Charles Spurgeon

“The Lord Jesus himself is the Good Shepherd who laid down his life for the sheep, the Great Shepherd who is brought again from the dead, and the Chief Shepherd under whom he has appointed shepherds to watch for the souls of men.”

– Charles Spurgeon

“Carry Christ’s burden, and your shoulders shall have rest.”

— Charles Spurgeon

“The Lord Jesus himself is the Good Shepherd who laid down his life for the sheep, the Great Shepherd who is brought again from the dead, and the Chief Shepherd under whom he has appointed shepherds to watch for the souls of men.”

– Charles Spurgeon

“Our one instrument as fishers for Christ is the gospel of the grace of God.”

– Charles Spurgeon

“We ought to work as if all depended upon us,

and then we are to trust God knowing that all depends on him.”

— Charles Spurgeon

“Our urgent work— I mean yours and mine, my brethren— is to go out into the world and proclaim the blessed gospel of salvation to all who care to hear us.”

– Charles Spurgeon

Let your petitions be presented as if you believed in God and had no doubt as to the efficacy of prayer.

— Charles Spurgeon

How can they hope for salvation for their souls if they do not believe that ‘the Lord is risen indeed’?

— Charles Spurgeon

“Set your affection upon Him who has set His affection upon you.”

– Charles Spurgeon

How could Jesus be our ransom from the grave if he had himself remained under the dominion of death?

— Charles Spurgeon

“Let the morning break with thoughts of Christ, and let your last thought at night be sweetened with his presence.”

– Charles Spurgeon

“O to love God with all our heart, and with all our soul, and with all our mind, and with all our strength: that is what the law required, it is what the gospel enables us to render.”

– Charles Spurgeon

Jesus rose again.

This fact is proved better than any other event in history.

— Charles Spurgeon

His dead body was quickened.

The silent heart began again to beat.

Through the stagnant canals of the veins the life-flood began to circulate.

— Charles Spurgeon

“[Christ] is sitting at the right hand of God in the place of honour and favour. This is a proof that we are beloved and favoured of God, for our representative has the choicest place, at God’s right hand.”

– Charles Spurgeon

“Our sins are gone. He cast them into his own tomb, and they are buried there, never to have a resurrection.”

— Charles Spurgeon

“Let us rise and rest with [Christ]. He is sitting on a throne. Observe his majesty, delight in his power, and trust in his dominion.”

– Charles Spurgeon

“Jesus is with us in our solitude,

he is with us in our public assemblies;

but there is one place where he is not; and that is, in the empty tomb.”

— Charles Spurgeon

“If ye then be risen with Christ, live according to your risen nature, for your life is hid with Christ in God.”

– Charles Spurgeon

“There he lies silently in the tomb.

He, who is to bruise the old serpent’s’ head, is himself bruised.”

— Charles Spurgeon

“The memorial of Christ’s death is a festival, not a funeral.”

— Charles Spurgeon

“You are not to seek your own selfish ends, or the aggrandizement of a party, but to promote the general good, and the interests of truth, righteousness, peace, and purity.”

– Charles Spurgeon

“Seek also heavenly objects. Aim at the glory of God in everything.”

– Charles Spurgeon

“Preach Christ’s life as much as you will, but never apart from his death.

For it is by his blood that we are redeemed.”

— Charles Spurgeon

“Let all men see that you are risen. So live that there can be no more doubt about your spiritual resurrection than there was about Christ’s literal resurrection.”

– Charles Spurgeon

“Let us labour after likeness to Christ, that he may be the firstborn among many brethren. Seek to bear the image of the heavenly, and to wear those jewels which adorn heavenly spirits.”

– Charles Spurgeon

“Without the death of Jesus, nothing remains for us but death.”

— Charles Spurgeon

“Let us seek more faith, more love, more patience, more zeal: let us labour after greater charity, greater brotherly kindness, greater humbleness of spirit.”

– Charles Spurgeon

“Christ’s humble birth was but the prelude to a life still more humble, and a death even more abased.”

— Charles Spurgeon

“Understanding the love of Jesus lifts the mind above all fear.”

— Charles Spurgeon