In this session we are going to look at the life of CH Spurgeon. Who was uneducated, a prolific preacher. A man who had congregations of thousands enthralled with Jesus. A man who thought outside the box. A true “JESUS FREAK. Spurgeon was know as a down to earth speaker, someone who used the common language, not academic reasoning to get to the heart of these who head him. He is one such sermons on living by the Word of God.
Spurgeon Quotes:
Spurgeon Quotes:
“Some, I know, fall into a very vicious habit, which habit they excuse themselves, namely, that of ordering their footsteps according to impressions. Every now and then I meet with people whom I think to be rather weak in the head who will journey from place to place, and will perform follies by the gross under the belief that they are doing the Will of God because some silly whim of their diseased brains is imagined to be an Inspiration from above; there are occasionally impressions of the Holy Spirit which guide men where no other guidance could have answered the end..[but]..to live by impressions is oftentimes to live the life of a fool, and even to fall into downright rebellion against the revealed Word of God! Not your impressions, but that which is in this Bible must always guide you! “To the Law and to the Testimony.” If it is not according to this Word, the impression comes not from God—it may proceed from Satan, or from your own distempered brain! Our prayer must be, “Order my steps in Your Word.” Everflowing and Overflowing grace of Jesus. Morning and Evening – CH Spurgeon
“Our Lord Jesus is ever giving, and does not for a solitary instant withdraw his hand. As long as there is a vessel of grace not yet full to the brim, the oil shall not be stayed. He is a sun ever-shining; he is manna always falling round the camp; he is a rock in the desert, ever sending out streams of life from his smitten side; the rain of his grace is always dropping; the river of his bounty is ever-flowing, and the well-spring of his love is constantly overflowing."DVD – Charles Spurgeon - The Peoples Preacher
Questions:
- Which part of the DVD of Spurgeon’s life spoke to you the most?
- What do you think was the secret of Spurgeon’s fame?
- Spurgeon had a thirst for Jesus and to see Jesus touch peoples lives. What are the things that drive you?
- What can you take from the DVD that will stay with you after this session?
- What have you learned about Jesus from Spurgeon’s life and work?
"JESUS Christ is the Alpha and Omega of the Bible. He is the constant theme of its sacred pages; from first to last they testify of Him. At the creation we at once discern Him as one of the sacred Trinity; we catch a glimpse of Him in the promise of the woman's seed; we see Him typified in the ark of Noah; we walk with Abraham, as He sees Messiah's day; we dwell in the tents of Isaac and Jacob, feeding upon the gracious promise; we hear the venerable Israel talking of Shiloh; and in the numerous types of the law, we find the Redeemer abundantly foreshadowed. Prophets and kings, priests and preachers, all look one way—they all stand as the cherubs did over the ark, desiring to look within, and to read the mystery of God's great propitiation. Still more manifestly in the New Testament we find our Lord the one pervading subject. It is not an ingot here and there, or dust of gold thinly scattered, but here you stand upon a solid floor of gold; for the whole substance of the New Testament is Jesus crucified, and even its closing sentence is bejewelled with the Redeemer's name. We should always read Scripture in this light; we should consider the word to be as a mirror into which Christ looks down from heaven; and then we, looking into it, see His face reflected as in a glass—darkly, it is true, but still in such a way as to be a blessed preparation for seeing Him as we shall see Him face to face. This volume contains Jesus Christ's letters to us, perfumed by His love. These pages are the garments of our King, and they all smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia. Scripture is the royal chariot in which Jesus rides, and it is paved with love for the daughters of Jerusalem. The Scriptures are the swaddling bands of the holy child Jesus; unroll them and you find your Saviour. The quintessence of the word of God is Christ."Prayer:
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