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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And now I have told you before it came to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. Jesus warned his disciples of all that was to happen in his death and in his departure. I believe that the Spirit of God often gives inward warnings to God’s people of troubles that are to come,-monitions, so that they may be prepared for the trouble...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so do I. Arise, let us go hence. And he went; to his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do, Arise, let us go hence. So the Saviour went forth to his passion and his death, that all might know the supremacy of his love to the Father...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hereafter I will not talk much with you; for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. He would have very few words, for he was going to the bloody sweat and scourging and death: his words might well be few, for his actions would speak more loudly than words.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence. And so he went to the garden of Gethsemane, — a brave, gentle, confident, victorious spirit, “straitened” till he had accomplished the great work of our redemption.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But that the world may know that I love the Father; and the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence. And they left the supper-table to go to the garden, the garden of his agony. Let us be willing to go wherever God calls us.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am the true vine, Now we know where to find the true Church. It is to be found only in Christ and in those who are joined to him in mystical but real union: “I am the true vine,” Joh_15:1. And my Father is the husbandman. Now we know who is the true Guardian of the Church. Not the so-called “holy father” at Rome, but that Father above, who is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am the true vine,- All other vines are but shadows of Christ. They represent Christ, but he is himself the substance. the essence, the one great reality. He is the truth of all things that exist: “I am the true Vine.” Does anybody ask which is the true Church? All who are vitally joined to Christ are in the true Church, for he says, “I am the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. All other vines were but types and shadows; Christ is the substance; God’s ideal vine; “the true vine.” Israel was a vine; — the figure is a common one throughout the Old Testament; — but it was a false vine, and it bore bitter grapes.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. If you want to know where the true Church is, Christ here tells you: “I am the true vine.” All who are in Christ are in the true Church. If you want to know who is the Father of the Church, its Keeper and Guardian, Christ here tells you: “My Father is the husbandman.” Hence, I feel persuaded...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am the true vine, Many questions have been raised about which is the true Church; the Saviour answers them, “I am the true vine.” All who are united, really united, to the ever-living Saviour are members of the true Church. Find ye them where ye may, if they are one with Christ, they are his — they are parts of the divine vine; they are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Not only the Mosaic law, but the whole creation is full of types of Christ. All the vines that we see in this world are only as it were typical; but Christ is the substance,-the substance of nature as well as of grace: “I am the true vine,” and the real Husbandman, who watches over everything,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. We thank thee, O Saviour, for this blessed answer to the oft-repeated question, “Which is the true Church?”Are you one with Christ? Then are you a part of the true vine. If we have but real, vital personal, having connection with Christ, to whatever section of the visible Church we may belong,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: There are many such branches, in Christ’s visible Church, which are not fruit-bearing branches, and consequently are not partakers of the sap of life and grace which flows into the branches that are vitally joined to the central stem. These fruitless branches are to be taken away. Joh_15:2....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: If there be any, who are only nominally in Christ, and who therefore bear no fruit, their doom is to be taken away; for, in order to final perseverance and eternal safety, there must be fruit-bearing. Joh_15:2. And every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: The true description of a real saint is that he is in Christ, that he abides in Christ, and that he bears fruit unto Christ. Where there are not these three things, there is no real saintship, and so the man is taken away. Whatever he seemeth to be, and seemeth to have, he is taken away....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: In some sense, men and women may be in Christ by a mete outward profession; but if they have no evidence of a real union to Christ, if they produce no fruit, they will be taken away, some by death, and others by apostasy; but they will be taken away. Joh_15:2. And every branch that beareth...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: It is a necessary part of vine-dressing to remove the superfluous shoots. Too much wood-making, which does not lead to fruit-bearing, is but a waste of strength. And so in the Church there are those that bear no fruit, and for a while they appear to be fresh and green, and they who are the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: It has no right to be there, for it is not there by a vital union; it will only harbor mischief if it is allowed to remain, therefore let it be taken away; and taken away it certainly will be by the Husbandman who makes no mistakes. Joh_15:2. And every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth...