Public domain audiobook
According to Promise, or The Lord’s Method of Dealing with His Chosen People
English· 4:31:11· 20 chapters
Charles Haddon (C.H.) Spurgeon (19 June 1834 – 31 January 1892) was a British Particular Baptist preacher and is still known today as the "Prince of Preachers". He was a strong figure in the Reformed Baptist tradition, defending the Church in agreement with the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith understanding, and opposing the liberal and pragmatic theological tendencies in the Church of his day. In his lifetime, Spurgeon preached to around 10 million people, often up to ten times each week at different places.
In this series of devotionals, he challenges each of us to examine our own heart to make sure our faith is solidly grounded, to count the cost, and to experience the promise of grace. “It would be very difficult to say how far a man may go in religion, and yet die in his sins; how much he may look like an heir of heaven, and yet be a child of wrath. Many unconverted men have a belief which is similar to faith, and yet it is not true faith. The life of God within the soul creates an infinite difference between the man who has it and the man who has it not; and the point is, to make sure that we have this life. I desire to help my reader in the business of self-examination. I would have him go further than examination, and attain to such abundance of grace that his holy and happy state shall become a witness to himself. No man can lose by honestly searching his own heart.” (Summary by WYSIWYG, MaryAnn and Charles Spurgeon)
In this series of devotionals, he challenges each of us to examine our own heart to make sure our faith is solidly grounded, to count the cost, and to experience the promise of grace. “It would be very difficult to say how far a man may go in religion, and yet die in his sins; how much he may look like an heir of heaven, and yet be a child of wrath. Many unconverted men have a belief which is similar to faith, and yet it is not true faith. The life of God within the soul creates an infinite difference between the man who has it and the man who has it not; and the point is, to make sure that we have this life. I desire to help my reader in the business of self-examination. I would have him go further than examination, and attain to such abundance of grace that his holy and happy state shall become a witness to himself. No man can lose by honestly searching his own heart.” (Summary by WYSIWYG, MaryAnn and Charles Spurgeon)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
01 - A Sieve Needed
03:34 - Chapter 2
02 - The Two Seeds
12:48 - Chapter 3
03 - The Two Lives
14:39 - Chapter 4
04 - Differing Hopes
11:14 - Chapter 5
05 - Persecution Consequent on the Promise
12:04 - Chapter 6
06 - The Parting
11:31 - Chapter 7
07 - Whose are the Promises?
09:33 - Chapter 8
08 - The Promise a Free Gift
09:00 - Chapter 9
09 - The Promise of God a Reality
13:13 - Chapter 10
10 - The Peculiar Treasure of Believers
27:48 - Chapter 11
11 - The Valuation of the Promises
19:18 - Chapter 12
12 - The Lord's Promise - The Rule of His Giving
16:36 - Chapter 13
13 - The Rule Without Exception
24:34 - Chapter 14
14 - Taking Possession of the Promise
09:09 - Chapter 15
15 - Endorsing the Promise
05:48 - Chapter 16
16 - The Promise Used For This Life
16:53 - Chapter 17
17 - Searching Out the Promise
19:04 - Chapter 18
18 - The Time of the Promise
14:18 - Chapter 19
19 - The Promises in Possession Through the Spirit
10:19 - Chapter 20
20 - Jesus and the Promises
09:48