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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
If I have told you earthly things,.... Not that the doctrines he delivered were earthly ones; for he was not of the earth, but from heaven, and above all, and so spake not of the earth, but of heaven, John 3:31; and this doctrine of regeneration was an heavenly doctrine; and the thing itself required supernatural power, and grace from above: but...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? If these elementary truths about the new birth stagger you, what is the use of my going on to anything higher? You would not understand it, or receive it.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? There are mysteries in our holy religion which we would not tell to everybody. It would be casting pearls before swine to mention them to unregenerate men. Christ tells Nicodemus that the primary truths must be believed before the more advanced doctrines can be revealed.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? For regeneration is, as it were, one of the commonplaces of the Christian religion. It is a thing that very often takes place among men; but if this foundation truth is not believed, how can men expect that yet higher truths shall be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If I have told you earthly things, Things that have to do with men while here below. Joh_3:12. And ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? If I lift the veil, and talk to you about greater mysteries still, if you do not believe about regeneration, where will you be if I begin to talk of any Godhead, and of all the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If I have told you earthly things,- Things that take place here below, such as the new birth, — Joh_3:12. And ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? Christ will not go on to teach us the deepest doctrines of the Christian faith if we will not learn that which is simplest. Shall the boy be taught the classics if he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? Regeneration is a work that is wrought here on earth, and belongs to this present life. High as the mystery is, it lies but at the very threshold of the temple of divine truth: “If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And no man hath ascended into heaven,.... Though Enoch and Elias had, yet not by their own power, nor in the sense our Lord designs; whose meaning is, that no man had, or could go up to heaven, to bring from thence the knowledge of divine and heavenly things; in which sense the phrase is used in Deuteronomy 30:12, and which may be illustrated by...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
; Joh_3:15. And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. This exposition consisted of readings from...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. He alone knows the secrets of God who has been with God, who has come from God, and who is still with God.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. Now Nicodemus must have been indeed puzzled. Here was a man who had come down from heaven, yet who had gone up to heaven, and was still there, although he was at that moment talking to Nicodemus! Without the Spirit of God to explain...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even, the Son of man which is in heaven. It is Christ who knows everything. He understands all mysteries; he can teach all truth, for he has been in heaven, he came down to earth, and he has gone back again to heaven. Now, perhaps, some of you will be saying, “How are we to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. So far, this chapter speaks of the new birth, and there are many people who are much perplexed because they cannot comprehend this great mystery. They ask, “How, then, can we be saved? Is there no way of salvation without the new...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. A riddle, doubtless, to Nicodemus, which in after days he understood.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. There was a nut that Nicodemus could not crack, a riddle that he could not solve; and the Saviour left him thus puzzled, for the time being, that he might learn that, unless he was taught of the Spirit, he could not understand the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. This saying must have puzzled Nicodemus; he had, doubtless, read a great many riddles, but into the meaning of this riddle he could not enter; yet, beloved, any child of God, though he was converted only yesterday, may know what Jesus...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that come down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. We are in the stairway now between heaven and earth; Christ has came down; Christ has gone up, and yet he was always there; a mystery, but one that is true, and new. Today we can go up by thought and prayer, and blessings can come...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,.... The history referred to is in Numbers 21:8. There is, in many things, an agreement between this serpent, and Jesus Christ: as in the matter of it, it was a brazen serpent; it was made not of gold, nor of silver, but of brass, the meaner metal, and was a very unlikely means, of itself, to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. Mark, dear friends, the blending of the different truths in this wonderful chapter; there is no keeping back the necessity of the new birth, and there is no cutting down of the...