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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: All men are not the sons of God; the doctrine of the universal Fatherhood is utterly untrue. They only become the sons of God who receive Christ, and believe on his name; else are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But — This is a blessed “But.” Though Christ’s own nation, the Jews, as a whole “received him not,” there was “a remnant according to the election of grace,” there were some who received him. “But” — Joh_1:12. As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: How came those persons to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. To receive Christ, a man must be born of God. It is the simplest thing in all the world, one would think, to open the door of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. So that those who receive Christ, those who truly believe on Christ, are people who have been born, as others have not been born, by a new birth from heaven, a supernatural birth, so that they are a people set apart by themselves as those who have been...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. There is another birth beside the natural one; never does the birth of the flesh make us Christians. If our ancestry should be a line of saints yet are we born sinners; we must be born again if we are to become saints. If we could trace our pedigree to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. They who saw Christ on earth were highly privileged; but it is a spiritual sight of him alone that is to be desired, and we can have that even now. How full of grace, how full of truth, he is to all...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the Word was made flesh, Here was the incarnation of him who made all things. He that is God “was made flesh.” Joh_1:14. And dwelt among us, (and we — The apostles — Joh_1:14. Beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. Oh, all ye who would know Christ, learn that he is worth the knowing! He is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace. I wish that we could all say that. Even out of this company, many can say it; and linking our hands with those who have gone before us, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God at any time; He is too high, too spiritual, to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. He was not before John in the order of human birth, yet he was truly before John, for he had an eternal pre-existence, as he was none other than the uncreated Son of God.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. We know that the law came by Moses. The law has often burdened us, crushed us, convinced us, condemned us. Let us be equally clear that grace and truth come by this divine channel, “Jesus Christ.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. We do not want to see God apart from Christ. I am perfectly satisfied to see the Eternal Light through his own chosen medium, Christ Jesus. Apart from that medium, the light might blind my eyes. “No man hath seen God at any time.”...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. What of God we need to know, we may see in Christ; enough to save us, enough to sanctify us, enough to make us all like the only-begotten Son of the Father.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. And they asked him, What then Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. Then said they unto him, who art thou? that we may...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No. Then said thy unto him, Who art thou? That we may give...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. With indignation he must have repelled the idea that he was the Messiah: “I am not the Christ.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And this in the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. Then said they unto Him, Who art thou? that we may...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou ? And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. “I am not the One anointed of God to save mankind.”