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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. That is plain enough. You cannot break a law if there is not any; and thus, through our sinfulness, the law becomes a cause of sin, and never does it become the cause of justification.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, (as it is written, I have made thee a father...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Therefore it is of faith that it might be by grace,.... Meaning either the promise of being heir of the world, or the inheritance itself, or adoption which gives heirship, or remission of Sin, or the blessing of justification, either and all of these are of faith; not as the cause or condition of them, but as the means of God's fixing and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace: Salvation is by faith alone, that it may be seen to be of the free favor of God, that we may not look to merit or look to human strength, but may look away to the abounding mercy of God in Christ Jesus.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all. What a God we trust in — a God who quickeneth the dead. We have no faith unless we believe in such a God as this. We shall need such a God in order to bring us safely to his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; That is, to all believers, who are the true seed of Abraham. He is the father of the faithful, and if thou art one of the faithful, he is thy father; and the covenant which God made with Abraham and his seed was made with thee, and on thy...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, (as it is written. I have made thee a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. Who against hope believed in hope, that he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, Abraham is the father of all who believe, whether they be circumcised or not; and the promises made to him belong to them...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
As it is written I have made thee a father of many nations,.... The passage referred to, is in Genesis 17:4; which proves him to be a father not of the Jews only, since they cannot be called "many nations", but of the Gentiles also; and which must be understood in a spiritual sense, for Abraham was the father of them, before him whom he believed,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. Abraham was a believer in the God of resurrection, expecting to see Isaac raised up from the dead if he did actually offer him as a sacrifice to God. He was a believer in things that were not yet apparent to him, looking...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. He was an old man,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Who against hope believed in hope,.... Abraham believed the promise of God, that he might become the father of many nations, being assisted by a supernatural aid: "in hope"; of the fulfilment of it by the grace and power of God: "against hope": against all visible, rational grounds of hope; Sarah's womb and his own body being dead, but inasmuch as...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb; He staggered not at the promise of God through...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb: he staggered not at the promise of God through...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And being not weak in faith,.... Abraham was not weak in the exercise of his faith, on the promise of God; nor was his faith weakened about the accomplishment of it, neither by the length of time after the promise was made, nor by the seeming insuperable difficulties of nature which attended it; for he considered not his own body now dead. The...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb: he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; and being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. That is the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He staggered not at the promise of God,.... There is no reason to stagger at, or hesitate about any of the promises of God, since they are made by him that cannot lie; his faithfulness is engaged to perform them; with him all things are possible; every promise is in Christ, yea and amen, and never did any fail; and yet so it is, that some of God's...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And being fully persuaded,.... He had not only faith, a strong faith, but full assurance of faith: that what he [God] had promised; though it was so long ago, and there were so many difficulties in the way; he was able, being the Lord God Almighty, to perform; so his faith rested upon the power of God, with whom nothing is impossible.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Not because his faith was strong, and he had a full assurance of it, but because it was right, resting on the promise of God, and relying upon his power and faithfulness to perform it; for though the righteousness of faith is not imputed to any sort of believers, not to mere nominal ones, yet...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him The imputation would be enough for Abraham without any writing; but as it is written, it is for our instruction, and for our comfort.