Rejoice Evermore (S1900)

About this episode

In this episode, Spurgeon emphasizes the command to 'Rejoice evermore' and explores the nature and sources of Christian joy.

Repeatedly, insistently, joyfully, earnestly, Spurgeon pounds away on the same drum: “Rejoice evermore!” His introduction is unusually long, situating, explaining, illustrating, and enforcing the command of the text. Only then does he come to the quality of the joy which a Christian is commanded to feel and express. He moves on to the object of this joy, considering God and his covenant as causes of joy, and encouraging us to stir up joy by holy exercise. Then he gives us more reasons for rejoicing—that it wards off temptation, shuts out worldly mirth, encourages saints, and attracts sinners. In a sense, the sermon is worth reading for the spontaneous outflow of thought and encouragement contained in (or bursting out of!) the introduction. One almost wonders if Spurgeon suddenly took a breath, and realised half his time had gone before he had even begun his first point! With marvellous sermonic control, not rattling things off, but with a kind of condensed fervour, he covers his ground tersely and intensely, pressing home flashes of insight and exhortation. It is a wonderful theme, well-handled both in terms of its matter and its manner. Read the sermon here…

People in this episode

Host: Jeremy Walker

Topics covered

• joy
• Christianity
• exhortation
• Spurgeon
• faith
• covenant

Keywords

• joy
• Spurgeon
• Christianity
• exhortation
• covenant
• temptation
• faith

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Reading Spurgeon Community

Books & works: Rejoice Evermore

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