Imputed Righteousness, a Cause for Happiness

“It will always give a Christian the greatest calm, quiet, ease, and peace, to think of the perfect righteousness of Christ. How often are the saints of God downcast and sad! I do not think they ought to be. I do not think they would if they could always see their perfection in Christ. There are some who are always talking about corruption, and the depravity of the heart, and the innate evil of the soul. This is quite true, but why not go a little further, and remember that we are “perfect in Christ Jesus.” It is no wonder that those who are dwelling upon their own corruption should wear such downcast looks; but surely if we call to mind that “Christ is made unto us righteousness,” we shall be of good cheer. What though distresses afflict me, though Satan assault me, though there may be many things to be experienced before I get to heaven, those are done for me in the covenant of divine grace; there is nothing wanting in my Lord, Christ hath done it all. On the cross he said, “It is finished!” and if it be finished, then am I complete in him, and can rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory, “Not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.” You will not find on this side heaven a holier people than those who receive into their hearts the doctrine of Christ’s righteousness. When the believer says, “I live on Christ alone; I rest on him solely for salvation; and I believe that, however unworthy, I am still saved in Jesus;” then there rises up as a motive of gratitude this thought–“Shall I not live to Christ? Shall I not love him and serve him, seeing that I am saved by his merits?” “The love of Christ constraineth us,” “that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves but unto him which died for them.” If saved by imputed righteousness, we shall greatly value imparted righteousness.” -Charles Spurgeon

The Great Exchange

“You stand before God as if you were Christ, because Christ stood before God as if He were you.” – Charles Spurgeon

How to Unpreach the Truth of Judgment

“I am certain that to preach the wrath of God with a hard heart, a tearless eye, and an unfeeling spirit is to harden men, not benefit them.” -Charles Spurgeon

Dwelling in Our Hearts

“The heaven of heavens cannot contain Him, and yet He condescends to find a house within our hearts.” -Charles Spurgeon, from sermon “Living Temples for the living God”

The Same Power That Creates, Also Protects

“That same power that made the heavens and the earth, and keeps the earth and heavens in their places, is needed to make a Christian, and to keep him standing before the sons of men.” -Charles Spurgeon in a sermon “Saints Guarded from Stumbling”

Hectic Week? There Is One Who Can Keep Us From Falling

“And then, you know, it is the pace that makes some people stumble. See the pace we have to go at now. When I think of our dear old fathers in the country, I almost envy their quiet lives; not up too early, and seldom going to bed very late; not much to do, leading very steady sort of lives. They traveled by broad-wheeled wagons, and we fly over the ground by

express trains, and need to go twice as quickly as we can; and all the while we have so much to do. And, then, it is not only the pace, dear friends, but it is the loads that some of you have to carry. Oh, the weights that are piled upon some of God’s people in their business! Only God can keep an overloaded heart from stumbling, and the ways are very rough just now. You hardly meet anybody in trade who does not say, “Ah, we have a rough bit of ground to travel over now; stones in plenty, and no steam roller!” But there is One who is able to keep you from falling.” -Charles Spurgeon in his sermon “Saints Guarded from Stumbling”

What Happens When Love and Doubt Mix Together

“Love cannot endure a doubt. If love is crossed with doubt, it becomes jealousy, and that is cruel as the grave.” -Charles Spurgeon in his sermon “Positivism”

Hard Situations of Love Reveal the Riches of God’s Love for Us

“But, Brothers and Sisters, it is very wonderful that God should love us when we try our hardest to be rid of Him, when we are at enmity against Him, when we are opposed, even, to His love, and will not listen to the Gospel of His Grace! Yet so He did—He loved us even

in this condition! Perhaps some of you do not feel that there is anything very remarkable in this love of the Lord to the loveless. I should like you to try, if you could, love somebody who has nothing about him that is at all lovable. I hope, dear Christian people, that you do this, but if you learn to love the wicked, the ungodly, the injurious, the deceivers—if you

even love those who vilify you, those who slander you every day, those who despise you and deride you and those who are ungrateful to you—if you do this, then you will get into some sort of sympathy with God and you will begin to understand a little of what His great love must be!” -Charles Spurgeon

Gossip Hurts Three People

“Tale-bearing [i.e. gossiping] emits a threefold poison, for it injures the teller, the hearer, and the person concerning whom the tale is told. Whether the report be true or false, we are by [a] precept of God’s Word forbidden to spread it.” -Charles Spurgeon

Near to Him, Near to Others

“If we were more near to Jesus we should be more near to one another.” -Charles Spurgeon