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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. It seemed to this disciple as if he did not know how to pray after he had heard Christ pray. The prayer of Jesus was so infinitely above anything that he had ever reached...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will he done, as in heaven, so in earth. When we come to God in prayer, we are apt to think first of our own necessities, but if we came aright, in the spirit of sonship, truly saying, “Our Father who art in heaven,” we should...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Give us day by day our daily bread. “Give us, O Lord, what we really need; not that which would be a luxury, but that which is a necessity. ‘Give us,’ according as we shall need it day by day, what we shall then actually need, ‘our daily bread.’” We are not warranted in asking much more than this in temporal matters. They are all comprehended in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And forgive us our sins; We also need to pray this prayer; I do not think that our Saviour ever anticipated a time when his disciples on earth would not need to pray, “Forgive us our sins.” Luk_11:4. For we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; “Lord, do not try us and test us more than is absolutely...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him; This man was in a sad plight; his friend was faint and hungry, and he himself was willing enough to entertain him, but...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. If the man outside keeps on knocking, if he will not go away without the bread he wants for his friend, what will happen?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. See the power of importunate prayer; and you, beloved, can have all that you really need for yourselves or others if you will only ask for it in the right way. If, summoning every faculty...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I say unto you, ask, and it shall be given you; But if asking does not seem to prevail with God, — Luk_11:9. Seek, and ye shall find; And if, for a while, you do not find, come closer in; — Luk_11:9. Knock, and it shall be opened unto you. There are different methods of praying, and each one has its special adaptation to the state in which you...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? There were many stones in those days that were in appearance wonderfully like the bread which they used in the East; but would any father mock his son by...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? If you have the Holy Spirit, you virtually have all good gifts, for the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. So that this poor man could not obey the Saviour’s teaching. He could not pray, for he was under the influence of a dumb devil. How many of that sort there are still in the world! They cannot speak with God, they have never learned to pray, for they are possessed by a dumb devil. Luk_11:14. And it...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake and the people wondered. But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. One would hardly have thought that they could have gone to such a length as that; but when men hate Christ, there is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. They could not have uttered a fouler falsehood than this; and if people thus slandered the Lord Jesus Christ, we need not be surprised if they speak ill of us.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. Yet they had a very striking one in the dumb devil being cast out of the man; what clearer sign than that could they have?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. “You are working this work from beneath,” they said, “now do something that is really from above.” They must have known that the casting out of the devil was from heaven, for Satan would never cast out Satan.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth. If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. If Satan cast out Satan, his kingdom would soon come to an end....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he, knowing their thought, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth. If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. That was a very good and sufficient answer to these cavillers. It...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And, if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons, cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore shall they be your judges. For some of these men had sons, who either did really cast out devils, being disciples of Christ, or else professed to do so, being exorcists, pretending to a power they did not possess. In either case, the argument was good as against...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But if I with the finger of God cast out devil, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him. We asketh from him all his armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. This is how Christ drives out the devil,...