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“Just as our Rifle Corps friends put up the target with the intention of shooting at it; so does God give faith with the intention of letting trials and troubles, and sin and Satan aim all their darts at it. When thou hast faith in Christ it is a great privilege; but recollect that it involves a great trial. You asked for great faith the other night; did you consider that you asked for great troubles too? You cannot have great faith to lay up and rust.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon, The Complete Works of Charles Spurgeon: Volume 7, Sermons 348-426

“This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” Between that word “save” and the next word “sinners,” there is no adjective. It does not say, “penitent sinners,”” awakened sinners,”” sensible sinners,” “grieving sinners,” or alarmed sinners.” No, it only says “sinners,” and I know this, that when I come, I come to Christ to-day, for I feel it is as much a necessity of my life to come to the cross of Christ to- day as it was to come ten years ago, — when I come to him I dare not come as a conscious sinner or an awakened sinner, but I have to come still as a sinner with nothing in my hands.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon, The Complete Works of Charles Spurgeon: Volume 7, Sermons 348-426

“God has a heavy hand for His sinful children. Other fathers may spoil their children with indulgence, but the Lord will not spoil His children. If we sin, we shall feel the weight of God’s hand. We ought to thank Him for this, for though it brings great sorrow, yet it brings great safety to us. The worst thing that can happen to a man is to be allowed to sin and yet to be happy in it.”–1892, Sermon 2284”
― Charles H. Spurgeon, Spurgeon Gems

“What simpletons we are! Whatever our natural age, how childish we are in spiritual things! What great simpletons we are when we first believe in Christ! We think that our being pardoned involves a great many things which we afterwards find have nothing whatever to do with our pardon. For instance, we think we shall never sin again. We fancy that the battle is all fought; that we have got into a fair field, with no more war to wage;  that in fact we have got the victory, and have only just to stand up and wave the palm branch; that all is over, that God has only got to call us up  to himself and we shall enter into heaven without having to fight any enemies upon earth. Now, all these are obvious mistakes. Though the text has a great meaning, it does not mean anything of this kind.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon, The Complete Works of Charles Spurgeon: Volume 7, Sermons 348-426