He considers the audience in attendance and also imagines beyond them as they become representative of all whom he would compel to come in. Compel them to come in gracelife grace community church. Gods compassion drives his people to find, gather, and reach the lost so they may com into his kingdom for his eternal glory and praise. For the fourth time spurgeon calls forth a literalness from our lords parable. And the master said to the servant, go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled. Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. Again, context is king here as we read this one verse. Did you find incorrect or missing information related to a sermon. Spurgeon begins to find them out by making a survey of his audience. The mission of sermonindex is the preservation and propagation of classical biblical preaching and the promotion of christcentered revival to. Check out our latest sermon outlines and their related backgrounds below. A sermon delivered on sunday morning, december 5, 1858, by pastor c. Spurgeon turns at this juncture to his second division of the sermon.
Verse 16 were the jews who professed to be saved 1. Compel them to come in christian history christianity. Our text is set within the context of a great supper. The details within the command 23 and the lord said unto the servant, go out into the highways and hedges. The details within the command 23 and the lord said unto the servant, go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come. His new park street and metropolitan temple sermons are presented here. There is a certain measure of double entendre that can be missed. Whosoever calls upon the name of the lord shall be saved for this is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation, that jesus christ came into the world to save sinners, of whom i am chief. Compel them to come in 1252017 spurgeon at the new. These words from the lips of our lord are recorded by luke in the fourteenth chapter of his gospel and the twentythird. When jesus told the parable of the great supper in luke 14.
Will you compel them to come in or say have me excused. This expression means, that the master of the house would give orders to make use, as it were, of violence for compelling the attendance of the poor, and to leave out none of the lowest dregs of the people. The spurgeon center compel them to come in charles spurgeon. Many translations use the words compel them, but when we look at standard dictionaries definitions, these words certainly seem overly strong. The saints of old received it, and we may have the same.
He used the blind of the parable to designate the lack of spiritual sight of his hearers. A feast of life is offered, and cleansing from all sin. The master said to the servant, go to the highways and back alleys and urge people. We would get them to come to church before we tried to get them saved. He does this in a metaphorical as well as actual manner. Compel them to come in the charles spurgeon sermon. Compel them to come in an earnest evangelistic appeal from the prince of preachers. Note that the following transcript is slightly adapted from the original and therefore may differ from other printed versions of this sermon. Verses 12 and give us insight as to what jesus meant by compel in verse 23. By charles spurgeon refer to the audio file for introductory remarks. I feel in such a haste to go out and obey this commandment this morning, by compelling those to come in who are now tarrying in the highways and hedges, that i cannot wait for an introduction, but must at once set about my business. This sermon was preached by charles spurgeon at the royal surrey gardens music hall on sunday morning. Jesus said, go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
The details within the command 23 and the lord said unto the servant, go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. This preaching of spurgeon compel them to come in is one of the best sermons i have ever heard. The details within the command 23 and the lord said unto the servant, go out into the highways and hedges, and. Compel them to come in williamsburg mennonite church. And the lord said unto the servant, go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. This was accompanied with a light and unction which i knew to be divine. Compel them to come in, prevail on them by the most earnest entreaties. Last time we did a sermon, episode five of revived thoughts first season, we interviewed philip ort of the spurgeon center at midwestern baptist theological seminary and we focused on his depression. Compel them to come in sermon by christopher benfield. Its fascinating to study the life of christ so intimately and so closely and in such detail as we do in going through the gospel of luke and having gone through the gospel of matthew and the gospel. All i thought at first was that we were only commanded to share his word and that. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. Scan this using any qr code scanner app on your mobile device.
I was amazed to learned that we are also obliged by our lord to compel people to come to christ. And the servant said, lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. This sermon is titled compel them to come in by charles spurgeon and it was preached december 5, 1858. I trust the lord will deal with our hearts as we examine the aspects of this command.
It would have seemed all but incredible, had it not been too painfully and conspicuously true, that men could have seen in these. Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled luke 14. For i say unto you, that none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper. Instead of going to people and having them say a sinners prayer and then trying to get them to come to church, we did something new. If god saith do it, if i attempt it in faith it shall be done. Compel them to come in sermon by robert simmons, luke 14. Four keys to creating an irresistible church 0 comments share tweet print email l et me preface what im about to write by saying that basic and foundational things like prayer, discipleship and evangelism having an externallyfocused. Rice compel them to come in the fatherhood of god and the brotherhood of man the double curse of booze dangerous triplets the lord our righteousness father. Then the master told the servant, go out into the highways and hedges and make them come in, so that my house may be filled. Compel them to come in spurgeon wrote over 3500 sermons published in 63 volumes during his life. The posture and persuasion in the preaching of charles haddon spurgeon. Edification topics the only way that we are really going to be able to develop a culture of evangelism in our church and lives is to do something different than what we have been doing. Compel them to come in by charles spurgeon sermonaudio.