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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for their’s is the kingdom of heaven. They have it now, they are participating in it already; for, as Christ was persecuted, and he is again persecuted in them, as they are partakers of his sufferings, so are they sharers in his kingdom.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. It is not when men truthfully speak evil concerning you, but when they say it falsely; not when they say evil against...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Blessed are ye when men shall revile you,.... These words are particularly directed to the disciples of Christ, and are designed to inform them, that they should not be exempted from reproach and persecution, and to animate and fortify them against it; and are prophetical of what they, and the first Christians particularly, were to endure for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. You have an elevation by persecution; you are lifted into the peerage of martyrdom, though...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shalt say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Mind, it must be said falsely, and it must be for Christ’s sake, if you are to be blessed; but there is no blessing in having evil spoken of you truthfully, or in having it spoken of you falsely because of some...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Rejoice and be exceeding glad,.... Because of the honour put upon them, the glory they bring to Christ and his cause, by cheerfully suffering for it; and because of the glory and happiness that shall follow upon their sufferings: for great is your reward in heaven; not of debt, but of grace; for there is no proportion or comparison between what...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. And you are treading in their steps, so you are entering into their heritage. You have your beginning with them, and you shall have your end with them. If persecuted with them, you shall also reign with them. This...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. You are in the true prophetic succession, if you cheerfully bear reproach of this kind for Christ’s sake, you prove that you have the stamp and seal of those who are in the service of God.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ye are the salt of the earth,.... This is to be understood of the disciples and apostles of Christ; who might be compared to "salt", because of the savoury doctrines they preached; as all such are, which are agreeable to the Scriptures, and are of the evangelic kind, which are full of Christ, serve to exalt him, and to magnify the grace of God;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye are the salt of the earth: Followers of Christ, “ye are the salt of the earth.” You help to preserve it, and to subdue the corruption that is in it. Mat_5:13. But if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? A professing Christian with no grace in him, a religious man whose very religion is dead, what is the good of him? And...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye are the salt of the earth: The earth would go putrid if there were no salt of grace to preserve it. So, dear friends, if God’s grace is in you, there is a pungent savor about you which fends to preserve others from going as far into sin as otherwise they would have done; “Ye are the salt of the earth:” Mat_5:13. But if the salt have lost his...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ye are the light of the world,.... What the luminaries, the sun and moon, are in the heavens, with respect to corporal light, that the apostles were in the world with regard to spiritual light; carrying and spreading the light of the Gospel not only in Judea, but all over the world, which was in great darkness of ignorance and error; and through a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye are the light of the world. Christ never contemplated the production of secret Christians, Christians whose virtues would never be displayed, pilgrims who would travel to heaven by night, and never be seen by their fellow-pilgrims or anyone else.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Christians ought to be seen, and they ought to let their light be seen. They should never even attempt to conceal it. If you are a lamp, you have no right to be under a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye are the light of the world. The Bible is not the light of the world, it is the light of the Church; but the world does not read the Bible, the world reads Christians; “Ye are the light of the world.” Mat_5:14. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. You Christians are like a city built upon a hilltop, you must be seen. As you will be seen,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Neither do men light a candle,.... Which may be read impersonally, "a candle is not lighted": and by it may be meant the Gospel, and gifts qualifying men to preach it; which, like a candle, was lighted in the evening of the Jewish dispensation, though not confined to the land of Judea; but has shone throughout the world, being as a candle to be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. God’s intent is, first, to light you; and, secondly, to put you in a conspicuous position, where men can see you.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Let your light so shine before men,.... Here Christ applies the foregoing simile to his disciples, and more fully opens the meaning and design of it. His sense is this; that the light of the Gospel, which he had communicated to them, the spiritual knowledge of the mysteries of grace, which he had favoured them with, were to be openly declared, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Not that they may glorify you, but that they may glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Let the light of your purity and your good works be as bright as possible, yet let not the light be to your own praise and glory; but let it be clearly seen that your good works are the result of sovereign grace, for which all the...