Charles Spurgeon quotes - page 9

I take leave to contradict those who say that salvation is an evolution! All that ever can be evolved out of the sinful heart of man is sin-and nothing else! Salvation is the free gift of God, by Jesus Christ, and the work of it is supernatural. It is done by the Lord Himself, and He has power to do it, however weak, no, however dead in sin, the sinner may be! (Charles Spurgeon)
When you speak of heaven, let your face light up...When you speak of hell well then, your everyday face will do. View quote
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Do not commit spiritual suicide through a passion for discussing metaphysical subtleties. View quote
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The egg is white though the hen is black as coal...Out of evil comes good, through the great goodness of God. View quote
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Give yourself to reading.'... You need to read. Renounce as much as you will all light literature, but study as much as possible sound theological works, especially the Puritanic writers, and expositions of the Bible. View quote
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Bread is a second cause; the LORD Himself is the first source of our sustenance. He can work without the second cause as well as with it; and we must not tie Him down to one mode of operation. Let us not be too eager after the visible, but let us look to the invisible God. View quote
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Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space. View quote
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You must be in fashion is the utterance of weak headed mortals. View quote
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May every one of us believe Him better, and have greater thoughts of Him, and never let us be guilty henceforth of confining, as it were, within iron bonds the limitless One of Israel. View quote
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He cannot be a glorious God unless His people ultimately are a glorified people. View quote
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But no thoughtful man's life is uninteresting or devoid of marvels. A sincere life cannot be empty of memorable occurrences. (Charles Spurgeon)
After many years of great mercy, after tasting of the powers of the world to come, we still are so weak, so foolish; but, oh! when we get away from self to God, there all is truth and purity and holiness, and our heart finds peace, wisdom, completeness, delight, joy, victory. View quote
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The vendors of flowers in the streets of London are wont to commend them to customers by crying: "All a blowing and a growing." View quote
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True prayer is neither a mere mental exercise nor a vocal performance. It is far deeper than that - it is spiritual transaction with the Creator of Heaven and Earth. View quote
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Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the idle. View quote
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Trust in the person's promise, who dares to refuse what they fear they cannot perform. View quote
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There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of work. View quote
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The practice of truth is the most profitable reading of it. View quote
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