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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. So may the Lord come, and take by the hand any here who seem to be dead in despair! A touch of his hand will enable them to stand.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. The watchword for Christ’s disciples is “intensity.” Here was the devil in an intensely terrible form, and he could only be driven out by intense grace. There...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. God does not give us everything in answer to one prayer. It may be necessary for some blessings that the prayer should be reiterated — that it should deepen — that it should grow into an aching. It may be even necessary, in order that a blessing should come, that fasting should be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it. For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it. For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of Man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
, And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way? But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest. It was a dreadful descent from communing with Moses and Elias on the mount of transfiguration to meeting the furious...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. John in this case was like a good many people at the present day. You notice it. They could not cast out the devils themselves, and when they found somebody else that did it, they forbade his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. He did it, I daresay, in love to his Master; but not in the love of his Master. He did it, no doubt, with the desire to honour his Master, but he did not honour his Master by what he did.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. These people were dissenters, we may say — a sort of outsiders. And John puts forth the whole power of his apostolical authority to put them down; and then Jesus Christ puts forth the full power of his divine authority to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. For he that is not against us is on our part. Thus the Master had to talk to his poor disciples after having conversed with Moses and Elias. Again, I say, what a come-down it was from fellowship with the great law-giver of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For he that is not against us is on our part. For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Anything is better than the loss of your soul. It is better to lose the greatest joy, skill, comfort, honour, that you ever had, than to lose your soul for ever.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off; it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. That is the second time he said these words. Our Lord was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: Notice how severe our Saviour is, how deep he goes. He does not say, “Shut it, cover it up with a green shade;” but, “Pluck it out.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
It is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hellfire: where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. That is the third time he has uttered those terrible words; then they must mean something, what do they mean? Can they mean anything less than everlasting destruction from the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. They thought them too little, too insignificant, and that the Master had greater things to do; but he thinketh not so. None are too little for him. He receiveth even childish honours to himself.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Many of them come into that kingdom, and all who some think must be like them. The child is not the hardest subject of conversion; nay, rather:
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. Instead of growing wiser, in order to be fit for Christ, we must be more conscious of ignorance, more trustful towards him, more dependent upon him, mere childlike.