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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. If you do not like self-examination, be sure that you are wrong. If you do not like reading heart-searching books, or...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. God give us the heart that seeks the light, and sooner or later we shall find it. We shall find it in Christ.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. For John was not yet cast into prison. We ought to be thankful that God’s ministers are not silenced in this...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea: and there he tarried with them, and baptized. And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. For John was not yet cast into prison. So he was busy until he was cast into prison. He would not waste an...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea, and there he tarried with them, and baptized. And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. For John was not yet cast into prison. Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying. Is it not a come-down — from reading about looking to Christ and loving, to a contention about purifying? There always are in the Church more or less idle quarrels about the dress of the preacher, about the mode of administering sacraments, and so on — a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. “They are leaving you.” They felt an envy on behalf of John, because his influence appeared to be declining. John was quite a stranger to this feeling; he loved to see his Master...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing except it be given Him from heaven. No spiritual power, no power to bless his fellow-men, except it come from God. Shall I quarrel with God, therefore, if he gives to this man more power than he gives to me? Shall I dispute about it? It is God’s sovereign will, and he does as he pleases.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. They were vexed, but John was joyful; he loved to hear...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He must increase, but I must decrease. So he did. This is John’s one song, last of his utterances almost. He preaches no more sermons that are recorded; he must now go to prison, and there lie in a silence which he could scarcely bear. It was very hard for John to be quiet; he had an active, noble mind, and he became the victim, we fear, of doubts...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He must increase, but I must decrease. As fades the morning star when the sun himself arises, so was it the joy of the herald of Christ to lose himself in the supreme radiance of his Lord’s appearing.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all. However good a man may be, he is earthly; there is flesh and blood about him, akin to the earth; and even if he handles heavenly things, the earthiness of the preacher peeps out every now and then. Christ...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all. And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth His testimony. He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. Sad note! The news that all men went to Christ pleased John, but the fact that none received his testimony, comparatively none, grieved his heart.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. There is an infinite spiritual power about the words of Christ; they are the words of God, and the Holy Spirit concentrates all his energy in those words.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. So John’s last words are thunder; his dying speech has in it the word most terrible to all of you who believe not in Christ, “The wrath of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: He has it now; and he can never lose it, or else it would not be everlasting. He has a life that must exist for ever and ever.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; He shall not even know what spiritual life is, he shall not be able to understand it, or to form any idea of it. While he is an unbeliever, he is blind to spiritual things. What a dreadful sentence that is I “He shall not see life;” — Joh_3:36. But the wrath of God abideth on him. God is ever...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) he left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. Observe here that our Lord at first shunned conflict with the Pharisees. When he knew that they were jealous of him, he went away...