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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: and on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke: the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: and it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. This is a wonderful connection...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: therefore did any heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, — Hades, the world of separate spirits, —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. What a glorious gospel verse this is! This is one of the great lifeboat texts of the Bible. He who can get into this boat shall certainly sail to glory in safety. “Whosoever” — there is no exception of character; whatsoever his past life may have been,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: This was bold talking,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: How boldly he puts the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: Note that Peter does not begin with the Deity of Christ. He will get to that soon; but, like a wise speaker, he commences with points upon which they were...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: There is a wonderful blending, in this verse, of the predestination of God and yet the responsibility of man. I suppose our finite faculties cannot yet discern where these two things meet; but faith, in the absence...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand that I should not be moved: therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should he holden of it. It was possible for him to die, but it was not possible for him to be held in the bonds of death.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For David¾ Speaking of Christ in the Psalm which, at first sight, might seem to refer to David himself, but which was even by the Rabbis believed also to refer to the Messiah, and which we know did indeed refer to the Messiah.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. David was speaking of someone who, though he should die, would never in his body feel the natural effect of death, namely decay.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us unto this day. Peter craves liberty to speak with freedom, and then he very shrewdly gives to David the high title of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us unto this day. Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; he seeing this...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; he seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. This Jesus hath God raised up,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. Was not that enough to convince them? They saw and they heard the proofs of the working of the Spirit among them, and Peter told them that “this” was the gift of Christ, who had...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. “This, which is a mystery to you, is the result of Christ’s exaltation at the right hand of his Father.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand until I make thy foes thy footstool. See how he builds up his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thy foes thy footstool. Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. What a climax to Peter’s sermon! How simple and yet how...