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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken: and so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. He seemed to imply that he should catch them after the same rate, too; and so he did,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when they had brought the ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him, and it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: That is a characteristic touch of Luke, who, as a physician, with a glance of his eye, took in the condition of the man, not as merely a leper, but as one “full of leprosy.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and brought him, saying, Lord if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And he put forth his hand, and touched him, — The perfectly pure One touched the leprous man without himself becoming contaminated. In any other house, the man who touched a leper would have been defiled; but, when Christ comes into contact...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. There was not much faith there, but faith even as a grain of mustard seed will serve; and therefore Christ did not refuse the poor leper’s plea.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: As far gone with leprosy as he could be; thoroughly tainted, and eaten up with that loathsome disease. Luk_5:12. Who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. He felt that the difficulty lay in the will of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: What a contrast there was between these two persons,— the Lord Jesus full of purity,— and this man full of impurity,— full of leprosy! He could not be more than full; he had as much leprosy as a man could contain. Luk_5:12. Who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. — Ask him to touch thee also, poor leprous soul; thou who art full of sin, thou who art deeply conscious that the deadly disease of sin is upon thee incurably. Ask him but to touch thee, for the touch of his finger shall make thee clean in a moment. Christ’s cures are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he put forth his hand, and touched him, This was a wonderful instance of condescending love on the part of the Lord Jesus; and touching the leper did not defile him. On the contrary, Christ removed the defilement from the leper: “He touched him,” Luk_5:13. Saying, I will: be thou clean. It was the will of Christ that wrought the miracle, that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. This is just what Christ can do also in the spiritual realm. If a man be full of sin, let him but fall down on his face before Jesus, and say, “Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean,” and the Lord will put out his hand,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: Some fires burn the more fiercely for being damped, and such was the fame of Christ; it was not to be kept under. The more he bade men...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. Our blessed Master did not court fame; he did not wish to make himself notorious, the crowds that flocked around him were inconvenient to him, so he did not wish to have them increased....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. As long as the ceremonial law was in force, Christ very diligently obeyed it, and bade others do the same. That law is now abolished, and the Jewish priesthood has also ceased to be. But...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. Two words that I long to see linked together in this house: “to hear, and to be healed by him.” You come to hear; can you not also come “to be healed by him of your infirmities”?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: Fame is like fire. If you heap anything on it to prevent it from spreading, it often acts as fuel to the flame; so, the very effort to hide the light of Christ’s power, made it spread all the more widely. Luk_5:15. And great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. There was a double attraction about the Lord Jesus, —his sweet, instructive speech, and his gracious, healing hand. There is a somewhat similar attraction still in every true gospel ministry, not the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. The tense of the verb implies that he often did this; it was his habit to withdraw himself for private prayer even in his busiest times, and when he could occupy every minute with great advantage to the people. Thus he gathered new strength from above for each day’s work; and when there was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them. These were the least hopeful patients that the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. Just when there were such grand opportunities of doing good, just when everybody sought him, does be get right away from them into the wilderness to pray? Yes, because he felt what we ought to feel but often do not, that he needed fresh power, that as the servant of God he must wait upon God...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. That is just what you and I would probably not have done under such circumstances. We should have said, “We must seize this golden opportunity of publishing our message. There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to plenitude of blessing; and we must take...