“Theology hath nothing new in it except that which is false. The preaching of Paul must be the preaching of the minister today. There is no advancement here. We may advance m our knowledge of it; but it stands the same, for this good reason that it is perfect, and perfection cannot be any better. The old truth that Calvin preached, that Chrysostom preached, that Paul preached is the truth that I must preach today, or else be a liar to my conscience and my God. I cannot shape the truth. I know of no such thing as the paring off the rough edges of a doctrine. John Knox’s gospel is my gospel. The great mass of our ministers are sound enough in the faith but not sound enough in the way .they preach it. Election is not mentioned once in the year in many a pulpit; final perseverance is kept back: the great things of God’s law are forgotten, and a kind of mongrel mixture of Arminianism and Calvinism is the delight of the present age. And hence the Lord hath forsaken many of His tabernacles and left the house of His covenant; and He will leave it till again the trumpet gives a certain sound. The old truth of the Convenanters the old truth of the Puritans, the old truth of the Apostles, is the only truth that will stand the test of time, and need never be altered to suit a wicked and ungodly generation. Christ Jesus hath not changed His doctrines; men may ridicule and laugh, but still they stand the same. They shall not be moved or altered.”

From the Sermon, “The Immutability of Christ” by Charles Haddon Spurgeon.