Charles Spurgeon examines John 5:40 in this sermon on free will, explaining that the text is âone of the great guns of the Arminians,â but he intends to turn the gun back on them, for âit was never theirs.â He goes on to elaborate on four pointsâmen are by nature dead, in Christ Jesus there is life, eternal life is given to all who come for it, andâthe final, crucial pointâby nature no man will come to Christ. So it follows that any man who does come will know by his very coming that he has been chosen and enabled by Godâs saving grace. Spurgeon winds up his sermon as follows: âThis morning I have not preached human nature up, but I have preached it down.â And when man is humbled, God is glorified!
Charles Spurgeon examines John 5:40 in this sermon on free will, explaining that the text is âone of the great guns of the Arminians,â but he intends to turn the gun back on them, for âit was never theirs.â He goes on to elaborate on four pointsâmen are by nature dead, in Christ Jesus there is life, eternal life is given to all who come for it, andâthe final, crucial pointâby nature no man will come to Christ. So it follows that any man who does come will know by his very coming that he has been chosen and enabled by Godâs saving grace. Spurgeon winds up his sermon as follows: âThis morning I have not preached human nature up, but I have preached it down.â And when man is humbled, God is glorified!