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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. That is to say, the first consequence of Christ’s coming will not be that we shall lead easy and comfortable lives, but, on the contrary, he comes to enlist us in his army, and to make soldiers of us, and soldiers have to endure many hardships.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace but a sword. The ultimate result of Christ’s mission will be peace. Swords shall be broken into ploughshares, and the spears into pruning hooks; but on the way to peace there will be war. On the way to universal peace there will be a general confusion. When true religion...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. Do not misunderstand the Saviour’s words. Christ’s usually spoke in a very plain manner, and plainness is not always compatible with guardedness. Christ did come to make peace, this is the ultimate end of his mission; text for the present, Christ did not come...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household. Many of the children of God have found this to be true, greatly to their sorrow. No foes can wound us so sorely as those of our own household. They...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household. They will drive us back when they. perceive that our face is set towards heaven. When you see a fish swimming with the stream, it is a almost always...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household. This is always the case, and I suppose will be to the end of the chapter. Whenever true religion comes into a man’s heart and life, those who are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. He that receiveth you receiveth me, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. In the days of the martyrs, one man was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. What a wonderful sight, then, the church is as it passes through this world. The head of it is Christ, the cross bearer, and, following in the train, are all his faithful disciples, all carrying crosses still — the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. You gain life by dying for Christ, but if you saved life by denying the faith, you would in the worst sense lose all that makes existence to be life. There is an existence...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. When, therefore, you are kind to the poor, when you help the people of God in their difficulties and necessities, you are really helping Christ in the person of his poor but faithful followers.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. Think of that, you that have received Christ. You have received God himself, and he has come to dwell and reign with your soul. This exposition consisted of readings from 1Pe_1:1-16 and Mat_10:37-40.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet — That is, not as a gentleman, nor merely as a man, nor as a talented individual, but as a prophet of God, — Mat_10:41. Shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward. Just the same reward which God...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. There have been times, even in our own country when to give “a cup of cold water” has been to run the risk of suffering death. In the dark days of persecution, some who were...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and preach in their cities. Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples. And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. Whatever he commanded, he himself did. He was always the example as well as the legislator of his people. How well it will be for us who are called upon to teach others, if we can teach them as much by what...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? Had John’s faith begun to waver? It is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples. And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? Poor John! His spirit was brave enough amid the wilds when he was by the riverside; but shut up in prison, it was probably otherwise with him. Those bold spirits, when they lose...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see: The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. Now if it had been the very...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: For the works of Christ are the proofs of his Messiahship. His teaching and his action must ever be the seals of his mission.