Ask Spurgeon

It's hard to imagine that heaven has ever known anything other than supreme joy. And yet, when we meditate on heaven's separation from the Prince of Glory, the Lord Jesus, when embarking His mission of redemption, we can perhaps imagine that moments of sadness overcame heaven's inhabitants. In this episode, Charles Spurgeon briefly unpacks this thought, leading our hearts to a place of gratitude and worship. 

Like the church, it is so easy for the individual Christian to lose sight of the Rock of our salvation, and begin to put our hope in other things. We forget the biblical principle of living by faith and not by sight. 
In this episode, Charles Spurgeon helps to identify some of those things, and redirects us to the Truth that is a strong shelter and great hope for the children of God in this life.

The prophet Jeremiah prophesied against Jerusalem for trusting in the strength of her city wall for protection, as opposed to trusting in God. The church today is also sometimes guilty of trusting in certain "walls" of security and not God. Charles Spurgeon helps to expose what some of those "walls" can be, and directs us back to God alone.

To be loved by God is the greatest blessing anyone could know! To enjoy the privilege of being His child, purchased with the blood of His Son, Jesus, is beyond measure. But to belong to Him also means that there will be painful trials this side of glory. They cannot be avoided; they are part and parcel of belonging to Him. Why is that?   

God's Word is clear: The children of God, when they see Him, will be transformed into his likeness. Have you ever wondered what that likeness will be like? Listen to Charles Spurgeon as he gives thought to this wonderful truth and articulates this for us as we look forward to seeing His face one day.

Do you ever give thought to the fact that one day you will see the face of God? Have you ever wondered what that will be like? How does it make you feel?
Listen to Charles Spurgeon as he gives us, from a sinful, human perspective, a stunning hint of what that will be like!

It is becoming increasingly intimidating to openly profess faith in Christ. A faithful witness of the Lord Jesus or an open profession of the truths of the Bible can have serious consequences, not only if living in an Islamic or Communist State, but in the West, where religious freedom was at one time considered a pillar of democracy. But, as always, when God's children suffer oppression from the world, God is at work.

Do you feel your sin to be too great for God to ever be able to show you mercy? Do you feel the weight of your sin to be too heavy to be lifted from your shoulders? Perhaps you feel that you don't deserve anything less than God's judgement and wrath. 
Listen to Charles Spurgeon as he answers todays very important question about the mercy of God.  

It's a striking statement: There are some things that God cannot do! 
He cannot lie. He cannot forsake his people. He cannot disown his covenant.
But what about forgetfulness? Can God forget, or is that impossible?

It's the longing of every follower of Jesus: To be like Him! But how? Are there any practical steps we can take to be fashioned more and more into His likeness?