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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sale, because they know not him that sent me. They professed to know God, and some of them even thought that they were rendering acceptable service to God when they rejected his Son, whom he had sent unto them.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. There is a hatred of God in all hatred of the Mediator. Men may say that they love God, and yet despise Christ, but it cannot be so. Christ is so truly God, and so clear a manifestation of God, that, if...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
lf I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father. Our Lord did not mean that they would have been sinless...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If 1 had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: They would have been comparatively free from sin.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. But when the Comforter is come, And he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
, If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: Notice...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. They fulfilled what had been written long before, even as they afterwards did when they put Christ to death.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. The witness of the Spirit of truth still continues, and Christ’s disciples are still privileged to be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Whom I’ll send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: By this mark you may know whether that which has been taught you is of the Spirit of God. If it does not testify of Christ, if he is not the head and front of it all, there is nothing in it for you to accept. If any man...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. May we all bear witness according as we have been with Christ, for there is no bearing witness to Christ unless we have first been with him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. True followers of Christ must not reckon upon having the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. Or, “made to stumble.” Christ would not have you who are his people caused to stumble by anything that happens to you. He wants you to walk without tripping; his angels bear you up in their hands lest at any time you should dash your foot against a stone. He himself, as your...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. Or, as the Revised Version translates it, “be made to stumble.” Christ would not have his children stumble. There is an offence of the cross, but he would not have us needlessly offended. How careful is our dear Saviour not to give us offence! We ought to be very careful not to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. “That you should not be scandalized when you see me put to death, and when you miss my bodily presence from your midst. I want to prepare you for the shame and death that lie before me, and also to prepare you for all that lies before you, for many of you will have to drink of my...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. That you should not be scandalized when you are put to suffering on any account — that you should not dread the offence of the cross, and turn aside because of it. How considerate our Master is! It seems as if he might be angry at us if he suspected that we could be offended by...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. The temptation is, when Christ is despised and rejected, for our hearts to begin to sink, and for our faith to fail. Therefore did Christ warn his disciples that they “should not be offended.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. Christ’s disciples were to expect opposition of the most cruel kind. They were to be put away from those with whom they had long worshipped; they were even to run the risk of losing their lives; but Jesus foretold what...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. Can you remain faithful to your Master then, when you lose your position, or your character, or men put you out of the synagogue? When you nearly lose life itself, and when they shall think they are doing God’s service...