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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Some teachers overload their hearers with truth till I might truly say that they pile on the agony. Truth which cannot be received is often most irksome and burdensome to the hearer; when the mind is not in a fit condition to bear any more instruction, it is cruel work to impose...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. See how Christ teaches us slowly, wisely, prudently. There are some things which some of you young Christians do not know; you could not bear them if you did know them. You shall know them when you can bear them. A man with a doctrine that he cannot handle is often like a child...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Here again observe the reticence of the Saviour for his disciples’ good, still graciously keeping from them what they could not bear to hear; and are not you, beloved, thankful that you do not, at this moment, know what is to happen to you in the future? It is wise for each one...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Howbeit, when the Spirit of truth is come,.... Of this character of the Spirit, see John 14:17. His coming, as before, intends more especially his descent on the apostles at Pentecost; though what is here said of him is true of his office, and of his operations on other persons, and at other times: he will guide you into all truth; necessary to be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. Is not that wonderful? As Jesus Christ said that he did not bear witness to himself, but spoke the words which his Father had given him, so the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; This is a very wonderful expression: “He shall not speak of himself.” We have plenty of men, nowadays, who boast that they do speak of or from themselves; that is to say, they profess to borrow from no one, not even from God. They...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall skew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are. mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. See, my dear brethren in the ministry, how little store the Holy Ghost sets by originality. We have men nowadays straining to be original. Strain...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: All that you need to know, and may know, he will teach you. If you cannot find your way into the heart of any truth, the Spirit of God has the clue to it, so ask him to guide you into it. There is such a thing as seeing the outside of a truth; that is good as far as...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come. He shall glorify me: That is the distinctive mark of the Spirit of God. If any man says that he speaks by the Spirit, you can test him in this way, — does what he says glorify Christ? If not, away with him, for he is not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth; for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak; and he will show you things to come. He shall glorify me: Now that is a sure mark of the Holy Spirit. If there be any spirit. which does not glorify Christ, it is not the Holy...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Howbeit when he the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself, but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. That spirit, which does not glorify Christ, is not the spirit of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He shall glorify me,.... In the ministration of the Gospel, which is "the ministration of the Spirit", 2 Corinthians 3:8; and asserts Christ to be God over all, to have all that the Father hath, to be possessed of all divine perfections, to have the fulness of the Godhead dwelling in him; ascribes the same works and worship to him as to, the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. Oh, that this blessed Spirit may continually show the things of Christ to us!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He shall glorify me The Holy Ghost does that; therefore, surely we, who are the preachers of the gospel, should aim at the same object: “He shall glorify me.” It should be our one desire to magnify and glorify our Lord Jesus Christ.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. A little while, and ye shall not see me; and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. That was a very simple statement, every Sunday-scholar...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you. A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. The things of the Father are Christ’s. We learn them as Christ’s. The Spirit brings them to us as Christ’s, and so Christ is glorified, and we are comforted.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
All things that the Father hath are mine,.... Though it is true that the same divine nature the Father is possessed of, the Son is; and the same divine perfections belong to the one, as to the other; and the Son shares in the same glory and felicity the Father does; so that in the utmost extent of the phrase, all that the Father hath are his; yet...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. This is what our whole life is: “a little while.” But in that little while there are little whiles of sadness, and...