This sermon is an estimation and celebration of faith, with an exhortation to it. “How is it possible for the preacher to say too much about faith, or to extol this grace too highly!” asks Spurgeon in his opening sentence. The focus of the sermon is on what it means to be a partaker of Christ. Having set forth something of the sense of that, Spurgeon spends time pressing home the solemn and searching question of whether or not we are truly partakers of the Lord Christ. In his customary fashion, Spurgeon pushes this deep into the conscience of his hearers. Then he subjects us to an unerring test of our participation in Christ—our holding steadfastly to the beginnings or foundation of our confidence. And so Spurgeon points us back to Christ, back to Christ as we first closed with him and clung to him, refreshing our spiritual sight and sense. Not lacking in warnings, but full of sweet encouragements, this sermon opens with the note of faith and closes with the eye of faith fixed upon the Lord.
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Faith versus Sight (S677)
The Mighty Arm (S674)
Consolation in the Furnace (S662)
The Great Itinerant (S655)
A Blow for Puseyism (S653)
No Tears in Heaven (S643)
Zealots (S639)
The Believer Sinking in the Mire (S631)
A Warning Against Hardness of Heart (S620)
“For Christ’s Sake” (S614)
True Unity Promoted (S607)
The Centurion; Or, An Exhortation to the Virtuous (S600)
Preparation for Revival (S597)
A Mystery! Saints Sorrowing and Jesus Glad! (S585)
The Lamb—The Light (S583/4)
Baptismal Regeneration (S573)
The Arrows of the Lord’s Deliverance (S569)
Christ is Glorious—Let Us Make Him Known (S560)
Nothing But Leaves (S555)
Suffering and Reigning with Jesus (S547)
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