C.H. Spurgeon Quotes

I do not think we should be so certain of death as some Christians are, because the Lord’s coming is much more certain than our dying. 504.203 Truly he comes quickly, but you must not read that “quickly” after your rendering, for “quickly” with him may be slowly enough for us. We cannot measure the paces of the Infinite, for the whole history of man is but a pin’s point to his eternity. 1323.631 The Lord’s “quickly” may not be my “quickly”; and if so, let him do what seemeth him good. 1331.3 Lift up your eyes, ye sons of light, and anticipate the change, which will be as great for you as for your Lord; for now ye are hidden even as he was hidden, and misunderstood even as he was misunderstood when he walked among the sons of men. “We know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” His manifestation will be our manifestation, and in the day in which he is revealed in glory then shall his saints be glorified with him. 1477.312 If his first coming does not give you eternal life, his second coming will not. If you do not hide in his wounds when he comes as your Saviour, there will be no hiding place for you when he comes as your Judge. 1989.599 The prophet Ezekiel has been telling us many remarkable things which I shall not attempt to explain to you; and my chief reason for not doing so is the fact that I do not understand them. 2182.2 There are some great events of the future very clearly revealed. The prophecy is not at all indistinct about the facts that will occur; but as to when they will occur, we have no data. Some think that they have; but our Lord here seems to say that we do not know the times and the seasons, and that it is not for us to know them. I pass no censure upon brethren who think that, by elaborate calculations, they find out what is to be in the future; I say that I pass no censure, but time has passed censure of the strongest kind upon all their predecessors. 2330.494 Notice, next, dear friends, that it is not good for you to know the times and the seasons. That is what the saviour means when he says, “It is not for you to know.” For, first, it would distract your attention from the great things of which you have to think. 2330.495 “But,” perhaps you say, “his saints have waited for him nearly two thousand years.” What is that? Two thousand years? Think of those who waited four thousand years before Christ came here to die. 2595.535 Leave the prophets to divide the profits which they get from simpletons; and as for you, watch for Christ’s coming, whether it shall be to-day, or to-morrow, and set no limits, and no dates, and no times. 3151.318 It may be, certainly it may be, that the Lord will speedily come, but it does not seem to me at all likely that he will. We are to live anticipating his coming, as servants who know they will have to give an account when he does come. That is the practical bearing of the doctrine upon our life, but there are many prophecies yet to be fulfilled, which seem to show that he is not coming just now (1866). 3382.570 The New Testament teems with allusions to that Day of Judgment, when the Lord shall be revealed with flaming fire. I say it was so commonly understood, that Paul had no need to say anything except “that day.” Questions will be asked to-night by some, “When will that day come?” to which I would answer, it were better for us to be prepared for it, come when it may, than to be anxious to fix its date. 3531.458