Charles Spurgeon Quotes

We must come to good works by faith, and not to faith by good works.

Theres some inherently unique characteristics of Christianity, the chief of which is that Christianity teaches that we are saved by what Christ has done for us, instead of we are saved by what we do for God.

You are not saved by your works. You work because youre saved.

Not that our salvation should be the effect of our work, but our work should be the evidence of our salvation.

The first care of every Christian ought to be to lay aside all reliance on works, and strengthen his faith alone more and more, and by it grow in the knowledge, not of works, but of Christ Jesus, who has suffered and risen again for him.

When some say that good works are forbidden when we preach faith alone, it is as if I said to a sick man: "If you had health, you would have the use of all your limbs; but without health, the works of all your limbs are nothing"; and he wanted to infer that I had forbidden the works of all his limbs.

Grace alone brings about every good work in us.

Believing right doctrine will no more save you, than doing good works will save you.

If faith produce no works, I see That faith is not a living tree. Thus faith and works together grow, No separate life they never can know. They're soul and body, hand and heart, What God hath joined, let no man part.

The only works of righteousness that serve to justify a sinner are the works of Christ.

The root of almost every schism and heresy from which the Christian Church has suffered, has been because of the effort of men to earn, rather than receive their salvation; and the reason preaching is so commonly ineffective is, that it often calls on people to work for God rather than letting God work through them.

It is faith alone that justifies, but faith that justifies can never be alone.

Faith alone saves, but the faith that saves is not alone.

Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.

Don't try to impress God with your works" or "Don't attempt to please God with your merits" or "Don't try to keep the rules and regulations in order to earn your salvation." He looked around at nearly slumbering collections of utterly casual Christians and wondered, "Who's trying?

We do not do good works to get into heaven; we do good works because heaven has gotten to us.

A man is saved only by faith ... only by faith.

I [will] not go to heaven because I am a preacher. I am going to heaven entirely on the merit of the work of Christ.

We know we are sinners, it does not follow that we are saved.

Only the #‎ gospel can do two seemingly contradictory things: destroy pride and increase courage.

If you could work your way to heaven, you would said look what I did, I got myself here by my good works. The only way you are going to make it is to come to that Cross.

The gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are, we can't save ourselves. What Jesus did was sufficient.

The saved are singled out not by their own merits, but by the grace of the Mediator.

"Otherwise grace is no more grace," since it is bestowed on us, not because we have done good works, but that we may be able to do them.

One might better try to sail the Atlantic in a paper boat, than try to get to heaven on good works.