“Family prayer and the pulpit are the bulwarks of Protestantism! Depend upon it, when family piety goes down, the life of
godliness will become very low. In Europe, at any rate, seeing that the Christian faith began with a converted household, we
ought to seek after the conversion of all our families and to maintain within our houses the good and holy practice of family
worship.”—1891, Sermon #2222
Friday, May 21, 2010
Family with God
“There is a great deal in the way in which a man walks in his house. It will not do to be a saint abroad and a devil at home!
There are some of that kind. They are wonderfully sweet at a Prayer Meeting, but they are dreadfully sour to their wives and
children. This will never do! Every genuine Believer should say, and mean it, ‘I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.’
It is in the home that we get the truest proof of godliness. ‘What sort of a man is he?’ said one to George Whitefield, and
Whitefield answered, ‘I cannot say, for I never lived with him.’ That is the way to test a man—to live with him.”—1894,
Sermon #2362
There are some of that kind. They are wonderfully sweet at a Prayer Meeting, but they are dreadfully sour to their wives and
children. This will never do! Every genuine Believer should say, and mean it, ‘I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.’
It is in the home that we get the truest proof of godliness. ‘What sort of a man is he?’ said one to George Whitefield, and
Whitefield answered, ‘I cannot say, for I never lived with him.’ That is the way to test a man—to live with him.”—1894,
Sermon #2362
Practice what You Preached
“It is well to preach as I do, with my lips. But you can all preach with your feet and by your lives—and that is the most effective
preaching! The preaching of holy lives is living preaching! The most effective ministry from a pulpit is that which is supported
by godliness from the pew! God help you to do this!”—1895, Sermon #2432
preaching! The preaching of holy lives is living preaching! The most effective ministry from a pulpit is that which is supported
by godliness from the pew! God help you to do this!”—1895, Sermon #2432
Gospel
“If you hear a real Gospel sermon, it directs you to look to Jesus Christ. That teaching which leads you to think of the priest and
to think of the church, whatever there may be about them that is good, is not ‘the doctrine of God our Savior.’”—1895, Sermon
#2416
to think of the church, whatever there may be about them that is good, is not ‘the doctrine of God our Savior.’”—1895, Sermon
#2416
Prayer
“There are many prayers that it would not be right to pray in public, but they are very dear to God’s ear in private.”—1894,
Sermon #2380
Sermon #2380
Sanctification
“Sanctification is the great open separator of Christians from the world!”—1893, Sermon #2313
Letter for the Teachers
“Dear Sunday school teachers, wait upon God for that which you are to teach—take it warm with love out of the very mouth of
God—and then speak it for God out of your own mouth. Good will surely come of such teaching as that!”—1892, Sermon #2286
God—and then speak it for God out of your own mouth. Good will surely come of such teaching as that!”—1892, Sermon #2286
Knowing God in Christ
Knowing God in Christ
“Whenever you get one inch above the ground in your own esteem, you are that inch too high!”—1895, Sermon #2395
“No one knows the true God in the real sense of knowledge except through Jesus Christ, for no man comes unto the Father but by
the Son. But even if he could know God, in a measure, apart from the Revelation of Him in Christ Jesus, it would be a knowledge
of terror that would make him flee away and avoid God! It would not be life to our souls to know God apart from His Son, Jesus
Christ! We must know the Christ whom He has sent or our knowledge does not bring eternal life to us.”—1895, Sermon #2396
“In the greatness of our troubles there may often be space for the greater display of the goodness of God!”—1895, Sermon #2408
“All the fear in the world that is worth having is the result of pardoned sin.”—1895, Sermon #2422
“Whenever you get one inch above the ground in your own esteem, you are that inch too high!”—1895, Sermon #2395
“No one knows the true God in the real sense of knowledge except through Jesus Christ, for no man comes unto the Father but by
the Son. But even if he could know God, in a measure, apart from the Revelation of Him in Christ Jesus, it would be a knowledge
of terror that would make him flee away and avoid God! It would not be life to our souls to know God apart from His Son, Jesus
Christ! We must know the Christ whom He has sent or our knowledge does not bring eternal life to us.”—1895, Sermon #2396
“In the greatness of our troubles there may often be space for the greater display of the goodness of God!”—1895, Sermon #2408
“All the fear in the world that is worth having is the result of pardoned sin.”—1895, Sermon #2422
Boast of Man
“A curious fact can be proved by abundant evidence, namely, that the boast of human perfection is closely followed by obscenity
and licentiousness!”—1893, Sermon #2326
and licentiousness!”—1893, Sermon #2326
Preaching — Awesome Responsibility
“Often, when I come in at the door and my eyes fall on this vast congregation, I feel a tremor go through me to think that I should
have to speak to you all and be, in some measure, accountable for your future state. Unless I preach the Gospel faithfully and
with all my heart, your blood will be required at my hands. Do not wonder, therefore, that when I am weak and sick, I feel my
head swim when I stand up to speak to you, and my heart is often faint within me. But I do have this joy at the back of it all—
God does set many sinners free in this place! Some people reported that I was mourning that there were no conversions. Brothers
and Sisters, if you were all to be converted tonight, I should mourn for the myriads outside! That is true, but I praise the Lord for
the many who are converted here. When I came last Tuesday to see converts, I had 21 whom I was able to propose to the
Church—and it will be the same next Tuesday, I do not doubt. God is saving souls! I am not preaching in vain. I am not
despondent about that matter—liberty is given to the captives and there will be liberty for some of them, tonight! I wonder who it
will be? Some of you young women over yonder, I trust. Some who have dropped in here, tonight, for the first time. Oh, may this
first opportunity of your hearing the Word in this place be the time of beginning a new life which shall never end—a life of
holiness, a life of peace with God!”—1894, Sermon #2371
have to speak to you all and be, in some measure, accountable for your future state. Unless I preach the Gospel faithfully and
with all my heart, your blood will be required at my hands. Do not wonder, therefore, that when I am weak and sick, I feel my
head swim when I stand up to speak to you, and my heart is often faint within me. But I do have this joy at the back of it all—
God does set many sinners free in this place! Some people reported that I was mourning that there were no conversions. Brothers
and Sisters, if you were all to be converted tonight, I should mourn for the myriads outside! That is true, but I praise the Lord for
the many who are converted here. When I came last Tuesday to see converts, I had 21 whom I was able to propose to the
Church—and it will be the same next Tuesday, I do not doubt. God is saving souls! I am not preaching in vain. I am not
despondent about that matter—liberty is given to the captives and there will be liberty for some of them, tonight! I wonder who it
will be? Some of you young women over yonder, I trust. Some who have dropped in here, tonight, for the first time. Oh, may this
first opportunity of your hearing the Word in this place be the time of beginning a new life which shall never end—a life of
holiness, a life of peace with God!”—1894, Sermon #2371
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