Pray For Jesus E-Book

C. H. Spurgeon

• Herausgeber: Darolt Books
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2020

Seitenzahl: 39

Beschreibung

Pray For Jesus is a message of meditation based on the Bible and written by one of the most important Christian writers of all time. A devotional message of faith and hope for you. Charles Haddon (CH) Spurgeon,19 June 1834 - 31 January 1892) was a British Particular Baptist preacher. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, among whom he is known as the "Prince of Preachers". He was a strong figure in the Reformed Baptist , 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. It is estimated that in his lifetime, Spurgeon preached to around 10,000,000 people,Spurgeon was the pastor of the congregation of the New Park Street Chapel (later the Metropolitan Tabernacle) in London for 38 years. He was part of several controversies with the Baptist Union of Great Britain and later had to leave the denomination. In 1867, he started a charity organisation which is now called Spurgeon's and works globally. He also founded Spurgeon's College, which was named after him posthumously. Spurgeon was a prolific author of many types of works including sermons, an autobiography, commentaries, books on prayer, devotionals, magazines, poetry, hymns and more. Many sermons were transcribed as he spoke and were translated into many languages during his lifetime. Spurgeon produced powerful sermons of penetrating thought and precise exposition. His oratory skills held his listeners spellbound in the Metropolitan Tabernacle and many Christians have discovered Spurgeon's messages to be among the best in Christian literature.

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PREFACE

About Charles Spurgeon

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (19 June 1834 - 31 January 1892) was an English Particular Baptist preacher. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, among whom he is known 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.

Spurgeon was pastor of the congregation of the New Park Street Chapel (later the Metropolitan Tabernacle) in London for 38 years. He was part of several controversies with the Baptist Union of Great Britain and later he left the denomination over doctrinal convictions.3 In 1867, he started a charity organisation which is now called Spurgeon's and works globally. He also founded Spurgeon's College, which was named after him posthumously.

Spurgeon authored many types of works including sermons, one autobiography, commentaries, books on prayer, devotionals, magazines, poetry, hymns, and more. Many sermons were transcribed as he spoke and were translated into many languages during his lifetime. He is said to have produced powerful sermons of penetrating thought and precise exposition. His oratory skills are said to have held his listeners spellbound in the Metropolitan Tabernacle and many Christians hold his writings in exceptionally high regard among devotional literature.  

PRAY FOR JESUS

“Prayer also shall be made for Him continually.” Psalm 72:15. 

HAVING on one or two occasions made use of the phrase, “praying for King Jesus,” I have been somewhat surprised to find that it was not understood, and I have been rather astonished at receiving several notes asking for an explanation of what I supposed to be a matter of common knowledge. It seemed to hearers and readers of my sermons as if the phrase must be a mistake, as if it could not really be a correct thing to do, to pray for the Lord Jesus Christ! And yet one moment’s reflection would have shown them that the expression is Scriptural, that you have it here if you have it nowhere else, “prayer also shall be made for Him continually.” Our Lord is undoubtedly intended in this passage, for He it is in whom all nations of the earth shall be blessed, and whose name shall continue as long as the sun.

It is quite easy to see how we could pray for Christ if He were still on the earth. I suppose that when He was a child His parents prayed for Him. They needed not to pray some of the prayers which we offer for our offspring, for He was sinless, but I can scarcely imagine that a mother’s love could have been restrained from seeking the richest blessings for her heavenly child; and when He grew up, and came among men, and His lovely character began to be known, how could His disciples do otherwise than pray that He might be speeded in His good work? Can we suppose them to have been loyal to the Master if they did not often join their prayer with His that His kingdom might come?

Indeed, what is the prayer which He has taught us, “Our Father which are in heaven,” but in a certain sense, prayer for Jesus? “Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth, even as it is in heaven” it is Christ’s kingdom, and Christ’s will, as well as the will of the Father, and the kingdom of the Father. That great cry which went up in the streets of Jerusalem when Jesus, in the days of His flesh, rode through them in state was a prayer: “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.” Did not the multitude thus implore blessing upon the head of Him who came in Jehovah’s name?

His disciples might have done well if they had prayed for Him and with Him in Gethsemane, and it was a part of His griefs to find that they could not watch with Him one hour; it was ordained that He should tread the winepress alone. I think we shall all see that the same Spirit which made holy women minister to Him of their substance, which made the daughters of Salem weep for Him as He was led to His crucifixion, must have prompted all His sincere followers to say Amen to this prayer, “Father, glorify Your Son,” and what was this but praying for Him?

But it will be said, “None of these things apply to Him now.” My brothers and sisters, think a little, and you will see that we can still pray for Jesus, and you will remember that in our hymns we often do so, as for instance when we sing: