How to Raise the Dead | Charles Spurgeon

Reformed Thinking · Feb 3, 2026 · 30m · transcript

Deep Dive into The Soul Winner by Charles Spurgeon - How to Raise the DeadCharles Spurgeon draws a powerful parallel between the work of Sunday school teachers and the biblical account of the prophet Elisha raising the Shunammite’s son from the dead. He argues that children in a classroom are not merely in need of moral instruction but are spiritually "dead in trespasses and sins," making the teacher's true mission the miraculous work of spiritual resurrection.Spurgeon highlights the failure of Elisha’s servant, Gehazi, who laid a staff on the child without result, to warn against impersonal…