Charles Spurgeon preaches about people who try to live halfway between serving God and serving the world, using the story of Elijah confronting the Israelites who worshiped both God and the false god Baal. He argues that it's impossible and foolish to serve both God and worldly pleasures—people who try end up respected by neither Christians nor worldly people, having the duties of religion without its joys and the guilt of sin without its pleasures. Spurgeon urgently calls wavering people to make a clear choice now through God's Holy Spirit, warning that if they don't decide for God in this life, they will be decided against Him at the final judgment when it's too late.

Sermon delivered by Charles Spurgeon on May 31, 1857.

Charles Spurgeon preaches about the eternal rest that awaits Christians in heaven, contrasting it with both the temporary pleasures of worldly people and the struggles that believers face on earth. He explains that while Christians here deal with doubts, suffering, hard work, persecution, and loss of loved ones, in heaven they will experience perfect, eternal rest with no more pain, fear, sin, or separation from those they love. Spurgeon emphasizes that this heavenly rest is certain for all of God's people—each believer has a specific place reserved for them in heaven that no one else can take, secured by Christ's blood and guaranteed by God's promise.

Sermon delivered by Charles Spurgeon on May 24, 1857.

Charles Spurgeon preaches that Jesus Christ is both the power and wisdom of God, shown through his miracles, resurrection, and ability to transform sinful people's lives into holy ones. He argues that the gospel itself proves God's power because it spread across the world through simple fishermen without armies or force. Spurgeon ends by urging listeners to personally experience Christ's power by admitting they are sinners and trusting in Jesus, promising that those who do will be saved and find Christ to be their strength through every struggle in life.

Sermon delivered by Charles Spurgeon on May 17, 1857.

Charles Spurgeon preaches that salvation belongs completely to God from start to finish—God planned it, Jesus accomplished it through his death on the cross, and the Holy Spirit must apply it to people's hearts because humans are spiritually dead and cannot save themselves. He argues that this doctrine destroys both human pride (since we can't earn salvation) and despair (since God can save anyone), comparing the sinner to someone in a castle who first trusts in good works, then ceremonies, then their own ability to believe, until God tears down all these false hopes. Spurgeon ends by warning that while salvation comes entirely from God, damnation comes from rejecting God's offer, so people must cry out to God for mercy right now before it's too late.

Sermon delivered by Charles Spurgeon on May 10, 1857.

Being "born again" means God's Holy Spirit must supernaturally change a person's heart, and this cannot happen just by being baptized, taking a Christian name, acting like a Christian, or trying to be good on your own. Spurgeon explains that people who aren't born again cannot enter heaven because they wouldn't enjoy it anyway—since heaven is about praising God forever, and unregenerate people find even church services boring, they would be miserable in heaven. Spurgeon urgently warns his listeners not to wait until later to be saved because they could die at any moment, and he reminds them that unless they are born again through God's Spirit, they will be separated forever from their Christian loved ones who are already in heaven.

A sermon delivered by Charles Spurgeon on May 3, 1857.

Charles Spurgeon preaches about King David's dying prayer that the whole earth would be filled with God's glory, meaning that every person in every country would worship God instead of idols or false religions. Spurgeon argues this prayer should motivate Christians to work hard spreading the gospel through missions, generous giving, and holy living, because simply praying for it without doing anything is hypocritical. He ends by promising that God will definitely fulfill this prayer someday, and he challenges young men in the audience to become missionaries and dedicate their lives to bringing Christianity to distant lands where people have never heard about Jesus.

A sermon delivered by Charles Spurgeon on April 26, 1857.

This sermon by Charles Spurgeon explains that God's law was never meant to save people, but it has important purposes in leading them to Jesus. The law's main job is to show people how sinful they are and how impossible it is to be good enough on their own, like a mirror that reveals dirt on your face so you know you need to wash it. Once people realize they can never keep God's law perfectly, they understand they need Jesus Christ's perfect righteousness to save them, because only his sacrifice and obedience can make them right with God.

A sermon delivered by Charles Spurgeon on April 19, 1857.

This sermon explains that all people are spiritually "dead" in sin, just like a dead body, even if they seem like good people on the outside. Spurgeon uses three examples from the Bible where Jesus brought dead people back to life to show how people are at different stages of sin—some are like a girl who just died and still looks good, some are like a young man getting worse, and some are like Lazarus who was rotting in a tomb. The main message is that no matter how far someone has fallen into sin, only Jesus can bring them back to spiritual life through the Holy Spirit, and everyone needs this saving grace to truly live.

A sermon delivered by Charles Spurgeon on April 12, 1857.

This message teaches that true comfort and forgiveness come from Jesus dying on the cross, where He fully paid the price for human sin. Because Jesus took our guilt and gave us His righteousness, God declares believers forgiven and right with Him, even though they did not earn it. This gift of being made right with God is given freely by grace and is received by trusting in Christ alone.

A sermon delivered by Charles Spurgeon on April 5, 1857.

This sermon uses the image of a fruitless vine to teach that Christians who make a religious profession but don't live holy, consistent lives are completely worthless—worse than non-Christians—because a vine without fruit is useless wood that can only be burned. Spurgeon warns that false professors are found everywhere in churches, among rich and poor, quiet and talkative people, and their hypocrisy makes them useless to the church, harmful to their families, and destined for an especially shameful punishment in hell. He urges everyone who claims to be Christian to either genuinely serve God with their whole heart and live righteously, or to honestly give up their fake profession rather than continuing to be hypocrites who damage Christianity's reputation.

A sermon delivered by Charles Spurgeon on March 22, 1857.