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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
; Mar_5:16. And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done. And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. What a wonderful sight that was for them to see!...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine. And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts. If Jesus should come to you tonight, do not ask him to go away. Open wide the door of your heart, and entreat the Lord to come in, and dwell there for ever and ever. This...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine. And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts. Here is a second prayer in which many united, a very foolish and wicked prayer, yet the Saviour did as these people wished. He would not force his company upon those who...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine. You may be sure that they dwelt upon the latter part of the story, for the loss of the swine touched them more than the healing of the demoniac.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts. O dear friends, let none of us ever get into such a state of mind and heart as to pray Christ to go away from us! Yet we have known people act in such a dreadful way as that; a person troubled in conscience has said, “I will never go and hear that preacher again; I cannot sleep at nights...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him. Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion with thee. And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him. Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. This is the third prayer in this chapter; not like the two...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he was come into the ship, — Christ will go from you if you want him to go. He forces himself upon no man; the grace of God does not violate the will of man, it acts in accordance with man’s nature, and achieves the divine purpose without disturbing the individuality of the man. So Christ went from Gadara: “And when he was come into the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. That is one of the chief points on which we ought always to speak, not only to tell of the greatness of the change which the grace of God has wrought in us, but especially to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel. His testimony not only made men marvel, but it helped to prepare the people to welcome the Saviour when he returned to that region.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis — In the ten little cities that were in that region: “he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis” — Mar_5:20. How great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel. This is the kind of ready-made preacher whose service for his Lord is usually most effectual. The man who, though he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea. How many missionary voyages Jesus made, sometimes to one side of the sea, sometimes to the other side! What an example of holy diligence he is to us! So long as he lived here below, he never ceased to labour for he never...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea. And, behold, — Wherever we see that word, “behold,” it is saying to us, “Mark well what is coming.” “Behold,” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, It was an unusual thing for a ruler of the synagogue to be at the feet of Jesus, yet that is the best place for us all. If God has placed any of you m an eminent position, it will well become you to fall at the feet of Jesus as...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
There cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, and besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live. And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live. This was great faith, yet it was also little faith, for he limits Christ’s power to his bodily presence, and he stipulates about the way in which the cure is to be wrought: “I...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus went with him; He will always regard true prayer; if we can believe, Jesus will come.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And much people followed him, and thronged him. And a certain woman, — There were many in the throng around Jesus who did not touch him, and there were many who touched him, but not as she did; so she is singled out from the crowd: “A certain woman,” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Which had an issue of blood twelve years, and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, when she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. Was this woman sent, do you...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? And his disciple said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou,...