The Way of Salvation

Spurgeon opens by defining salvation as far more than just avoiding hell — it is the complete restoration of a person from the ruin of sin, beginning in this life and culminating in glory — and then boldly declares that the Bible teaches there is absolutely no path to this salvation except through Jesus Christ, which he argues is not narrow-mindedness but the natural claim of a religion that is actually true rather than one of many equally false inventions. He addresses common objections head-on, affirming that infants who die are saved through Christ's blood even without conscious faith, and that God's Spirit may work secretly in some who never heard the gospel, but insisting that no one — however moral, religious, or sincere in another religion — can be saved apart from Christ's name. He then turns to the doubting sinner directly, pointing to Christ's perfect sinlessness, his divine nature, the Father's acceptance of his sacrifice proven by the resurrection, and the countless terrible sinners already saved, to urge every troubled soul to stop looking for salvation anywhere else and simply cast themselves upon Jesus — the only one with power and willingness to save to the uttermost.Sermon delivered by Charles Spurgeon on August 15, 1858.