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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. That is, when the mind lies still, and God the Holy Spirit writes his will upon it, and also writes God’s will. Hence such prayers are sure to be effectual, for they are but the shadow of God’s secret...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he that searched the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. The Spirit knows what we want. God knows: what the Spirit is asking for; and so our prayer makes the complete round, and God sends us the blessing.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. It cannot be supposed that the Father does not know what is the mind of the Spirit, since they are one God, and, moreover, inasmuch as the Spirit of God never intercedes for anything which is not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. And you know that he is the first-born in this sense — not only as the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And we know This is not a matter of opinion. This is scarcely a matter of faith. “We know.” We are sure of it. We have proved it. Rom_8:28. That all things work together for good to them that love God, They all work. They work in harmony. They work for one purpose. That purpose is for good. Rom_8:28. To them who are the called according to his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. We know it: we are assured of it.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And we know – Now we are getting upon a dear old passage which reads like music. There is no eloquence in the world that ever touches the eloquence of the Apostle here. Rom_8:28. That all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. I do not like to hear this text quoted, as I often do,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, “All things.” That is a very comprehensive expression, is it not? It includes your present trouble, your aching head, your heavy heart: “all things.” “All things work.” There is nothing idle in God’s domain. “All things work together.” There is no discord in the providence...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And we know— Paul, like John, was no agnostic; he did not even say, “We think, we imagine, we suppose.” No; “ we know”— Rom_8:28. That all things work together for good— We must not stop there, otherwise the statement will not be true, for all things do not work together for good to all men, but only— Rom_8:28. To them that love God, to them who...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, Not yet “all mankind,” but these who “love God.” Rom_8:28. To them who are the called according to his purpose. For they would never have loved God if he had not called them to it, and had not purposed to call them.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And we know We know: we are sure of it. Rom_8:28. That all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. We know this, for we have proved it in our own experience. “All things work.” There is nothing inactive in the providence of God. “All things work together.” There is a unity in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Almost everything in this world looks to us to be in confusion, but to God’s eye all is in order. One wave dashes this way, and another that, but they are all working together, and they are all working with one great...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren. This is their character, which they perceive, which others may in a measure perceive. We are to be like him then, conformed to his image; and if we be joint-heirs with him, what a joy it is that we are to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. No breaking of these links. Where God gives one of these...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed, to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. There is no separating these golden links of love and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. He spoke of it as if it were done because it is so sure,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Oh, what a glorious privilege is yours and mine, if we are indeed children of God! We are, in some respects, children of God in the same sense as Christ himself is; he is the firstborn, and we are among...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.” What an eternal honour for all believers, that they might be among the “many brethren” of Christ, God’s firstborn and well-beloved Son! Here too, we see the purpose of God’s foreknowledge and...