In this sermon on Luke 23:48 , Spurgeon reflects on the crowd’s reaction after witnessing Christ’s crucifixion—how they “smote their breasts” as they departed from Calvary. But he warns that mere emotional sorrow over Jesus’ death is not enough.

True, saving sorrow goes deeper—it is a heartfelt mourning over one’s own sin in light of the Savior’s suffering. Spurgeon urges his hearers not to leave the foot of the cross unchanged, but to experience the kind of sorrow that leads to genuine repentance and faith in the crucified Christ.

This sermon was preached on March 14, 1869 and is found in Volume 15 of the Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit.

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" If Jesus upon the cross do not save you, Christ on the throne shall damn yon. If Christ dying be not your life, Christ living shall be your death. If Christ on earth be not your heaven, Christ coming from heaven shall be your hell."

"Look beyond the sufferings of the innocent manhood of Jesus, and see upon the tree the atoning sacrifice of Christ, or else you look to the cross in vain."

"We need despair of no man now that Jesus has died for sinners. With such a hammer as the doctrine of the cross, the most flinty heart will be broken; and with such a fire as the sweet love of Christ, the most mighty iceberg will be melted."

"Many have come under the sound of the gospel resolved to scoff, but they have returned to pray."

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