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John 14:5

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? It was a pity that Thomas had such a thought as this in his mind, but as it was there, it is a great mercy that he told his Lord of it. Sometimes to put your trouble down in black and white is a quick way to get rid of it; but to bring it to your Lord in...

John 14:5

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Oh, how much ignorance there may be where there ought to be much knowledge. It is not always the man who lives in the sunlight who sees the most. Thomas had been one of the twelve apostles for years, he had during all that time had Christ for his Teacher, yet...

John 14:5

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Which was a contradiction of his Master, which Thomas ought not to have uttered. He should have put it much rather in the form of a question for explanation, than of such a fiat denial. His Master said, “Whither I go ye know.” He said, “We know not whither...

John 14:6-7

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also. And from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Jesus had been talking about the many mansions, and now he talks about the Father. Is the Father, then, the same as heaven? Ay, indeed;...

John 14:6

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. There is nothing good except by Christ. They that hate Christ very soon hate God. They get rid of the Christ of the gospel, and they soon get rid of God out of creation too, and there is no coming to the Father in any way or fashion except by...

John 14:6

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: “I am all that you want on your way to heaven, the truth that will make heaven for you, and the life which you will enjoy with me for ever in heaven. I give you all that while you are yet here...

John 14:6

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Christ has gone to the Father’s upper house to make it ready for all the redeemed family. We could never have entered there if he had not gone in first; and even now, there is no coming to the Father in faith or in prayer except by Christ, we...

John 14:6

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. How impossible it is fully to describe our Lord in human language! He is going away, yet he is himself the way; and he is himself the beginning and the end, he is everything to his people: “the way, the truth, and the life.” We are obliged to...

John 14:6

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. “I am going to the Father, — that is where I am going, Thomas, and you can only come to the Father by me; do you not know that?”

John 14:6-7

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. This, then, is the main point of knowledge with us, to know Christ. All the studies in the world are vain, compared with the study of...

John 14:7-8

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. There is a Philip as well as a Thomas. It does not seem that, even with Christ for a teacher, we should learn much without the Holy Ghost. The greatest blessing, after...

John 14:7

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: For Christ is also “the mighty God, the everlasting Father.” All the character of God is seen in the Christ of God, and he who truly comes to Christ has really come to the Father. Joh_14:7. And from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. I hope that this may be said of many of us, that...

John 14:7

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. All of the Father that we can know is visible in Christ, “for in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.” And if we truly know Christ, we also know the Father. Christ always seems to be knowable, for he brings himself down to...

John 14:7

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from, henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. It cheers the children of God to talk to them about their Father, and about their Father’s house, so that is what the Elder Brother did in his great kindness to his disciples, he talked to them about their Father and his heaven.

John 14:7

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: For Christ is the express image of his Father’s person, so that you always see the Father when you see the Son. Joh_14:7. And from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Thomas had made an advance in heavenly knowledge; he had taken a higher degree in divinity now that the Master had...

John 14:8-9

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father? Do we, then, see the Father when we see Christ? And is the Father’s presence heaven? Then,...

John 14:8

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. What a comfort these questions and blunders of Thomas and Philip ought to be to us, for it is clear that we are not the only dolts in Christ’s school; and if he could bear with them, he can bear with us also. Like them, how little do we retain of that which he teaches us! We are...

John 14:8

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Thomas spoke just now like a babe in grace, now here is Philip talking like another baby; yet how bold his speech is! “Lord, shew us the Father.” Why, no man can see the Father’s face, and live! Yet here is a child of God apparently forgetful of that fact.

John 14:8-10

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto...