A Free Salvation

Using the image of a merchant selling wine and milk, Spurgeon declares that the gospel offers a full, free, present, and permanent pardon for sin through Jesus Christ — available to absolutely anyone, regardless of their background, wealth, education, or the severity of their sins. He then humorously turns the sales metaphor around, explaining that his challenge is not to raise the price but to bring people down to it, since the gospel costs nothing — and he works through a parade of would-be buyers who keep arriving with things to offer: religious rituals, good works, money, feelings, experience — all of which must be left behind, because God's salvation is received with empty hands or not at all. Spurgeon closes with an urgent appeal to both the careless (who avoid thinking about eternity) and the troubled (who already feel their need), pleading with both to simply look to the crucified Christ and trust him now, since he turns away no one who comes with nothing but their need.Sermon delivered by Charles Spurgeon on June 11, 1858.