C.H. Spurgeon Quotes

Every honest man has a right to credence, and much more does the God of truth deserve it. AP46 Moreover, it is a charming thought that our good God designedly gives us promises of good things that we may enjoy them twice; first by faith, and then by fruition. AP51 The promises exceed all measurement: there is an abyss of depth in them as to meaning, a heaven of height in them as to excellence, and an ocean of breadth in them as to duration. AP62 Exceeding “great” Peter says they are; and he knew right well. They come from a great God, they assure us of great love, they come to great sinners, they work for us great results, and deal with great matters. They are as great as greatness itself; they bring us the great God, to be our God for ever and ever. AP64 Our littleness does not alter God’s promise. BA182 Man’s promises, even at the best, are like a cistern which holds but a temporary supply; but God’s promises are as a fountain, never emptied, ever overflowing, so that you may draw from them the whole of that which they apparently contain, and they shall be still as full as ever. TN210 A poor old Christian woman was accustomed to make marginal notes in her Bible, and she placed against one text a “T” and a “P.” The minister asked her what that meant, and she said, “It meant Tried and Proved, for I tried that promise on such-and-such an occasion, and found it true.” “But, my dear sister,” said he, “I see up and down these pages, whenever there is a choice verse a great ‘P’ put against it; what does it mean? “That means precious, sir, for I have found it precious, and have therefore set my seal to it.” 931.285 If a man has made me a promise, he cannot refuse to keep it on the ground that I am unworthy; because it is his own character that is at stake, not mine. However unworthy I am, he must not prove himself to be unworthy by failing to keep his word. “If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.” Everything hinges upon the character of the Promiser. 1938.8 He is more willing to keep the promise than we are to have it kept. 1938.8 If one promise of God to one of his people should fail, that one failure would suffice to mar the veracity of the Lord to all eternity; they would publish it in the “Diabolical Gazette,” and in every street of Tophet they would howl it out, “God has failed.” 2029.343 God has been pleased to write some of his promises in sympathetic ink, which can only become visible as it is held close to the fire. 3214.436