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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. Our Lord Jesus lived as in a hospital while he was on earth; wherever he went, the sins and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: For convenience, and quietude, and to be out of the way of traffic, he went up into a mountain. Elevated doctrines would seem most at home on the high places of the earth. Mat_5:1. And when he was set, For that was the mode of Eastern teaching, Mat_5:1. His disciples came unto him: They made...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: You notice that the Preacher sat down, and that his disciples stood around him. If you find it somewhat warm and trying tonight, remember that you have the best of it, for you sit while the speaker stands. Concerning our Lord, we read: “When he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,- Our Saviour soon gathered a congregation. The multitudes perceived in him a love to them, and a willingness to impart blessing to them, and therefore they gathered about him. He chose the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he opened his mouth, and taught them, — Chrysostom says that he taught them even when he did not open his mouth; his very silence was instructive. But when he did open his mouth, what streams of wisdom flowed forth! He “taught them.” He did not open his mouth to make an oration, He was a Teacher, so his aim was to teach those who came to him;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Saying, Blessed — The Old Testament closes with the word “curse.” The New Testament begins here, in the preaching of Christ, with the word “Blessed.” He has changed the curse into a blessing: “Blessed”-
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, — Perhaps someone says, “He could not have taught them without opening his mouth” I have found that a great many try to teach without opening their mouths; but the earnest preacher speaks with all his might. So did Jesus in the open air on the mountain side: “He opened his mouth, and taught them.”...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Are the poor in spirit: for their’s is the kingdom of heaven. This is a paradox that puzzles many, for the poor in spirit often seem to have nothing; yet they have the kingdom of heaven, so they have everything, he who thinks the least of himself is the man of whom God thinks the most. You are not poor in God’s sight if you are poor in spirit.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for their’s is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed.” See how Jesus begins his Sermon on the Mount, he begins with benedictions. He is a cloud that is full of rain, and that empties itself upon the earth. The moment you begin to know Christ, you begin to have blessings; and the more you know of him, the more blessed you...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. This is a gracious beginning to our Saviour’s discourse, “Blessed are the poor.” None ever considered the poor as Jesus did, but here he is speaking of a poverty of spirit, a lowliness of heart, an absence of self-esteem. Where that kind of spirit is found, it is sweet poverty:...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are they that mourn : for they shall be comforted. They are not only poor in spirit, but they are weeping, lamenting, mourning. Worldlings are frivolous, frolicsome, light-hearted, and loving everything that is akin to mirth; yet it is not said of them, but of those that mourn, that “they shall be comforted.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Let them be comforted now in the prospect of future comfort. There are no mourning hearts that mourn over sin, and mourn after God, that shall be deserted by their God: “they shall be comforted.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. There is a blessing which often goes with mourning itself; but when the sorrow is of a spiritual sort,-mourning for sin,-then is it blest indeed. “Lord, let me weep for nought but sin, And after none but thee; And then I would-oh, that I might- A constant mourner be!”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are the meek: Not your high-spirited, quick-tempered men, who will put up with no insult, your hectoring, lofty ones, who are ever ready to resent any real or imagined disrespect, there is no blessing here for them; but blessed are the gentle, those who are ready to be thought nothing of, — Mat_5:5. For they shall inherit the earth. Some...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. They do in the truest sense enjoy even this life; their contented spirit makes them monarchs. The great man, with all his wealth, is often uneasy with a craving ambition for more; but the quiet spirits of God’s people find a kingdom everywhere. The mountains and the valleys belong really to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are the meek: The quiet-spirited, the gentle, the self-sacrificing,- Mat_5:5. For they shall inherit the earth. It looks as if they would be pushed out of the world but they shall not be, “for they shall inherit the earth.” The wolves devour the sheep, yet there are more sheep in the world than there are wolves, and the sheep, continue to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. The course of these beatitudes is like going downstairs. They began with spiritual poverty, went on to mourning, came down to gentle-spiritedness, and now we come to hunger and thirst. Yet we have been going up all the time, for here we read, “They shall be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: They want to be better; they are hungry and thirsty after more holiness. They boast not of personal perfection, they are hungering and thirsting after righteousness, but they have not attained to it yet. Mat_5:6. For they shall be filled. God will fill them; and when he fills men...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: Pining to be holy, longing to serve God, anxious to spread every righteous principle,-blessed are they.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: Those who are kind, generous, sympathetic, ready to forgive those who have wronged them,-blessed are they.