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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. “The merciful” are those who are always ready to forgive, always ready to help the poor and needy, always ready to overlook what they might well condemn; and “they shall obtain mercy.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are the merciful: The forgiving, the generous, the kind: “Blessed are the merciful:” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. There is such a connection between purity of heart and purity of understanding that the man whose eye is clarified by holiness shall see God.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart:- It is a most blessed attainment to have such a longing for purity as to love everything that is chaste and holy, and to abhor everything that is questionable and unhallowed: blessed are the pure in heart:-
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. When the heart is washed, the dirt is taken from the mental eye. The heart that loves God is connected with an understanding that perceives God. There is no way of seeing God until the heart is renewed by sovereign grace. It is not greatness of intellect, but purity of affection that enables...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For they shall see God. There is a wonderful connection between hearts and eyes. A man who has the stains of filth on his soul cannot see God, but they who are purified in heart are purified in vision too: “they shall see God.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are the peacemakers : Not only the passively peaceful, but the actively peaceful, who try to rectify mistakes, and to end all quarrels in a peaceful way. Mat_5:9. For they shall be called the children of God. They shall not only be the children of God, but men shall call them so; they shall recognize in them the likeness to the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. They shall not only be the children of God, but people shall call them by that name. There is something so Godlike in trying to put away discord, and to remove anger, and to promote love, that it makes men feel that peacemakers must be the children of God.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are the peacemakers: Those who always end a quarrel if they can, those who lay themselves out to prevent discord,-
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. They share the kingdom of heaven with the poor in spirit. They are often evil spoken of, they have sometimes to suffer the spoiling of their goods, many of them have laid down their lives for Christ’s...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...