"Our Savior very often preached upon the moral precepts of the Law. Many of the sermons of Christ—and what sermons shall compare with them?—have not what is now currently called “the Gospel” in them at all. Our Savior did not, every time He stood up to preach, declare the depravity of man or the Doctrine of Election, or of Limited Atonement, or of Effectual Calling, or of Final Perseverance. No, He just as frequently spoke upon the duties of human life and upon those precious fruits of the Spirit which are begotten in us by the Grace of God. Mark what I have just uttered. You may have started at it at first, but upon diligent reading of the four Evangelists you will find I am correct in stating that very much of our Savior’s time was occupied in telling the people what they ought to do towards one another. And many of His sermons are not what our precise critics would, in these times, call sermons full of unction and savor, for certainly they would be far from savory to the sickly sentimental Christians who do not care about the practical parts of religion! Beloved, it is as much the business of God’s minister to preach man’s duty as it is to preach Christ’s Atonement—and unless he does preach man’s duty, he will never be blessed of God to bring man into the proper state to see the beauty of the Atonement. Unless he sometimes thunders out the Law and claims for his Master the right of obedience to it, he will never be very likely to produce conviction—certainly not that conviction which afterwards leads to conversion!" -Charles Spurgeon To continue reading this sermon: spurgeongems.org/vols1-3/chs145.pdf
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:49:15 +0000
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