Sermon 1726. Buying Without Money, delivered On Lord’s Day Morning, June 17, 1883, By C. H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.
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2786. The Soul’s Best Food
| Answers in Genesis It is foolish to be poor when he invites you to be rich. It is a pity for you to starve when he entreats you to feast; with such an exhortation as this, it is sad indeed that any of us should not eat what is good, and let our soul delight itself in abundance.
2316. Twelve Covenant Mercies
| Answers in Genesis Any who desire to be in the covenant of grace may know the blessings God promises to guilty men when they come to him, accepting his love and his mercy.
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2787. Christ’s Triple Character
| Answers in Genesis First, our Lord is a witness for the Father; secondly, he is a leader for his saved people; and, thirdly, he is a commander for those who, as yet, are not saved, of whom the next verse says, “You shall call a nation that you do not know, and nations that did not know you shall run to you.”
2410. Spring-time In Nature And Grace
| Answers in Genesis I think, indeed, I am sure that there are many of us who have passed through our spiritual winter. We have also had our spring, we are even coming to our summer, and there are some whose ripe and mellow experience has the peacefulness of autumn about it.
2039. Crossing The Jordan
| Answers in Genesis I am going to use the passage of the Jordan as our forefathers did, namely, as a type of our passage out of this world into the place appointed for our rest.
2481. Faith Victorious
| Answers in Genesis Let us beware of giving heed to the traditions of men, and putting
them in the place of the commandments of God, lest Christ go to some
other place, and so the lampstand is taken out of our midst, and we
are left in the dark.
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2446. Carte-Blanche
| Answers in Genesis I mean to dwell specifically on those words at the end of the verse,
“Be it to you even as you wish”; but before we consider them, I
should like to remind you again, as I did in the reading, that our
Lord admired this woman’s faith. He said to her, “Oh woman, great is
your faith.”
1006. Christ Is All
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon explains that all that is real in the Christian, all that is holy, heavenly, pure, abiding, and saving, is of the Lord Jesus.
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2501. All And All In All
| Answers in Genesis “Christ is all.” Here is sea-room enough for all godly
mariners; yet with the best wind that ever blew to speed the ship
along, and with every sail set, and filled with the breeze from
heaven, who shall always be able to go from one shore of this great
truth to the other, — “Christ is all?”
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2679. Christ’s Indwelling Word
| Answers in Genesis "Let the word of Christ dwell in you” so as to occupy your whole being. If it dwells within you, let it take entire possession of your being that it shall fill you. Do not push the truth of Christ up into a corner of your nature, for that is a poor way to treat the Word of Christ.
2803. The Saddest Cry From The Cross
| Answers in Genesis I think I can understand the words, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” as they are written by David in the twenty-second Psalm; but the same words, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” when uttered by Jesus on the cross, I cannot comprehend, so I shall not pretend to be able to explain them.
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2299. Thorns And Thistles
| Answers in Genesis It is not from materialism that a curse comes upon the spirit of man; but it is from the erring spirit that the curse falls upon the material creation.
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476. Citizenship in Heaven
| Answers in Genesis Christian men ought so to live so that it would be idle to speak of a comparison between them and the men of the world. It should not be a comparison but a contrast.
1181. A Song Among The Lilies
| Answers in Genesis Spurgeon Sermon 1181. A Song Among The Lilies, delivered On Sunday Morning, August 30, 1874, By C. H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.
1635. Only Trust Him! Only Trust Him!
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon discusses signs commonly looked for by unconverted men, and shows the real basis and reason for faith in Christ and what will be the result of a faith in Christ.
2443. The Determination Of Christ To Suffer For His People
| Answers in Genesis I believe that,
if our Saviour had not been the atoning sacrifice, if his sufferings
had been merely those of a martyr, he would have quaffed to the very
dregs the cup that was offered him, and would not have left any of
it. The reason why he refused the cup, I think, is to be found in
another thing altogether.
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2486. Overcoming Christ
| Answers in Genesis The Heavenly Bridegroom confesses himself to be overcome by the very
look of the eyes of his spouse; she has only to gaze steadily on him,
and his heart is vanquished by the glances of her eyes.
88. The Plea of Faith
| Answers in Genesis It is a prayer to God. Those words naturally flowed from his lips: after hearing such precious promises, he was anxious for their fulfilment.
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793. Nearer and Dearer
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon discusses the closeness a believer should enjoy with Christ by using a spiritual interpretation from Song of Solomon.
2304. Blinded By Satan
| Answers in Genesis Satan does not blind believers; but only the minds of those who do not believe. It is, therefore, a very dangerous thing not to believe in the Son of God.
1115. The Good Shepherdess
| Answers in Genesis Spurgeon Sermon 1115. The Good Shepherdess, delivered On Sunday Morning, June 1, 1873, By C. H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.
1911. Hideous Discovery
| Answers in Genesis Jesus tells us that defilement is caused by what comes out of the man, not by what goes into him. Defilement is of the heart, and not of the hands.
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2837. “The Ministry Of Reconciliation.”
| Answers in Genesis “But I have prayed,” you say. Yes, but that is not the way of salvation. God forbid that I should say a word against prayer! I would say a thousand words for it; it is a blessed exercise; but the dead cannot pray, nor can you until you are made alive.
1905. Healing And Pardon
| Answers in Genesis When all your own strength fails your strength shall be to sit still while God arises and becomes your arm every morning, your salvation in the time of trouble.
104. Love’s Commendation
| Answers in Genesis I shall have nothing new to tell you; it will be as old as the everlasting hills, and so simple that a child may understand it. Love’s commendation.
2587. “Much More”
| Answers in Genesis The first great message of mercy for a sinner is put into four short
words in the eighth verse of this chapter: “Christ died for us.”
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2588. Perfect Restoration
| Answers in Genesis Both Israel and Judah, after long provocation of Jehovah, were
carried away captive into the land of their enemies. God forsook his
temple, and that glorious sanctuary was laid in ruins.
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1664. “Jehovah-Rophi”
| Answers in Genesis The miracle at Marah was intended to be a very instructive illustration of the glorious title, — “I am Jehovah-Rophi, the Lord who heals you.”
1720. Christ In You
| Answers in Genesis Blessed are those to whom the Lord has laid open the divine secret which prophets and kings could not discover, which even angels desired to look into.
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413. To Die or Not to Die!
| Answers in Genesis I took note of a conversation, and thinking the matter over it suggested to me a few thoughts, which I shall endeavour to present to you tonight.
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404. Intercessory Prayer
| Answers in Genesis “The Lord turned the captivity of Job.” So, then, our longest sorrows have a close, and there is a bottom to the most profound depths of our misery.
2656. The Death Of Christ For His People
| Answers in Genesis Come, believer, and contemplate this sublime truth, proclaimed to you like this in simple monosyllables: “He laid down his life for us.” There is not one long word in the sentence; it is all as simple as it can be; and it is simple because it is sublime.
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2309. God’s Works Revealed
| Answers in Genesis Spurgeon Sermon 2309. God’s Works Revealed, delivered On Lord’s Day Evening, May 12, 1889, By C. H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.
2668. Communion With Christ — A Baptizing Sermon
| Answers in Genesis Now, child of God, albeit you cannot be saved by your good works, and your salvation does not depend on your works, remember that your communion does. It is impossible for you to have fellowship with Christ unless you are obedient to his commands.
2970. God’s Jewels
| Answers in Genesis A little heat of persecution, and the man-made Christian, — where is he? But the genuine Christian, the choice jewel of God, will survive the fires of time.
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2971. The Right Kind of Fear
| Answers in Genesis Above all, no Christian ought to have any fear which would bring dishonour on the truthfulness, the goodness, the immutability, or the power of God.
569. The Arrows of the Lord
| Answers in Genesis Spurgeon Sermon 569. The Arrows of the Lord, delivered on Tuesday Evening, March 22, 1864, by C. H. Spurgeon, at the Opening of Upton Chapel, Lambeth.
403. The Broken Column
| Answers in Genesis When you have walked through a cemetery, you have frequently seen over a grave a broken column, intended to memorialize the death of someone who was taken away in the prime of manhood.
2273. Fickle Followers
| Answers in Genesis Luke presents examples of those who seemed to be true followers of Jesus, who, nevertheless, did not continue with him, and were not really converts.
2073. Two Essential Things
| Answers in Genesis No themes can exceed in importance repentance and faith, and these need to be brought very frequently before the minds of our congregations.
112. The War of Truth
| Answers in Genesis The children of Israel were led out of Egypt with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. They were conducted into the vast howling wilderness, where there were few, if any, permanent abodes of men.
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2670. Pride Catechized
| Answers in Genesis My dear hearers, there are some of you who think yourselves very intelligent, and wise, and thoughtful, and you imagine that you know a great deal more than I do, and therefore you refuse to receive God’s Word. If there are any who refuse the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, we venture to ask them to say what it is.
2412. A Special Benediction
| Answers in Genesis Those were troublesome times in which Jude wrote this very forcible Epistle. The first early days of Christianity, with all the spring-time of the singing of birds and the blossoming of flowers, had passed away. There had come times of trial for everyone; but worst of all were the troubles within the church.
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2994. Jude’s Doxology
| Answers in Genesis Paul’s writings abound in doxologies. You will find them in different
forms scattered throughout all his Epistles. But he is not the only
apostle who pauses to magnify the name of God.
2744. Lost Through One; Saved Through One
| Answers in Genesis I am not going to enter into any theological subtleties concerning the imputation of the sin of Adam, or even into any questions about the imputation of the righteousness of Christ. Just as we are lost through one, so we are saved through one.
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2763. The Glory Of Grace
| Answers in Genesis God is glorious; that is, glory is given to him, — he is admired, he is beloved, he is adored. Every attribute of God has its glory through its display of himself. God’s power is glorious in the works of his hands. His skill, his wisdom, his benevolence, — all these meet our eyes every day.
212. The New Heart
| Answers in Genesis Is not this a wonder of divine sovereignty and of infinite grace, that mighty angels should be cast into the fire for ever, and yet God has made a covenant with man that he will renew and restore him?
233. Free Grace
| Answers in Genesis There are two sins of man that are bred in the bone, and that continually come out in the flesh. One is self-dependence and the other is self-exaltation.
456. The Stony Heart Removed
| Answers in Genesis Some things when they have become dilapidated may be repaired; but the old house of mankind is so thoroughly decayed that it must be pulled down even to its foundation, and a new house must be erected
517. The Rainbow
| Answers in Genesis The story of Noah’s preservation in the ark, is a suggestive representation of salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.
1451. The Numbered People
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon discusses authority for the muster-roll, appointment for the individuals, and account of the actual execution of the command.
2109. The Eye And The Light
| Answers in Genesis A lamp is not lit to be placed in a cellar, nor to be hidden under a bushel: the lamp is lit so that all who come into the house may see the light.
2427. “The Ark Of His Covenant”
| Answers in Genesis I shall take the passage quite by itself. I do not fully understand its context, whether it relates to what goes before or to what comes afterwards; and happily, it is not necessary for us to know this, for the passage stands complete in itself, and is full of valuable instruction.
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2428. The Marriage Supper Of The Lamb
| Answers in Genesis You will perceive that there was an exhortation to John to “Write.” Why was he especially to write these words down? I conceive that it was, first, because the information recorded here was valuable: “Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb.”
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2438. “Two Immutable Things.”
| Answers in Genesis I want some of you to go back in thought to your early days when you were children in grace; indeed, go back even further than that, to the time of your spiritual birth, those first hours when your love for your Lord was true and fervent, and everything all around you was fresh and bright and joyful.
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2439. Five Links In A Golden Chain
| Answers in Genesis The more we can promote true unity among Christian men, the better. “First pure, then peaceable,” must be our motto; first, the truth; afterwards, unity in the truth.
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2507. He Ran, And He Ran
| Answers in Genesis Both the prodigal son and the father; and when two run to meet each other, they soon meet. When a
sinner is running to Christ, and the Father is running to the sinner,
there shall be a happy meeting before very long, and there shall be
joy in heaven and joy on earth, too.
2416. Adorning The Gospel
| Answers in Genesis I am afraid that there are some Christians who would hardly like the best preaching that they could ever have. The best doctrine that could ever be delivered would be like that of our Lord Jesus Christ himself, — eminently ethical, full of precepts and words of wisdom for daily life.
3258. Stumbling at the Word
| Answers in Genesis I am absolutely certain of one thing with regard
to all those who are clinging to that poor wreck of a ship, that
there is not a man among them who will raise any objection to being
saved. No; they will all be equally
glad to welcome the friendly life-boat, and to be taken on board the
vessel of mercy.
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2765. Marvellous Light
| Answers in Genesis Everything about a true Christian is marvellous. He is a marvel to himself, and a marvel to all who are around him. Mere professors — man-made Christians — people who have made themselves Christians by their own free will apart from the Spirit of God, have nothing marvellous about them.
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2790. Our Lord’s Substitution
| Answers in Genesis Christ did not come merely to be an example. When we are dead in trespasses and sins, of what use can his example be to us? It is life that dead men need, and Christ came to bring us life. In our natural state, we are already condemned, because we have not believed in the name of the only-begotten Son of God.
160. Light at Evening Time
| Answers in Genesis Whenever philosophers wish to establish a general law, they think it necessary to collect a considerable number of individual instances; these being put together, they then infer from them a general r
265. The Meek and Lowly One
| Answers in Genesis The single sentence which I have selected for my text consists of these words:—“I am meek and lowly in heart.” These words might be taken to have three distinct bearings upon the context.
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969. Rest, Rest
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon explains why true rest can only be found when one casts their burdens upon Christ and rests in Him.
2708. The Old Gospel For The New Century
| Answers in Genesis We do not come to Christ by the exertion of our own power to come, but by the cessation of the will to stay away. When your heart just yields itself up and falls into the hands of Christ, it is then that Christ invites you when he says, “Come to me, and I will give you rest.”
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2781. Jesus Calling
| Answers in Genesis To help in bringing out of the text the thought of our Saviour’s longing for the souls of men, I want, first, to answer the question, — WHO IS HE? Who is he who says, “Come to me?” Who is this who so anxiously desires that those who labour and are heavy laden should come to him, so that he may give them rest?
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3352. A Worldwide Welcome
| Answers in Genesis Men bear great burdens, some of them burdens of care, some burdens of grief, some burdens of foolish hope; but if they come to him, being heavy laden or heavily loaded, he will take the load off of them, and give them rest.
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2659. Fallen Asleep
| Answers in Genesis Paul wrote, “Some are fallen asleep.” Of course, all the witnesses, who saw Christ personally, have fallen asleep long ago; but, among ourselves, it is also true that “some are fallen asleep”; and the truth is impressed on us more and more forcibly every week.
3403. The Multitude Before the Throne
| Answers in Genesis Some things he will not tell you, because you cannot bear them now, but let there be nothing hidden from you because your interest flags, and you do not wish to see it. Be willing to learn, and let your eye be open to see all of the truth which Jesus would reveal.
3148. Christ’s Ambassadors
| Answers in Genesis Our text tells us that the ministers of Christ, the apostles and all others who are sent by God to preach the gospel, are “ambassadors for Christ.”
2770. “Go In Peace.”
| Answers in Genesis If anyone says to me, “In what respect are believers saved?” I answer, that they are saved in the price, in the promise, in the principles, and in the pledge of salvation. The alliteration will help you to remember these four points.
1523. The Royal Prerogative
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon discusses the sovereign prerogative of God, the character of the sovereign with whom this prerogative is lodged, and the solemn warning which this great sovereign gives.
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2662. Some Characteristics Of God’s People
| Answers in Genesis Are you trusting the living God? You know what it is; are you dealing just in that way with God? Then, are you relying on him, depending on him, — especially relying on him as he is revealed in Jesus Christ his Son, the sin-atoning Saviour? If you are, you are his people.
3481. Visits from the Lord
| Answers in Genesis There is only one thing that can change the aspect of affairs, and that is, for Jesus to appear in our midst, and speak to us, giving us the word of direction.
3475. The Soul’s Great Crisis
| Answers in Genesis Let us consider the human heart and especially one exceptional and mysterious work which goes on in the minds of those who become the children of God.
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3473. Household Sin and Sorrow
| Answers in Genesis Here was a household with all that it required of temporals with the blessing of God on it, but there was one son in it who caused a world of trial and trouble.
3470. An Earnest Entreaty
| Answers in Genesis A man that knows no Latin or Greek can cry. He who cannot speak with eloquence may still give eloquent vent to his feelings in tears and entreaties.
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436. A Sermon for Spring
| Answers in Genesis The things which are seen are types of the things which are not seen. The works of creation are pictures to the children of God of the secret mysteries of grace.
726. Life Eternal
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon discusses the amazing truth presented in John 10:28—no one can take us out of the Father’s hand.
572. Laus Deo
| Answers in Genesis Spurgeon Sermon 572. Laus Deo, delivered on Sunday Morning, May 29, 1864, by C. H. Spurgeon, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.
361. None but Jesus
| Answers in Genesis The way of salvation is stated in Scripture in the very plainest forms, and yet, perhaps, there is no truth about which more errors have been uttered, than concerning the faith which saves the soul.
362. None but Jesus—Second Part
| Answers in Genesis In the morning sermon, our time was mainly taken up with the description of Faith—what it is. We had only a few minutes left at its close to describe what it leads to—the privilege of justification.
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352. A Merry Christmas
| Answers in Genesis Job was an exceedingly happy man before his great trial. He was as much blessed in the fruit of his body as in his material wealth.
2517. From Twenty-Five To Thirty-Five
| Answers in Genesis God always was and still is
self-contained and all-sufficient; and if he chooses to make any
creatures, or to preserve or use any of the creatures he has formed,
that is not because he needs them, or is in the least degree
dependent on them.
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1398. Compassion On The Ignorant
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon discusses that compassion and forbearance are two great qualifications for doing good to our fellow men and that both of these are found preeminently in our Lord Jesus Christ.
445. Resurrection—Christ the Firstfruits
| Answers in Genesis It was needful that the resurrection should be beyond dispute, since it lies at the very basis of our holy faith; it is consoling to think that it is so; for thus our foundation stands most secure.
2533. The Ever-Present Crisis
| Answers in Genesis Every time a
blasphemer opens his mouth to deny the truth of revelation, he will
help to confirm us in our conviction of the very truth which he
denies. The Holy Spirit told us, by the pen of Peter, that it would
be so; and now we see how truly he wrote.
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2628. “All Hail!”
| Answers in Genesis As soon as we get to the other side of the
cross, and realize that Christ has risen from the dead, everything is
calm, and quiet, and peaceful.
2484. The Very Friend You Need
| Answers in Genesis Probably neither Matthew, nor Mark,
nor Luke, nor John would have told us that they called Jesus “a
friend of tax collectors and sinners” if he had not repeated it
himself. It is clear from this fact that he was not in the least
ashamed of the title.
2451. “Blessed In Him”
| Answers in Genesis “Men shall be blessed in him.” Oh sirs, if one had the tongues of men
and of angels, and if one could only for once use that speech which
it is not lawful for a man to utter, if we could
even speak as never man yet spoke, we could not fully describe all
the glories of him of whom this text speaks.
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2452. Hope For The Worst Backsliders
| Answers in Genesis Sin is quite sure to cause sorrow; and the longer the sorrow is
delayed, the heavier it will be when it comes. This ship may be
long at sea, but it will come home at last with a terrible cargo.
There was never a man who broke the law of God who did not have to
rue it in the end.
2449. The Rule And Reward Of Serving Christ
| Answers in Genesis You cannot have Christ if you will not
serve him. If you take Christ, you must take him in all his
characters, not only as Friend, but also as Master; and if you are to
become his disciple, you must also become his servant. I hope that no
one here kicks against that truth.
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2483. The Object Of Christ’s Death
| Answers in Genesis Brethren, let us all try to keep a heart
like the apostle’s, so full of love for Christ that we have only to
come across his track, and we shall at once fall down, and worship
and adore him, or on the wings of holy love mount up nearer to his
throne.
2492. Paul’s Persuasion
| Answers in Genesis Paul was fully persuaded of this great truth. I do not doubt that God at first supernaturally revealed
it to him; but yet, in order that he might be even more sure of it,
God was pleased to reveal it to him again and again, until his
trembling heart was more and more completely persuaded of it.
2411. Why Some Seekers Are Not Saved
| Answers in Genesis There are some people who are not saved, though we should have expected that they would have been converted long ago. Our text explains the reason, so, without any preface, let us come to it at once.
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2582. Alto And Bass
| Answers in Genesis Mary was evidently a woman well instructed in divine truth, and, though only young in
years, she must have been deeply experienced in the things of God.
2798. Sweet Stimulants For The Fainting Soul
| Answers in Genesis When we are flat on our faces, we are generally the nearest to heaven. When we sink the lowest in our own esteem, we rise the highest in fellowship with Christ, and in knowledge of him. Someone said, “The way to heaven is not upward, but downward.”
857. Timely Reflections
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon asks his listeners to look back to the moment they first believed to see the many changes Christ has worked in their lives.
2078. The Believing Thief
| Answers in Genesis The salvation of the dying thief is an outstanding example of the power of Christ to save, and of his abundant willingness to receive all who come to him.
2488. Christ’s Love For His Spouse
| Answers in Genesis If there is one subject
more than another on which I wish always to speak, it is the love of
Christ; but if there is one which quite baffles me, and makes me go
back from this platform utterly ashamed of my poor feeble words, and
of the tongue which has uttered them, it is this subject.
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2509. The Sinful Made Sinless
| Answers in Genesis The
fatherhood of God is towards as many as he has begotten again to a
living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead;
these are his children. As for the rest of mankind, they are heirs of
wrath, even as others.
521. The Power of Aaron’s Rod
| Answers in Genesis I call your attention to the fact, that Aaron’s rod proved its heaven given superiority, and silenced all the boastings of Jannes and Jambres, by readily swallowing up all their rods.
105. Manasseh
| Answers in Genesis Manasseh is one of the most remarkable characters whose history is written in the sacred pages. We are accustomed to mention his name in the list of those who greatly sinned, and yet found great mercy
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100. The Comer’s Conflict With Satan
| Answers in Genesis Though we are not possessed with demons, yet by nature we are possessed with devilish vices and lusts, which if they do not distress and vex our bodies, will most certainly destroy our souls.
2910. The Harvest And The Vintage
| Answers in Genesis None are more terrible in justice than those who are tender in mercy. Those, who have no heart, cannot display real indignation; but where there beats a true heart of love, there must be righteous wrath against whatever is unloving, holy anger against whatever is unjust and true.
2897. The Source
| Answers in Genesis When we think of Jesus as divine, nothing seems to be impossible for him. The strength of sin, which is the law, is not too great for him who made the law, and kept it, too. The sting of death, which is sin, shall certainly not be able to destroy the almighty power of him who has the keys of death and of hell.
2544. The One And The Many
| Answers in Genesis If the disobedience of one representative was the first cause of
our being regarded as sinners, then it became possible that the
obedience of another and still greater Representative might enable
God to regard us as righteous, and treat us as such.
176. The Prodigal’s Return
| Answers in Genesis All people engaged in education will tell you that they find it far more difficult to make the mind unlearn its errors than to make it receive truth.
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588. The Prodigal’s Reception
| Answers in Genesis Spurgeon Sermon 588. The Prodigal’s Reception, delivered on Sunday Morning, September 4, 1864, by C. H. Spurgeon, at The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.
1899. Zealous, But Wrong
| Answers in Genesis Let us pray for men that they may be saved. Simple as the statement is, I feel sure that we shall see more conversions when more people pray for conversions.
398. The New Nature
| Answers in Genesis Love each other with a pure heart fervently, for you have been born again, not with corruptible seed, but with incorruptible.
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242. Christ Precious To Believers
| Answers in Genesis I must give glory to God in the midst of the great congregation, and pay my vows to the Lord now in the midst of all his saints, in the midst of you, oh Jerusalem.
2731. Bringing Sinners To The Saviour
| Answers in Genesis If we wish to do good to our fellow creatures, the best thing that we can do for them is to bring them to the Lord Jesus Christ. We are to point sinners to Jesus, — ourselves looking at him all the while, and praying that they also may look to him, and live.
2791. A High Day in Heaven
| Answers in Genesis Earth has engrossed our thoughts for too long; it is time that we should lift our eyes, and look upward to heaven. Do you say that you cannot see so far as that? Look again, and ask the Holy Spirit to open your eyes, for the Lord Jesus has left the gate wide open.
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3015. The Two Debtors
| Answers in Genesis It is not wise to compare ourselves with our fellow men. It is
comparing one incorrect standard with another, and is very apt to
mislead.
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2624. Second Hand
| Answers in Genesis I firmly believe that there are thousands, who are ranked among the opposers of the gospel,
who do not have anything to say against Christ from their own knowledge.
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2625. The Dumb Singing
| Answers in Genesis What a difference grace makes, wherever it enters the heart! In our
text, we find the blind mentioned; but they are no longer blind when once grace has touched their eyes.
450. Exhortation and Greeting
| Answers in Genesis I will utter warnings against that deadly lethargy which is so apt to steal over us, putting us into a position to be readily assailable by temptation, indeed, and to be easily overcome by it too.
2477. Darkness Before The Dawn
| Answers in Genesis A child of God,
who is a child of light, may be for a while in darkness; first,
darkness comparatively, as compared with the light he has some times
enjoyed, for days are not always equally bright. Some days are bright
with a clear sunshine, other days may be overcast.
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2829. Lowly Service
| Answers in Genesis Everything is appointed and determined, not by blind fate, but by an all-wise predestination. The wheels of providence do not crush the believer, for they are full of eyes; so that, as they revolve, they work out our lasting good, and never do us harm. I hope all the burden-bearers here will believe this blessed fact.
2725. Elijah Fainting
| Answers in Genesis It is difficult for us to understand why David could be in such severe distress, and why Elijah could be so dreadfully downcast. As we get older, as trials multiply around us, we can better understand why God allowed his servants to be put into such stressful positions, for we find ourselves in similar places.
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127. Spiritual Resurrection
| Answers in Genesis I have had pressed on my mind a subject which is not the resurrection of Christ, but is in some measure connected with it—the resurrection of lost and ruined man by the Spirit of God in this life.
2183. A Gracious Dismissal
| Answers in Genesis Rising from the feet she had washed with tears, she went out to keep her footsteps such as those of a believing, and therefore saved, woman ought to be.
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339. The Sons of God
| Answers in Genesis My brethren, what a contrast there is between the present and future estate of the child of God! The believer is here the brother to the worm; in heaven he shall be next of kin to the angels.
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329. Christ’s First and Last Subject
| Answers in Genesis Repentance was the first subject upon which the Redeemer dwelt, and that it was the last, which, with his departing breath, he commended to the earnestness of his disciples.
1760. “He Shall Be Great”
| Answers in Genesis Strictly speaking, I suppose these words refer to the human nature of our Lord Jesus Christ, for it is concerning his humanity that Christ was born of Mary.
2975. Forgetting God
| Answers in Genesis I wonder whether there is any man here, who once declared, and probably believed, that he was a Christian, but who has now given up even the name of Christian.
2627. The Best Friend
| Answers in Genesis True friends are very scarce. We have a great many acquaintances, and
sometimes we call them friends, and so misuse the noble word “friendship.”
2968. “His Great Love”
| Answers in Genesis I do not know when God, in his rich mercy, ever seems so lovely in our eyes as when we have just gazed on our own abundant sins.
2741. Salvation By Grace
| Answers in Genesis Spurgeon Sermon 2741. Salvation By Grace, delivered On A Thursday Evening, In The Summer Of 1859, By C. H. Spurgeon, At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark.
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2742. Interrogation And Exclamation
| Answers in Genesis Because man thinks so little of sin, he also thinks very little of the grace of God. To him, it seems a very simple matter to remove human guilt. Let God just rub it out, and leave a clean sheet. But God, who knows what sin really is, makes a very different estimate of the difficulties in the way of mercy.
232. Perfection in Faith
| Answers in Genesis Is it not very grateful to observe, that what is just in one part of Scripture presented to us as a matter of faith, is in another place stated as a matter of fact?
2705. Why Some Sinners Are Not Pardoned
| Answers in Genesis You, dear friends, may be patient under suffering, but not patient under sin. You may ask for healing with complete resignation to the will of God as to whether he will grant it to you; but you should ask for pardon with persistence. And if you are not saved, seek to know the reason why he is refusing to grant you that blessing.
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3000. Come And Welcome
| Answers in Genesis I thought that the text which I have selected might, by the blessing
of the Spirit of God, be made the means of comfort to many who may be seeking the
Saviour.
2037. The Rule Of The Race
| Answers in Genesis Paul makes a foot-race an illustration of the Christian life. We must run with patience along the appointed course if we would win the prize of our high calling.
1073. A Honeycomb
| Answers in Genesis When times are tough and we are enduring trials or God’s discipline, Charles Spurgeon reminds us to look to Jesus as our example.
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236. The Shameful Sufferer
| Answers in Genesis “Oh what shall I do, my Saviour to praise?” Where shall language be found which shall describe his matchless, his unparalleled love towards the children of men.
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229. Love
| Answers in Genesis When the gospel comes to us it does not find us loving God, it does not expect anything from us.
46. The Glorious Habitation
| Answers in Genesis You will see in this Psalm a wondrous depth of spirituality; you will mark how the poet subsides into the man of God; and how, lost in himself, he sings his own frailty, declares the glory of God.
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528. Chastisement—Now and Afterwards
| Answers in Genesis By the application of the blood of Christ the guilt of sin is cleansed; by the water which flowed with the blood from the side of Jesus defilement is taken away for ever.
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519. Believing with the Heart
| Answers in Genesis All the promises of Scripture are full of comfort, in their sphere, they glow and glisten with the warmth and light of love; but there are “bright particular stars,” even among these.
1690. Chariots Of Iron
| Answers in Genesis If the New Testament is to expound the Old, then there is another lesson to be learned from the land which flowed with milk and honey.
2854. Lame Sheep
| Answers in Genesis We shall not get back a strong race of Christians until we get back such a sturdy band of outspoken men as dare their reputation, if not their lives, on the unvarnished testimony they give to the truth they know, the truth as it commends itself to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
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2855. The Lesson Of Uzza
| Answers in Genesis How I wish that all professing Christians would revise their creed by the Word of God! How I wish that all religious denominations would bring their ordinances and forms of worship to the supreme test of the New Testament, but they know that so much would have to be put away that is now delightful to the flesh.
3356. David’s Sublime Consolation
| Answers in Genesis David was never the man who would play the hypocrite in the last extremity of death. You can see how true, how deep, how thorough his faith in God must have been, for his death-bed was by no means an enviable one.
2701. Jesus Joyfully Received
| Answers in Genesis I showed you, dear friends, how joyfully Jesus receives sinners, — how he welcomes them, — how glad he is to find those whom he came to seek and to save. From this text, it appears that, when sinners receive Jesus, they receive him joyfully, so that there is joy on both sides.
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2665. A Day To Be Remembered
| Answers in Genesis “Today.” Today, — why not? Why should we not, "today", give ourselves to Christ? I have tried to think of any reason why a man should not give himself up to the Lord Jesus Christ today, and I cannot find one. Then, why should he give himself to Christ today, on this particular day?
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2755. Must He?
| Answers in Genesis Our Lord Jesus wanted to bless someone; he had seen Zacchaeus, and he knew what his occupation was, and what his sin was, and he felt that he must bless him. Jesus felt that he must bless Zacchaeus. He must go to his house, so that he might enter his heart and stay there.
3255. The Pearl of Patience
| Answers in Genesis We need to be reminded of what we have heard, for we are far too
ready to forget. We are also so slow to consider and meditate on what
we have heard that it is profitable to have our memories refreshed.
At this time we are called on to remember that we have heard of the
patience of Job.
2471. The Best Of All, God Is With Us
| Answers in Genesis Did David live in vain? Can it be truly said that he failed
in the grandest project of his life? Assuredly not; he did all that
he was permitted to do, and by making those elaborate preparations,
he was really the means of the building of the temple.
2480. The Tender Grapes
| Answers in Genesis Dear friends, we must
serve God, we must bring out from our very soul, love for God and
service for him as the fruit of our renewed nature, or else we are
useless, worthless, and shall only bide our time here, and then we
shall be cut down to be burned.
2702. “Marvellous Lovingkindness”
| Answers in Genesis We ought to pray the Lord to show his “marvellous lovingkindness” to our faith, so that we may again confide in him. If he will cause the eye of our faith to see that he has this “marvellous lovingkindness” towards us, we shall be all the more ready to rely on him in all the straits into which we may yet be brought.
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3466. A Warning to Believe
| Answers in Genesis Striving is needed more than seeking. Let us pray that God the Holy Spirit would always enable us to be extremely earnest about the salvation of our souls.
3463. Why Men Do Not Believe
| Answers in Genesis Many cannot believe in Christ because there is something within their hearts that very effectively prevents their coming to the faith of God’s elect.
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3462. To the Rescue
| Answers in Genesis Every creature born of Adam, who has not been saved by grace, is a prisoner to sin. He is a lawful captive to God’s law.
3459. More and More
| Answers in Genesis Practical as the Epistle of James is, this apostle does not neglect to extol the grace of God; he would be very impractical if he did.
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3457. All Are Guilty
| Answers in Genesis The truth is most uncomplimentary to man—it rolls him in the very dust, ranks him with the worms, makes nothing of him; yes, less than nothing.
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3455. A Message from God
| Answers in Genesis It cannot be that God has left the world; it must be that the world has left God. It is not possible that God has ceased to speak to the soul.
3453. The Wandering Bird
| Answers in Genesis We believe Solomon to be correct in his statement that “Just as a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place.”
3451. Grand Glorying
| Answers in Genesis Paul makes a clean sweep of every other basis for boasting, and casts himself on the one and only chosen object of his soul’s glorying.
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3450. Dangerous Lingering
| Answers in Genesis Strong as their resolution to become followers of the Saviour seems, unhappily they stop short and linger in their old condition halting between two opinions.
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3449. Buying the Truth
| Answers in Genesis No matter the cost, buy the truth. You may give everything for it, but you may take nothing in exchange for it, since there is nothing that can compare to it.
3446. “Christ Is All”
| Answers in Genesis While there are many falsehoods, there can be only one truth; real religion is, therefore, one. There is only one gospel—the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
3443. Seeing Jesus
| Answers in Genesis Whatever religious privileges men of the world may have, they will lose them. It was a great favour to see Christ in the flesh.
1019. Household Salvation
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon discusses the account of the Philippian jailer in Acts 16, and elaborates on the fact that he and his whole family were saved after hearing the Word of God.
2518. A Sad Interior And A Cheery Messenger
| Answers in Genesis I
do not remember that we are told by Matthew, or Luke, or John, how
the disciples behaved themselves while their Lord was in the grave.
It is left to us to imagine their feelings, with this exception, — that
Mark tells us that “they mourned and wept.”
41-42. Election
| Answers in Genesis Although most other doctrines will be received by professing Christians, some with caution, others with pleasure, yet this one seems to be most frequently disregarded and discarded.
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234. Grain In Egypt
| Answers in Genesis The wonders that God does in the heart of man, each of them finds a parallel, a picture, a metaphor, an illustration, in the wonders which God performs in providence.
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1738. “Glory Be To The Father.”
| Answers in Genesis It is easy to understand how the Father of mercies, from whom every good and perfect gift proceeds, really blesses us; but how can we be said to bless him?
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446. The Old, Old Story
| Answers in Genesis I love to speak about Christ—about Christ who loved, and lived, and died, the substitute for sinners, the just for the unjust, so that he might bring us to God.
203. The Sympathy Of The Two Worlds
| Answers in Genesis Man’s heart is never large enough to hold either its joys or its sorrows. You never heard of a man whose heart was exactly full of sorrow; for no sooner is it full, than it overflows.
2414. The Prodigal’s Climax
| Answers in Genesis May you feel that, to be out of sync with God, to wish to be separated from him, and to have other interests than those of him who made you, must be dangerous, and probably will be fatal! Come to yourself at this earliest stage of your history, and love and rejoice in God as the prodigal returned to his father!
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2520. A Programme Never Carried Out
| Answers in Genesis There is no honour and no dignity under heaven that can
satisfy us unless souls are won for Christ; but if souls are won, we
shall care little how the great work was done instrumentally, for God
will have all the glory for it.
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2769. The Weakened Christ Strengthened
| Answers in Genesis Our Saviour said to his disciples, “My soul is extremely sorrowful, even to death”; yet then, more than at all other times, he was in an agony of prayer; and, in proportion to the intensity of his sorrow was the intensity of his supplication.
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2874. Precepts And Promises
| Answers in Genesis If any man serves Christ, his service will be most like his Lord’s when he does, as nearly as he can, what Christ did. He is your Master, but he is also your Exemplar. If you want to obey Jesus instead of merely keeping the law written on stones, you can see the law written out in his life.
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2876. Christ’s Crowning Glory
| Answers in Genesis We must not indulge the mournful strain too much, for we must never forget that it is a joyful feast, not a funeral repast, to which our Lord invites us; it is a feast which reminds us of his triumph as well as of his conflict and agony.
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2877. Trials Expected And Conquered
| Answers in Genesis If you are soldiers in the army of Christ, you are not intended to win the victory without a conflict; and if you are ordained to wear a crown above, you are certainly equally ordained to bear a cross below. We must fight if we would reign; we must suffer for Christ if we would be glorified with him.
2425. Self-Destroyed, Yet Saved
| Answers in Genesis It would be a very important subject for our meditation if we kept to the text, and thought about its great truth, — that the ruin of man is altogether from himself, and the salvation of man is altogether from
God. These two statements, I believe, comprehend the main points of a sound theology.
467. Flesh and Spirit — A Riddle
| Answers in Genesis Of all the worthies whose lives are written out at length in Holy Writ, David possesses an experience of the most striking, varied, and instructive character.
2256. Daniel’s Band
| Answers in Genesis It did not do Daniel any harm to know that he was greatly beloved by God; or else he would not have received that information from heaven.
73. Effectual Calling
| Answers in Genesis We are continually reminded in our conversation with young converts, how absolutely necessary it is to repeat our former lessons, and repeatedly assert and prove over and over again those doctrines...
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197. The Spies
| Answers in Genesis The unbelief of the children of Israel, prompted them to send spies into Canaan. Only two were true to the Lord.
2756. Saving The Lost
| Answers in Genesis The mission of Jesus was that of pure mercy, and indescribable love. Our Lord Jesus Christ did not come into the world to seek his own honour, but to seek and to save the lost; not to get anything for himself, but to give everything to those who are lost.
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2757. Victorious Faith
| Answers in Genesis We are not only God’s adopted children; if we are indeed born from above, we are God’s new-born children. The divine nature is actually put into us when we are born of God; is that not a wonderful thing? And that miracle of mercy must be accomplished in all of us who are ever to overcome the world.
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2459. Better Than Wine
| Answers in Genesis I suppose, in the earlier ages when the Word of
God was written, it would hardly have been conceivable that there
could have existed on the face of the earth such a number of drunken
men and women as now pollute and defile it by their very presence.
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2666. The Sorrowful Man’s Question
| Answers in Genesis Dear friends, if life were not continued for any but those who are bright of eye, and fleet of foot, and joyful of heart, how few would live! And if, the first time that darkness fell on a man’s pathway, he were to be permitted to die, well, then, the whole population of the globe would soon be swept away.
2545. The Greatest Folly In The World
| Answers in Genesis We are told that God looked out of heaven to see if there were any
who had understanding, who sought after God. If there had been any,
God would have seen them, for he sees all things and all people. If
there had been any good people, God would have discovered them.
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2745. Intercession And Supplication
| Answers in Genesis It is God who writes intercession on men’s hearts. All true prayer comes from him, but especially that least selfish and most Christ-like form of prayer called intercession; when the supplicant forgets all about himself, and his own needs, and all his pleadings, his tears, and his arguments are on behalf of others.
1917. In Christ No Condemnation
| Answers in Genesis Believers are in a state of conflict, but not in a state of condemnation, and that at the very time when the conflict is hottest the believer is still justified.
2353. “Out Of The Depths.”
| Answers in Genesis However eminent for grace a man of God may be, it may happen to him, sometimes, that the thought of his sin may be paramount over his faith.
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2916. A Memorable Milestone
| Answers in Genesis My conscience could not be satisfied with a forgiveness that came to me unjustly, for the glory of God would be dishonoured by it. We have preached the righteousness of God; and we lay a firm foundation on which to build the comfort and hope of the believer in Christ Jesus.
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2807. Spared!
| Answers in Genesis The vision of Ezekiel which is recorded in the previous chapter brought to light the abominations of the house of Judah. He stood alive among the dead, because he was found faithful among the faithless; he survived in the midst of universal destruction, because he had served his God in the midst of universal depravity.
355. Portraits of Christ
| Answers in Genesis It is not so much predestination which will occupy our attention this morning, as the fact that believers are predestinated to be conformed to the image of God’s dear Son.
627. Justification and Glory
| Answers in Genesis Paul’s letter to the Romans includes a promise that God will glorify those that He justified. Charles Spurgeon explains these terms and their connection.
2470. Jacob And Doubting Souls — A Parallel
| Answers in Genesis I think that the patriarch Jacob may well serve as the type and
emblem of a doubting soul, one who has been told the good news of
salvation, the gospel of God’s grace, but who cannot bring his mind
to believe it.
3386. Christ Our Peace
| Answers in Genesis Wherever we may wander around the circumference, we always feel a drawing in of our soul towards the centre, which is “Christ in you, the hope of glory.”
1553. Faith Working By Love
| Answers in Genesis Spurgeon Sermon 1553. Faith Working By Love, delivered On Sunday Morning, August 15, 1880, By C. H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.
3249. Under The Apple Tree
| Answers in Genesis Christ known should be Christ used. It is a pity that we know so much about
Christ, and yet enjoy him so little. May our experience keep pace
with our knowledge, and may that experience be composed of a
practical using of our Lord.
2834. Conceit Rebuked
| Answers in Genesis Please, dear friends, never attempt to mould the character of God with the fingers of your own imagination. Worship him just as he is, though you cannot comprehend him. Believe in him as he reveals himself, and never imagine that you could, by making any change in him, accomplish an improvement in him.
1300. The Little Dogs
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon discusses the fact that faith’s mouth cannot be closed, that faith never disputes with God, that faith argues mightily, and that faith wins her suit.
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2418. “All Of One”
| Answers in Genesis Come, my hearer, do you belong to the sanctified? Have you any part or lot in this matter? Does it concern you that the Sanctifier and the sanctified are “all of one” if you are not one of them? The more glorious the privileges of the gospel, the more doleful is your state if they are not yours.
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2461. Rejoicing And Remembering
| Answers in Genesis It is a very blessed habit of saints who have grown in grace to enter
into actual conversation with the Well-Beloved. Our text is not so
much speaking of him as speaking to him: “We will be glad and
rejoice in you, we will remember your love more than wine.”
3401. Sharing Christ’s Life
| Answers in Genesis This was, and is, the sign of the true believer, that he sees Jesus. When Jesus was here among men, the world saw him in a certain sense, but yet in truth it did not see him at all.
3438. The Compassion of Jesus
| Answers in Genesis If you would sum up the whole character of Christ in reference to ourselves, it might be gathered into this one sentence, “He was moved with compassion.”
3435. Sanctified Sorrow
| Answers in Genesis For many an age the light did not shine on heathen lands. Only one place on all the earth received the congenial beams of the Sun of Righteousness.
3430. Chiding and Cheering
| Answers in Genesis This chapter gives us a very delightful picture of the companionship and kindly communion which were kept up between our Saviour and his twelve disciples.
3426. A Severe Grievance
| Answers in Genesis The people of Israel had been hunted so much that they forgot the place where they once rested. The same remark may be made of some congregations.
3424. Turning From Death
| Answers in Genesis God is earnest in pleading with men to turn from their sins so that he may not be constrained to punish them, as he must do if they go on in their iniquities.
3421. Prayer Meetings
| Answers in Genesis In those churches which are not tied and bound by liturgies and rituals, it has been common to hold meetings for social prayer. We call them prayer meetings.
2651. The Christian’s Service And Honour
| Answers in Genesis He who spurns the counsel of God, despises his law, and tramples on his commands, commits an act of suicide to his own liberty. Those who act like this, while they seek to be free, become the worst slaves;
2413. Despised Light Withdrawn
| Answers in Genesis Our Saviour was very gentle with those who had real difficulties. He would reason with them over and over again; he would state a truth, and restate it; or he would enlarge and expand it, for he was gentle with seeking souls as a mother is with her child.
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397. Fire! Fire! Fire!
| Answers in Genesis Before we explain the metaphor of the text, it may be well for us to remark that we are not sufficiently grateful, I fear, for the preservation which God affords to us from fire.
2548. Four Contrasts
| Answers in Genesis Beloved friends, there are many lights in which we can see sin; and
our perception of sin very much depends on the light in which we look
at it.
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2799. The Church Encouraged And Exhorted
| Answers in Genesis The whole race of mankind has gone astray; but God has his chosen people among the fallen race. It is our firm conviction that there are many among them who are the sons and daughters of God, and who shall yet be brought near to him.
2551. God’s Knowledge Of Sin
| Answers in Genesis There is one solemn thought which deeply impresses the man who is
right at heart, but who sees his own foolishness and sin, and mourns
it; and that thought is, that God sees it.
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14. The Victory of Faith
| Answers in Genesis The epistles of John are perfumed with love. The word is continually occurring, while the Spirit enters into every sentence. Each letter is thoroughly soaked and impregnated with this heavenly honey.
1542. Free Grace A Motive For Free Giving
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon discusses the consolation freely provided and bestowed in the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and how it should lead us to a holy benevolence towards others who need consolation.
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2364. Poverty And Riches
| Answers in Genesis The infinite grace of the Lord Jesus Christ constrained him to lay aside the royalties of heaven, and endure the sufferings and the griefs of our mortality.
198. The Heavenly Race
| Answers in Genesis We are continually insisting upon it from day to day, that salvation is not by works, but by grace. We lay this down as one of the very foundational doctrines of the gospel.
2917. The Doors Of The Shadow Of Death
| Answers in Genesis I must confess that, as far as I am concerned, of those I have seen passing through, who have believed in Christ, most of the saints have passed through gladly. They have entered the gates with a cheery note, with a song, or with a Hallelujah.
2249. Even Now
| Answers in Genesis In the presence of Christ it seems very natural to trust him even in the worst extremity. When we are at our wits’ end then he delights to help us.
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2250. Words To Rest On
| Answers in Genesis We should feel extremely grateful whenever, in any place, God raises up a judge to deliver Israel, and when the people serve God all the days of that judge.
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1799. “Though He Were Dead”
| Answers in Genesis Martha is a very accurate type of a class of anxious believers. They do believe truly, but not with such confidence as to lay aside their care.
1776. Unbinding Lazarus
| Answers in Genesis How kind of our Lord Jesus to permit his disciples to do some little thing in connection with his great deeds, that they may be “workers together with him.”
433. Life in Earnest
| Answers in Genesis Those men prosper who do their work with all their hearts, while those are almost certain to fail who go to their labour leaving half their hearts behind them.
1298. Enoch
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon discusses the implications of Enoch’s walking with God, the circumstances connected with his remarkable life, and its conclusion.
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107. Faith
| Answers in Genesis The chief end of man, we believe, in this life and in the next, is to please God his Maker. If any man pleases God, he does that which is most conducive to his own temporal and eternal welfare.
2513. How To Please God
| Answers in Genesis The Israelites could not
enter into Canaan because of unbelief; and men in this day cannot
enter into the privileges of the gospel because of unbelief. Let us
pity and pray for those who do not have faith. Oh, that God would
hear the cries of his children, and work faith in men, for this also
is the gift of God!
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2514. Servus Servorum
| Answers in Genesis Our Lord Jesus Christ did not
merely come to save us from the guilt of sin, but he came to save us
from the power of sin. He does not merely bring us pardon, but he
brings us holiness, and he comes to make us like himself.
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2740. What Is Essential In Coming To God?
| Answers in Genesis We must believe “that he is,” we must believe that there is a God, — that these things do not spring from themselves, or come by chance, or in any way whatever except that there is a personal God, who created all things, and by whom all things consist. If you do not believe that, you certainly will never come to God.
2924. Restraining Grace
| Answers in Genesis Our subject, which is “Restraining grace,” the grace which God sends to prevent saints and sinners from running into sin. I hope before the service is over, many of us in looking back on our past lives will gratefully bless the Lord.
1713. Other Sheep And One Flock
| Answers in Genesis Rest assured of the Father’s love for His sheep; rest assured of the immutability of His purpose concerning them, and rest assured of its ultimate achievement.
3006. The Lord Is My Shepherd
| Answers in Genesis If I can remind you of old and precious
truths, and also remind you of sweet experiences which are past, this
will not be an unprofitable topic for our meditation.
1312. Why May I Rejoice?
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon discusses the joy which needs moderating, the joy which needs stirring up, and the joy of the Lord in sympathy with this last joy.
2729. Christ's Transfigured Face
| Answers in Genesis A kind of radiance would shine out from Christ, in some dim degree, now and then; but, on this occasion, he took off the veil. We shall gather some instruction while we meditate first on the transfiguration as a whole, and then turn our thoughts especially to the brightness of Christ’s transfigured face.
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2658. Waking To See Christ’s Glory
| Answers in Genesis If you and I are to see the glories of Christ, it is necessary that we also should be awake, and that is more than can be said of all of us. I may say to some, “Let us not sleep, as others do”; for there are many who are so soundly sleeping that they are quite oblivious of the glories of Christ.
2733. Christ’s Revealing Himself To Mary Magdalene
| Answers in Genesis It is particularly encouraging to remember that the first person to whom our Lord Jesus Christ appeared after his ressurection was Mary Magdalene. In thinking over this subject, I have come to the conclusion that Mary Magdalene was selected to see Christ first because she loved him most.
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2812. Causes and Cure of Fainting
| Answers in Genesis Unbelief is based on absurdity, but faith rests on reason and fact. This may not at first sight seem to be true, but it really is so. To believe in the almighty and all-wise God, is the most rational thing in the world; and to doubt him, is both the most wicked and the most irrational thing.
2709. Christ’s Past And Present Witnesses
| Answers in Genesis Our Lord Jesus Christ ought to be believed on his own unsupported word; first, because of the divinity of his nature. God cannot lie; and that Christ is God is abundantly proved by his miracles. He did what no one except God could do.
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2444. Cheering Words
| Answers in Genesis The Saviour was about to leave his disciples, and this was the
hardest trial which they had ever experienced. Since there could be
no trial to them like the loss of the Saviour’s presence, it was at
this time Jesus gave them his richest consolation.
3317. A Sweet Salaam {a}
| Answers in Genesis Sons of men, rejoice that such a God has revealed himself to you! This should cause a universal Hallelujah, the whole world over, as soon as it is ever heard.
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2196. Hosanna!
| Answers in Genesis Assuredly, this honour paid to our Lord was incredibly strange; a gleam of sunlight in a day of clouds, a glimpse of summertime in a long and dreary winter.
3415. Right-Hand Sins
| Answers in Genesis Salvation is, in short, deliverance from sin. It is not possible, therefore, that any man should have salvation, and yet continue in the indulgence of sin.
3411. Joining the Church
| Answers in Genesis Some people are always trying to prove what is customary in the Christian Church. They are always looking for examples and precedents.
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3409. Seeking Richly Rewarded
| Answers in Genesis Christians have given up the first law of human nature, namely, self-seeking, self-pleasing, self-serving, and have come to seek the Lord, to seek to magnify him.
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3410. Christ and His Hearers
| Answers in Genesis The Holy Spirit speaks of Publicans and sinners; the evil spirit in the Pharisee calls them all sinners. Let us imitate the Spirit of God, and not the spirit of pride.
3404. A Gross Indignity
| Answers in Genesis That awful brow, the nod or shake of which reveals the everlasting decrees of God, is stained with spittle from the lips of wretches whom his own hands had made.
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3402. The Nail in a Secure Place
| Answers in Genesis While this passage literally refers to Eliakim himself, it may, with very great instructiveness, be used as applicable to the Lord Jesus, and I am using it like that.
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3400. The Day of Atonement
| Answers in Genesis The annual atonement among the Jews was the picture of the great atonement, the real atonement, the effective expiation, which the Lord Jesus Christ has offered.
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3399. Good Talk
| Answers in Genesis The religion of Jesus Christ has once and for all swept away all holy places, and every place is hallowed wherever man is holy.
139. Christ Lifted Up
| Answers in Genesis We very often speak of the “present crisis of affairs,” and it is very common for people of every period to believe their own age to be the crisis and turning point of the whole world’s history.
1717. The Marvellous Magnet
| Answers in Genesis There is an attractive power about our Lord’s person, about his life, and about his teaching; but the main attractive force lies in his death upon the cross.
366. The Silver Trumpet
| Answers in Genesis The chief of sinners are the objects of the choicest mercy. Christ is a great Saviour to meet the great transgressions of great rebels.
1408. “Your Salvation.”
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon discusses that Christ is salvation, that Christ is to be taken up into the arms and looked upon, and that when he is thus treated Christ has a wonderful effect upon the soul.
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2919. “Whose Goodness Never Fails.”
| Answers in Genesis First, let us look at our great Master’s claim, “I am the good shepherd.” Then we shall observe the proof for it. That, though it had not been completed when he uttered these words at the first, is complete now — “He gives his life for the sheep.”
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2448. “Herein Is Love.”
| Answers in Genesis Seeing what love had
done, and seeing how love comes back in return, I said within myself,
when love has learned its way into one heart, it scatters its seed
and multiplies in the hearts of hundreds more. Love fosters love; let
it once begin, and no one can tell its end.
289. The Minister’s Farewell
| Answers in Genesis Paul's one most solemn adjuration is: “I testify to today, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare to you all the counsel of God.”
2457. Job’s Resignation
| Answers in Genesis Job was very much troubled, and he did not try to hide the outward
signs of his sorrow. A man of God is not expected to be a stoic.
The grace of God takes away the heart of stone out of his flesh, but
it does not turn his heart into a stone.
2243. His Own Funeral Sermon
| Answers in Genesis It is remarkable that David should say, in Psalm 16, “You will not leave my soul in hell; neither will you permit your Holy One to see corruption.”
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2244. Members Of Christ
| Answers in Genesis “Living, loving, lasting union”—three words which, in addition to being alliterative, are very comprehensive concerning the nature of our union with Christ.
2521. Deadness And Quickening
| Answers in Genesis It seems to me to be a horrible thing that many
a man should give fifteen ounces out of the sixteen to the world, and
yet that he should label himself a Christian, because of that one odd
ounce which he pretends to give to God.
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2522. “After Two Days Is The Passover.”
| Answers in Genesis May there not be something for
us to learn from the state of our Lord’s mind and spirit, and from his
language, just before his Passion? It is a small window, but a great
deal of light may come through it.
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2979. Our Banner
| Answers in Genesis Christ is the point of union for all the soldiers of the cross. I know of no other place where all Christians can meet.
1982. Love At Its Utmost
| Answers in Genesis In the love of Christ we find our best joy. The pastures of the Great Shepherd are wide, but the sweetest grasses grow close to his pierced feet.
3293. “The Blood of the Testament.”
| Answers in Genesis All through the great school of the Jewish law, blood was
constantly used to instruct the Israelite in the guilt of sin, and in
the greatness of the atonement necessary for putting it away.
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2860. Owl Or Eagle?
| Answers in Genesis Some saints have more faith than others have; and very much in proportion to their faith will be their condition of heart and mind. If you are a true believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, yet are slack in serving God, you shall get to heaven but you shall have very little heaven on the way there.
2801. A Fear To Be Desired
| Answers in Genesis The man who has this fear in his heart cannot live without seeking God’s face, confessing his guilt before him, and receiving pardon from him. The fear which drives anyone away from God is a vice and a sin, but the fear that draws us towards God, as with silken bonds, is a virtue to be cultivated.
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3114. God's Providence
| Answers in Genesis I thought it would be good to devote a whole sermon to explaining what I believe are God’s great wonder-working processes which we call “Providence.”
2234. The Best Donation
| Answers in Genesis Here we see the apostle Paul disappointed, though he was never discontented. God had taught him how to abound, and how to suffer need.
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3092. Knowing And Doing
| Answers in Genesis The text speaks, first, of something that we know. When we have, for a while, meditated on that, we will speak of some things that are due because of this something that we know.
2474. The Great Change
| Answers in Genesis What a change the grace of God works in the heart! It
reverses the action of the entire machinery of our being. It puts,
“No,” for “Yes,” and “Yes,” for “No.” It is a radical change; what we
hated, we come to love; and what we loved, we come to hate.
3343. “The Star out of Jacob”
| Answers in Genesis This prophecy may have some reference to David; but we feel persuaded that the true intention of the Holy Spirit is to present an emblem of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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2863. Great Forgiveness For Great Sin
| Answers in Genesis If any still doubt whether sin is a great thing, I ask them to remember that it must be great, because it takes such great grace to pardon it. God, who delights in mercy, had to lay out a mint of grace before sin could be pardoned; therefore, sin is no little thing.
95. The Day of Atonement
| Answers in Genesis The Jews had many striking ceremonies which marvellously set forth the death of Jesus Christ as the great expiation of our guilt and the salvation of our souls.
2730. The Secret Of Love For God
| Answers in Genesis To know Christ, to trust Christ, to love Christ, these are among the elementary principles of piety. Without all of these graces, there is no true religion; but if these things are in us, and abound, they make us to be neither barren nor unfruitful.
3313. A Practical Discourse
| Answers in Genesis Our God is not a taskmaster, and sacred service should not sour into forced labour. Self-sacrifice is the soul of true religion; but we must not demand of others what would turn religion into slavery.
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2788. Prayer For The Church
| Answers in Genesis A true-hearted believer does not live for himself. Where there is abundance of grace, and great strength of mind in the service of God, there is sure to be a spirit of unselfishness. It was so with Daniel, who was a model man in the matter of decision of character, and a holy, believing walk before the Lord.
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2649. Girded For The Work
| Answers in Genesis Spurgeon Sermon 2649. Girded For The Work, delivered On Thursday Evening, July 13, 1882, By C. H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.
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2707. An Antidote To Satan’s Devices
| Answers in Genesis If you would successfully wrestle with Satan, make the Holy Scriptures your daily resort. Lay hold on the glorious doctrines of God’s Word; make them your daily food and drink. So you shall be strong to resist the devil, and you shall be joyful in discovering that he will flee from you.
3394. “Who Is This?”
| Answers in Genesis The incarnation of God must have been staggering even to the intellect of seraphs, and again and again they must have said to each other, “Who is this?”
3388. Soul Threshing
| Answers in Genesis God has taught man to plough, to break the clods, to sow the different kinds of grain, and to thresh out the different kinds of seeds.
3384. Growth in Faith
| Answers in Genesis The disciples went to Christ, the lawgiver, the author and finisher of their faith, and, lifting up their hearts to him in the prayer, “Lord, increase our faith.”
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3383. The Ploughman
| Answers in Genesis Unless the Holy Spirit breaks up the heart by the plough of the law and sows it with the seed of the gospel, not a single ear of holiness will any of us grow.
3381. The Broken Fence
| Answers in Genesis Come, then, let us take a walk with Solomon, and stand with him and consider and learn instruction while we look at this broken-down fence.
3375. Standing and Singing
| Answers in Genesis We must bring something like spiritual worship, and when we have learned to praise God with the understanding as well as with our hearts, surely it will be none the less acceptable to him, but all the more. He ought to have the best of the best, and when we bring him our praise it should be the best praise our hearts can make.
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3374. Sin’s True Quality
| Answers in Genesis The law of Moses made clear how sinful sin was; the purpose for which it was sent was, not to make men holy, but to make men see how unholy they were.
3371. Two Choice Benedictions
| Answers in Genesis It will be a rich enjoyment if we shall grasp and make our very own the precious things which are presented here to the whole redeemed family of the living God.
1773. What Is Your Life?
| Answers in Genesis We have a very clear conviction that others will die, but as for ourselves, we put far from us the evil day, and do not care to dwell upon a subject.
1651. A Delusion Dispelled
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon discusses that the righteousness of the most godly cannot avail for the ungodly and the prayers of the greatest intercessors cannot avail if men persist in their unbelief.
2848. Theocracy
| Answers in Genesis Now, when the Lord Jesus Christ becomes our King, it is most inspirting to us, for he leads us on to fight with sin, to fight with selfishness, to overcome evil by love, and to conquer hate by kindness. No man is so free as he who loyally bows before the King of kings. He who has God for his King is himself a king.
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11. The People’s Christ
| Answers in Genesis We do not believe that Israel or Judah ever had a better ruler than David; and we are bold to affirm that the reign of the man “chosen from the people” outshines in glory the reigns of high bred emper
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145. Love Your Neighbour
| Answers in Genesis Many of the sermons of Christ—and what sermons shall compare with them—have not what is now currently called “the gospel” in them at all.
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2233. Both Sides Of The Shield
| Answers in Genesis Many differences among the people of God have arisen from the undue stress laid on one aspect of truth, while the other side has been altogether neglected.
2716. Christ’s Poverty, Our Riches
| Answers in Genesis You know how much our Lord Jesus Christ loved by knowing how much he gave. He gave himself for us because he loved us with all the force and energy of his nature. I commend to you who rule, — give as you love, and measure your love by your gift.
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2717. Man’s Extremity, God’s Opportunity
| Answers in Genesis God may bring his people, in the order of his providence, into such a state that “their power is gone.” It is possible that it was absolutely necessary that you should be brought as low as you are in order to cure you of your sin.
295. The Treasure Of Grace
| Answers in Genesis As is Isaiah among the prophets, so is Paul among the apostles; each stands out with singular prominence, raised up by God for a conspicuous purpose, and shining as a star of extraordinary brilliance.
2804. Disobedience To The Gospel
| Answers in Genesis Even concerning those who have heard the gospel, it can still be said, “They have not all obeyed the gospel.” You cannot speak of obeying anything which does not have the authority of a command; it is clear that the gospel comes to men with the force of a command.
1775. “My Lord And My God.”
| Answers in Genesis Our Lord had special reasons for turning as he did to Thomas that day, and for taking so much trouble to bring Thomas out of his unbelieving condition.
2783. A Worthy Theme For Thought
| Answers in Genesis Such thought as our text describes is essential for all true worship. Do not be startled if I say that it is very much in proportion to our thought that we really do worship; and, without thought, there is no true worship. Suppose we sing the praises of God without thinking what we are doing; is that praising him? No.
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1909. A Seasonable Exhortation
| Answers in Genesis May your conversations and your lives be full of the Lord Jesus Christ, so men may take knowledge of you, that you have been with him and have learned from him.
2653. The Head And The Body
| Answers in Genesis Paul was most anxious to have the Ephesian
church thoroughly knit together, and the chapter from which our text
is taken is all about unity, and how to maintain it.
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2654. Wakeful and Watchful Eyes
| Answers in Genesis The eyes of servants ought to be so directed to their masters that they not only see the sign, but obey it, whatever it means. It may be a very little thing, but yet the little thing should not be neglected. Our eyes are only to be turned to the Lord.
2697. Angelic Interest In The Gospel
| Answers in Genesis Angels take a deep interest in the gospel because they observe God’s interest in it. What God cares about, angels care about at once. What grieves the Holy Spirit, must be grievous to holy angels, too; and what gladdens the heart of God must also make glad the spirits that bow adoringly around his throne.
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2698. The First And The Second
| Answers in Genesis “He takes away the first”; that is, the blood of bulls and of goats; — “so that he may establish the second,” which second is Christ himself, the one effective propitiation for sin, the great burnt offering which the Lord accepts, and by which he is reconciled to all who trust in it.
3085. A Challenging Enquiry
| Answers in Genesis Oh, that something would move this great city of ours! I am afraid that at least one third of our population is settling down in stolid indifference to all religion.
2750. A Door Of Hope
| Answers in Genesis It is, in the first place, a door of hope, because it shows that you are one whom Christ invites to come to him. Christ invites the heavy laden, — you are such a one, so come to him. You are one for whom Jesus died; for Jesus came into the world to save sinners.
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3115. Sin And Grace
| Answers in Genesis There are two very powerful forces in the world, which have been here ever since the time when Eve partook of the forbidden fruit in the garden of Eden.
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477. Never! Never! Never! Never! Never!
| Answers in Genesis What power resides in “Thus says the Lord!” The man who can grasp by faith, “He has said,” has an all conquering weapon in his hand. What doubt will not be killed by this to twoedged sword?
3369. Man Humbled, God Exalted
| Answers in Genesis Man in all matters of religion, and in all his dealings with God, is proud. It is amazing how apparently humble men will be when they worship false gods.
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3368. Fathomless
| Answers in Genesis God’s judgments do not come by chance, nor on us at all as a matter of sovereignty merely, but they are sent in wisdom, because God judges them to be necessary.
3364. Surveying the Field
| Answers in Genesis Nehemiah certainly acted on one of our Saviour’s maxims about counting the cost, lest, after having begun to build, we should not be able to finish.
3359. Penitence, Pardon, and Peace
| Answers in Genesis The evangelist does not lay bare the minute details of this woman’s life’s sins, but rather delights to dwell on the story of her penitence and its fair fruits, and so makes her to shine resplendently as a wonder of redeeming grace.
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3358. “Grace and Glory”
| Answers in Genesis Let us look within to be humbled, but not to be made unbelieving. Look within, so as to be driven from all confidence in ourselves, but never so as to shake our absolute confidence in God.
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3357. Heedful Hearing
| Answers in Genesis A man cannot take heed how he hears if he does not hear at all. Hence, how great is the sin of a vast proportion of the inhabitants of this city who utterly forsake the ministry of the Gospel, who never hear it, or hear it only now and then.
3351. The Queen of Sheba
| Answers in Genesis If the religious leaders had possessed the same open mind that was found in the Queen of the South, they would have listened to the Lord.
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3350. “Stewards”
| Answers in Genesis Brethren, let us be content to wear out our lives even in the worst position, if by our labour we can expedite the passage of Christ.
3348. Knowing and Doing
| Answers in Genesis If, being first taught and instructed, we afterward practically exemplify in our life and conduct the things which we have learned.
2192. The Joyful Return
| Answers in Genesis God does not say, “Oh Israel, depart accursed!” But instead of that, in dulcet tones he cries, “Oh Israel, return to the Lord your God.”
2940. “He Must Reign”
| Answers in Genesis Do not imagine that Christ’s reign is limited to these gates of pearl and streets of shining gold. Far from it, for Jesus reigns today on earth.
2858. Migratory Birds
| Answers in Genesis If sicknesses do not soften, they harden. If we get no good from our chastisements, we are sure to get harm from them. So, my afflicted but restored friend, know your time, recognise that you have been struck by your God, and do not turn away from the hand that strikes you.
37. Law And Grace
| Answers in Genesis There is no point upon which men make greater mistakes than upon the relation which exists between the law and the gospel.
2550. Joy In God
| Answers in Genesis It clearly appears that the Christian
life is one of continuous progress. It would be so without a break if
we were more careful, and lived nearer to God.
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2569. The Backslider’s Door Of Hope
| Answers in Genesis The message of infinite mercy to such people is: “Return, you
backsliding children”; come back, come home to your God. There is no
other place of rest for you in the whole wide world.