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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Abraham drew near, There is nothing like coming very close to God in prayer: “Abraham drew near.” He was about to use his influence with his great Friend; not for himself, but for these men of Sodom, who were going to be destroyed. Happy are those who, when they are near to God, use the opportunity in pleading for others, ay, even for the most...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes: peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake. And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake. He went...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. We know that the angels went down to Sodom, where they were received by Lot, and despitefully used by the Sodomites. We will continue our reading at the twelfth verse of the next chapter. This exposition consisted of readings from...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: Let me bid every Christian man to look about him, among all his kith and kin, to see which of them yet remain unconverted. Let your prayers go up for them all: “Son in law, and thy...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him; and they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. Perhaps the old man’s legs trembled under him; he felt that he could not run so far; and, beside, the mountain seemed so bleak and dreary, he could...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord: Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saying my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Haste thee, escape thither; The hand of justice was held back until God’s servant was safe. There can be no destruction of the world, there can be no pouring out of the last plagues, there can be no total sweeping away of the ungodly till, first of all, the servants of God are sealed in their foreheads, and taken to a place of security. The Lord...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; and he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt- That is, “God did test or try”-
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, Take now thy son, “But, Lord, I have two sons, Ishmael and Isaac.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thine only son, “But, Lord, both Ishmael and Isaac are my sons, and each of them is the only son of his mother.” Gen_22:2. Isaac, whom thou lovest, See how definitely God points out to Abraham the son who is to be the means of the great trial of his father’s faith: “Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou loves”,”- Gen_22:2. And get thee...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Abraham rose up early in the morning,- Obedience should be prompt, we should show our willingness to obey the Lord’s command by not delaying: “Abraham rose up early in the morning,”- Gen_22:3. And saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. His was deliberate obedience; he could bear suspense, thinking over the whole matter for three days, and setting his face like a flint to obey his Lord’s command.