The Gospel Focus of Charles Spurgeon (Long Line of Godly Men Profile) by Lawson Steven J

Author:Lawson, Steven J. [Author's Name]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Spurgeon, gospel, preaching
Publisher: Reformation Trust Publishing
Published: 2012-07-14T16:00:00+00:00

Spurgeon believed many ministers of his time were too timid in their invitations. He said: “How wide is this invitation! There are some ministers who are afraid to invite sinners, then why are they ministers! For they are afraid to perform the most important part of the sacred office…. I preach Calvinism as high, as stern, and as sound as ever; but I do feel, and always did feel an anxiety to bring sinners to Christ.”17 He saw “anxiety” for sinners as a key trait of preachers.

Spurgeon also felt that too many preachers in his day stressed the demands of the law at the expense of the gospel invitation. Though both must be proclaimed, he believed that preachers are primarily merchants of good news, not bad news: “The law repels; the gospel attracts. The law shows the distance between God and man; the gospel bridges that distance, and brings the sinner across that great fixed gulf which Moses could never bridge.”18 Though he was an admirer of the Puritans, Spurgeon noted that many of them so emphasized the law in order to bring about conviction of sin that they neglected gospel invitations. By contrast, Spurgeon continually stressed that the gates of paradise are wide open. All sinners are invited to enter.

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