“Without me, you can do nothing.” Spurgeon preaches these words as someone who believes this both as a man and as a minister, and it is reflected both in what he says and how he says it. He speaks to the saint, to the sinner, and to the saint in relation to the sinner. He assaults the idea of self-sufficiency at every point. Truly the saint can do nothing apart from Christ, cannot begin any work, cannot complete a work begun, cannot do a small work. That being so, how much less the sinner, dead in trespasses and sins. Spurgeon seeks, in dependence on the Spirit, to drive the sinner to self-despair. That sets the scene for his last point, a reminder that all spiritual labour depends on Christ for its success. The sermon is a little uneven in structure, but even that rather proves its own point: it is not human polish but divine power upon which the church relies!
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Nothing But Leaves (S555)
Suffering and Reigning with Jesus (S547)
Encourage Your Minister (S537)
The Warrant of Faith (S531)
From Death to Life (S523)
The Bridgeless Gulf (S518)
The Power of Prayer and the Pleasure of Praise (S507)
Strong Meat (S506)
The Gladness of the Man of Sorrows (S498)
Gracious Renewal (S490)
Life and Walk of Faith (S483)
Self-Delusion (S475)
What Meanest Thou, O Sleeper? (S469)
Repentance and Faith Inseparable (S460)
Sunshine in the Heart (S454)
An Exhortation and A Salutation (S450)
God’s Will and Man’s Will (S442)
Life in Earnest (S433)
A Psalm for the New Year (S427)
Abram and the Ravenous Birds (S420)
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