The Great Sin of Doing Nothing - A CH Spurgeon Sermon on Numbers

In "The Great Sin of Doing Nothing," Charles Haddon Spurgeon emphasizes the grave sin of inaction among God's people. Preaching from Numbers 32:23, where the tribes of Reuben and Gad request to settle rather than help their brethren fight for the Promised Land, Spurgeon condemns idleness and urges Christians to actively engage in God's work. He highlights that failing to serve the Lord is a sin against God and discourages others, leading to spiritual decay and eventual punishment.
This sermon was delivered on August 5, 1886 at the Metropolitan Tabernacle and was originally published in Volume 32 of the Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit.
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[@relentless4christking636]

We desperately need more preachers of righteousness instead of those who tickle ears and make people comfortable in their sins, apathy, complacency and duplicity!

[@arfermo853]

Correct, it is the tickle teaching that is closing churches

[@realestaterealness3828]

Wow! Lord provide me with a heart that yearns to continue to do your will until I pass from death to life in eternity with you. Amen!

[@msperow7326]

Possibly the best sermon I've ever heard

[@CHSpurgeon_com]

So glad it was a blessing to you!

[@emriecolegrove5165]

Utterly convicting. Lord, help an apathetic child like myself, that I may serve to please You, and not to always be concerned for my own comfort. 😔🙏

[@MikeyCanuck123]

​@@jakeschwartz2514 - LoL, funny... I was just going to say the same thing about you. 😉

[@AndrianOlasiman]

this is so me right now.. everything you've preached pierced through my heart.. i need help.. I'm afraid that my sin will find me out.. may the Lord have mercy on my life..

[@gohawks3571]

That's the place you want to be ❤️ I had a terrible childhood, and one day I was tired of the pain, so decided to harden my heart so it wouldn't hurt anymore. God warned me that was wrong, and yet again I was disappointed. He wanted my heart soft, without which I wouldn't be able to hear Him. You have a good soft heart. It's also important to know that we are fallible, and this is where we rely on God's strength and love by faith. We can't do this on our own, and that's why He gave us the Holy Spirit. Repent of the things that you know you did wrong to the best you understand. Ask Him for help to change. Everyday! Even every time you sin. Even if you fall over and over, keep repenting and asking for help. Believe it or not, He delights in helping us 🫂❤️

[@AndrianOlasiman]

@@jakeschwartz2514 this is actually not nonsense since it is Biblical.. God does spoke about the 7 churches or lampstands and only 2 were acceptable in God's sight.. these were all believers, who were born again and received the Holy Spirit but still fail to meet God's expectations. I am afraid many churches in all part of the world are doing the same mistake, leaving their first love in Christ. We could be unaware about it or ignorant because many preachers are preaching outside the Bible, not teaching the truth about repentance and sin.

[@dedarren87]

@@gohawks3571Thank you, I’m included in this sermon 😢 I have been trying for over a week now to sharpen my focus on the scriptures but I’m still learning and struggling with various things but God help me with inspired and encouraging scripture to help me know more of The Lord and overcome my idleness

[@gohawks3571]

@@dedarren87 I know how you feel. God has encouraged me several times, when I was feeling like I just couldn't absorb the Word. He told me I was, even if it felt like I wasn't. I listen to audio Bible everyday day, and He guided me to pastor Paul at Calvary Chapel Ontario (Oregon). It doesn't have to be for you, if you don't want. But he teaches straight thru the Bible. I've been through twice now, on my third time. It helps me a lot! But, whatever works for you. Don't feel like you have to be able to do a book report at the end, just keep munching on the Word!

[@RedmondHayes-if8sz]

Again a great predication from C.H. Spurgeon, we need to pray for all those who used the written message to vocal voice. What a blessing.

[@RedmondHayes-if8sz]

Thanks!

[@CHSpurgeon_com]

Thanks for the support!

[@madabyka1]

What a wonderful and encouraging message. Surely, we got used to our Christianity and salvation that become comfortable and do nothing... so true. O God, wake us all.

[@ranimungcal]

truly our God is so gracious for pointing us by this message we thank You our Father for reminding us about idleness for correcting us and for Your rebukes! because Your mercies are new every morning thank You for speaking to us by Your Spirit thank You Father for Your generosity through the Preachers like Charles Spurgeon and through Christ we are so so grateful!Amen!

[@vicentecarneiro4985]

This preaching is deadly. We need more preaching that wounds the soul.

[@mmeeks2844]

@vicentecarneiro4985 maybe preaching that penetrares and provokes the soul to action. Wounding a soul is not the way.

[@ScribeAlicious]

@@mmeeks2844you are taking his comment too literally.

[@SheLoveSports]

I have had a difficult time listening to other videos of people reading sermons by Charles Spurgeon. However, your energy and the tone of your voice made your rendering very enjoyable to listen to. I have subscribed and look forward to listening to more of your videos.

[@pialakin6517]

I agree, this voice is very good!

[@Ndubueze-t5b]

Utterly true

[@ameliasuarez1235]

Let the body of Christ say Ouch and Amen!!

[@ramonescobedo2312]

WOW spot on. Praise God

[@nathanheynsen5755]

Thank you again...Convicting.

[@captainjayy4817]

Romans chapter 5 vs 12-19 goes into vivid detail about our relationship with Adam and Jesus. I cry every time I read it.

[@j.f.dmukengeshayi3352]

I had tears in my eyes when listening to this sermon because it was healing my wounded soul after experimenting such fate with many so called believers around me…. They are able to let down the work of God whenever it pleased them….

[@Delightful_T-ez5qf]

Amen, please forgive me and help me find my way please don't let me miss out on what You're doing in this or any other season. In Christ Jesus Holy Name amen. 🙏🏿🙌🏾🫶🏾💓🙄🙌🏾

[@ScribeAlicious]

Pray to God not youtube

[@joshthompson2535]

This is what I have needed to hear for a long time, I'm certain of this because of how uncomfortable I was listening

[@PatBall-v8q]

I am also convicted. But, I have no church family, no tribe from which to work and with whom to work. So - I work and pray alone. This shouldn't be.

[@joshthompson2535]

@@PatBall-v8q do what you can and trust the lord to take you to greener pastures that is what i'm doing god bless

[@ScribeAlicious]

@@PatBall-v8qyes. Stop being disingenuous and search for a local body

[@JeromeAsir-h5s]

Blessed sermon and the Truth from Bible and it links to lot of truths and especially to the Jesus parable of talent 🙏❤️

[@deniseaileen5955]

Very convicting message. Thank-you.

[@jeffreyAferguson]

What a sober word from a great man

[@steinboe5882]

Pray for me my soon to be 3 year old son my famile, my sons mothe and her familie

[@WesBissett-vu8rv]

Thank you for sharing this message with us.

[@ameliasuarez1235]

POWERFUL!!

[@shanefrance5071]

I'm deeply touched by such a great man of god, if only everyone alike could live a godly life there would be real happiness joy and peace in nations..

[@DaveVargas90012]

Excellent ☝🏽🎩

[@mustwekeepsilent]

Welcome come back my brother, could not find you on sermon audio anymore till my friend send me your new website. Thanks for these sermons, they are like water in a dry and thirsty land. May God continue to bless your ministry.

[@CHSpurgeon_com]

Thank you Austin - Tod Magstadt, who originally recorded these Spurgeon sermons, is now with the Lord. While the messages are no longer on Sermon Audio, they will be regularly uploaded to this channel going forward. Glad that you have found the new site and pray that they continue to be a blessing!

[@PatrickFournierTheMusicMan]

Very True.

[@josephizang6187]

I am astounded by this message. I have been blessed beyond measure. God bless you.😇

[@Caleb-xf5yn]

The US has been absolutely saturated and glutted with the gospel like no other nation in all of history. You won't find anyone except an infant in a cradle who hasn't heard the gospel fifty times. What remains is for believers to OBEY the gospel, that is, not to love the world or the things of the world, but to love one another as Jesus loves them as a true and abiding witness to the world.

[@Armygirl4Christ]

There is a false gospel that has been preached, as well. We need discernment to determine the true and the almost true.

[@benbroughton2151]

The young are no longer raised in a culture that respects God. They know nor hear the gospel no longer

[@Thruevangelisteyes]

Caleb , I’m afraid you are very wrong. The Devil has silenced God’s people, both in the USA and around the World. The body of Christ can always love better, yes , but obedience to proclaiming the Gospel is what we need . I have been preaching in the streets , on college campuses , and door to door , Monday - Saturday , for over 15 years now , and I am still shocked at how many have not heard the Gospel. 🙏🏼 So Caleb , are you loving your neighbor; and telling them about Jesus ? I hope so . Psalm:145:19 Sincerely a neighbor.

[@dave_shad]

"For good or for evil, we are yolked with the universe, and there is no possibility of severance." 29:32

[@mmeeks2844]

Doing nothing depends on what is at hand. If you are home, resting and just lying in the quiet, you are doing something. Walking quietly outside, not considered a productive state, you are doing something. If you decline to assist when there is need, I believe this is a sin. Sometimes, your help is the catalyst to the next awakening. Give your brother a dollar or drink, your family your best, your community your time, your country your loyalty.

[@ScribeAlicious]

Pay attention. You have missed the point

[@Mr-pn2eh]

One thing I'm doing to stay active is mailing out gospel tracts.

[@CHSpurgeon_com]

"A touching gospel tract may be the seed of eternal life." - Charles Spurgeon

[@eyesinindia]

❤❤❤❤

[@OLThomas-y9j]

From the past comes a sermon to us from 1886 on how we must serve our Almighty God , maker of all that is seen and all that is unseen , who is looking at us all professing Christians this minute with Eyes that never sleep ! Lord, I'm trying to serve u please help me to do it right for u know I'm a hard - headed dummy ! I have pointed my first great grandson in the path , with Your Help , to maybe be a great Preacher ! I have told all of my Clan and many others that claim to love You , to just say " Hello Jesus " first thing when they awake in the morning . Those who will listen, I repeat what You taught me NOT to Fall in Love With the World or you will become My Enemy ! And, that the TRADITIONS of men make Void the Word of God ! Lord , am I doing it Right ? It's not much of a sermon , but it's from my heart Dear Jesus .

[@ScribeAlicious]

Pray to God… stop praying to youtube… stop with the disingenuous code switching

[@angloaust1575]

Wait for divine guidance Having zeal without knowledge isnt the best Option!

[@joshuacorbin221]

I would rather be obedient with bruising knees and skinned elbows, rather than be intact as a traitor.

[@Samaria754]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@norinelzambra929]

❤🔥💚

[@gilbert3208]

Who is reading it?

[@CHSpurgeon_com]

These sermons were delivered and recorded by the late Tod Magstadt

[@cathoji]

Amen. Thank you for this message. Took a break from Serving at our Church. Wanted to ask, in what ways do/can we serve God?

[@nwoguchisom8076]

Thoughtful words. Was this sermon preached by Spurgeon himself? Like is this his voice?

[@CHSpurgeon_com]

Unfortunately, no recordings of CH Spurgeon preaching exist. These sermons were recorded by the late Tod Magstadt.

[@vincentborrowdale3093]

JESUS SAYS,,DOES THIS OFFEND YOU TO PICK UP YOUR CROSS TO FOLLOW ME...SHOES OF IRON AND BRASS,,HE THAT HATH AN EAR ,

[@Paul-cb8cf]

Dont do anything. Just wait for the Lord.

[@joshuacorbin221]

False. It is false because we are already given the instructions from the LORD. Time is short. Go.

[@jtron25]

Love this series. I like what your doing but you don't have the best voice for this. Consider using a deeper voice like James Earl Jones.

[@timkhan3238]

Guilty

[@tlrice72]

Me too…

[@LifeandLifeMoreAbundantly]

Who is this narrator?

[@CHSpurgeon_com]

These recordings of Spurgeon's sermons were delivered by the late Tod Magstadt

[@Stan0070]

Is this C. H. Spurgeon voice? Or another reading his sermon?

[@CHSpurgeon_com]

@@Stan0070 Unfortunately, no recordings of CH Spurgeon preaching exist. These were delivered by the late Tod Magstadt

[@HicksYvette-l8e]

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[@GLRYB2GD]

I don't like the speaker's voice.

[@ScribeAlicious]

You are overly concerned with the wrong things

[@captainmeow2771]

The sermon is a sound lesson, but did they really know about atoms back then?

[@vincentborrowdale3093]

Socrates,Aristotle and other greek thinkers did,, oh ye of little faith..the outraying of the father..in light..

[@captainmeow2771]

@@vincentborrowdale3093 It said the sermon was from 1886, I didn't think they started to do experiments for particles until the 1900s? So, I was puzzled by it when it came up. It had nothing to do with faith in God, just the timestamp.

[@DenJSmith]

Sort of. Thought they were small solid spheres of something.

[@AhHyn]

Nothing is new under the sun

[@ella5442]

@@captainmeow2771 I wish people would correct in love instead of making assumptions especially about people’s faith. God bless you dear.

[@Andy-m8b]

Spurgeon was a calvinist. Therfore reject his teaching.

[@zachsherman9323]

Why write off some honest biblical teaching due to the delivers (a imperfect man) characteristics

[@Andy-m8b]

@godsmanpodcast But when someone for example mixes a little bit of feces (Calvinism) good food (Gospel), and people know about it, they're not going to eat it. I kid you not with this story. Thankfully I'm not in their department. This department at work had a party. Maybe it was for Christmas. This woman who always picks her nose at her desk made a casserole for the party. Nobody ate it.

[@Andy-m8b]

@godsmanpodcast I overheard that story through indirect gossip. I know gossip is wrong, but I'll take the warning.

[@Andy-m8b]

@@zachsherman9323 Calvinism is a false teaching period. I'm staying away from it. In a real life situation in another channel, I made the example of a woman who brought in a casserole she made for a work party. Nobody ate it. They saw this woman everyday pick her nose at her desk and other not so clean things. I wouldn't eat it either.

[@nelsonpetersen7858]

Are you seriously encouraging listeners to reject teaching that exhorts us to avoid sin?