A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

SPURGEON BY TOPIC

The Church

The local church, fellowship, membership, ministry, and the people of God

3,559 matching pieces across the archive. Study this subject in the Bible →

SERMON • SERMON 153

The Mysteries of the Brazen Serpent

John 3:14

… And now, to-day, I am about to address the mass of my congregation concerning that simple subject of faith in the Lord Jesus, whereby men are saved …

SERMON • SERMON 3094

Heart Piercing

Acts 2:37

… Thus they were added to the Church, "and they continued steadfastly in the Apostles' Doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers." All this followed …

SERMON • SERMON 3457

All Are Guilty

Matthew 27:22

… And, perhaps, many of this congregation, though living in the land of Gospel Light, are quite ignorant of what the Gospel is. Oh, Sirs, is not this to …

SERMON • SERMON 2616

Christ's Care of His Disciples

John 18:8

… Many, nowadays, say that we ought to blend the Church with the congregation and that it is a great pity to have any division between them. A great …

SERMON • SERMON 810

The Faithfulness of Jesus

John 13:1

… Surely those sacred pleadings brought down upon the apostolic band those matchless blessings which qualified them in after years to be the spiritual fathers of the church and …

SERMON • SERMON 3100

Homage Offered to the Great King

Psalm 72:15

… OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH because no man on earth will ever suspect me of making any personal allusion either to my own Church or congregation, or with regard …

SERMON • SERMON 122

Christ About His Father’s Business

Luke 2:49

… They may go anywhere else, but they must not come anywhere near them, for it might affect their congregation, it might stir them up a little; and people …

SERMON • SERMON 3222

'The Lamb of God'

John 1:29

… Judson went home to America from Burma, there was a large congregation gathered together and they requested the returned missionary, the veteran of so many years of service …

SERMON • SERMON 381

Christian Baptism

Colossians 2:12

… And further, let the voters be all Christian people, let the suffrage be confined to those who really believe in Christ, and then if you as a Church

SERMON • SERMON 1716

The Bridegroom's Parting Words

Solomon 8:13

… It is the mystical word of the Church's Lord to His elect one! He calls her "Inhabitress of the gardens"—that is the word. So then, dear …

SERMON • SERMON 2289

The Right Keynote for the New Year

Psalm 115:18

… To keep the Church of God on earth, the Church militant, in good marching order, and good working condition, and so to glorify God here is what we …

SERMON • SERMON 1245

Why Men Cannot Believe in Christ

John 5:44

… or feel as I ought to feel, when I look round upon this congregation and remember that there are many here who are refusing Jesus Christ—and that …

SERMON • SERMON 174

A Call to the Unconverted

Galatians 3:10

… in a chapel, and hearing a minister who is preaching to a large congregation. Think thou art sitting in thine own house, in thine own chair, and think …

SERMON • SERMON 3046

One of the Master's Choice Sayings

Matthew 14:16

… The church of Rome is a church defiled with error and debased with superstition, but was there ever a nobler Christian woman in this world than Madame de …

SERMON • SERMON 2931

Return! Return!

Jeremiah 3:12

… which is more suitable for your own private reading than for the general congregation—you will see that Israel had wandered from the Lord in the most shameless …

SERMON • SERMON 2965

Prepared to Meet God

Amos 4:12

… of blessing—water would again leap out of the rock and the thirsty congregation would indeed be refreshed! O God, will You not touch men's hearts so …

SERMON • SERMON 2046

Consolation From Resurrection

Hosea 13:14

… That which is true of the Church at large is true of any individual Church. Have faith in God. He can trim the expiring lamp. Even to Laodicea …

SERMON • SERMON 3545

Our Glorious Leader

Luke 19:28

… A finger never suffers without the brain participating—and no humble member of the true Church of Christ ever suffers without Christ, the glorious Head, suffering in sympathy …

SERMON • SERMON 48

Chastisement

Hebrews 12:5

… It is so seldom that God afflicts people, after all, compared with their faults, that we must not expect to find in this congregation, perhaps, one-half of …

SERMON • SERMON 3296

Praise for Jesus

Genesis 49:8

… May the divisions of the Church be soon healed by a general gathering unto Christ who alone is the center of the Church. "Unto Him shall the gathering …

SERMON • SERMON 1216

To Souls In Agony

Psalm 116:3

… To sinners under conviction I would address myself, for I know there are such in the congregation. I was glad to hear their cries the other night, and …

SERMON • SERMON 233

Free Grace

Ezekiel 36:32

… If this day the Holy Spirit shall call out of this congregation a hundred men, and bring them out of their estate of sin into a state of …

SERMON • SERMON 2614

Strange Things

Luke 5:26

… week that some out of our great congregation go Home. Sometimes, in a single week, six or seven of our Church members go to the great Father's …

SERMON • SERMON 3528

A Promise and a Providence

Ezekiel 34:15

… If the intercession of Christ prevailed, then today the Church is one! I do not believe for a moment that the oneness which Christ intended was ever a …

SERMON • SERMON 2092

God's Own Gospel Call

Isaiah 55:3

… Between the gathering of one congregation and another, someone among you will fall by death's javelin. Seek Him, my Hearers, while seeking time holds out. Before the …

SERMON • SERMON 890

The Bellows Burned

Jeremiah 6:29

… There are others like he, I fear, in this congregation this morning! Like Israel, given up to successive afflictions, they have, for awhile, repented, but then have returned …

SERMON • SERMON 2170

The Blessing of the High Priest

Numbers 6:22-27

… This was the custom in early times—the congregation was dismissed with the gracious words—"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and …

SERMON • SERMON 176

The Prodigal's Return

Luke 15:20

… I have not one person in this congregation who is not perfectly assured that if he is to be saved he must leave off his drunkenness and his …

SERMON • SERMON 63

Marvellous Increase of the Church

Isaiah 60:8

Marvellous Increase of the Church A Sermon (No. 63) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, January 27, 1856, by the REV. C.H. SPURGEON At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark …

SERMON • SERMON 1132

The Seed Upon Stony Ground

Mark 4:5

… They were going to drag the Church behind them and drive the world before them—and very soon they would distance even the ministry which had been the …

SERMON • SERMON 2554

The Spiritual Resurrection

John 11:43

… And we meet with instances, now and then, even in the Church, of some Brothers and Sisters who cannot exactly curb themselves—they have some of their grave …

SERMON • SERMON 3163

Cumbered With Much Serving

Luke 10:40

Church do? How can such a sum of money be raised? There is much more needed than we shall ever get!" The minister has come before his congregation

SERMON • SERMON 1146

Consolation For The Despairing

Psalm 31:22

… I feel, too, that I have a Scriptural warrant for introducing such a subject as this into the midst of a congregation where there are many joyous hearts …

SERMON • SERMON 3136

Lessons From the Malta Fire

Acts 28:2

… The Church at one time seems to be all in earnest—her Prayer Meetings are crowded and fervent, her ministry seems full of life, zeal and enthusiasm. The …

SERMON • SERMON 2948

Stephen and Saul

Acts 7:58

… Even in a congregation like the present, there may not be many, yet there may be some who are opposing the Gospel. There may be some here who …

SERMON • SERMON 3410

Christ and His Hearers

Luke 15:1

… They were none of those who, like the old people in some parishes,go to Church in order to get the loaf of bread on the Sunday morning …

SERMON • SERMON 740

Stephen's Martyrdom

Acts 7:55

… Stephen is first heard of as a distributor of the alms of the Church to needy widows. He exercised what was virtually, if not nominally, the deacon's …

SERMON • SERMON 3532

Christ's Great Mission

Matthew 20:28

… It was but the other day I read a letter from the deacon of a church in which, speaking of his minister, he said, "We ought to understand …

SERMON • SERMON 1781

Two Pauls and a Blinded Sorcerer

Acts 13:12

… It was the native country of Barnabas and, as he was, at first, the leader of the missionary party sent out by the Church of Antioch, it was …

SERMON • SERMON 3464

True Worship

Psalm 50:14

… EVEN in the Christian Church we have great diversities of opinion as to what is the true form of worship. One stoutly cries, "Lo here," and another as …