There is an inherent blasphemy in seeking to add to what Christ Jesus in His dying moments declared to be finished.
Charles SpurgeonTo reclaim the prodigal is well, but to save him from ever being a prodigal is better.
Charles SpurgeonTrust in the person's promise who dares to refuse what they fear they cannot perform.
Charles SpurgeonTime is short. Eternity is long. It is only reasonable that this short life be lived in the light of eternity.
Charles SpurgeonBeware, I pray thee, of presuming that thou art saved. If thy heart be renewed, if thou shalt hate the things that thou didst once love, and love the things that thou didst once hate; if thou hast really repented; if there be a thorough change of mind in thee; if thou be born again, then hast thou reason to rejoice: but if there be no vital change, no inward godliness; if there be no love to God, no prayer, no work of the Holy Spirit, then thy saying "I am saved" is but thine own assertion, and it may delude, but it will not deliver thee.
Charles SpurgeonThis, then, is the doctrine of the resurrection. We do not believe--at least I do not--that law has been rudely violated in one extraordinary and unparalleled episode. We believe that a universal law of life, overmastering death, and always superior to it, has had once a visible witness.
Charles Spurgeon