He was only five years a Christian....with no formal training other than growing up in a Christian family....and he was twenty years old at the time....in his second year as the pastor of New Park Street Chapel in London....and he preached the message on faith in the accompanying video!
The only explanation is that God had gifted this young....actually he was a boy when the gift first appeared. Looking back in history there is nothing quite like it! It was the beginning of a ministry in London that would last the next almost thirty-seven years....and then last throughout the world right up to today....with me joyously listening to this sermon as I raked leaves!
His name was Charles Haddon Spurgeon....known affectionately and in thanksgiving as the....Prince Of Preachers. London....indeed all of England....would not have survived without the challenging and powerful preaching of Spurgeon....and J. C. Ryle....and others in that God-blessed latter nineteenth century....and I would add that we might not be here without the sermons and ministry that he left....and others who succeeded him like Martyn Lloyd-Jones.
So please listen to this sermon on faith. I've heard many sermons on faith and I'm sure you have also....but try this one....for it's practicality may hit home with you as it did with me.
