Nicaea Library › Library

Spurgeon's Sermons, Vol. 2

Charles Haddon Spurgeon · 1856

The sermons Spurgeon preached in London in 1856, at the start of his ministry there.

Edition: CCEL · www.ccel.org

Free to read, with no account needed. Public domain or openly licensed, with every source named.

Read it free online Download for Windows (free)

From the opening: Sermon 54 — Christ Our Passover

(No. 54)

Delivered on Sabbath Evening, December 2, 1855, by the

Rev. C.h. Spurgeon

At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark.

"For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us."--1 Corinthians 5:7.

THE more you read the Bible, and the more you meditate upon it, the more you will be astonished with it. He who is but a casual reader of the Bible, does not know the height, the depth, the length and breadth of the mighty meanings contained in its pages. There are certain times when I discover a new vein of thought, and I put my hand to my head and say in astonishment, "Oh, it is wonderful I never saw this before in the Scriptures." You will find the Scriptures enlarge as you enter them; the more you study them the less you will appear to know of them, for they widen out as we approach them. Especially will you find this the case with the typical parts of God's Word. Most of the historical books were intended to be types either of dispensations, or experiences, or offices of Jesus Christ. Study the Bible with this as a key, and you will not blame Herbert when he calls it "not only the book of God, but the God of books." One of the most interesting points of the Scriptures is their constant tendency to display Christ; and perhaps one of the most beautiful figures under which Jesus Christ is ever exhibited in sacred writ, is the Passover Paschal Lamb. It is Christ of whom we are about to speak to-night.

Israel was in Egypt, in extreme bondage; the severity of their slavery had continually increased till it was so oppressive that their incessant groans went up to heaven. God who avenges his own elect, though they cry day and night unto him, at last, determined that he would direct a fearful blow against Egypt's king and Egypt's nation, and deliver his own people. We can picture the anxieties and the anticipations of Israel, but we can scarcely sympathize with them, unless we as Christians have had the same deliverance from spiritual Egypt. Let us, brethren, go back to the day in our experience, when we abode in the land of Egypt, working in the brick-kilns of sin, toiling to make ourselves better, and finding it to be of no avail; let us recall that memorable night, the beginning of months, the commencement of a new life in our spirit, and the beginning of an altogether new era in our soul. The Word of God struck the blow at our sin; he gave us Jesus Christ our sacrifice; and in that night we…

Keep reading in the library →

Contents (56 sections)

  1. Opening
  2. Sermon 54 — Christ Our Passover
  3. Sermon 55 — The Exodus
  4. Sermon 56 — Heaven
  5. Sermon 57 — The Incarnation and Birth of Christ
  6. Sermon 58 — Canaan on Earth
  7. Psalm 90:1-22
  8. Sermon
  9. Sermon 60 — Sovereignty and Salvation
  10. Sermon 61 — The Beatific Vision
  11. Sermon 61 — The Beatific Vision (continued)
  12. Sermon 63 — Marvellous Increase of the Church
  13. Sermon 64 — The Enchanted Ground
  14. Sermon 65 — Lions Lacking — But the Children Satisfied
  15. Sermon 66 — The Resurrection of the Dead
  16. Sermon 66 — The Resurrection of the Dead (continued)
  17. Sermon 68 — A Solemn Warning for All Churches
  18. Sermon 69 — The Allegories of Sarah and Hagar
  19. Sermon 70 — Good Works
  20. Sermon 71 — A Bottle in the Smoke
  21. Sermon 72 — Israel at the Red Sea
  22. Sermon 73 — Effectual Calling
  23. Sermon 74 — A Willing People and an Immutable Leader
  24. Sermon 75 — Final Perseverance
  25. Sermon 76 — Gospel Missions
  26. Sermon 77 — Divine Sovereignty
  27. Sermon 78 — The Character of Christ's People
  28. Sermon 79 — The Form of Sound Words
  29. Sermon 80 — God Alone the Salvation of his People
  30. Sermon 81 — The God of the Aged
  31. Sermon 81 — The God of the Aged (continued)
  32. Edited by the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon
  33. Sermon 83 — Indwelling Sin
  34. Sermon 84 — Salvation to the Uttermost
  35. Sermon 85 — Omniscience
  36. Sermon 86 — Unimpeachable Justice
  37. Sermon 87 — The Majestic Voice
  38. Sermon 88 — The Plea of Faith
  39. Sermon 89 — Hatred Without Cause
  40. III. Two Lessons to the Saints
  41. Sermon 90 — Men Chosen — Fallen Angels Rejected
  42. Sermon 91 — Christ Exalted
  43. Sermon 91 — Christ Exalted (continued)
  44. Sermon 91 — Christ Exalted (continued)
  45. Sermon 91 — Christ Exalted (continued)
  46. Sermon 91 — Christ Exalted (continued)
  47. Sermon 91 — Christ Exalted (continued)
  48. II. How Is It That Men Make Light of It?
  49. II. How Is It That Men Make Light of It? (continued)
  50. II. How Is It That Men Make Light of It? (continued)
  51. II. How Is It That Men Make Light of It? (continued)
  52. II. How Is It That Men Make Light of It? (continued)
  53. II. How Is It That Men Make Light of It? (continued)
  54. II. How Is It That Men Make Light of It? (continued)
  55. II. How Is It That Men Make Light of It? (continued)
  56. Sinner! Turn or Burn!

How to cite it

Chicago
Charles Haddon Spurgeon. Spurgeon's Sermons, Vol. 2. CCEL, 1856. https://www.ccel.org/ccel/spurgeon/sermons02
MLA
Charles Haddon Spurgeon. Spurgeon's Sermons, Vol. 2. CCEL, 1856. https://www.ccel.org/ccel/spurgeon/sermons02
APA
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1856). Spurgeon's Sermons, Vol. 2. CCEL. https://www.ccel.org/ccel/spurgeon/sermons02

More from After the Reformation