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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now in the fifteenth yea of the reign of Tiberias Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Bring forth therefore worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn is laid down, and cast...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do? And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. They were accustomed to gather the taxes unfairly, and to increase the rates by oppressing the people, getting, perhaps, twice or even ten times more out of them than they could legally claim....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, Those rough Roman soldiers, as they had conquered the country, were very apt to treat the people as though they were their slaves; so John says to them, “Do violence to no man,¾ Luk_3:14. Neither accuse any falsely; and be content...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: whose fan is in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness ¾ “Full of the Holy Ghost” ¾and then led “into the wilderness” to be tempted. You would not expect that. Yet it is a sadder thing to be led into a wilderness when you are not filled with the Spirit, and a sadder thing to be tempted when the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Being forty days tempted of the devil. Six weeks of temptation. We read the story of the temptation, perhaps, in six minutes; but it lasted for nearly six weeks Forty days tempted of the devil.” Luk_4:2. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. It does not appear, therefore, that Jesus hungered while...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the devil said unto him, “If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.” Satan met the hungry Man, and suited his temptation to his present pangs, to his special weakness at that moment: “If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.” The devil suspected, and I think he knew that Jesus was the Son...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written,” That is Christ’s sword. See how swiftly he drew it out of its sheath. What a sharp two-edged sword is this to be used against Satan! You also, believer, have this powerful weapon in your hand; let no man take it from you. Believe in the inspiration of Scripture. Just now there is a fierce attack...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the devil, Now he tries him again. There is wave upon wave trying to wash the Son of man off his feet. Luk_4:5. Taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. Skeptics have asked how that could be done. Well, they had better ask him who did it. He knows more about them, and they know...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me and to whomsoever I will I give it. Does not be talk proudly in the, presence of his Lord and Master? What an audacious dog he must have been thus to howl in the presence of him who could have destroyed him by a look or a word, if he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If thou therefore, wilt worship me, all shall be thine. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: The temptation annoyed him, it was so foreign to his holy nature, it vexed his gracious spirit, so he cried out indignantly to the tempter: “Get thee behind me, Satan.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For it is written, Here flashed forth the sword again. Luk_4:8. Thou, shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Then let us pay no reverence, no worship, to any but God. Consciences and minds are made for God alone; before him let us bow; but if all the world were proffered us for a moment’s idolatry, let us not fall into the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he brought him to Jerusalem, Satan now takes Christ to holy ground. Temptations are generally more severe there. Luk_4:9. And set him on a pinnacle of the temple, The highest point of all; elevated high above the earth.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, test at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Now Satan tries to quote Scripture, as he can do when it answers his purpose; but he never quotes it...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Do nothing presumptuously. Do nothing which would lead the Lord to act otherwise than according to his settled laws, which are always right and good.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season. And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: He had not lost anything by the temptation, the power of the Spirit was still upon him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. He became popular; the people resorted to him, and were glad to hear him. He who has had secret temptation and private conflict is prepared to bear open success without being elevated by it. Hast thou stood foot to foot...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: Ah, dear brethren, if our Lord Jesus needed “the power of the Spirit”, how much more do you and I need it! We have no power of our own, but he was the Son of God. He was a divine Teacher, and yet, when he went to his work, it was “in the power of the Spirit.” Tarry, brother, till you have...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. There was a wondrous power about his teaching: “Never man spake like this man.” Perhaps his hearers did not understand what the power was; but they glorified the new Teacher who had come into their midst.