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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. I do not know where else he could have gone, for they were all sinners; but they meant that this tax-gatherer was “a sinner” by public reputation, he was an excommunicated person, who was regarded by everybody as “a sinner” in a very special sense.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. I wonder where he could have gone and not been guest with a man that was a sinner; but Zacchaeus was thought to be a sinner beyond ordinary sinners. Our Lord still loves to be the guest of a man that is a sinner, he still wants a place where...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Zacchaeus stood,— And he did not talk at all like a sinner,— Luk_19:8. And said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor;— Some of those saints, as they reckoned themselves, had not done anything like as much as that: “The half of my goods I give to the poor;”— Luk_19:8. And if I have taken any thing from any man by...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor;— “Henceforth, one half of my income shall go in almsgiving; “— Luk_19:8. And if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. “I will not give to the poor or to God that which is not lawfully mine. I will not steal...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; That was a grand proof that the conversion of Zacchaeus was genuine; I should like to see the same kind of proof in many professors whom I know: “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor.” I remember one who was converted in this place,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; There was not one among those self-righteous people who would have done a tenth as much as Zacchaeus declared that he would do. Luk_19:8. And if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. There was not one among...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. And that day he had both sought and saved one of the lost ones, for he had found Zacchaeus up in the sycomore tree, and he had brought salvation to the tax-gatherer’s...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. This exposition consisted of readings from Luk_18:36-43; and Luk_19:1-10.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. “He does not look like it, he has become a tax-gatherer for the Romans, he has oppressed his own countrymen. But he is a son of Abraham, and salvation has come to him.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. When our Lord was here, his personal mission as a soul-winner was to the Jews, to those who were of the house of Abraham; so he shows that however much despised this man might be, he came within the compass of the Christ’s immediate...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. If, at this time, we ask our Lord Jesus, “Whither goest thou, Divine Master?” his answer still is, “I am come to seek and to save that which was lost.” “Art thou come after those who think themselves good enough without thee?” He shakes his head and says, “I am a Physician, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. Some of them dreamt of a temporal sovereignty with Christ at its head, so he taught them that his kingdom was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. “Use these pounds on my account; be stewards of them for me until I return.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. And it came to pass, that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. Then came the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. The genuine servant, with due humility, puts himself in the background. It is not he who has “gained ten pounds;” it is his Lord’s pound that has done it. He is pleased to bring the ten pounds; yet he claims no credit for himself, but says, “Lord, thy pound hath gained ten...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. Observe that, whatever the triumph of Christ is to be, his faithful servants are to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. There is no comparison between the servant’s work and the reward for its faithful performance. That ten pounds, if his Lord had given it all to him, would not have bought a house in a village, unless it had been a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. How he must have opened his eyes, when he received authority over five cities!