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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. He admitted the truth as far as he could see it. The miracles of Christ proved him to be a divinely-commissioned teacher. Always be willing to go as far as you can go in the pursuit of truth. If you...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. The miracles were accepted as a proof of Christ’s mission, and if they do not seem to be quite such a proof to us at this distance, they were a most marvelous and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest except God be with him. It is always well to go as far as you can in your avowal of belief in Christ. Nicodemus confessed what he knew to be true, and he drew from it the thoroughly accurate conclusion that Christ must be a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom, of God. He cannot understand what it is; he cannot know anything about it; he cannot see it.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Christ’s formula, “Verily, verily, I say unto thee,” was a new style of speech for the Pharisees to hear, for they quoted Rabbi this, and Rabbi that; but Jesus gives himself as his own sufficient authority, with an...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. It is such a mystery, a thing of such a marvilous character, that his old nature cannot see it. He must have new eyes, be must be a new man, be must be born again, before he can “see the kingdom of God.” Have you caught...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. “He has no idea of what it is; he cannot perceive it; he has not the faculty by which he could see or understand the meaning of the kingdom of God.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Here is a greater miracle than I have wrought in the outside world. Here is a spiritual miracle. This is what you must receive as well as others. You cannot even understand my kingdom, and know what it means — you cannot...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, how can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Staggering at the symbol, he stumbled at the letter of Christ’s saying, and did not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God. Without a new birth, “he cannot see,” he cannot comprehend, he cannot understand, he cannot know anything about “the kingdom of God.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Nicodemus saith unto him, how can a man be born when he is old/ can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. We understand the passage to mean, “Water, that is, the Spirit;” but it may...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. If the “water” mentioned here relates to baptism,—which I greatly...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? His questions proved that he could not see the kingdom of God. He blundered over the letter of Christ’s message; he misunderstood the metaphor that Christ used; but did Jesus therefore not give Nicodemus any further...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. At first Jesus said that a man could not see the kingdom of God except he was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? His religion was external, you see; he could not grasp the spiritual idea which Christ had set before him. This matter of the new birth is very simple to all of us who know what Jesus meant, but it was exceedingly...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Nicodemus said unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Thus do men interpret Christ’s figures literally, and this has been the basis of a great many mischiefs and false doctrines. When he is using metaphors to make the thing plain, they straightway use the metaphor rather as...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Ah, me! our blessed Master taught much by parables, and parabolic teaching is the best of teaching; but you see how readily it can be misunderstood, how men can take the emblem in a carnal way, and not understand its...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. There must be a purifying operation upon his heart and mind, he must be spiritually washed and cleansed, and the Spirit of God must create him anew; otherwise he cannot possibly enter into the kingdom of God.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. The entrance into that kingdom is by a new birth in which water and the Spirit of God are both needful. There is a cleansing, and there is a new creation. There is the cleansing water of the merit of Christ,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. He cannot be Christ’s professed disciple except he receive the Spirit, and except he be baptized — if the water here relates to baptism at all, which we judge it does not. He must be renewed, and washed, and...