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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, — This is the kind of “conversion” which is not genuine: “when the unclean spirit is gone out of a man,” — “gone out” of his own accord, — and he may do that; he may leave a man, for a while, with the evil purpose of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, — Satan does sometimes go out of men entirely of his own accord without being turned out. He goes out for a walk, meaning to go back again. Many a man has left off being a drunkard, or left off being lascivious, — for a time: “when the unclean spirit is gone out of a man,” — Luk_11:24. He walketh...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. It was his house all the while; he left it voluntarily, he was not driven out by forge; he simply left it for a time in order that he might return to it, and retain it the more completely. Now he goes back to it.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. There has been a reformation of a sort; the man has given up drunkenness, left off swearing, and become, in certain respects, a better man. The house is swept and garnished, but there is no new tenant of Mansoul, there is no Christ come to take possession of Heart Castle.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then goeth he, and taketh to him even other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. There are, alas! many who have only a sham conversion, a conversion which lasts but a very little while. The devil was not cast out of them, but he went out of his own accord. But...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirit more wicked than himself, and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. It often happens that, when men make a profession of reformation, and then relapse into their former state, they become far worse than they were before. The so-called...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But he said, Yea, rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. The enthusiastic woman was so carried away with admiration for Christ that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, There is an evil generation: they seek a sign; Look back to the 16th verse: “Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.” Christ had answered those who imputed his miraculous works to Satanic agency, now he answers these others.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. Jonah rose, as it were, from the dead, for he was buried in the deep, in the belly of the whale; and Christ was buried in Joseph’s tomb, yet he came back from the grave on the third...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost part of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. The men of Nineva shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they that come in may see the light. The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light, but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. Take heed therefore...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
May thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light. And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. It was often a master of marvel to the onlookers that Christ went among publicans...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not just washed before dinner. Not because Christ’s hands needed washing, but because it was the custom of the Pharisees to wash before eating, and our Lord broke through the customs as he was wont to do, for he cared nothing for their inventions.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. Ye fool, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? “One needs washing as much as the other. You are so careful of your hands; will you not be more careful of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. “When you are full of love to your fellow-men, and make a practice of helping them, you have cleansed your heart from selfishness, and have really washed yourself then.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God; these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. How many, in these days, are very particular stout very little things, but very careless about great things! They would not violate the law of their sect or...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. They loved to be called Rabbi, learned Doctors of the law. Any title that made them appear great was very sweet to them.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them. Nobody but Christ knew how base they were. They were fair to look upon, but he knew that they were villainously hypocritical, and he therefore denounced them. Ah, dear friends, the great matter is to have...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also. There was no great difference between the scribes and Pharisees and the lawyers, as this man evidently perceived, and as our Lord also soon confirmed by pronouncing upon them the same kind of “Woe” that he had pronounced upon the other false teachers.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. Their regulations as to moral and ceremonial observances were like huge faggots or crushing burdens bound together, and made into a weight intolerable for any man to carry. Many of these...