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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. Christ and his Father dwell with obedient people: “We will dwell with...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Jesus answered and said unto him,.... This answer is returned, and these words are spoken, for the further confirmation and explanation of what was before said: if a man love me, he will keep my words; by his "words" are meant not his doctrines, but his ordinances; the same with his commandments, John 14:21, which he has said, ordered, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me. These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. Christ is sure to manifest himself to those who love him, but how can he manifest himself to those who love him not? They cannot see him; they would not appreciate him if they could see...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. Oh! what an honoured man that — for the Father and the Son to be his guests, to make an abode in his heart.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me. There is Divine authority at the back of every word uttered by the Man...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto him, if a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. Just as the angels came to believing Abraham, and sojourned for a little while with him, so will Jesus and the Father, strangers in this world, become sojourners with us. Jesus says of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. Where the grace of God has created love between us and Christ, there is a window through which Christ can manifest himself to us. Why he gave us that love we do not know, but when he has...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He that loveth me not, keepeth not my sayings,.... These words may have respect both to external professors of religion, who being destitute of true love to Christ, though they outwardly observe his ordinances and commands; yet inasmuch as this does not spring from a principle of love to him, and is done only to be seen of men, or to obtain life...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me. Notice that important truth again, and observe what weight and what stress Christ lays upon it.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that loveth me not keepeth not my saying: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me. These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings; and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me. These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me. You see that the Lord Jesus Christ does not profess to be a great original thinker, but he speaks as the Messenger sent by the Father, and unless we also are commissioned and taught by the Father, of what value will our poor feeble...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: There is much talk of loyalty to Christ, but the teachings of Christ are despised. The teachings of his apostles are the teachings of Christ they are but a prolongation and exposition of what Christ taught. In rejecting them we reject Christ. He will not have it that we can be loyal to him and yet...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me. These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
These things have I spoken unto you,.... Concerning his Father, and his Father's house, and the way to both; concerning his being in the father, and the Father in him; concerning keeping his commandments, and the advantages and benefits following upon it: being, says he, [yet] present with you; which is a strong intimation that in a little time he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Brethren, ought we not to do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, since the Father himself...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, — When men in the East met one another, they usually gave the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. That is the teaching. The Holy Spirit does not reveal anything fresh to us. He brings to our...