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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he that sent me is with me,.... By virtue of that near union there is between them, they being one in nature, essence, power, and glory, and by the gracious, powerful, comfortable, assisting, and strengthening presence of his Father, which he vouchsafed to him as man, and Mediator; the Father hath not left me alone; Christ, as the word, was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The Father hath not left me alone,’ for I do always those things that please him. Christ could truly say that. Oh, that it might be true of us, too!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he that sent me is with me: I commend that short sentence to all my Master’s servants, for there is great comfort in it, Your Lord could say this, and so can you if you are truly employed in his service: “He that sent me is with me? Joh_8:29. The Father hath not left me alone; There is another precious motto for you. Jesus could truly say,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone: for I do always those things that please him. Brethren, what Christ could say, I trust many of his servants can also say in a like manner. “He that sent me is with me.” What power, what pleasure, must the presence of God give to his servants! “The Father hath not left me alone.”...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
As he spake these words,.... Concerning his being lifted up, or his crucifixion, and the knowledge the Jews should then have of him; of the excellency and divinity of his doctrine, of his mission from the Father, and of the Father's presence with him, and of his always doing the things that are pleasing in his sight; which were spoken by him with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As he spake these words, many believed on him, Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; “’If you became my disciples because of what I said, will you believe what I shall yet say? Are you prepared to take in still further revelations, and to receive whatever I shall teach you?...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As he spake these words, many believed on him. Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. There is such a thing as a temporary faith; beware of it, I beseech you. Men appear to believe in Christ for a little while,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As he spake these words, many believed on him. Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; It is not a mere profession that makes a man a saint; there must be a continuance of well-doing. We bind lads apprentice for a little time, but no man belongs to Christ unless he belongeth...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then said Jesus to those Jews that believed on him,.... For he knew instantly who they were, and when they believed on him; and therefore he immediately turned himself to them, and thus addressed them; if ye continue in my word; meaning the Gospel, called his, because he was both the author, and preacher, and sum, and substance of it: and to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; For there were many, in Christ’s day, coming to him for a while, and then going away from him; professing to believe, and then stumbling when Christ proclaimed some doctrine which struck them as being strange and hard to receive. Our...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And ye shall know the truth,.... Either the truth of the Gospel, the truth as it is in Jesus; meaning, that they should have a larger knowledge of it, while others are ever learning, and never come to the knowledge of the truth; but the spirit of truth should lead them into all truth, and cause them to grow and increase in Gospel light and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Some who heard this message of our Lord caught at it; they were always on the watch for anything to cavil at and contradict, and therefore —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. There is this in the original, “Whosoever maketh sin.” It is not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. That is the result of being a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ. With Christ, who is the truth, to be our Teacher, and the Holy Spirit to bless his words, we come to know the truth; and the operation of the truth upon the heart is to deliver us from the bondage of sin and of error.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
They answered him,.... Not the believing Jews, whom he peculiarly addressed, but the unbelieving Jews, who were present, and heard these things: we be Abraham's seed; this the Jews always valued themselves upon, and reckoned themselves, on this account, upon a level with the nobles and the princes of the earth. "Says R. Akiba (c), even the poor of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. Or, “the slave of sin.” There is the test of your position; if you do the devil’s dirty work, you are his servant. If you delight...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. Depend upon it, acts of sin breed habits of sin; and habits are the chains which slaves wear. How many there are who are bound to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? What a falsehood this was of theirs! They were at that very time in bondage to the Romans; they had been subdued and conquered: and, a little while after, they themselves confessed that they had no king but Cesar. Men are not very...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Jesus answered them, verily verily I say unto you,.... Taking no notice of their civil liberty, to which he could easily have replied to their confusion and silence, he observes to them their moral servitude and bondage, and in the strongest manner affirms, that whosoever committeth sin, is the servant of sin; which must be understood, not of one...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. The man who habitually lives in sin is not a free man, for he is still a slave to sin. If he finds pleasure and delight in disobeying God, he has no right to talk about being a free man. His chains are rattling on his wrists; what can he know about...