Charles Spurgeon and the Blood of Christ
(A rebuttal to those who claim that John
MacArthur is teaching the same thing as Spurgeon)
Charles Spurgeon preached the blood of Christ, John MacArthur diminishes it!
Charles H. Spurgeon
preached a sermon entitled. "The Blood Shedding," February 22, 1857, from
Hebrews 9:22. He describes the suffering and death of Christ, and says, "Mark
his brow-they have put about it a crown of thorns, and the crimson drops of
gore are rushing down his cheeks! . . . But turn aside that purple robe for a
moment. His back is bleeding. ..They lift up the thongs, still dripping clots
of gore; they scourge and tear his flesh, and make river of blood to run down
his shoulders! This is the shedding of blood without which there is no
remission...They fling him to the ground; they nail his hands and feet to the
transverse wood, they hoist it in the air...Blood from his head, blood from
his hands, blood from his feet. They pierce his side, and forthwith runneth
out blood and water.
This is the shedding of blood, sinners and saints; this is the awful shedding of blood, the terrible pouring out of blood, without which for you, and for the whole human race, there is no remission...it is not a thing which you may doubt, or which you may believe; it must be believed and received, otherwise you have denied the Scriptures and turned aside from God." He further states, "It cuts off every other hope, bring your hopes here, and if they are not based in blood, and stamped with blood, they are as useless as castles in the air, and dreams of night. 'There is no remission,' says he text, in positive and plain cords. . . Except you put confidence n the shedding of our Saviour's blood, and in the blood shedding alone, for without it there is no remission." (The New Park Street Pulpit, Vol. 3, pages 90-92, Pilgrim Publications).
Spurgeon never changed in his preaching of the blood. On May 30, 1875, he preached again from the same text. In his sermon, he repeated over and over, "Without shedding of blood is no remission." Without resorting to lengthy quotations, we can honestly say that his doctrine never changed. He said, "It is not possible that any sin should ever be forgiven to any man without shedding of blood." (Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Vol. 51, page 426, Pilgrim Publications).
Of course nothing is true simply because
Spurgeon, Gill, or someone else said it; but it so happens that what they said
on the blood is biblical and sound, while what MacArthur has said is false.
No one can deny that MacArthur is a gifted and talented speaker. He is the
Senior Minister of Grace Cathedral, Panorama City, California, and the popular
speaker on the widely distributed radio broadcast entitled, "Grace To You." He
has built a tremendously large church, and he has a very large radio audience.
This is all the more reason why someone should expose his false teaching on
the blood. No doubt we shall lose some friends over this exposure of error,
but we hold truth dearer than we do friends. The cause of truth must ever be
first. -From Plains Baptist Challenger 8/86
Charles Spurgeon uncompromisingly preached THE SHED BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST.
