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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. But there is a deal of praying that never reaches to the name of Christ. Even to pray for Christ’s sake does not reach to the point of praying in Christ’s name. If I go and transact business in the name of such a person, that is a different thing from merely asking to be allowed to do my own...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. He dwelt with the apostles, but was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: The world is carnal, it is unspiritual; therefore, it is unable to see or to know the Spirit of God. A...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If ye love me, keep my commandments. Obedience is the truest proof of love. Some, out of supposed love to Christ, have attempted or committed acts of fanaticism; they have been enthusiastic, and, in many cases, doubtless, very sincere; but they have also been very unwise. Here is the best thing that you can do out of love for Christ: “If ye love...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;- There was the One who would enable the disciples to meet every trial, —that other Comforter. “Intimate Knowledge of the Holy Spirit.” whom Christ promised to them. Their trouble was that their Lord was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, The Paraclete, the Succored, the Helper. The word “Comforter” has lost its old meaning; you get it in certain old writings, when you read of such-and-such a man that he gave to someone else succor and comfort. There is more here than merely...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If ye love me, keep my commandments. Oh! some of us would have liked him to have said, “If ye love me, give all your money; go into a convent. If ye love me, perform some wonderful action. Go into the streets and preach; where you would be hooted. Go to some foreign country and get yourself made a martyr of.” No, no; “If ye love me, keep my...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Is it not very sweet to think that the Spirit of God is given to the Church in answer to the prayer of Christ? Prayer is a holy exercise, for Jesus prayed; and what a powerful influence prayer has, for his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever, Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. “I am going away from you, you will...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If ye love me, keep my commandments. We cannot expect the Holy Spirit to dwell with us unless we are obedient to the commands of Christ. Our Saviour here tells us much about the spirit of truth, but he begins with this test of our love to him, “ If ye love me, keep my commandments.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; — “One who will not need to die, and so to be separated from you; but who, once coming to you, shall tarry with you throughout the ages;” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That he may abide with you for ever;Eeven the Spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him; but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. Worldly men are not cognizant of the existence of the Holy Spirit. They do not believe in him; they say that there may or may not be such a Divine...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him: for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Not a different Comforter, but the Comforter who is now with us, is of the same nature, and works after the same manner, as the Lord Jesus himself, who was our first Advocate, Helper, Paraclete, Comforter: I give you these four words instead...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But ye know him; Christ’s own disciples know him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. Oh, what a rich promise! How, then, can Christ’s people ever perish? Until Christ himself perishes, no child of his can ever be lost.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. Do you not notice how this verse contradicts the current thought of the period about “the spirit of the age” being so much in advance of the Spirit of all past ages? Listen again to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Even the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him;- “You are on familiar terms with him, you are intimate with him, you know him;” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. These are the three wonderful mysteries of the union between God,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: This poor world will not receive anything which it cannot see. It is ruled by its senses; it is carnal and fleshly, and mindeth not the things that are unseen. It cannot discern them.