Johnno54

Many America's say they believe in God. Just what god do you believe in and why do you believe what you believe?

Today you can find just about anything on the internet. What if I told you that there is something on the internet more precious than gold, what would you say to that... GIVE ME THE URL I'M THERE. Well here it is:

www.mountzion.org/spurgeon.html

C.H. Spurgeon (An Audio Archive) You need to have Real Player.

As many of you know Charles Haddon Spurgeon was a faithful preacher of the gospel in England during the 19th century. This website has a large collection of C.H. Spurgeon's sermons converted to audio. The narration on these sermons are well done. I could not recommend these sermons enough. It is amazing to me knowing what passes for “the gospel” today. Listen (or read) and enjoy what you should be hearing from the pulpit every Lord's day. Spurgeon was very gifted at explaining difficult passages of scripture while remain faithful to preach only Christ and him crucified. Just incase you did not know Spurgeon was a Baptist. I am not so I would strongly disagree with my brother in Christ on the point of the sacraments.

I listen to this one recently and was blown away.

Volume 4-1858 Sermon title: Confession and Absolution

Here is a small portion of this sermon below.

Who would suppose that when a man was asking for mercy he would say of himself, "I am a sinner?" Why surely reason would prompt him to say, "Lord have mercy upon me; there is some good point about me: Lord have mercy upon me; I am not worse than my neighbors: Lord have mercy upon me. I will try to be better." Is it not against reason, is it not marvellously above reason, that the Holy Spirit should teach a man to urge at the throne of grace, that which seems to be against his plea, the fact that he is a sinner? And yet, dear brethren, if you and I want to be heard, we must come to Christ as sinners. Do not let us attempt to make ourselves better than we are. When we come to God's throne, let us not for one moment seek to gather any of the false jewels of our pretended virtues; rags are the garments of sinners. Confession is the only music that must come from our lips; "God be merciful to ME—a sinner;" that must be the only character in which I can pray to God. Now, are there not many here who feel that they are sinners, and are groaning, sighing, and lamenting, because the weight of sin lies on their conscience? Brother, I am glad thou feelest thyself to be a sinner, for thou hast the key of the kingdom in thy hands. Thy sense of sinnership is thy only title to mercy. Come. I beseech thee, just as thou art—thy nakedness is thy only claim on heaven's wardrobe; thy hunger is thy only claim on heaven's granaries, thy poverty is thy only claim on heaven's eternal riches. Come just as thou art, with nothing of thine own, except thy sinfulness, and plead that before the throne—"God be merciful to me a sinner." This is what this man confessed, that he was a sinner, and he pleaded it, making the burden of his confession to be the matter of his plea before God.

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In Christ

John