Charles Spurgeon Quotes

Sin and Hell are married unless repentance proclaims the divorce.

In 40 years I have not spent 15 minutes without thinking of Jesus.

Every man needs a blind eye and a deaf ear, so when people applaud, you'll only hear half of it, and when people salute, you'll only see part of it. Believe only half the praise and half the criticism.

If Christ be anything he must be everything. O rest not till love and faith in Jesus be the master passions of your soul!

Calvinism is the gospel, and nothing else.

The only real argument against the Bible is an unholy life. When a man argues against the Word of God, follow him home, and see if you cannot discover the reason of his enmity to the Word of the Lord. It lies in some sort of sin.

Does the world satisfy thee? Then thou hast thy reward & portion in this life; make much of it, for thou shalt know no other joy

That religion which costs a man nothing is usually worth nothing.

God has so made man's heart that nothing can ever fill it but God himself.

The saved man is not a perfect man, but his heart's desire is to become perfect.

The more holy a man becomes, the more conscious he is of unholiness.

The truest lengthening of life is to live while we live, wasting no time but using every hour for the highest ends. So be it this day.

God is with us, and His power is around us.

What will you do when the Law of God comes in terror; when the trumpet of the archangel shall tear you from your grave; when the eyes of God shall burn their way into your guilty soul; when the great books shall be opened and all your sin and shame shall be punished... can you stand against an angry Law in that Day?

A holy life is in itself a wonderful power, and will make up for many deficiencies; it is in fact the best sermon a man can ever deliver.

That which,like a sea, threatens to drown you- shall be a highway for your escape

I believe that every particle of dust that dances in the sunbeam does not move an atom more or less than God wishes

You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.

I ascribe my change wholly to God.

Obedience to the will of God is the pathway to perpetual honor and everlasting joy.

Jesus has redeemed not only our souls, but our bodies. When the Lord shall deliver His captive people out of the land of the enemy He will not leave a bone of one of them in the adversary's power. The dominion of death shall be utterly broken.

The joys of heaven will surely compensate for the sorrows of earth.

Anger does a man more hurt than that which made him angry.

Men talk of "the mistakes of Scripture." I thank God that I have never met with any. Mistakes of translation there may be, for translators are men. But mistakes of the original word there never can be, for the God who spoke it is infallible, and so is every word he speaks, and in that confidence we find delightful rest.

To be cast down is often the best thing that can happen to us.

A true prayer is an inventory of needs, a catalog of necessities, an exposure of secret wounds, a revelation of hidden poverty.

A Jesus who never wept could never wipe away my tears.

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge.

An unkind heart is the worst. It is a plague to its possessor, and a torment to those around him.

The world's one and only remedy is the cross.

You will always know whether you are delivered from the guilt of sin by answering this question: Am I delivered from the love of sin?

The heart of the gospel is redemption, and the essence of redemption is the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ. They who preach this truth preach the gospel in whatever else they may be mistaken; but they who preach not the atonement, whatever else they declare, have missed the soul and substance of the divine message.

The moment we glorify ourselves, since there is room for one glory only in the universe, we set ourselves up as rivals to the Most High.

I thought I could have leaped from earth to heaven at one spring when I first saw my sins drowned in the Redeemer's blood.

It was nothing less than a stretch of divine love for Jesus to give himself for our sins. It was gracious for the Infinite to conceive of such a thing; but for him to carry it out was glorious beyond all.

The worst forms of depression are cured when Holy Scripture is believed.

Before you go out into the world, wash your face in the clear crystal of praise. Bury each yesterday in the fine linen and spices of thankfulness.

Look to the cross, and hate your sin, for sin nailed your Well Beloved to the tree.

It is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure head.

He who sings a song to Christ in the night, sings the best song in all the world; for he sings from the heart.

Sickness has frequently been of more use to the saints of God than health has.

The Providence of God is the great protector of our life and usefulness, and under the divine care we are perfectly safe from danger.

When facing the apparent denial of my request, God gave me the opportunity to honor him by trusting His Word.

God's children are God's children anywhere and everywhere, and shall be even unto the end. Nothing can sever that sacred tie, or divide us from his heart.

Revival begins by Christians getting right first and then spills over into the world.

By perseverance the snail reached the ark. A mouse may find a hole, be the room ever so full of cats.

Dear friends, whenever you want to understand a text of Scripture, try to read the original

The fact is, we sometimes read Scripture, thinking of what it ought to say, rather than what it does say.