Charles H. Spurgeon on
Calvinism and the Gospel
"I have my own private opinion that
there is no
such thing as
preaching Christ and Him crucified, unless we preach what is nowadays
called
Calvinism. It is a nickname to call it Calvinism; Calvinism is the
gospel, and
nothing else. I do not believe we can preach the gospel . . . unless we
preach
the sovereignty of God in His dispensation of grace; nor unless we
exalt the
electing, unchangeable, eternal, immutable, conquering love of Jehovah;
nor do
I think we can preach the gospel unless we base it upon the special and
particular
redemption of His elect and chosen people which Christ wrought out upon
the
Cross; nor can I comprehend a gospel which lets saints fall away after
they are
called".
C.H. Spurgeon
- The Early Years,
Autobiography, vol I
(Banner of Truth: London, 1962), p 172.