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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. Thus, you see, Abraham began his separated life with a blessing from the Lord his God. Further on in his history he received a still larger blessing when he returned from his victory over the kings....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale. And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed him,— In the name of God, Melchizedek blessed...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the King of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale. And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. One who exercised both the kingship and the priesthood, the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. Abraham recognized the priest of God as his spiritual superior, “and he gave him tithes of all.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. It must have been peculiarly refreshing to Abraham to be met by a man of kindred spirit, and one whom he recognized as his superior....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. It was according to the rule of war that, if persons who had made an invasion were afterwards themselves captured, then if the new captor gave up the persons, he was fully entitled to take the goods to himself.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. They were all Abraham’s by right as the spoils of war.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe-latchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: The patriarch is greater than the king. He has a right to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, that I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: Sometimes, a child of God will find himself cast, through...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion. “Though I am willing to give up my share of the spoil, that is no reason why these men should do the same.” Christian men ought not to expect worldlings to do what they cheerfully and willingly do...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion. They had a right to it. What we do ourselves, we do not always expect others to do. There is a higher code of morals for the servant of God than for other men; and we may often think of what they do,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come out of thine own bowels shall be their heir. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. Now was his faith tried indeed,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. Oh, what a blessing to learn the way of ample faith in God! This is the saving quality in many a life. Look through Paul’s list of the heroes of faith; some of them are exceedingly imperfect characters’ some we should hardly have thought of mentioning, but they had faith; and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? What! Abraham, is not God’s promise sufficient for thee? O father of the faithful, though thou dost believe, and art counted as righteous through believing, dost...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. And when the fouls came down upon the carcases,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. He had asked for a manifestation, a sign, a token, and, lo, it comes in the “horror of great darkness.” Do not be afraid, beloved, if your soul sometimes knows what horror is. Remember how the favored three, on the Mount of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; It was to be a long while before the nation should enter upon its inheritance. Here is a promise that was to take four hundred years to ripen! Some of you cannot believe the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. And it came to pass, that, when the sun...