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To trifle with Scripture is to deprive yourself of its aid. Reverence it, and look up to God with devout gratitude for having given it to you.

To trifle with Scripture is to deprive yourself of its aid. Reverence it, and look up to God with devout gratitude for having given it to you.

Charles Spurgeon
God, Christian, Gratitude
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Robert Hall (1993). “Spiritual Warfare in a Believer's Life”, p.81, YWAM Publishing

I am but of yesterday, and know nothing.

Charles Spurgeon
Yesterday, Knows

Birds sing on a bare bough; O, believer, canst not thou?

Charles Spurgeon
Bird, Singing, Believer
Spurgeon, Charles H. (2015). “The Salt Cellars”, p.97, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

A Christian making money fast is just a man in a cloud of dust, it will fill his eyes if he be not careful.

Charles Spurgeon
Christian, Eye, Men
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1870). “Feathers for Arrows: Or Illustrations for Preachers and Teachers, from My Note Book”, p.188

When a mortal man speaks anything of that eternal blessedness of the saints in glory, he is like a blind man discoursing about the light which he has never seen, and so cannot distinctly speak anything concerning it. He also said that "In a way it is akin to a man writing a travel guide for a land he has never visited or seen. It is to attempt to describe the indescribable with words which cannot come close to expressing the glory of heaven.

Charles Spurgeon
Writing, Men, Light

The verb 'highly favored' (Luke 1:28) is the same as 'made us accepted' in Ephesians 1:6, referring to all of God's children. All true believers have been 'highly graced' by the Lord.

Charles Spurgeon
Children, Ephesians, Verbs

Make the most of prayer. ... Prayer is the master-weapon. We should be wise if we used it more, and did so with a more specific purpose.

Charles Spurgeon
Wise, Prayer, Purpose

After faith comes repentance, or, rather, repentance is faith's twin brother and is born at the same time.

Charles Spurgeon
Brother, Twins, Repentance
Spurgeon, Charles H. “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 50: Sermons 2864-2915”, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

Repentance and desires after holiness never be separated.

Charles Spurgeon
Desire, Holiness, Repentance

Salvation is all grace, which means, free, gratis, for nothing.

Charles Spurgeon
Mean, Grace, Salvation
Charles Spurgeon (2011). “All of Grace (Authentic Original Classic): An urgent Word with Those Who Are Seeking Salvation by the Lord Jesus Christ”, p.9, Destiny Image Publishers

Never lose heart in the power of the gospel.

Charles Spurgeon
Heart, Loses

I had rather be poor in His service than rich in my own.

Charles Spurgeon
Rich, Poor, My Own

If God requires of the sinner, dead in sin, that he should take the first step, then he requires just that which renders salvation as impossible under the gospel as it was under the law, since man is as unable to believe as he is to obey.

Charles Spurgeon
Believe, Men, Law
Charles H. Spurgeon (2012). “The Spurgeon Series 1857 & 1858: Unabridged Sermons In Modern Language”, p.316, New Leaf Publishing Group

Sometimes a fog will settle over a vessel's deck and yet leave the topmast clear. Then a sailor goes up aloft and gets a lookout which the helmsman on deck cannot get. So prayer sends the soul aloft; lifts it above the clouds in which our selfishness and egotism befog us, and gives us a chance to see which way to steer.

Charles Spurgeon
Prayer, Motivation, Inspiration

We are not called to proclaim philosophy and metaphysics, but the simple gospel.

Charles Spurgeon
Philosophy, Simple, Christianity
Spurgeon, Charles (2015). “Charles Spurgeon: Lectures to My Students, Volume 1”, p.83, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

Never was the victory of patience more complete than in the early church. The anvil broke the hammer by bearing all the blows that the hammer could place upon it. The patience of the saints was stronger than the cruelty of tyrants.

Charles Spurgeon
Patience, Blow, Tyrants
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1876). “The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit: Sermons Preached and Revised”, p.626

Come my, heart, up and away!

Charles Spurgeon
Heart, My Heart

A prayer less soul is a Christ less soul.

Charles Spurgeon
Prayer, Soul, Christ
C. H. Spurgeon (2006). “Morning by Morning”, p.2, Hendrickson Publishers

If you will tell me when God permits a Christian to lay aside his armour, I will tell you when Satan has left off temptation.

Charles Spurgeon
Christian, Temptation, Satan
Charles Spurgeon (2016). “Morning and Evening”, p.209, Discovery House

If I had never joined a church till I had found one that was perfect, I should never have joined one at all.

Charles Spurgeon
Perfect, Church, Should

Love to Jesus is the basis of all true piety, and the intensity of this love will ever be the measure of our zeal for His glory. Let us love Him with all our hearts, and then diligent labor, and consistent living will be sure to follow.

Charles Spurgeon
Jesus, Heart, Glory

I do not believe that any man can preach the gospel who does not preach the Law.

Charles Spurgeon
Believe, Men, Law

Patience, then, believer, eternity will right the wrongs of time.

Charles Spurgeon
Eternity, Believer
Charles Spurgeon (2016). “Morning and Evening”, p.562, Discovery House

Nothing can be more sublime this side of heaven than the singing of this noble Psalm by a vast congregation. It is all ablaze with grateful adoration.

Charles Spurgeon
Grateful, Heaven, Sublime
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (2016). “Treasury of David”, p.3547, Bible Study Steps

Anything which you have in this world, which you do not consecrate to Christ's cause, you do rob the Lord of.

Charles Spurgeon
World, Causes, Christ

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