All of grace - Spurgeon - I - Chapter 1, 2 and 3

Required reading
All of grace by C. H. Spurgeon (available from Amazon or free on the internet, here for example) - Read Chapters 1, 2 and 3. 

My summary
Spurgeon begins with Chapter One explaining that his 'intention in writing this message is that many will be led to the Lord Jesus.'

In Chapter Two Spurgeon appeals to the reader to open the door and hear his message - which is not about making demands but is about free grace.

Then in Chapter Three Spurgeon makes the case that God justifies the ungodly, not the righteous. 

What grabbed me
Spurgeon's illustrations are peppered throughout, as in all his writings, and in today's readings I enjoyed this one most: 'A gospel preacher on one occasion preached a sermon from, "Now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees" (Luke 3:9).  He delivered such a sermon that one of his hearers said to him, "One would have thought that you had been preaching to criminals.  Your sermon ought to have been delivered in the county jail." "Oh, no," said the good man, "if I were preaching in the county jail, I would not preach from that text.  There I would preach 'This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners' (1 Timothy 1:5).  This is true."  The Law is for the self-righteous, to humble their pride.  The Gospel is for the lost, to remove their despair.'  Great advice!  Preach law to the proud, preach the gospel to the despairing. 

Now it's your turn
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