Portrait of Charles H. Spurgeon

Charles H. Spurgeon on the Love of God

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us.
— 1 John 4:10

8 quotations from Charles H. Spurgeon on the Love of God, each traced to the exact paragraph it comes from. Follow any of them into the full text — free, and without an account.

All of Grace 1

  1. We are not going to talk about law, and duty, and punishment, but about love, and goodness, and forgiveness, and mercy, and eternal life.

Gleanings Among the Sheaves 5

  1. God's people are often chastened, and the Lord's hand lieth heavy upon them; yet there is paternal goodness in their chastenings, and infinite lovingkindness in their tribulations.
  2. It is the distinguishing mark of God's people that they know the love of Christ.
  3. If we have grown in grace, it is absolutely certain that we shall have advanced in our knowledge and reciprocation of the love of Christ.
  4. The love of Christ casts not out the love of relatives, but it sanctifies our creature love, and makes it sweeter far.
  5. Christ in the heart, means Christ believed in, Christ beloved, Christ trusted, Christ espoused, Christ communed with, Christ as our daily food, and ourselves as the temple and palace wherein Jesus Christ daily walks.

Talks to the Farmer 2

  1. Salvation does not come from the preacher’s authority, but through the hearer’s personal conviction, personal faith, and personal love.
  2. Beloved, the Lord’s workers have sauce with their bread: not merely doctrines, but the holy joy that accompanies them.