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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. “Whosoever.” If you believe in Christ, you are born again. If you trust him, you have the new life. This simple way of salvation is not contradictory to the way of salvation by...
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. Oh! that blessed “whosoever”! Hear it, ye sons of men, and tell it to your neighbors — “That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
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. You must be born into a new life if you are to be saved; how are you to have that great blessing? There is life for a look at Jesus Christ lifted up upon the cross, and lifted up...
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. There is no contradiction here to what we have been reading. He that believes in Christ receives the new birth, receives eternal life, and thus by faith, he gets that which is...
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. What a glorious word! Here is the gospel in a verse, the whole Bible in a line or two. If we believe in him this morning, we have eternal life; not merely life, but life similar...
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. “Whosoever.” Note that word, for it means you, and it means me. No matter though you are near to death’s door, crushed and broken, bruised and mangled, look to the Crucified One,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
That whosoever believeth in him,.... Whether Jew or Gentile, a greater, or a lesser sinner, and of whatsoever state and condition, age or sex; and though ever so weak a believer, provided his faith, is of the right kind: not an historical or temporary one, a mere assent to the truth of things respecting his person, office, and work; but such a...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For God so loved the world,.... The Persic version reads "men": but not every man in the world is here meant, or all the individuals of human nature; for all are not the objects of God's special love, which is here designed, as appears from the instance and evidence of it, the gift of his Son: nor is Christ God's gift to every one; for to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. If any one of you says, “I cannot cause myself to be born again,” that is quite true; yet listen...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. This text has saved thousands of souls. The constellation in the heavens, called the Great Bear, has in it the two pointers which direct the eye of the observer to the pole star; and this verse points to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 world to condemn the world: but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: He may be very faulty. His conscience may accuse him,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. There was no necessity for Christ to come here to condemn us, for we were condemned already by our...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: What a charming sentence! What comfort it ought to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. Condemnation does come to the world through Christ, because the world rejects him; but that was no...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. Now this, which is good teaching for those who have but lately come to Christ, or for those who...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For God sent not his Son into the world,.... God did send his Son into the world in the likeness of sinful flesh, being made of a woman, and made under the law; and which is an instance of his great love, and not of any disrespect to his Son, or of any inequality between them: but then this was not to condemn the world; even any part of it, or any...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn, the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth, not is condemned already, Not, “shall be condemned at the last,” though that also is true; but “he that believeth not is condemned already,” —
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He that believeth on him is not condemned,.... Whether Jew or Gentile, because a believer is openly in Christ; and there is no condemnation to those that are in him: and though the sentence of death passed upon all in Adam, and judgment came upon all men to condemnation in him; yet this sentence being executed on Christ, the surety of his people,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that believeth on him is not condemned: That is a grand truth. Joh_3:18. But he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. His not believing is the master-sin, the surest evidence of his being, in his heart, an enemy to God. If he refuses to trust Christ, the matchless gift...