Category Archives: Charles Spurgeon

“And the apostle said unto the Lord, increase our faith.”—Luke 17:5. Verily if the Apostle said this, one and all of us had need take up the prayer. If the twelve mightiest in the army of the Lord of hosts … Continue reading →

“And he said unto him, if they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead.—Luke 16:31. Man is very loath to think ill of himself. The most of mankind are very … Continue reading →

“Give an account of thy stewardship.”—Luke 16:2. We have heard many times in our lives, that we are all stewards to Almighty God. We hold it as a solemn truth of our religion, that the rich man is responsible for … Continue reading →

“And he arose, and came to his father.”—Luke 15:20. This sentence expresses the true turning point in the prodigal’s life story. Many other matters led up to it, and before he came to it there was much in him that … Continue reading →

“But when he was yet a great way off; his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.”—Luke 15:20. All persons engaged in education will tell you that they find it far … Continue reading →

“And kissed him.”—Luke 15:20. In the Revised Version, if you will kindly look at the margin, you will find that the text there reads, “And kissed him much.” This is a very good translation of the Greek, which might bear … Continue reading →

“There is joy in the: presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.”—Luke15:10. Man’s heart is never big enough to hold either its joys or its sorrows. You never heard of a man whose heart was exactly … Continue reading →

“Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and … Continue reading →

“What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found … Continue reading →

“This man receiveth sinners.”-Luke 15:2. It was a singular group which had gathered round our Saviour, when these words were uttered; for we are told by the evangelist-”Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear … Continue reading →

“Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.”—Luke 15:1. The most depraved and despised classes of society formed an inner ring of hearers around our Lord. I gather from this that he was a … Continue reading →

“Compel them to come in.”–Luke 14:23. I feel in such a haste to go out and obey this commandment this morning, by compelling those to come in who are now tarrying in the highways and hedges, that I cannot wait … Continue reading →

“Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a … Continue reading →

“There were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answering said unto them, suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they … Continue reading →

“Neither be ye of doubtful mind.”—Luke 12:29 The chief concern of a man should be, to see that his own soul is right in the sight of God. Solomon said, “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it … Continue reading →