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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. With God it is no sooner said than it is done; “He spake, and it was done.” All that he has to do is but to bid it be so, and so it is. And, as it was for creation, so is it for confirmation: “He commanded, and it stood fast.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought They plot and they contrive, but he baffles them; men may think and scheme as they will, but God has his way, after all.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He maketh the devices of the people of none effect. The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. His decrees stand fast. Still Jehovah reigns, and still he must reign for ever and ever.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. If the folly of man yields to God’s wisdom, so also shall the wisdom of man. No matter though men take counsel together against the Lord, and against his Anointed, God will certainly carry out his purposes.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. What the Lord intends to do, he will do; there is no turning him from his purpose, and his dispensations stand fast for ever.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. There is the reason why they are blessed, it is all owing to God’s electing love: “the people whom he hath chosen.” If God has chosen them, they are blessed people indeed. Whom he determines to bless, none can effectually curse.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. If you have chosen God, God has chosen you. It is a happy thing when it is so; when these two elections meet,-your election of God, and God’s election of you,-then you are happy indeed.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD looketh from heaven; he beboldeth all the sons of men. As we look out of a window, and see the people passing in the street below, “he beholdeth all the sons of men,” whether at the pole or at the equator. None are hidden from his omniscient eye.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. Just as in a glass hive you can see all the bees, and all they do, so can God see us; and he can see all that we think, and read and know us through and through.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. He fashioneth their hearts alike; Not that their hearts are alike, but it means that he only fashioneth all their hearts. They were all made by him. There is no understanding so great but he made it, and there is no mind so feeble but still he made it: “he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He considereth all their works. There is no king saved by the multitude of an host See what vast companies of soldiers Darius gathered together, yet Alexander smote them; and Napoleon led into Russia more than half a million of men, yet they melted away like snow.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works. There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: Look at Napoleon, who marched more than half a million of men into Russia; but they nearly all melted away, and, after a time, he himself became a captive on the lone rock of St. Helena: “There is no king saved by the multitude of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
A mighty man is not delivered by much strength. Sooner or later, he dies, however strong he is.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
A mighty man is not delivered by much strength. Look at Goliath, stronger than all his fellows; yet how soon he lay prone upon the earth when a single stone from the sling of David smote him in the forehead.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
A horse is a vain thing for safety: It throws its rider, or falls upon him, or is killed with him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy, Beautiful expression! I always like that mixture of fear and hope. An old fisherman used to compare it to his net. “Fear,” said he, “is the weight that sinks it, and hope is the cork that floats it.” To make...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. Whatever becomes of kings and princes in the day of need, the Lord will take care of those who fear...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. When ethers die of want, the Lord will take care of them that fear him. I remember a story of the siege of Rochelle, when the city was in such straits that the people had to eat cats, and dogs, and rats, and all manner of filthiness. There was one Christian woman, who, having some...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. Notice the three “ours.” Personal possession is the very soul of piety; all else is mere verbiage. Not, “What hearest thou?” but, “What hast thou?” Not, “What he thou talk about?” but, “What dost thou possess?” That is the thing: “Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. Dear friends, notice those three “ours”-three firm clasps, three strong holdfasts: “Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.” Why did he not say, “Our souls wait,” for there are many of us? Ah! but we are so alike in this one thing that it is as if we had only one...