From the Heart of Spurgeon

The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit (S201)

Conscious of God’s mighty works in other places, Spurgeon here stirs up the members of the church he serves to pray to God to accomplish what he alone can do, to cry out for the Holy Spirit. Spurgeon is emphatic about what the Spirit does and why we depend upon him utterly, and earnest about us getting on our knees to cry out for the mercies which he alone can bestow in bringing Christ into the hearts of men and making us truly to live for the praise of the glory of God. A wonderful call to prayer!

The Heavenly Race (S 198)

Preaching at Epsom Racecourse, Spurgeon speaks about what it truly means to run the heavenly race. A great example of ‘situational preaching,’ it grips the mind with its liveliness even without the immediate physical context. Spurgeon insists here not only on the fact that salvation is all of grace, but also that we must preach the absolute necessity of a religious life in order that we may reach heaven at last. Full of exhortations and encouragements, it calls us to genuine endeavour in the heavenly race.

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The Great Revival (S 185)

It might surprise us, but Spurgeon had no high opinion of what many call revival. If it were a genuine work of God, he was all heart, but he had seen too many abuses for him to jump to conclusions. So, conscious of God’s work in America, he sets before us a scriptural notion of revival, identifying the work of God’s Spirit through preaching and praying, identifying the glorious effects of such a work when true, cautioning against errors and excesses, before pleading that God’s people would never obstruct but only labour and plead for such blessings as God alone can give.

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Particular Redemption (S 181)

Spurgeon is very much aware of his congregation, and of its composition, and its need of instruction. Conscious that he is now preaching to a more settled group, he sets out to teach them some of the basics, beginning with the great reality of the definite work of Christ in laying down his life for his people. Here is a good example of instruction lightened by devotion, of devotion established upon instruction. Light and heat combine to give us a beautiful portrait of the wonder of redeeming love, in Christ’s purchase of a people for himself.  

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The Two Talents (S 175)

Spurgeon preaches this sermon with ministers of lesser gifts and slender means in mind. It is a reminder of the sovereign dispensation of God in the gift he gives to his church, and the grace he shows in so dealing with both those to whom the gifts are given, and those who are so gifted. His applications are, of course, a little broader, but it is stirring reminder that there are many blessings and no excuses in serving such a God and King as we have. Spurgeon’s exhortatory sermons allow both for particular encouragements and particular challenges, and this sermon is full of both.

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The Warning Neglected (S 165)

This is one of Spurgeon’s heavier sermons, drawn from the sobering reminder of Ezekiel 33:6 that someone who neglects the watchman’s warning is responsible for his own destruction. Spurgeon considers this in the light of faithful gospel ministry, considering the adequacy of the warning given, exposing the excuses used for ignoring the warning, and pressing home the fearful consequences of such neglect. It is as relevant today as ever, for the excuses of men’s hearts do not really change, and neither does the consequence of neglecting the warnings of God’s watchmen.

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The First and Greatest Commandment (S162)

Having previously considered the command to love our neighbour as ourselves, here Spurgeon considers “the first and greatest commandment”: that we should love the Lord our God supremely and entirely. Again, he is very conscious that this great law contains within it other laws, and presses home both the weight of it and the proper consequences of it, in terms of recognition of our sin and gratitude for salvation, as well as the life of love we ought to live if we have been redeemed from the sin and shame of disobedience at this point. A great conception of God governs this sermon, and without that we shall never grasp the force of this commandment.

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Things that Accompany Salvation (S 152)

In this sermon, Spurgeon gives his imagination free rein. From a phrase in Hebrews 6:9, he weaves an allegory of things associated with salvation, from before the world began up to the glorification of the believer. The sermon is lively and intense, portraying a great military parade in which Salvation is being carried, and describing both the plan of God and the experience of God’s people as that plan is worked out in their lives. It may not be the most technically correct sermon you will ever read, but it will do your soul good to consider the wonders of redeeming love!

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Love thy Neighbour (S 145)

Spurgeon preaches an eminently practical sermon: not “savoury to sickly sentimental Christians,” he says, not just another round of the same doctrines, but the full force of God’s command to mankind to love our neighbour as ourselves. As you might imagine, Spurgeon puts this to good use in instructing saints, humbling unbelievers, and honouring the God whose law this is. As the preacher says, there are some hard things for us to embrace, but it is a divine command, and our duty and privilege so to live and so to love.

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Christ Lifted Up (S 139)

We know that Spurgeon delights in Christ, and so we are not surprised, but still delighted ourselves, at how readily and eagerly and lovingly he holds up the Saviour to our admiring gaze. Here he speaks of Christ lifted up in terms of Christ’s own glory, the minister’s theme, and the heart’s attraction. Again, he blends deep truths with warm experiences; there is both light and heat for us here.

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