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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. “Feed My Lambs: A Sabbath-school Sermon.” “Do not go after fish any more, but attend to my business: ‘feed my lambs.’ The proof of your greater love to me than to all worldly things will be found in your doing of the work which I have committed to your...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. “Quit the sea; I am giving you no more business there: come now, and be a pastor to my blood-bought sheep.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Thrice he had denied his Lord, so thrice he must be questioned concerning his love to the Lord whom he said he did not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou willest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest; but when thou shall be old, thon shall stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. Peter, thou wilt have to be girded with an iron chain, and taken off to prison, and taken off to the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. “That is to be your rule, whether you feed my sheep or lambs, or whether you stretch out your hands upon a cross, and die as a martyr, — ‘Follow me.’“ That is also the rule for all of us who love the Lord. O Lord, help us to obey it!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. That is your life business. Follow me, even though you end, as I did, on a cross. Follow me. I am a shepherd; you must be a shepherd too; and as the sheep follow you, so do you follow me.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee? Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me. Then went this...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee? Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, lord, and what shall this man do? Our Lord never answered such a foolish, inquisitive question as this, and therefore —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee? Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? What about this man?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me. That is how Christ would answer any similar questions that we might put to him. We need not concern ourselves so much about what is to happen to others until we have made our own calling and election sure. “What is that to thee? follow thou me.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? Follow thou me. We ought not to be curious about the future of anybody. We must not be inquiring into what is not revealed; and what the Saviour said on this occasion was misunderstood; and if the words of Jesus, even when he spoke them, were misunderstood so as to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? This is only one of many instances in which Christ’s words have been twisted and made to mean something quite different from what he intended.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but if I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? The Word of God is to be trusted, and not tradition, for in the handing of a message from mouth to mouth it generally varies. It sometimes loses its very...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true. And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true. And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen. Such a full life — so pregnant...