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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,...
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.
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. No cross of a “t” and no dot of an “I” shall be taken from God’s law. Its requirements will always be the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. See how the great Lord of the New Testament confirms the Old Testament. He has not come to set up a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Think not that I am came to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. The life, work, and words of Christ are not an emendation of the Old Testament, or an abrogation of it. It stands fast and firm, fulfilled, carried to perfection, filled to the full in Christ.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. A true man may make mistakes, and so he may teach men to violate some one or other of the divine...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. These are solemn words of warning. God grant that we may have a righteousness which exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, a righteousness inwrought by the Spirit of God, a righteousness of the heart and of the life!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. Christ does not teach a lower kind of morality than the Pharisees taught. They were very particular about little things, jots and tittles; but we must go further than they went; we...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. The scribes and Pharisees were supposed to be righteous beyond all others. “Nay,” saith Christ; “you must go beyond them.” They were, after all, superficial, flimsy, pretentious,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: Antiquity is often pleaded as an authority; but our King makes short work of “them of old time.” He begins with one of their alterations of his Father’s law. They added to the saved oracles. The first part of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: God had said, “Thou shalt not kill;” but the remainder of the verse was the gloss of the Rabbis, a true one, yet one that very much diminishes the force of the divine command.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment. This is a proof that Christ did not come to abolish the law, or to abate its demands in any degree whatsoever.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Murder lies within anger, for we wish harm to the object of our wrath, or even wish...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; And a far higher judgment than that of men; Mat_5:22. And whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, — A word of very uncertain meaning, a kind of snubbing word, a word of contempt which men used to one another, meaning that there was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But I say unto you, — Oh, what divine dignity there is in this majestic Person. He claims authority to speak, even though he should contradict all the Rabbis and all the learned men that went before him: “I say unto you,” — Mat_5:22. That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. The Pharisee would urge as a cover for his malice that he brought a sacrifice to make atonement, but our Lord...