Law and Grace E-Book

Charles H. Spurgeon

• Herausgeber: Editora Oxigênio
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2020

Beschreibung

A selection of Charles Spurgeon's sermons on the infinite and amazing Love of God.

Law and Grace is one book that will bring growth and knowledge about grace, peace and invite him to live with greater intimacy with God.

Written by Charles Spurgeon was one of the most important Christian writers of all time.

Leseprobe

Summary

Summary

About the Author

Introduction

First, we shall speak of the text as CONCERNING THIS WORLD

Now we come to the second part of the subject and that is THE ENTRANCE OF THE LAW INTO THE HEART

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (19 June 1834 – 31 January 1892) was an English Particular Baptist preacher. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, among whom he is known as the "Prince of Preachers". He was a strong figure in the Reformed Baptist tradition, defending the Church in agreement with the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith understanding, and opposing the liberal and pragmatic theological tendencies in the Church of his day. He also famously denied being a Protestant, and held to the view of Baptist Successionism.

Spurgeon was the pastor of the congregation of the New Park Street Chapel (later the Metropolitan Tabernacle) in London for 38 years. He was part of several controversies with the Baptist Union of Great Britain and later he left the denomination over doctrinal convictions. In 1867, he started a charity organisation which is now called Spurgeon's and works globally. He also founded Spurgeon's College, which was named after him posthumously.

Spurgeon was a prolific author of many types of works including sermons, an autobiography, commentaries, books on prayer, devotionals, magazines, poetry, hymns, and more. Many sermons were transcribed as he spoke and were translated into many languages during his lifetime. Spurgeon produced powerful sermons of penetrating thought and precise exposition. His oratory skills held his listeners spellbound in the Metropolitan Tabernacle and many Christians hold his writings in exceptionally high regard among devotional literature.

INTRODUCTION

“Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin 

abounded, grace did much more abound.” 

Romans 5:20. 

THERE is no point upon which men make greater mistakes than upon the relation which exists between the law and the gospel. Some men put the law instead of the gospel — others put the gospel instead of the law. Some modify the law and the gospel and preach neither law nor gospel — and others entirely abrogate the law by bringing in the gospel. Many there are who think that the law is the gospel and who teach that men, by good works of benevolence, honesty, righteousness and sobriety, may be saved. Such men do err. On the other hand, many teach that the gospel is a law — that it has certain commands in it by obedience to which men are meritoriously saved. Such men err from the truth and understand it not.

A certain class maintains that the law and the gospel are mixed and that partly by observance of the law and partly by God’s grace men are saved. These men understand not the truth and are false teachers!

This morning I shall attempt — God helping me — to show you what is the design of the law and thenwhat is the end of the gospel. The coming of the law is explained in regard to its objectives — “Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound.” Then comes the mission of the gospel — “But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.”

I shall consider this text in two senses this morning. First, as it respects the world at large, and the entrance of the law into it;  and then afterwards, as respecting the heart of the convicted sinner, and the entrance of the law into the conscience. 

I. First, we shall speak of the text as CONCERNING THIS WORLD

The objective of God in send — ing the law into the world was “that the offense might abound.” But then comes the gospel — for “where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.” First, then, in reference to the entire world, God sent the law into the world “that the offense might abound.”  There was sin in the world long before God sent the law. God gave His law that the offense might be seen to be an offense — yes, and that the offense might abound exceedingly more than it could have done without its coming. There was sin long before Sinai smoked. Long before the mountain trembled beneath the weight of deity and the dread trumpet sounded exceedingly loud and long, there had been transgression! And where that law has never been heard, in heathen countries where that word of God has never gone forth, there is still sin — because though men cannot sin against the law which they have never seen, yet they can all rebel against the light of nature, against the dictates of conscience and against that traditional remembrance of right and wrong which has followed mankind from the place where God created them. All men, in every land have consciences, and therefore, all men can sin. The ignorant heathen, who has never heard anything of a God, has just so much of the light of nature that in the things that are outwardly good or bad, he will discern the difference!