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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: And that it just the message of God to professing Christians now: “Seek ye me.” Get away from your mere ceremonies, from trusting in your outward performances, and get to God himself. Get beyond your fellow-worshippers and your ministers, beyond your sanctuaries and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal and pass not to Beersheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought. These were the places where the calves and other idols were set up for the worship of God by means of visible symbols. That was the Romanism of that day. Pure spiritual worship was ordained by God, but...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el. Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, Here you have another great truth, — that, in order to seek God aright, we must turn away from sin. All the ritualism in the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, — The Creator of the spring-bringing Pleiades, and of the winter-bringing Orion, —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: that strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress. The God of the weak, the Defender of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. There is still a generation that cannot bear to be told of its faults, and that shows its venom against everything that is right.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. God has often shown how he can overthrow those who oppress the poor.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time. Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. “The day of the Lord is darkness, and not light,” for such as you, impenitent, unjust, graceless sinners. “The day of the Lord” will not bring blessings to you; but it will be —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. From bad to worse do they go who think to escape from present misery by plunging into the presence of God. The suicide is, of all fools, the greatest, for he goes before God with his own indictments, nay, with his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. See how God speaks...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. This is what God asks for, — righteousness, not sweet music. Have they not, at this very day, turned what were once houses of prayer into music-halls, set up their idols in our...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? “Did you worship me? Did you offer sacrifices to me?” “No,” said God, “ye did not.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts. Oh, for pure worship! Oh, for pure living! Oh, for hearts that spiritually worship the Lord, for Jesus said, “God...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! It was a time of great sin, and also of great judgment, yet there were some in Zion who were quite at ease under all that was happening. No sense of sin grieved them, no thought of coming judgment...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border? The Lord points to other cities which had been destroyed, — to Calneh, and Hamath, and Gath, which he had smitten because of the sin of the people who had...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye that put far away the evil day, — Ye who say, “There is time enough yet. Let us see a little more of life; why need we be in a hurry to seek salvation?” “Ye that put far away the evil day,” — Amo_6:3. And cause the seat of violence to come near; For, when men try to postpone thoughts about “the judgment” which is to follow “after death,” they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That lie upon beds of ivory, They were men of wealth, who spent their money upon all manner of luxuries while the poor of the land were perishing through want. Amo_6:4. And stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; It was, as I have said, a time of danger, when war was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instrument of music, like David; But not for the same purpose as David played and sang; his instruments of music were used for spiritual solace and the worship of God; but these people set their wits to work to find out how their music might inflame their lusts, and be a vehicle for the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That drink wine in bowls, For seldom can a careless man crown the edifice of his sin without indulging in drunkenness; he must have the sensual delight that he finds in “the flowing bowl.” Amo_6:6. And anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. It is not wrong for a person, to whom God has...