This sermon explains that all people are spiritually "dead" in sin, just like a dead body, even if they seem like good people on the outside. Spurgeon uses three examples from the Bible where Jesus brought dead people back to life to show how people are at different stages of sin—some are like a girl who just died and still looks good, some are like a young man getting worse, and some are like Lazarus who was rotting in a tomb. The main message is that no matter how far someone has fallen into sin, only Jesus can bring them back to spiritual life through the Holy Spirit, and everyone needs this saving grace to truly live.

A sermon delivered by Charles Spurgeon on April 12, 1857.

This message teaches that true comfort and forgiveness come from Jesus dying on the cross, where He fully paid the price for human sin. Because Jesus took our guilt and gave us His righteousness, God declares believers forgiven and right with Him, even though they did not earn it. This gift of being made right with God is given freely by grace and is received by trusting in Christ alone.

A sermon delivered by Charles Spurgeon on April 5, 1857.

This sermon uses the image of a fruitless vine to teach that Christians who make a religious profession but don't live holy, consistent lives are completely worthless—worse than non-Christians—because a vine without fruit is useless wood that can only be burned. Spurgeon warns that false professors are found everywhere in churches, among rich and poor, quiet and talkative people, and their hypocrisy makes them useless to the church, harmful to their families, and destined for an especially shameful punishment in hell. He urges everyone who claims to be Christian to either genuinely serve God with their whole heart and live righteously, or to honestly give up their fake profession rather than continuing to be hypocrites who damage Christianity's reputation.

A sermon delivered by Charles Spurgeon on March 22, 1857.