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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? There, are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith, hath made thee whole. May the Lord Jesus thus speak to many a poor, leprous sinner here tonight! “Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole. And when he who demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto him, arise, go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. Christ uses the word “whole” in an emphatic sense: “Not only thy body, but thy soul also is made whole, and thou art holy from this day.” There is a wonderful connection between these two words “whole” and “holy.” A holy man is a whole man, and he who is not holy is unsound,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; “Not to faint” in their expectation of answers to their supplications, and therefore give up prayer; but to persevere in presenting their petitions at the throne of grace, because prayer is never lost labour. There may be a time during which God does not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; An old writer says that many of Christ’s parables need a key to unlock them. Here, the key hangs outside the door; for, at the very beginning of the parable we are told what Christ meant to teach by it: “that men ought always to pray, and not to faint.”...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: and there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; Especially, not to faint in prayer, not to become disheartened, or weary, even if their prayers should, for a long time, remain unanswered.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: He was a most unfit person to be a judge, as many in Eastern cities still are. They are ready enough to take bribes, but they are not so prompt in giving just judgments. They generally attend to the business of the rich and the powerful, but neglect the poor and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: It is a great pity for any city and for any country where the judges do not fear God, where they feel that they have been put into a high office in which they may do just as they please. There were such judges in the olden times even in this land; God grant that we...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: and there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. He would not have interested himself in her case simply because she was a poor widow, he had no bowels of compassion for her; nor would it have concerned him at all that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. Probably someone had come, and taken away from her the little bit of land that her husband had left her, upon the produce of which she and the children might have lived; and she could not get it back again. So she comes to the judge, and cries, “Avenge...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. She had no friend to plead for her, she had nobody to help her; and, therefore, when she was robbed of her little patrimony, she went to the court, and asked the judge for justice.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he would not for a while — He had plenty of applicants who could pay him better than this poor woman could, so he disregarded her petition; but he little knew that, in her, he had to deal with a woman who meant to be heard, and who intended to press her suit until she won it. She was evidently a very determined character. Though a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. She came again, and again, and again, and again; she would not leave off coming, for she meant to have the justice she sought, and she did get it. Now that is the way to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he would not for a while: He preferred to be unjust; as he could do as he liked, he liked to do as he should not.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. She seems to have gone to him so often that he grew quite fatigued and pained by her persistence; the Greek words are very expressive, as though she had beaten him in the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; He even boasted of the very thing of which he ought to have been ashamed: “’I fear not God, nor regard man;’ I care for nobody, and defy everyone.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. He cared for nobody but himself. He was concerned about his own peace of mind. The poor woman could win, through his selfishness, what she could not get from his sense of justice, since that had no weight with him. Her importunity won for her what...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. He is unjust, but he is obliged to be just now. He is hard-hearted, but he is compelled to yield. The widow has conquered him, not by her money, but by her importunity. She is there so often that she troubles him, and he says he must give in, and grant her request.