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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. He has been a great sinner, and he is newly converted, and he has got all the joy. He has been running anyhow, and yet he is full of assurance full of delight, full of confidence. How can this be? I am a staid Christian...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. Oh, what a word was that! How it reminds Christians of their privileges, if they would but appropriate them! It is yours, beloved, to live always with your God, and to know that all that he has is yours. You ought to live in a perpetual festival; for you there should...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto him,¾ So beautifully, Luk_15:31. Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. And that is what the Lord seems to say to the believer, when he gets into that naughty spirit of the elder brother, and does not like to hear of sinners of the deepest dye being brought to Christ, and who disapproves of the jubilation and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. Why did not this son wake up to his privileges? Instead of not having a kid, he might have had whatever he liked. “All that I have is thine.” He had been put into such a position as that, instead of being badly treated, as he, perhaps, would half accuse his father of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. It was the fit thing, and the proper thing, and the right thing, that there should be extraordinary joy over a returning sinner. There ought to he, there must be, there shall be, special music and dancing over sinners...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it was meet¾ It was fitting, it was proper,¾ Luk_15:32. That we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother¾ “For he is thy brother. Notwithstanding thy richer experience, and thy deeper Christian knowledge, and thy high standing in the church, this poor prodigal, who is just saved, is thy brother; so it is meet that we should make...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost and is found. After that reply, there was nothing more that could be said, even by the grumbling elder brother.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
It was meet It was right, it was proper, it Was fitting — Luk_15:32. That we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother. “You call him my son, but he is your brother, and I remind you of it — this thy brother.” Luk_15:32. Was dead, and is alive again: and was lost, and is found. So if there be any here that do not take the joy which they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: We are so strangely made that even good men do not always agree, and there are so many bad men about that they will cast a stumbling-block in our way if they can.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But woe unto him, through whom they come! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. To do grievous damage to the soul of the very least of Christ’s people, is a great and ruinous sin; nothing can be worse. God grant that we may not do this even...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! Since the fall, we are so constituted that there are sure to be differences and disputes. It is a great mercy when men dwell together in unity. “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is.” It is a work of grace; but nature has its...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend — Or cause to offend —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
One of these little ones. Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent: thou shalt forgive him. Perhaps someone remarks, “It looks as if he would do nothing else but keep...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, Thou shalt not believe in his penitence No, surely,” say you, “that is incorrect.” Yes, it is incorrect; but that is what many of you do. I was only reading as things generally are; but that is not Christ’s direction.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, That is seven times too often.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. Do you say, “That is too many times in a day to forgive him”? Let me ask,-“ How many times in a day have you sinned? How many times in a day does God forgive you?” Ah! the seven times a day that you have to forgive your brother are but a small number compared...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. For this kind of patient forgiving seemed too much for them, unless they had a larger stock of faith; and therein they were right. Strength of faith gives strength of love, and strength of love makes forgiveness easy.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. They seemed so struck with the severity of this command that they asked for more faith that they might be able to obey it. And, dear friends, that is always the best thing to do. Do not refuse obedience to the Lord’s precept, but say, “Lord, increase my faith that I may be able to obey it....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. Now, if faith as a grain of mustard seed can do this, what cannot strong faith do? What a mercy it is for us that there is so much power in such little faith! A...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. Meaning that anything and everything should be possible to our faith; but we need much more of it than the most of us have. Remember how holy Bernard says, “If...