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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? That is a question that I have heard a great many times. What is the fascination that makes men so fond of asking it? I do think that some ask it as if they almost hoped that there would be few. If they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? Oh, that question! Have you never asked it yourself? Have you never heard it asked? And there are some people who are very pleased when the answer is, “Yes, very few indeed will be saved; and they all...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? What business is that of ours? Our business is far more practical, to be saved ourselves, and to endeavor to be the means of saving others. Jesus did not answer the question; but he did what was better.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. You can get into the broad road without striving; but you must “strive to enter in at the strait gate.” Strive for that which requires self-denial, that which humbles you, that which goes against the grain, that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, wilt seek to enter in, and shall not be able. Make a push for it; agonize for it; for many will seek — not strive, but merely seek. Or, to put another meaning into it, strive now to enter in at the strait gate, for many will be unable, when it is too late; and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? That is a question that many have asked, and some have vainly tried to answer. What did Jesus reply?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate: Instead of gratifying idle curiosity, he excites to diligence in seeking entrance into the narrow way.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For many, say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. They will only seek, not strive, to enter in. There will also come, in the future, a time when they may seek as they will, and strive as they will, to enter in but it will be too late then. Once having passed into another world, there will be no hope for any seeker or striver.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath, shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; They will be very respectful; they will call him, “Lord.” They will be very earnest; they will pray, “Lord, Lord.” They will be very simple and very honest in their request: “Open...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. They came to the communion-table. They used to hear sermons indoors and out of doors. “Thou hast taught in our streets.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, — They do not like to go away, they are reluctant to meet their final doom. Oh, that they had been wise enough to cry for mercy when it was to be had! Now they stand, and begin to knock; and more than that, they begin...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. “We were regular hearers of the Word; we observed all the usual forms of religion, we even went to the communion table.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. See; there...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. They shall be judged by their works. If they were workers of iniquity, it proved that they were unrenewed and unsaved. Christ will not endure their company, but will say to them, “Depart from me.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. Driven away, yet they could see the saintly ones there, and see their own...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. Ejected, violently driven away, as those who are abhorrent in God’s sight...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. You who thought that you had a share in the kingdom of God, and were, by birth, the natural heirs of it: “You yourselves thrust out.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last. The least likely to be saved shall be saved; the blackest sinners, the vilest outcasts, the grossest unbelievers, shall be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. Rank outsiders, far off heathen, outrageous sinners, harlots; “they shall come,” and repent, and “sit down in the kingdom of God,” and this shall cut to the quick those who were hearers of the Word, but who...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down is the kingdom of God. And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last. The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill...