The cry of a young raven is nothing but the natural cry of a creature, but your cry, if it be sincere, is the result of a work of grace in your heart. Charles Spurgeon More Quotes by Charles Spurgeon More Quotes From Charles Spurgeon Gospel riches are sent to remove our wretchedness, and mercy to remove our misery. Charles Spurgeon riches misery mercy Show me 12 drunkards and I will show you 12 nagging wives. Charles Spurgeon nagging show-me wife If Christ is not ALL to you he is NOTHING to you Charles Spurgeon ifs christ The greatest joy of a Christian is to give joy to Christ. Charles Spurgeon inspiration christian giving Soul-serving requires a heart that beats hard against the ribs. It requires a soul full of the milk of human kindness. This is the sine qua non of success. Charles Spurgeon soul kindness heart Beloved, can you feel assured that He carried your sin? Charles Spurgeon beloved sin feels He that knows how to overcome the Lord in prayer, has heaven and earth at his disposal. Charles Spurgeon prayer overcoming heaven I shall never understand, even in heaven, why the Lord Jesus should ever have loved me. Charles Spurgeon lord heaven jesus If you rest on the finished work of Jesus you have already the best evidence of your salvation in the world; you have God's word for it; what more is needed? Charles Spurgeon salvation world jesus If we give God service it must be because He gives us grace. We work for Him because He works in us. Charles Spurgeon grace ifs giving The fact is, brethren, we must have conversion work here. We cannot go on as some churches do without converts. We cannot, we will not, we must not, we dare not. Souls must be converted here, and if there be not many born to Christ, may the Lord grant to me that I may sleep in the tomb and be heard no more. Better indeed for us to die than to live, if souls be not saved. Charles Spurgeon church soul sleep Watch constantly against those things which are thought to be no temptations. The most poisonous serpents are found where the sweetest flowers grow. Cleopatra was poisoned by an asp that was brought to her in a basket of fair flowers. Sharp-edged tools, long handled, wound at last. Charles Spurgeon flower prayer long Whenever GOD determines to do a great work, HE first sets HIS people to pray. Charles Spurgeon praying people firsts Our best performances are so stained with sin, that it is hard to know whether they are good works or bad works. Charles Spurgeon good-work sin evil The religion of both Old and New Testaments is marked by fervent outspoken testimonies against evil. To speak smooth things in such a case may be sentimentalism, but it is not Christianity. It is a betrayal of the cause of truth and righteousness. Charles Spurgeon betrayal evil may Jesus Christ does not save the worthy, but the unworthy. Your plea must not be righteousness but guilt Charles Spurgeon religious christian jesus There is dust enough on some of your Bibles to write 'damnation' with your fingers. Charles Spurgeon damnation dust writing Every time you prefer the pleasures of this world to the joys of heaven, you spit in the face of Christ; every time when to gain in your business, you do an unrighteous thing, you are like Judas selling Him for thirty pieces of silver; every time you make a false profession of religion, you give Him a traitor's kiss; every word you have spoken against Him, every hard thought you have had of Him, has helped to complete your complicity with the great crowd which gathered around the Cross of Calvary, to mock and jeer the Lord of life and glory. Charles Spurgeon kissing joy giving There, poor sinner, take my garment, and put it on; you shall stand before God as if you were Christ, and I will stand before God as if I had been the sinner; I will suffer in the sinner's stead, and you shall be rewarded for works that you did not do, but which I did for you. Charles Spurgeon christian god jesus It is a very solemn delusion when ministers think they are prospering, and yet do not hear of conversions. Charles Spurgeon ministers christian thinking
