 When you come to knowing God, the initiative lies on His side. If He does not show Himself, nothing you can do will enable you to find Him. Author: C.S. Lewis |
| A child of five, if properly instructed, can as truly believe and be regenerated as an adult. Author: Charles Spurgeon |
| A man is not saved against his will, but he is made willing by the operation of the Holy Ghost. A mighty grace which he does not wish to resist enters into the man, disarms him, makes a new creature of him, and he is saved. Author: Charles Spurgeon
Source: Sermons, 10.309. |
| From the Word of God I gather that damnation is all of man, from top to bottom, and salvation is all of grace, from first to last. He that perishes chooses to perish; but he that is saved is saved because God has chosen to save him. Author: Charles Spurgeon |
| Genuine faith that saves the soul has for its main element - trust - absolute rest of the whole soul - on the Lord Jesus Christ to save me, whether He died in particular or in special to save me or not, and relying, as I am, wholly and alone on Him, I am saved. Author: Charles Spurgeon
Source: Sermons, v. 58, p. 583-84. |
| Have you no wish for others to be saved? Then you are not saved yourself. Be sure of that. Author: Charles Spurgeon
Source: Sermons, 34.222. |
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| I remember one who spoke on the missionary question one day saying, "The great question is not, 'Will not the heathen be saved if we do not send them the gospel?' but 'Are we saved ourselves if we do not send them the gospel?' Author: Charles Spurgeon
Source: 51.30 |
| If anyone should ask me what I mean by a Calvinist, I should reply, "He is one who says, Salvation is of the Lord." I cannot find in Scripture any other doctrine than this. It is the essence of the Bible. Author: Charles Spurgeon
Source: Sermon, A Defense of Calvinism. |
| If it were Christ's intention to save all men, how deplorably He has been disappointed! Author: Charles Spurgeon |
| It is not faith in Christ that saves you (though faith is the instrument) - it is Christ's blood and merits. Author: Charles Spurgeon |
| It is not thy hold on Christ that saves thee; it is Christ. It is not thy joy in Christ that saves thee; it is Christ. It is not even thy faith in Christ, though that be the instrument; it is Christ's blood and merit. Author: Charles Spurgeon |
| Let this be to you the mark of true Gospel preaching - where Christ is everything, and the creature is nothing; where it is salvation all of grace, through the work of the Holy Spirit applying to the soul the precious blood of Jesus. Author: Charles Spurgeon
Source: Sermons, 42.586. |
