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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. You must go at once when you have orders to go, and not even the courtesies of life, or the fondnesses of affection, may make you disobey the command of the Captain. It would be a pretty thing, in the day of battle, if the soldiers...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. They were to go before Christ, and be his heralds. What a mercy it is when the preacher knows that his Master is coming after him, when he can hear the sound of his Master’s feet behind him!...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are Jew: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. The seventy were very few compared with the many that were needed. There were many loiterers about then as there are now; but the labourers were few. There were...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. “Defenseless, harmless, into the midst of those who would devour you if I did not send you. It would be foolhardiness to go on your own account; but I send you; and he who sends his lambs among wolves will take care of them.” As I have often reminded you, the lambs and the sheep are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: This time, when Christ sent out the seventy, he bade them take no provision, for they might depend upon the kindness of the people. Afterwards, when he was about to leave his disciples, he bade them take both purse and scrip, for they were going among an unfriendly people; but on this first mission be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again. So that it will not be wasted. Wish well, and your well-wishing will do you good, even if it does nobody else good. Our chickens come home to roost. If they be curses, they will...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, cut such things as are set before you: The Jewish Rabbis, in their perambulations, were very particular about food; it is said to have been very...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city. Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me. If the messenger delivers his message correctly, and as his Master would have him deliver it, the rejection of it, when brought by him, has the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the seventy returned again with joy, Not one of the lambs had been eaten by the wolves. Luk_10:17. Saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. Christ had not mentioned that in the commission. He sent them to heal the sick. The casting out of devils was included, no doubt, but it was not specifically mentioned; and this...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; You...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. “Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?” No, thou canst not. The Son of God must reveal his Father to thee, or thou wilt never know him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? That was a most appropriate answer to a lawyer. “ You ask me what you should do; well, you profess to be a teacher of the law, you ought, therefore, to know what is written...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all they strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. This lawyer was one of those people who know the law, yet do it not. No doubt Jesus struck...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? He probably meant to say, “I have not any neighbours; I have no near relations; my father and mother are dead and gone, I have no brothers and sisters, and therefore I may be excused from the duty of loving anyone else as I love myself.” Jesus did not answer the lawyer’s...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor? The Saviour then related this incident, which I have no doubt was really a fact.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. This priest had been up to the temple to perform...