Shepherding with Spurgeon

Weekly Newsletter for Pastors from SpurgeonBooks

ENCOURAGEMENT FOR PASTORS (BY SPURGEON)

We must often pray this prayer, “Let not any iniquity have dominion over me.” O children of God, you who really do know and love him, be concerned about yourselves that you be not mistaken, and that you do not fall under the supremacy of any evil and false thing! Cry mightily to God about this matter; search and try yourselves, and make sure work for eternity.

I say this especially to myself and to all ministers, for there are so many ways in which ministers may deceive themselves; we may preach to others, and yet be ourselves castaways. I say this also to you, church leaders, and to you, revered members of the church who have grown grey in your profession. Take heed to yourselves, and every one of you breathe this prayer, “Let not any iniquity have dominion over me.”

SERMON ILLUSTRATION FROM SPURGEON

Spurgeon was a master illustrator. You can use this illustration in your own preaching to describe the necessity of the cross.

God must punish sin. If a man stands in the track of an avalanche, he must be buried beneath it. If a man stands in the way of the laws of God, those laws must crush him. There was just one way of deliverance from the guilt of sin, and that was for God himself, in human form, to take the consequences of human sin on himself.

RESOURCE FOR PASTORS

Thanks to CROSS CON for sponsoring Shepherding with Spurgeon this year. CROSS is a conference for 18–25 year-olds and their leaders.

Consider bringing a group from your church to Louisville next January to help them deepen their love for God and his Word. They will return home passionate about God, sound theology, and missions.

Learn more and register today.

ONE MORE REMINDER: PREACH JESUS THIS WEEKEND

“If a ministry is man-praising and man-honoring, it is not of God.” — Charles Spurgeon