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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Not those who say they are “the sons of God,” but those who undoubtedly prove that they are, by being led, influenced, gently guided, by the Spirit of God.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Leading implies following; and those who are enabled to follow the guidance of the Divine Spirit are most assuredly children of God, for the Lord ever leads his own children. If, then, you are following the lead of God’s Spirit, you have one of the evidences of sonship.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; We did have it once, and it wrought some good effect upon us for the time being; when we were under the Law, we felt ourselves to be in slavery, and that made us go to Christ for liberty. Rom_8:15. But ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. Oh, blessed,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry Abba, Father. Is this true of you? “Ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.” Dear friends, hearing these words, can you respond to them? Are they true of you?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. First, love, and then sonship; he rises in his strain.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear: but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: That is, when we have the Spirit, when we are renewed in the Spirit of our minds, when we come into the domain of Spirit, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; Ye did receive it once, and it was a great blessing to you. This came of the law, and the law brought you under bondage through a sense of sin, and that made you first cry for liberty, and then made you accept the liberating Saviour; but you have not received that spirit of bondage...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For ye have yet received the spirit of bondage again to fear: but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. We did receive the spirit of bondage once. We felt that we were under the law, and that the law cursed us. We felt its rigorous taxation, and that we could not meet it. Now that spirit ‘has gone, and we have the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The spirit of bondage is the spirit of servants, not of sons; but that servitude is ended for us who are made free in Christ Jesus. We are no longer afraid of being called the children of God. We are not afraid...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; You did receive it once. You needed it. You were in sin, and it was well for you when sin became bondage to you. It was grievous, but it was salutary; but you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear. Rom_8:15. But ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God : What better testimony can we have than that of these two witnesses, first of our own spirit, and then of the Holy Spirit himself, “that we are the children of God”? Note that this is not spoken concerning everybody. The doctrine of the universal Fatherhood of God...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: Many of you make a profession of being the children of God. Can your own spirit say that it is true? And is there, in addition to the witness of the Spirit within you that it is true? If not, unless there is a witness to our testimony, it avails nothing. Our Lord...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. It is first a quickening spirit, and then a witnessing spirit, witnessing with our spirit that we are the children of God. Now up again.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: There are two witnesses, then, and in the mouth of these two witnesses the whole truth about our adoption shall be established. Our own spirit — so changed as to be reconciled to God, and led in ways which once it never trod, — our own spirit bears witness that we...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that toe are the children of God: It corroborates the testimony of conscience. We feel that we are the children of God; and the Spirit of God comes forward as a second, but still greater and higher witness, to confirm the testimony that we are the children of God.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: Our spirit knows that we are God’s children and then God’s Spirit adds his testimony to the witness of our spirit that we are the children of God.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. Our spirit feels the spirit of adoption, and so there is a double witness, the witness of our spirit, and the witness of God’s Spirit, that we are the children of God. In the mouth of these two witnesses the whole shall be established.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. Do we suffer now? Then let us wait for something better that is yet to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And if children, then heirs: heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; Oh that if — “if children.” There are some that get over all that. They believe in a universal fatherhood, which is not worth the words in which they describe it. This is a different fatherhood altogether. Rom_8:17. If so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, Up again: — Rom_8:17. That we may be also glorified together. Oh! what a rise is this from groaning under, “O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” up to this point, “That we may be also glorified together.”