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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. He was a stranger here, and his people are also strangers and foreigners. We are not so much to be unworldly as to be other-worldly. We belong to another world, to another kingdom, even the kingdom of heaven.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. If nobody hates you for being a Christian, are you a Christian at all? If you find that you run with the general herd, and swim with the current, can you be a follower of that Christ who was despised and rejected of men?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, — Christ and his people did not go together out of the world all at once that would have been to leave the world in an utterly forlorn condition, without any help whatever, so he says to his Father, “I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world,” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. You cannot make Christ a worldling; do what you will with his character; twist it as you like, you must see that there is something unworldly, otherworldly, about him. So let it always be with his people.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. “Keep them in the world to battle with the evil; make them the salt that prevents putrefaction, and let them not lose their savor, let them not be contaminated by the evil in the midst of which they dwell.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. Not that they should shut themselves up in monasteries and convents. That is not the prayer of Christ. “I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou should keep them from the evil. Christ did not pray that his disciples should be taken out of the world. It is very seldom that we ought to present such a petition. If that had been a proper prayer for us to offer, it would have been authorized by the Master. There are times...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. As the Father took Jesus out of the bosom of his love, and bade him go as his missionary to men, so does Jesus keep us for a while away from the bosom of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. It almost looks as though our Lord anticipated that question of Pilate, “What is truth?” Here is his answer: “thy word is truth.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. Some men tell us that the truth is in the Word, but that the Word is not the truth. I read, the other day, that we might regard the Bible as a casket which contained the jewel of the truth, but was not itself the jewel. Christ did not talk...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. And for their sakes, I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. Sanctify myself — consecrate myself — set myself apart — for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. Do you recognize your mission, dear friends? Do we all catch it? — that, as truly as Christ was the messenger of the Father, so every believer is the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. “They are of another race: they are swayed by other motives, they have another life; they have another destiny; ‘They are not of the world.’” Is that true of you, dear hearer? We are reading out of God’s Book, remember. This is the description of Christ’s people; does it describe you? “They...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. Christ was the great Missionary, the Messiah, the Sent One; we are the minor missionaries, Sent out into the world to accomplish the Father’s will and purpose.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word in truth. Thank God for that: “Thy word is truth.” Not, “Thy word contains the truth with an admixture of error;” or, “Thy word has some truth in it;” no, but, “Thy word is truth.” Not only is it true, but it is truth, the very essential truth.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself that they also might be sanctified through the truth. Neither pray I for these alone, “For these who are already converted, I pray also for those who are not yet called by grace.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. What! Do they need to be sanctified? They are not of the world, and are kept from the evil in the world; do they need to be sanctified? Yes we shall always need sanctifying until we reach our heavenly home, where sin cannot enter. Every day we need the sanctifying influence of the Holy Spirit to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, — “I separate myself to this work, I dedicate, devote, consecrate myself wholly for their sakes,” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. Christ was the sent One, and every Christian is also sent. All believers should be missionaries, sent forth upon a mission to bless the sons of men.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. They are sent ones, even as Christ was the Sent One. As he is the Christ, they are Christians, anointed with the same anointing as he himself is, and they should endeavor to be in all respects missionaries to the world, even as Christ was God’s great Missionary to...