Spurgeon on the Gospel, part II

“After the gospel has been found effectual in the eternal salvation of untold multitudes, it seems rather late in the day to alter it; and, since it is the revelation of the all-wise and unchanging God, it appears somewhat audacious to attempt its improvement.”

“And so within the simple gospel, how much lies concentrated?  Look at it!  Within that truth lie regeneration, repentance, faith, holiness, zeal, consecration, perfection.  Heaven hides itself away with the gospel.”

“See what vitality the gospel has.  Plunge her under the wave, and she rises, the purer for her washing; thrust her in the fire, and she comes out the more bright for her burning; cut her in sunder, and each piece shall make another church; behead her, and like the Hydra of old, she shall have a hundred heads for every one you cut away.  She cannot die, she must live; for she has the power of God within her.”

“The gospel does not come to us as a premium for virtue, but it presents us with forgiveness for sin.  It is not a reward for health, but a medicine for sickness.”

“No real faith was ever wrought in man by his own thoughts and imaginations; he must receive the gospel as a revelation from God, or he cannot receive it at all.”

“That which is new in theology is not true; the gospel was of full stature at its very birth; no man can add to it or take away from it.”