50 powerful quotes of Charles Spurgeon

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) was a Baptist preacher of the Metropolitan Tabernacle London in the 19th century. During his life, he preached thousands of sermons and got to be called Prince of Preachers.

Following are 50 powerful quotes from Charles Spurgeon.

1. Non-Christians have death and damnation at their doors and yet are joking and unconcerned.
2. No sinner ever came to God and was sent empty away.
3. The Old Testament was perfect in itself and the New Testament is an expansion of the same truth.
4. The whole substance of the New Testament is Jesus crucified.
5. Nine out of ten times, falling away from God begins with the neglect of private prayers
6. Every day brings us nearer to the coming of the Lord.
7. Everyone is empty until they come to the Savior and Lord.
8. When a man is lost, he has earned it. When a man is saved, it is a gift.
9. “You are not called to earn life, but to receive it.” — Charles Spurgeon
10. If men do not find God they have found nothing.” — Charles Spurgeon
11. As God is faithful, let us also be faithful.
12. Let gratitude move you to holy living.
13. You are often sinning, but he is always forgiving you.
14. Be much on your knees, for so Elijah drew the rain upon famished Israel’s fields.
15. God is always wise. There can be no accidents, no mistakes.
16. Endeavor, not only to grow in grace yourselves, but to help others.
17. The more you read the Bible and the more you meditate upon it, the more you will be astonished by it.
18. If a man has eternal life, it is eternal, and therefore it cannot end or be lost.
19. I would rather be nobody at Christ’s feet than everybody anywhere else.
20. Self-righteousness is the very height of rebellion against God.
21. When Scripture is silent, you be silent.
22. Holiness is not the way to Christ; Christ is the way to holiness.
23. It is not our hold of Christ that saves us; it is Christ.
24. A doubt as to our forgiveness is fatal to all joy, for it lets in the dread fear of divine wrath.
25. It is one of the temptations of the devil to tell you not to pray when you do not feel like praying. Pray twice as much then.
26. Be not slack in asking, if God is so abundant in bestowing.
27. Grace makes no man proud.
28. The most important daily habit we can possess is to remind ourselves of the gospel.
29. Child of God, you cost Christ too much for him to forget you.
30. Cease from self-confidence. Fall into the arms of Jesus.
31. When we deal seriously with our sin, God will deal gently with us.
32. Remember this, had any other condition been better for you than the one in which you are, divine love would have put you there.
33. Damnation is all of man, from top to bottom. Salvation is all of grace, from first to last.
34. Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners: forgiveness is for the guilty.
35. “The sovereignty of God is the pillow upon which the child of God rests his head at night, giving perfect peace.” – Charles Spurgeon
36. “Be on God’s side, for that is the winning side.” — Charles Spurgeon
37. This year let your motto be, “Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”
38. Time is short. Eternity is long. It is only reasonable that this short life be lived in the light of eternity!
39. God’s delays are not denials.
40. When the devil says to you, “You are a sinner,” Say to him, “I am, and Christ died to save sinners.” – Charles Spurgeon
41. Morality may keep you out of jail, but it takes the blood of Jesus Christ to keep you out of hell. – Charles Spurgeon
42. Lean upon your God, and remember his promise, that as your day is so shall your strength be.
43. “Blessed is the fact that Christians can rejoice even in the deepest distress.” — Charles Spurgeon
44. If any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him; for you are worse than he thinks you to be.
45. The eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon thee, O believer, from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year.
46. O Lord Jesus, be our light throughout the whole of this day, for Your light is the light of men.
47. There is no cure for the love of sin like the blood of Christ!
48. That which makes life life is the enjoyment of the presence of God.
49. Atheism is a strange thing. Even the devil’s never fell into that vice.
50. “But although tribulation is thus the path of God’s children, they have the comfort of knowing that their Master has traversed it before them.” – Charles Spurgeon